Wreck: Avance (probably) (Steam ship)
This is the information page about the shipwreck Avance (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 13.222 N,0 11.595 W (54.2203667, -0.19325)
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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.
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Shipwreck details
Name: AVANCE (PROBABLY)
Length 78 meter, width: 11 meter, draught: 5.2, tonnage 1585 ton
Load: wood: unprocessed and products,timber,ferrous elements and ores: unrefined and refined
Cause: Torpedoed by german submarine ub 88. was on passage goteborg to hull.
Year of registration: 1918
Water depth above wreck: 38 meter, Height above seabed: 2 cm
Known since: 1918, last detected: 20160217
Details measurements/cartography: H3873/18 29.6.18 POSN 541100N, 000945W, APPROX. (SNO GRANTON - AP REPORT). H3873/18 29.6.18 NO OBSTN FOUND IN ABOVE POSN. (VAEC). 28.6.18 SANK 0.5M W OF L BUOY - OFF FILEY. (FLAG CAPT). ACCEPTED POSN. ALSO GIVEN AS 541400N, 001300W. (CAPT (D), VAEC REPORT). H3752/26 11.6.26 INS NDW (PA) (1918) IN 541145N, 001100W ON 1191. 21.6.72 AMEND TO NDWPA. NC 129. 5.12.74 AMEND TO USCPA 15MTRS. NC 129. 27.6.86 WRECK LOCATED IN POSN 541316N, 001116.5W. (GARDLINE SURVEY, TELECON). AMEND TO USC 25MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. HH100/351/06 16.3.93 WK OF 'ADVANCE' LOCATED IN 541312.5N, 001127.5W [OGB] USING GPS. STANDS 4MTRS HIGH. (A C JACKSON, 9.2.93). NCA. HH090/730/01 19.11.97 NOT SURVEYED AS LIES WITHIN FISHING AREA EXCLUSION ZONE. (GARDLINE, HI 730). 19.11.97 POSN AMENDED TO THAT OF JACKSON 1993. BR STD. SEP 2016/000007250 07.06.16 EXAM'D 17.02.16 IN 5413.222N, 0011.595W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 31.2MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 38MTRS. LENGTH 68.2MTRS, WIDTH 11.8MTRS, HT 7.5MTRS, ORIENTATION 002/182. SCOUR LENGTH 35.8MTRS, 0.4MTRS DEEP TOWARDS 179DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY, FULLY INTACT. (EGS, HI 1472). AMEND NDW 31MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: Appears intact
Position: 54 13.222 N,0 11.595 W
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