This is the information page about the shipwreck Basto, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 36.469 N,1 29.52 E (53.8572333, 1.4614167)

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.

Name: BASTO

Length 64.6 meter, width: 10.1 meter, draught: 3.7, tonnage 499 ton
Load: grain

Cause: Built in 1965 by hugo petes schiffsw, wewelsfleth. owned at time of loss by arn thielen. oil engine, single shaft. passage kalundborg for gunness. cargo bulk wheat. took on severe list and was abandoned. later sank while under tow to the humber.

Year of registration: 1988

Water depth above wreck: 21 meter, Height above seabed: 101 cm

Known since: 1988, last detected: 1990

Details measurements/cartography: H3069/86 12.1.88 LOCATED IN 533630N, 012924E. MARKED BY N CARDINAL BUOY, VQ, LAID 180MTRS N AND S CARDINAL BUOY, Q(6)+LFL 15S, 180MTRS S OF WK. (TH TELEX 9.1.88). H3069/86 18.1.88 WK SWEPT CLEAR AT 9.0MTRS, FOUL AT 10.35MTRS. (TH HARWICH, TELEX 17.1.88). H3069/86 21.1.88 LEAST E/S DEPTH 11.95 IN GEN DEPTH 21MTRS. (TH HARWICH TELEX, 20.1.88). INS SW 9.0MTRS WITH BUOYS.

- NM 468/88. H6329/87 24.8.89 LOCATED IN 533626.9N, 012937.6E [OGB] USING SYLEDIS. SWEPT CLEAR AT 12.9, FOUL AT 13.2MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 13.4MTRS. N BUOY IN 533632.5N, 012939.2N; S IN 533620.3N, 012939.3E. (NP 1008, HN FOR HI 413). AMEND TO SW 12.9MTRS, AMEND BUOY POSNS.

- NM 2770/89. H6329/87 18.10.89 EXAM'D 19.8.89. LARGE WK LYING 101/281 DEG, AND APPARENTLY BROKEN IN TWO, WITH BOW W AND IN A SCOUR 2.1 MTRS DEEP. AFTER SECTION APPEARS TO BE UPSIDE DOWN. (NP 1008, HI 413). NFA. H3069/86 18.10.89 EXAM'D 17.9.89. CHAIN SWEPT CLEAR AT 12.8, FOUL AT 13.15MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 13.0MTRS [LAT]. BUOYS REMAIN ON STATION. (THV PATRICIA, 19.9.89). NCA. HH160/351/01 5.6.90 TO BE DISPERSED UNDER CONTRACT BY SEA BLAST LTD. (TH, 10.5.90). HH160/351/01 31.10.90 DISPERSAL COMPLETE. SWEPT CLEAR AT 16.5MTRS [LAT]. WK BUOYS WITHDRAWN. (TH, 20.9.90). AMEND TO SW 16.5MTRS. DELETE BUOYS

- NM 3289/90.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 53 36.469 N,1 29.52 E

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