Maritime record MWE150020 - Gold Star - SGEIR GRIADACH, SCALPAY, HARRIS, MINCH

Summary

Cargo Vessel.

Location

Grid reference NG 2240 9410 (point)
Map sheet NG29SW
Island Harris
Parish MARITIME, Western Isles

Map

Type and Period (1)

Full Description

Year of Build - 1977
Builder - Scheepswerf Waterhuizen J.Pattje - Waterhuizen, Netherlands.
Formerly also known as SIGRID, HELGE, HELGAZEE, HELGEZEE.

UKHO Identifier : 001954

Feature Class : Wreck

Wreck Category : Wreck showing any portion of hull or superstructure

State : LIVE

Classification : Unclassified

Position (Lat/long) : 57.85056,-6.68139

Horizontal Datum : ORDNANCE SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN (1936)

WGS84 Position (Lat/long) : 57.85020,-6.68242

WGS84 Origin : 3-D Cartesian Shift (BW)

Position Quality : Precisely known

Depth Quality : Depth unknown

Water Depth : 1

Vertical Datum : Lowest Astronomical Tide

Name : GOLF STAR

Type : M GENERAL CARGO

Flag : ANTIGUA & BARBUDA

Length : 80.5

Beam : 14.3

Draught : 5.2

Tonnage : 1990

Tonnage Type : Gross

Cargo : 2750 TONS GRANITE CHIPS

Date Sunk : 20/10/1995

Bottom Texture : Rock

Contact Description : Entire wreck

Original Sensor : Observed Sinking

Original Detection Year : 1995

Original Source : Other

Circumstances of Loss : **WENT AGROUND, WAS ABANDONED AND BROKE UP. FUEL POLLUTED FISH FARMS. PASSAGE ARKLOW FOR ROSTOCK. CREW OF EIGHT RECOVERED. (LL).

Surveying Details : **HH272/760/02 13.11.95 WENT AGROUND IN 575102N, 064053W. (LL 21.10.95). NCA.

**HH272/760/02 13.11.95 NOW ABANDONED AND STARTING TO BREAK UP. (LL 8.11.95). INS AS ST. - NM 3984/95.

Chart Symbol : ST

Date Last Amended : 13/11/1995

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Record last edited

Mar 12 2020 12:38PM

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