This is the information page about the shipwreck Advent, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 56.233 N,1 41.262 E (51.0898333, 1.7715833)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐ฌ๐ง, as they are prepared by the UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) based on data from UKHO and the hydrographic services of the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany, among others. They include the known details of the wreck and the comments of the cartographers who have checked the position and condition of the wreck over time.
Name: ADVENT
Length 66.4 meter, width: 8.8 meter, draught: 4.9, tonnage 848 ton
Load: armament
Cause: Sunk by mine or torpedo en route from calais to immingham.
Year of registration: 1917
Water depth above wreck: 12 meter
Known since: 1917, last detected: 2018
Details measurements/cartography: H6131/17 WK WITH 2 MASTS VISIBLE 23FT AT LW. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). - FNM 613/17. H7386/18 10.12.18 POSN 505615N, 014120E. DANGEROUS TO NAVIGATION. (FR LIST OF WRECKS). DEC 1922 NOW CHARTED AS DW IN 505615N, 014140E. NOTE. H5130/54 24.8.54 SALVAGE OPERATIONS TAKING PLACE. (GRAY AND THOMPSON, FELIXSTOWE). 24.10.55 NOW CHARTED AS DW PA. NC 2451. 10.9.73 [OGB] POSN: 505606N, 014124E. NC 1892. 12.12.77 SHOWN AS WK 11.5MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 12MTRS ON FR 6681 & FR WK RECORD, REC`D 1975. R/P. 29.10.97 29.10.97 SHOWN AS WK PA 11.5MTRS IN 505617N, 014120.5E [EUR] ON FR 7258 [INT 1483] [1997 EDN]. NC 1351. 12.3.98 12.3.98 LISTED WITH POSITIONAL ACCURACY OF 10-100MTRS. (FR WK RECORDS 1998). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 50 56.233 N,1 41.262 E