This is the information page about the shipwreck Aud, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 27.155 N,5 37.048 W (50.27365, -5.4894666666667)
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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: AUD
Length 69.8 meter, width: 10.7 meter, draught: 4.9, tonnage 1102 ton
Load: coal
Cause: built in 1907 by bergens m.v., bergen. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 106 hp, passage cardiff for lisbon. cargo coal. was captured & scuttled by german submarine ub 18.
Year of registration: 1916
Water depth above wreck: 62 meter, Height above seabed: 150 cm
Known since: 1916, last detected: 2000
Details measurements/cartography: H2959/73 12.3.75 H2959/73 12.3.75 FISHERMANS FASTENER BELIEVED WK IN 502708N, 053654W USING DECCA. (E GILES). CHART AS USC 28MTRS. NE 1149. H2979/74 16.9.77 H2979/74 16.9.77 WK REPORTED IN 502700N, 053709W EXTENDING TO 502703N, 053642W USING DECCA. (E GILES, 16.5.77). NCA. 4.5.78 4.5.78 NOW CHARTED AS NDW. (TONNAGE NOT KNOWN). NC 1178. HH100/351/12 1.4.97 HH100/351/12 1.4.97 POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED BY DIVERS IN 1983 AS 'AUD', BELL FOUND. FIXED BY DECCA IN 502709N, 053651W IN GEN DEPTH 70MTRS. (G J POUND, 5.3.97). NCA. HH090/799/01 20.12.00 HH090/799/01 20.12.00 EXAM'D 9.9.00 IN 5027.155N, 0537.048W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 58.0 IN GEN DEPTH 62MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 94MTRS, WIDTH 22MTRS. DCS3 HT 5.4MTRS. LIES 150/330 DEGS. MODERATE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. DEBRIS WITHIN 20MTRS. IN TWO MAIN PIECES. (NP 1008, HI 799). AMEND TO WK 58MTRS. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: IN TWO PIECES
Position: 50 27.155 N,5 37.048 W