Dit is de informatiepagina over het scheepswrak Glenhead, op de waterkaart hieronder zie je het wrak in zijn directe omgeving. De positie van dit wrak is 55 27.196 N,5 31.176 W (55.27305, -5.5877166666667)
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De teksten bij dit scheepswrak zijn in het engels 🇬🇧, omdat deze worden opgesteld door het UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) op basis van de gegevens van de hydrografische diensten van onder meer Nederland, België en Duitsland. Ze bevatten de bekende details van het wrak en de opmerkingen van de cartografen die in de loop der tijden de positie en de toestand van het wrak hebben gecontroleerd.
Naam: GLENHEAD
Lengte 20.1 meter, breedte: 5.3 meter, diepgang: 1.9, tonnage 53 ton
Lading: coal
Oorzaak: built 1887 of iron by scott & son of bowling. owned at time of loss by john p turnbull, glasgow. a steam puffer. one boiler, compound expansion engine, single shaft. passage glasgow for cambeltown. foundered in heavy seas. crew of four escaped in their boat as the ship sank under them. (b baird & sibi). capsized after being swamped by a large wave. crew of 3 took to boat & rowed ashore. (argyll shipwrecks).
Jaar registratie: 1980
Waterdiepte boven wrak: 34 meter, hoogte boven zeebodem: 196 cm
Bekend sinds: 1980, laatst gedetecteerd: 20200912
Details metingen/cartografie: H1935/79 3.3.81 EXAM'D 9.10.80 IN 552711N, 053105W [OGB] USING BY TRISPONDER. LEAST E/S DEPTH 28.3 IN GEN DEPTH 35MTRS. DCS3 HT 2.55MTRS. NO SCOUR. LYING INTACT ON HEADING 020/200DEGS. LENGTH 40MTRS. NOT SWEPT DUE CLOSE PROXIMITY TO OTTERARD ROCK. (HMS HERALD HI 6B/80). INS AS WK 28MTRS. BR STD. 30.1.96 WK IS INTACT AND UPRIGHT. (SHIPWRECKS OF THE W OF SCOTLAND & SIBI) 19.1.04 LIES IN 5527.233N, 0531.216W [UND] USING GPS. UPRIGHT & INTACT WITH ONLY WOODEN SUPERSTRUCTURE MISSING. BOWS SW ON GENTLY SLOPING SHINGLE SEABED. DAMAGE TO HULL IN BOW AREA WHERE VESSEL STRUCK SEABED. LARGE CENTRAL HOLD STILL FULL OF COAL, ENGINE ROOM TO REAR WITH SMALL FORECASTLE CABIN FOR CREW. DRAWING OF SHIP AND LOCATION DIAGRAM. (ARGYLL SHIPWRECKS). SEP 2010/000129147 9.8.10 LOCATED 11.09 IN 5527.20N, 0531.18W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 32.09MTRS. LENGTH 16MTRS, WIDTH 6MTRS. LIES 010/190 DEGS. (HMS ROEBUCK, HI 1284). AMEND WK 32MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. SEP 2021/000344798 5.1.22 EXAM’D 12.9.20; IN 5527.196N, 0531.176W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 30.61MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 34MTRS. LENGTH 22.6MTRS, WIDTH 7.2MTRS, HT 3.47MTRS. ORIENTATION 196/016 DEGS. WK UPRIGHT. (CLINTON MARINE SURVEY AB, HI 1680, H535-3970). AMEND DW 30.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Bron: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT AND UPRIGHT
Positie: 55 27.196 N,5 31.176 W