Nordhuk: Bodha Trodday, Eilean Trodday, Little Minch

(Classified as M[otor] V[essel], with cargo of grain and sea grass: former names cited as Sloman Barcelona, and Meteor, and date of loss as 2 May 1976). Nordhuk: this vessel stranded [at the] N end of Trodday.

Registration: West German. 1359grt. Length: 74m. Beam: 12m.

(Location of loss cited as N57 43.80 W6 17.83).

I G Whittaker 1998.

NORDHUK, ex SLOMAN BARCELONA, ex METEOR. Built by Jos. L Meyer of Papenburg. The wreck lies in 28 metres and rises 10 metres from the bottom. It is at right angles to the beach, about 100 to 150 metres off. She is an isolated obstruction on an otherwise flat bottom. The name METEOR is visible on the bows in raised steel letters. She lists to starboard and is extensively damaged on that side. It is thought she may move during storms. The area forward of the bridge is smashed and scattered. The stern [has broken away and] is slipping towards deeper water. There are strong tidal streams at the site. The source illustrates transits for locating her.

Source: Butland & Siedlecki, BSAC Wreck Register 1987.

(Location cited as NG 442 793).

G Ridley 1990.

NLO: Bodha Trodday [name: NG 444 790]

Eilean Trodday [name: NG 440 790].

Formerly entered at cited location NG 4428 7988 [N57 43.8 W6 17.8].

(Re-entered at location NG c. 442 792: N57 43.8 W6 17.8) is essentially tentative, but is supported by the information given by Ridley and his supporting illustration.. That previously entered (NG 4428 7988: N57 43.8 W6 17.8) appears improbable, being at a considerable distance from the shore.

Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 3 April 2002.

Whittaker ID : 2054

Name : NORDHUK (EX. SLOMAN BARCELONA, METEOR)

Latitude : 574348

Longitude : 61750

Registration : WEST GERMAN

Type : MV

Tonnage : 1359

Tonnage Code : G

Length : 74

Beam : 12

Draught : 6m

Loss Day : 2

Loss Month : 5

Loss Year : 1976

Comment : Stranded north end of Trodday

Cargo : GRAIN AND SEA GRASS

UKHO Identifier : 001923

Feature Class : Wreck

Wreck Category : Dangerous wreck

State : DEAD

Classification : Unclassified

Position (Lat/long) : 57.73000,-6.29722

Horizontal Datum : ORDNANCE SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN (1936)

WGS84 Position (Lat/long) : 57.72966,-6.29830

WGS84 Origin : 3-D Cartesian Shift (BW)

Position Method : Air photography

Position Quality : Precisely known

Depth Quality : Depth unknown

Water Depth : 30

Vertical Datum : Lowest Astronomical Tide

Name : NORDHUK

Type : M GENERAL CARGO

Flag : WEST GERMAN

Length : 74.7

Beam : 11.9

Draught : 5.2

Orientation : 60.0

Tonnage : 1359

Tonnage Type : Gross

Cargo : GRAIN AND SEAGRASS

Date Sunk : 02/05/1976

Contact Description : Entire wreck

Original Sensor : Reported Sinking

Last Sensor : Diver Sighting

Original Detection Year : 1976

Last Detection Year : 1980

Original Source : Other

Last Source : Divers

Circumstances of Loss : **EX-METEOR, EX-SLOMAN BARCELONA. BUILT IN 1966 BY JOS L MEYER, PAPENBURG. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY PARTENREEDEREI MS NORDHUK. 8 CYLINDER OIL ENGINE OF 1600 BHP, SINGLE SHAFT. PASSAGE GOTHENBORG FOR LIVERPOOL. WENT AGROUND ON EILEAN TODDAY, N OF SKYE. TOOK WATER AND WAS ABANDONED WHEN AWASH. CREW RECOVERED. 2 LIFEBOATS RECOVERED BY SALVAGE VESSEL DROXFORD. (LL & SIBI).

Surveying Details : **10.5.76 VESSEL BADLY HOLED. MIGHT BE A TOTAL LOSS. (LL 7.5.76).

**7.6.76 TWO GLASS-FIBRE LIFEBOATS SALVED FROM NORDHUK. (LL 5.6.76).

**H2894/72 12.7.76 COASTER OF APPROX 900 GRT, (?NORDHUK), REPORTED STRANDED AT N END OF EILEAN TRODDAY IN APPROX 574342N,061800W. (MV BAXTERGATE, HN DTD 30.5.76). NCA YET.

**19.7.76 CONSIDERED TOTAL LOSS. TO BE SOLD AS IS WHERE IS. (LL 24.6.76).

**H3156/69 30.7.76 SHOWN TO BE AT N END OF EILEAN TRODDAY IN 574348N, 061750W [OGB]. LYING WSW/ENE, BOWS CLOSE TO SHORE AND SHOWING TOP FOREMAST AND GANTRY WITH RADAR MAST. ALSO SHOWING STERN AND BRIDGE STRUCTURE UNDER WATER. (RAF BRIZE NORTON SAC, AIR PHOTO). INS AS ST. BR STD.

**H1289/76/338 14.10.76 WK APPEARS TO HAVE RUN AGROUND ON A SOUTH-WESTERLY HEADING STRIKING JUST SHORT OF CLIFFS OFF HER PORT BOW AND A PROMINENT STACK OFF HER STARBOARD BOW. THE WK IS SUBMERGED ABAFT THE FOREMAST. AT THE TIME OF THE SURVEY THE IMPRESSION WAS OF A WELL BUILT AND MAINTAINED SHIP SHOWING NO SIGN OF STRUCTURAL DAMAGE OTHER THAN BEING SEVERELY HOLED. THE WK WAS BOARDED AT SLACK WATER AND EVEN WITH A SLIGHT SEA THE HULL SEEMED TO BE MOVING SLIGHTLY. THIS COUPLED WITH A SOUNDING OF 102FT TO 150FT AFT OF THE RADAR GANTRY WOULD SUGGEST THAT THE WK MAY SLIP BACK INTO DEEPER WATER UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ATLANTIC STORMS AND TIDAL SCOUR AROUND THE END OF THE ISLAND. WK NOT A HAZARD TO NAVIGATION. UNDERWATER SURVEY NOT CARRIED OUT DUE TO BAD WEATHER. (R.A.F BRIZE NORTON SAC, 1976 HEBRIDES SURVEY).

**15.7.77 WK NOT MENTIONED. (HMS HECLA, HI 7/76).

**H3156/69 16.4.80 NOT SEEN FROM DISTANCE 7-8 CABLE IN EXCELLENT VISIBILITY. (MT BRITISH VINE, HN DTD 5.4.80). AMEND DW. BR STD.

**H1310/80 15.10.80 WK NOW TOTALLY SUBMERGED. HULL FOR'D OF BRIDGE SMASHED UP AND DISPERSED. AFTER SECTION OF HULL WITH ALMOST INTACT SUPERSTRUCTURE & MAST HAS LIST OF 75 DEGS TO STBD. ON 25.8.80 AT 1600, THE HIGHEST POINT OF WK HAD DEPTH OF ABOUT 18MTRS IN GEN DEPTH OF 27MTRS. THE ORIGINAL NAME METEOR IS ON HULL IN RAISED LETTERS. (J O HALL, 3.10.80). NCA.

**H1310/81/18 30.7.81 STERN SECTION ONLY REMAINS - POOP DECK AND LOADING GANTRY AS REPD.

**15.10.80. ALL FORWARD FLATTENED, EXCEPT BOW WHICH IS CLOSE INSHORE AND UPSIDE DOWN. (A J JENNIONS, 14.7.81).

**H1933/80 14.10.81 NO TRACE OF THIS WK SEEN FROM SHIP WHILE SOUNDING CLOSE OFF EILEAN TRODDAY. (HMS HYDRA, HI 2/81). NCA.

POSITIONS BELOW THIS POINT ARE IN DEGREES, MINUTES AND DECIMALS OF A MINUTE

**12.1.11 NOT LOCATED BY M/B. (NETSURVEY, HI 1331). AMEND DEAD. BR STD.

Chart Symbol : DW

Date Last Amended : 12/01/2011