Wreck: Audax (Steam ship)

This is the information page about the shipwreck Audax, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 36.538 N,0 41.426 W (54.454266666667, -0.39783333333333)


 

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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง, 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.

 

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Shipwreck details

Name: AUDAX

Length 64.2 meter, width: 10.6 meter, draught: 3.9, tonnage 981 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: ex-haardraade. built in 1903 by kon maats de schelde, flushing. owned at time of loss by the shipping controller. one boiler, triple expansion engine of 123hp, single shaft. passage rouen for the tyne. torpedoed by ub 80. was taken in tow by patrol vessel 'richard jewell' but foundered some 14 miles further on when bulkhead collapsed. two men lost.

Year of registration: 1987

Water depth above wreck: 47 meter, Height above seabed: 85 cm

Known since: 1987, last detected: 20161216

Details measurements/cartography: H5103/83 9.3.87 TWO FASTENERS IN 543632N, 004038W & 543628N, 004057W. POSNS BY DECCA. (KINGFISHER OBSTN BOOKLET - WHITBY AREA). NCA. H6331/87 2.2.89 WK EXAM'D 30.6.88 IN 543632N, 004119W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [4 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 42 IN GEN DEPTH 47MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 4.5MTRS, LENGTH 75MTRS, BEAM 10MTRS. LIES 080/260DEG, APPARENTLY WELL DECAYED & PARTIALLY BURIED WITH HIGH POINTS AT EACH END. (LAND & MARINE, HI 414B). BR STD. HH100/351/09 12.6.95 AFT ENGINE, PROBABLY BRIDGE AFT. TWO HOLDS FWD LAT TO THE SEABED. SINGLE BOILER, TWO FURNACES. ENGINE PROBABLY TRIPLE COMPOUND, FALLEN OVER TO STBD. BOWS OVER TO PORT AT 45 DEGS, BIG TRAWL NET COILED UPWARDS. (A C JACKSON/C A RACEY). HH100/351/10 24.11.95 DIVED AGAIN IN 9.95. BELL FOUND ON THE SEABED AT THE PORT SIDE OF BOW. BEARS PREVIOUS NAME 'HAADRAADE'. APPEARS TO BE IN BALLAST. (A C JACKSON & C A RACEY). SEP 2017/000002822 2.5.17 EXAM'D 16.12.16; IN 5436.538N, 0041.426W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 41.5MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 47MTRS, LENGTH 70MTRS, WIDTH 11.5MTRS, HEIGHT 5.56MTRS, ORIENTATION 085/265 DEGS. WRECK IS SEVERELY DISINTEGRATED. (MMT, HI 1491). AMEND NDW 41MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 54 36.538 N,0 41.426 W

 

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