This is the information page about the shipwreck Ardens (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 13.537 N,0 13.06 W (54.2256167, -0.2176667)

The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English 🇬🇧, 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: ARDENS (PROBABLY)

Length 73.2 meter, width: 10.1 meter, draught: 5.5, tonnage 1274 ton
Load: coal

Cause: Torpedoed and sunk by german submarine when 1.5-2m e of filey brigg, whilst en-route south shields to london. 1 life lost.

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 35 meter, Height above seabed: 322 cm

Known since: 1917, last detected: 20160217

Details measurements/cartography: SANK 2M E FROM FILEY BRIGG. (BMVS). CHART AS WK [OLD SYMBOL] IN 541335N, 001235W. H3752/26 11.6.26 NOW CHARTED AS NDW PA (1918). (HYDRO). LC 1191. 5.12.74 NOW CHARTED AS USC PA 15MTRS [TONNAGE KNOWN]. NC 129. H1310/84/22 2.8.84 LOCATED & DIVED ON. POSN FIXED USING RADAR. STANDS 4MTRS HIGH IN GEN DEPTH 34MTRS. (P J LASSEY, 19.7.84). CHART AS WK PA 24MTRS IN 541340N, 001257W. BR STD. HH100/351/06 16.3.93 LOCATED USING RADAR. RANGES: 6.81M FROM SCARBOROUGH CASTLE ROCK; 1.85M FROM NEAREST LAND. STANDS 2MTRS HIGH. (A C JACKSON, 9.2.93). LIES BROKEN IN TWO WITH BOW AND STERN ALONGSIDE EACH OTHER BUT LEANING OUTWARDS. THOUGH GUN HAS BEEN REMOVED LIVE SHELLS CAN BE FOUND CLOSE TO THE STERN SECTION. (DIVE YORKSHIRE). HH090/730/01 19.11.97 NOT SURVEYED AS LIES WITHIN FISHING AREA EXCLUSION ZONE. (GARDLINE, HI 730). NCA. SEP 2016/000007250 07.06.16 EXAM'D 17.02.16 IN 5413.537N, 0013.060W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 27.8MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 35MTRS. LENGTH 65.8MTRS, WIDTH 31.1MTRS, HT 7.2MTRS, ORIENTATION 322/142. SCOUR LENGTH 5MTRS, 0.5MTRS DEEP TOWARDS 293 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY, PARTIALLY INTACT, 3 DESTINCT SHOAL AREAS. (EGS, HI 1472) AMEND DW 27.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: Partially intact

Position: 54 13.537 N,0 13.06 W

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