This is the information page about the shipwreck Arno (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 42.372 N,0 47.701 W (50.6523667, -0.6161833)
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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: ARNO (POSSIBLY)
Length 70.7 meter, width: 9.1 meter, draught: 5.2, tonnage 1089 ton
Load: coal
Cause: Built in 1871 by j laig, sunderland. owned at time of loss by j westoll. one boiler, compound expansion engine of 98hp, single shaft. passage shields for porthmouth. cargo coal. stranded near selsey bill.
Year of registration: 1899
Water depth above wreck: 4 meter, Height above seabed: 91 cm
Known since: 1899, last detected: 20160530
Details measurements/cartography: H4822/75 23.3.77 NOTHING FOUND BY TRANSIT SONAR SEARCH DURING 1975 AROUND POSN 504200N, 004500W. (FSL WATERWITCH, HI 73/76). H1310/88/36 13.7.88 LOCATED 2.6.86 IN 504205N, 004757W [OGB] USING DECCA. LOCATED BY MAGNETOMETER. WK OF WOODEN SS. ENGINE, SHAFT AND PROPELLER ARE ALL THAT REMAIN, AND LIE NW/SE. HEAVILY WEEDED. BOILER STANDS 6FT HIGH IN GEN DEPTH 8FT. (NIX OFFSHORE LTD, 29.6.88). CHART AS WK PA 0.6MTRS. BR STD. 11.11.98 PA REMOVED AS FIX QUALITY WAS DECCA. BR STD. HH091/003/01 20.1.03 EXAM'D 30.11.02 IN 5042.349N, 0047.710W [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 2.2, FOUL 2.3MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 2.0 IN GEN DEPTH 4MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 20MTRS, WIDTH 5MTRS. DCS3 HT 1MTR. LIES 000/180 DEGS. MODERATE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. LOCATED INSIDE A SMALL REEF, THE PREVIOUS LISTED POSN WAS JUST TO SEAWARD OF THE REEF. (NP 1016, HI 1003). BR STD. SEP 2016/000235959 17.10.16 EXAM'D 30.5.16; IN 5042.372N, 0047.701W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 1.82MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 4MTRS, LENGTH 14.6MTRS, WIDTH 7.6MTRS, HEIGHT 1.6MTRS, ORIENTATION 091 DEG. POOR MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (EGS, HI 1524). AMEND DW 1.8MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 50 42.372 N,0 47.701 W