Maritime record 2201 - ANDALINA: SEID ROCKS, STORNOWAY, LEWIS, THE MINCH

NB43SW 8004 4278 3111
N 58 11.6367 W 6 22.65

Quality of fix = HSA
Evidence = Echo sounder
Horizontal Datum = OGB
General water depth = 8
Orientation of keel/wreck = EW

Surveying Details
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14 January 1932. The wreck of the ANDALINA lies approximately 92 metres west from Seid Rocks Beacon.
Report by Stornoway Pier & Harbour Commission and Coastguard. Temporary Notice to Mariners 115/32 issued.

1 February 1932. The wreck is marked by green light.
Report by Stornoway Pier and Harbour Commissioners. Temporary Notice to Mariners issued.

23 May 1932. The wreck has a least depth of 7 metres and is on a bearing of 247 degrees, 277 metres from Seid Rock beacon.
Report by Stornoway Pier and Harbour Commissioners.

2 March 1976. The wreck's position is 58 11 38.2N, 006 22 39.0W as fixed by horizontal sextant angles:- Goat Island. 55-45 Inaclete beacon 58-15 Coastguard flagstaff. The site was examined on 1 September 1975 by sounding and divers. The least depth by echosounder was 5 in a general depth of 8 metres, reduced to 2.71 metres below Ordnance Datum [Stornoway]. The wreck is partially dispersed. The seabed is mud and fine sand. There is the possibility that the wreck might be removed by the company developing the harbour. The site is shown on the fair sheet as a wreck 190 feet (57.9 metres) long, lying with its keel on an orientation of 090/270 degrees. The least depth is 5 metres at the western end. The least depth at the eastern end is 6.4 metres.
Report by HMS HERALD dated 1 December 1975.

13 October 1976 The wreck was located by divers amongst large boulders. The highest obstruction to be seen, the remains of a boiler, was found to be only a couple of feet above the seabed. The boiler's position was not fixed.
Report by RAF Brize Norton Sub Aqua Club 1976 Hebrides Survey.

19 September 1983. Unconfirmed details give the sinking date as 1923. The vessel is broken up, stern and boiler are intact. The least depth is 7.5 metres [mean low water springs].

Hydrographic Office, 1995.