This is the information page about the shipwreck Bellerophon, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 54.136 N,0 4.702 E (53.6109, 0.26485)
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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: BELLEROPHON
Year of registration: 1887
Water depth above wreck: 22 meter
Known since: 1887, last detected: 20200917
Details measurements/cartography: 4.8.72 SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 14M SSE OF FLAMBOROUGH HEAD. (GRIMSBY LOSS LIST). POSN 535406N, 000448E FOR FILING ONLY. H5084/77 NOTHING FOUND. POSN CLEAR. (SOISS, HI 64/79). AMEND DEAD. NCA. SEP 2021/000166150 17.9.20 EXAM?D 25.3.21 IN 5354.136N, 0004.702E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 21.73MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 22MTRS. LENGTH 2.0MTRS, WIDTH 2.4MTRS, HT 1.3MTRS. SCOUR DIMENSIONS LENGTH 6.66MTRS, WIDTH 5.12MTRS, 0.54MTRS DEEP, TOWARD 240 DEGS. (CLINTON MARINE SURVEY AB, HI 1587). POSSIBLE WRECK DEBRIS. AMEND DW 21.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: POSSIBLE PART OF DEGRADED/BURIED WRECK
Position: 53 54.136 N,0 4.702 E