Maritime record 2230 - HYLAS (POSSIBLY): THE MINCH

NB87NW 8000 8080 7948
N 58 38.8833 W 5 46.7

Quality of fix = SYL
Evidence = Echo sounder
Horizontal Datum = OGB
General water depth = 120
Orientation of keel/wreck = 120300

Circumstances of Loss Details
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The steamship HYLAS was torpedoed and sunk by German submarine.
Source; World War I Shipping Loses.

Surveying Details
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The vesel sank 10 miles E of Butt of Lewis.
Source; World War I Shipping Loses.

1945. The site was reported in the Western Approaches list WAGO 524 signals at position 58 38 00N, 005 47 30W. The length is 200 feet (61 metres) and the height was 18 feet (5.4 metres) on 9 May 1945.

1 August 1983. The wreck located in June 1983 at 58 38 52N, 005 46 39W. It is a sizeable ship 140 metres (459 feet) x 30 metres (98.4 feet). It stands 9.5 metres high in a general depth of 120 metres. The least depth by echosounder was 110 metres.
Report by Gardline Surveys.

See HYLAS 58 35 00N, 005 55 00W.

23 December 1983. The site was examined on 24 June 1983 at 58 38 53N, 005 46 42W, using Side scan sonar, echosounder and syledis (3 ranges (processed by h.p. 9825a computer - values not supplied). NGR co-ordinates - 180860E, 979461N. Decca (n. scottish) red e 11.60, green a 40.05, purple d 74.00).
Report by MV RESOLUTION, Gardline Surveys.
Depth and dimensions details as in entry for 1 August 1983, above.
The wreck is shown on the bottom texture tracing as having its keel orientated 120/300 degrees.

Hydrographic Office, 1995.