This is the information page about the shipwreck Anglo dane, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 60 6.502 N,1 7.566 W (60.342516666667, -1.0269666666667)
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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: ANGLO DANE
Length 66.1 meter, width: 8.6 meter, draught: 4.8, tonnage 808 ton
Cause: built 1866 by andrew leslie & co, hebburn on tyne, sold to dfds, copenhagen in 1867. re-built 1874 by burmeister & wain with 4 cylinder engine. in convoy from south shields to elsinore, when she either struck a mine or was torpedoed by uc 40. broke in two. 1 of crew lost. drawing of vessel. (shipwrecks of n scotland)
Year of registration: 1980
Water depth above wreck: 63 meter, Height above seabed: 20 cm
Known since: 1980, last detected: 1986
Details measurements/cartography: H2334/84 18.12.85 H2334/84 18.12.85 EXAMINED 2.7.85 IN 600632N, 010727W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER. LEAST E/S DEPTH 56 IN GEN DEPTH 63MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 5.7MTRS, LENGTH 20MTRS, BEAM 7MTRS. LYING 020/200DEG. (NP 1008, HI 244). BR STD. 9.11.00 9.11.00 EUT POSN: 6006.502N, 0107.566W. NE 3272. 8.10.07 8.10.07 SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 6006.525N, 0107.574W, LYING IN GEN DEPTH 68-69MTRS, BOWS N. PROPELLOR STILL IN PLACE. DECKING & UPPER WORKS GONE, HOLDS FILLED WITH COAL DUST AND SLUDGE. GREEN GLASS BEER BOTTLES IN CORNER OF HOLD. WINCH IN PLACE. BOILER DISLODGED SLIGHTLY AS RESULT OF EXPLOSION. BOWS COMPLETELY GONE FORWARD OF BOILER & LIE CLOSE BY IN 68MTRS. CROCKERY RECOVERED BEARING DFDS CREST. SEABED SAND. (SHIPWRECKS OF N SCOTLAND, BAIRD PUB. 2003 & K HEATH, TELECON 8.10.07) NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 60 6.502 N,1 7.566 W