This is the information page about the shipwreck Atle, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 35.587 N,2 7.651 E (52.7504, 2.0371)
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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: ATLE
Length 68.6 meter, width: 10.4 meter, draught: 5.2, tonnage 1183 ton
Cause: Mined.
Year of registration: 1914
Water depth above wreck: 34 meter, Height above seabed: 172 cm
Known since: 1914, last detected: 20170316
Details measurements/cartography: H4282/26 14.10.26 AMEND TO DW ON 2182A AND INS DW (1914)(PA) 1408. H335/336/31 14.1.31 AMEND TO DW PA. H6565/57 20.12.57 LOCATED IN 523536N, 020742E [OGB]. OROPESA SWEEP CLEAR AT 11FMS, FOUL AT 12FMS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 105FT IN GEN DEPTH 20FMS. (HMS SHACKLETON, SWEEP REPORT 28.8.57). AMEND TO WK 11FMS IN REVISED POSN.
- NM 3022/57. H3730/69 30.5.69 EXAM'D IN 523547N, 020726E [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 78FT IN GEN DEPTH 105FT. SEABED IS FLAT SAND. NO SCOUR. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 38/68). RETAIN AS WK 11FMS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. H4398/71 15.9.71 EXAM'D IN 523539N, 020745E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 29.0MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 35.0MTRS. NO SCOUR. SEABED SANDWAVES. APPEARS ABOUT 250FT LONG. LEAST DEPTH OVER SANDWAVES LESS THAN 28MTRS. (HMS ENTERPRISE, 31.5.71). AMEND TO WK 13FMS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. H2496/72 26.6.72 NOT FOUND AFTER 1.25 HOURS SEARCH BUT WRECK FOUND 300 YDS E OF BULLDOG'S POSN. LYING IN SCOUR HIGHER THAN WRECK. LIES E/W WITH BOWS E. ON STARBOARD SIDE & INTACT WITH ANCHORS BUT REST OF HULL TWISTED TO UPRIGHT & NO MORE THAN 8FT HIGH. (UNDERMARINE OPS, 20.6.72). 5.4.72 AMEND TO WK 29MTRS. NC 1543. 21.11.72 SHOWN IN 523539N, 020736E [EUR] ON NETHERLANDS FISHERIES 1954 [REC'D 7.11.72]. H4004/73 11.9.73 SWEPT CLEAR 28.0MTRS, FOUL 29.0MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 23.7MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 35MTRS. (HMS ENTERPRISE). AMEND TO SW 28MTRS. BR STD. HH090/616/01 24.10.94 EXAM'D 8.7.94 IN 523533.6N, 020746.0E [OGB] USING SYLEDIS [3 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR 29.1, FOUL 29.4MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 29.4 IN GEN DEPTH 34.0MTRS. SCOUR 1.5MTRS. DCS3 HT 4.8MTRS. LENGTH 60MTRS, WIDTH 10MTRS. LIES 170/350 DEGS. INTACT, UPRIGHT. IN LEE OF LARGE SANDWAVE TO THE SOUTH. (GARDLINE, HI 616). AMEND TO SW 29MTRS. BR STD. SEP 2017/000067039 7.8.17 EXAM'D 16.3.17: IN 5235.587N, 0207.651E [WGD]. LEAST WCD DEPTH 29.43MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 34MTRS, LENGTH 53.9MTRS, WIDTH 10.7MTRS, HEIGHT 5.2MTRS, ORIENTATION 172/352 DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 24MTRS, 0.24MTRS DEEP, TOWARDS 177 DEGS. WRECK IS INTACT AND UPRIGHT. (GARDLINE, HI 1516). AMEND NDW 29MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 52 35.587 N,2 7.651 E