Wreck: B 98 (Destroyer)
This is the information page about the shipwreck B 98, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 59 16.957 N,2 26.877 W (59.308216666667, -2.5270666666667)
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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: B 98
Length 97.8 meter, width: 9.4 meter, draught: 3.7, tonnage 1843 ton
Cause: 21.6.19 arrived at scapa flow with mail for interned german fleet on 21.6.19, immediately after fleet had been scuttled. was seized by armed boarding party. was later wrecked on sanday after breaking adrift whilst under tow. built with 2 x screw, steam turbines. (sibi).
Year of registration: 1920
Water depth above wreck: 2 meter, Height above seabed: 45 cm
Known since: 1920, last detected: 2006
Details measurements/cartography: H1369/20 23.5.20 SHOWN IN 591646N, 022650W ON TRACING SUPPLIED. (CO NORTH OF SCOTLAND AREA, 31.3.20). INS AS WK (OLD SYMBOL). BR STD. H3875/26 18.6.26 AMEND TO ST. BR STD. H1310/86/20 7.8.86 REMAINS OF ENGINE FOUND CLOSE TO THE SHORELINE. A SEARCH 200-300MTRS UNDERWATER TO SEAWARD FAILED TO LOCATE ANY FURTHER WRECKAGE. (B WINFIELD, 26.7.86). H1310/86/20 19.8.87 CONFIRMED THAT ENGINE WRECKAGE IS VISIBLE AT LW. (B WINFIELD, 4.8.87). NCA. HH091/137/01 - SEP 2009/000188812 6.12.09 LOCATED 24.5.06 IN 5916.957N, 0226.877W [WGD] USING HAND-HELD GPS. LENGTH 83MTRS. (NETSURVEY, HI 1137). MACHINERY REMAINS ONLY. RETAIN ST IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: HULL & MACHINERY DEBRIS, LENGTH BY MEASUREMENT
Position: 59 16.957 N,2 26.877 W
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