Dies ist die Informationsseite über das Schiffswrack Ruby (possibly), die folgende Wasserkarte zeigt das Wrack in seiner unmittelbaren Umgebung. Die Position des Wracks ist 56 0.574 N,3 27.016 W (56.00645, -3.4027833333333)

Die Texte zu diesem Schiffswrack sind in englischer Sprache 🇬🇧, da sie vom Hydrographischen Amt des Vereinigten Königreichs (UKHO) auf der Grundlage von Daten u. a. der Hydrographischen Dienste von Deutschland, der Niederlande und Belgien erstellt wurden. Sie enthalten die bekannten Details des Wracks und die Kommentare der Kartographen, die die Position und den Zustand des Wracks im Laufe der Zeit überprüft haben.

Name: RUBY (POSSIBLY)

Länge53.3 meter, Breite: 8.1 meter, Tiefgang: 3.2, Tonnage 481 ton
Last: ferrous elements and ores: unrefined and refined

Ursache: built of iron in 1888 by scotts & co, bowling. owned at time of loss by a weir, glasgow. one boiler, triple expansion engine of 80nhp, single shaft. machinery aft by w king & co, glasgow. passage middlesborough for grangemouth. sank 2m w of forth bridge, following collision in calm conditions and fog with ss prudhoe castle. salvage attempt abandoned. (sibi & shipwrecks of the forth & tay).

Jahr der Registrierung: 1968

Wassertiefe über dem Wrack: 24 meter, Höhe über dem Meeresboden: 181 cm

Bekannt seit: 1968, zuletzt detektiert: 20160225

Detailmessungen/Kartographie: H7915/68 20.12.68 LOCATED IN 560034.5N, 032656W [OGB] USING HSA. THE WK LIES IN A NNW/SSE DIRECTION AND IS ABOUT 200-250FT IN LENGTH. THE FIX SHOWS THE POSN OF THE SHOALEST SOUNDING OBTAINED, IT IS NEAR THE NW END OF THE WK, WHICH WAS CLOSELY SOUNDED, BUT NOT ADEQUATELY EXAMINED. LEAST E/S DEPTH 60 IN GEN DEPTH 78FT. SCOUR TO 83FT. SEABED OF BLACK MUD. (HMS VIDAL, HI 355/1968). BR STD. 7.1.69 QUITE A SIZEABLE WK AND FROM ITS ROUNDED EDGES ON THE E/S TRACE AN OLD ONE SILTED OVER. (HMS VIDAL, ROS DTD 17.8.68). H1310/81/32 2.12.81 THOUGHT POSSIBLY TO BE WK OF SS RUBY. (I G WHITTAKER, 18.11.81). 12.7.96 NOT FOUND, BUT NOT CONSIDERED TO BE DISPROVED. (SURVEY DTD MAY '96 [M2657]). NCA. HH264/450/04 9.8.96 WK FOUND TO BE LYING NNE/SSW WITH A LEAST DEPTH OF 18.2MTRS IN 560034.7N, 032656W [OGB]. WK IS PARTLY COVERED BY SEDIMENT AND COVERS AN AREA OF APPROX 105 X 40MTRS. (FORTH PORTS SURVEY DTD JUL '96 [M2691]). BR STD. 29.6.02 EUT POSN: 5600.574N, 0327.017W. NE 736. HH264/450/07 9.11.06 SHOWN AS WK 18.1MTRS IN 5600.574N, 0327.017W [EUT] ON FORTH PORTS PLC SURVEY DTD NOV-DEC '05 [M4384 BATHY ID 20065031]. NE 737. HH091/176/01 22.5.07 EXAM'D 17.10.06 IN 5600.574N, 0327.016W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 17.84MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 21MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 42.17MTRS, WIDTH 13.3MTRS, HT 4.16MTRS. LIES 005/185DEGS. IN SEVERAL PIECES WITH TWO LARGE SECTIONS. CHART AS WK 16.7MTRS. (HMSML GLEANER, HI 1176). PROBABLY BOWS S WITH CENTRE PART BURIED. DEBRIS LIES 35MTRS NNE. AMEND WK 16.7MTRS. BR STD. SEP 2016000236167 25.2.16 EXAM'D 25.02.16; IN 5600.575N, 0327.016W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 17.95MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 24MTRS, LENGTH 67.0MTRS, WIDTH 17.07MTRS, HEIGHT 6.87MTRS, ORIENTATION 181/001 DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 121MTRS, 28.5MTRS DEEP TOWARDS 280DEGS. LARGE VESSEL IN TWO DISTINCT PIECES, LYING FLAT ON THE SEABED IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO WRECK 2802. (HMSML GLEANER, HI 1490 FIRTH OF FORTH). AMEND DW 17.9MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Quelle: UK Hydrographic Office

Kommentar Forscher: PARTIALLY BURIED, BOWS S

Position: 56 0.574 N,3 27.016 W

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