This is the information page about the shipwreck Baysoto, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 56 56.044 N,1 4.155 W (56.934066666667, -1.06925)
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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: BAYSOTO
Length 100.8 meter, width: 13.7 meter, tonnage 3082 ton
Cause: built in 1905 by j readhead & sons ltd, south shileds. owned at time of loss by bay ss co (sale & co), london. torpedoed and sunk.
Year of registration: 1917
Water depth above wreck: 68 meter, Height above seabed: 120 cm
Known since: 1917, last detected: 2009
Details measurements/cartography: H8203/19 CONFIRMS LOSS, GIVES TONNAGE, ETC. SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 33 MILES SE BY E FROM GIRDLENESS. (WW1SL). H315/27 12.2.27 INS AS NDWPA (1917) IN 565800N, 010600W. NE 2182. 27.9.76 AMEND TO USCPA 43MTRS. NC 273. HH091/155/01 3.3.10 EXAM'D 27.5.09 IN 5656.044N, 0104.155W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 62.52 IN GEN DEPTH 68.5MTRS. SCOUR 4.2MTRS DEEP EXTENDS 31MTRS S. LENGTH 100MTRS, WIDTH 20MTRS, HT 6MTRS. LIES 120/300 DEGS WITH BOWS NW. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. INTACT. (GARDLINE HYDRO, HI 1155). UPRIGHT. SCOUR EXTENDS S FROM NW END AND N FROM SE END. AMEND WK 62MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. SEP 2010/000097684 22.6.10 AMEND WK 62MTRS. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, INTACT. BOWS NW
Position: 56 56.044 N,1 4.155 W