This is the information page about the shipwreck Betsy anna, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 36.992 N,1 48.974 W (50.616533, -1.816233)

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: BETSY ANNA

Length 63 meter, width: 9.2 meter, tonnage 880 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: ex-ashington. built in 1892 by w dobson & co, newcastle. owned at time of loss by naamloze vennotschap exploitatie van ss betsy anna. one boiler, triple expansion engine of 120 nhp, single shaft. passage salcombe for cowes for repairs. foundered n heavy seas.

Year of registration: 1981

Water depth above wreck: 24 meter, Height above seabed: 30 cm

Known since: 1981, last detected: 1995

Details measurements/cartography: H1968/77 18.8.81 EXAM'D 30.9.80 IN 503654.5N, 014853W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [3 LOP] AND HSA. SWEPT CLEAR AT 16.3, FOUL AT 16.6MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 17.5 IN GEN DEPTH 23MTRS. NO SCOUR. LYING 080/260DEGS. 50 TO 60MTRS LONG, 15MTRS BREADTH, APPROX. (SCESU, HI 81/80). INS AS SW 16.3MTRS.

- NM 2081/81. H1310/81/23 22.9.81 DIVED. WK OF ABOUT 500TONS GROSS. APPROX 200FT LONG. STERN, BOILER AND BOWS STANDING ABOUT 15FT HIGH. NO CARGO. REMAINS OF TRAWL ON BOW. (P BARRETT, 9.9.81). 19.7.83 LIES 060/240DEGS, BOWS E, UPRIGHT WITH CENTRAL PART COLLAPSED EXCEPT FOR BOILER WHICH STANDS 18FT HIGH. BOW STANDS 20FT HIGH. HAS FALLEN BACK ON WRECKAGE AND POINTING UPWARDS. STERN ALSO 20FT HIGH. (D SAYWELL, TELECON 19.7.83). H1310/83/37 5.10.83 IDENTIFIED AS THE DAGMAR. PURCHASED FROM DOT BY ST MARY MARINE OF PARKSTONE, POOLE, IN AUG 1983. (D SAYWELL, 14.9.83). HH100/351/10 9.9.95 WK IDENTIFIED AS THE BETSY ANNA. (J R SCOTT, 9.9.95). NCA. 2.2.07 LIES IN 5036.98N, 0149.98W [WGD]. UPRIGHT, BUT ROTTING THROUGH. STERN LEANS TO PORT, BOWS HAVE BROKEN AND POINT UPWARDS AND THE ENGINE HAS FALLEN OVER. HIGHEST POINTS ARE THE MAIN AND DONKEY BOILERS. (D C WENDES, SOUTH COAST SHIPWRECKS). NCA. 24.10.12 EXAM'D 24.1.12 IN 5036.992N, 0148.974W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 18.07 IN GEN DEPTH 24MTRS. LEAST W/C DEPTH 17.45MTRS. SCOUR 0.4MTRS AT N END OF WK. LENGTH 60MTRS, WIDTH 18MTRS, HT 5.0MTRS. LIES 030/210 DEGS. STRONG MAGENTIC ANOMALY. COLLAPSED. (EMU, HI 1366). AMEND WK 17.4 IN REVISED POSN. 28.8.14 LONGITUDE RECORDED E, AMENDED TO W.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, INTACT, COLLAPSED

Position: 50 36.992 N,1 48.974 W

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