This is the information page about the shipwreck Boulderpool (after part), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 38.004 N,1 47.761 E (52.4370167, 1.7918333)
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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: BOULDERPOOL (AFTER PART)
Length 123.4 meter, width: 16.3 meter, draught: 8, tonnage 4805 ton
Load: ballast
Cause: Built by smith's dock co, middlesbrough. owned at time of loss by pool shipping co ltd. three boilers, triple expansion engine of 508nhp, single shaft. passage london for the tyne. torpedoed by e-boat and broke in two. forepart sank. after part drifted and grounded on scroby sand. (sibi).
Year of registration: 1941
Water depth above wreck: 3 meter, Height above seabed: 30 cm
Known since: 1941, last detected: 2005
Details measurements/cartography: H02994/41 16.9.41 H02994/41 16.9.41 WK,DANGEROUS TO NAVIGATION, IN 523809N, 014825E. CHART AS DW.
- NM 2157/41. H3478/45 27.8.45 H3478/45 27.8.45 ADD LEGEND (MAST). (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). LC 1543. H3478/45 15.6.48 H3478/45 15.6.48 DELETE LEGEND. (HMS SHARPSHOOTER). H3478/45 27.10.60 H3478/45 27.10.60 FIXED FROM SHIP STATIONS IN 523757N, 014752E. STUMP OF MAST VISIBLE. DRIES 4FT. (HMS SHARPSHOOTER, DTD 16.10.51). AMEND TO DW (MAST DRIES 4FT). BR STD. H1048/58 27.10.60 H1048/58 27.10.60 MAST DRIES 8FT IN 523758N, 014751E. (ECES, DTD 1957). AMEND POSN & DRIES HT. LC 1543. H3313/59 27.10.60 H3313/59 27.10.60 MAST NO LONGER VISIBLE. (HMS STARLING, DTD 29.4.59). DELETE MAST. BR STD. H4514/59 22.9.60 H4514/59 22.9.60 DELETE LEGEND (MAST). (HMS SCOTT).
- NM 2377/60. H3930/61 17.4.63 H3930/61 17.4.63 STUMP OF MAST DRIES 6FT IN GEN DEPTH 3FT. (HMS ENTERPRISE). ADD LEGEND (MAST). BR STD. H1927/69 10.1.69 H1927/69 10.1.69 LOCATED 20.6.68 IN 523757N, 014754E USING HSA. LEAST E/S DEPTH 8 IN GEN DEPTH 3-8FT. SCOUR DEPTH 15FT. (HMS EGERIA, HI 40/68). AMEND TO WK 1FM 2FT. BR STD. H4852/74 26.1.79 H4852/74 26.1.79 NO INDICATION OF THIS WK FOUND DURING BASIC SOUNDING. NO SPECIAL SEARCH MADE AS MIDDLE SCROBY SAND HAS MOVED EASTWARD TO ENGULF THE CHARTED POSN OF THIS WK. RECOMMEND IT BE EXPUNGED. (HMS ECHO, HI 64A/78). DELETED. BR STD. H4021/86 5.7.87 H4021/86 5.7.87 EXAM'D 31.5.87 IN 523758N, 014752E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [4 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 2.2 IN GEN DEPTH 3MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 5.2MTRS. APPARENTLY WHOLE, LYING 010/190DEGS. LENGTH 40MTRS. MAGNETOMETER INDICATES IRON CONTENT OF SOME 90 TONNES. (NP 1016, HI 370). CHARTAS WK 2.2MTRS. NE 1536. HH090/487/01 26.6.90 HH090/487/01 26.6.90 EXAM'D 18.4.90 IN 523758.1N, 014751.0E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [6 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 3.1 IN GEN DEPTH 4MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 4.9MTRS. NO SONAR SHADOW OBTAINED. LENGTH 30MTRS, BEAM 10MTRS. LIES N/S, APPROX, AND IS IN ONE PIECE. PARTIALLY BURIED WITH SHALLOW SCOUR TO THE E. (NP 1016, HI 487). AMEND TO WK 3.1MTRS. BR STD. HH090/569/01 12.7.93 HH090/569/01 12.7.93 LOCATED 18.4.93 IN CHARTED POSN IN GEN DEPTH 3.2MTRS. SITS WITHIN SCOUR. SLIGHT BUT DISTINCT MAGNETOMETER DEFLECTION OBSERVED. NOT EXAMINED. RETAIN AS CHARTED. (NP 1016, HI 569). NCA. HH090/846/01 13.5.99 HH090/846/01 13.5.99 EXAM'D 8.4.99 IN 5237.992N, 0147.753E [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 2.9MTRS. SCOUR 1MTR. LENGTH 40MTRS, WIDTH 10MTRS. NO DCS3 HT. LIES 000/180DEGS. SCOUR 20MTRS TOWARDS 135DEGS. MEDIUM MAGNETIC ANOMALY. IN ONE PIECE. IN ITS OWN SCOUR. (NP 1016, HI 846). AMEND TO WK 2.9MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. HH242/540/19 15.6.05 HH242/540/19 15.6.05 LEAST M/B DEPTH 2.4MTRS IN 5238.004N, 0147.761E [WGD]. (NP 1016, HN DTD 6.6.05). BR STD. HH091/110/01 16.8.05 HH091/110/01 16.8.05 EXAM'D 27.4.05. LEAST M/B DEPTH 2.46 IN GEN DEPTH 3.4MTRS. SCOUR 2MTRS DEEP EXTENDS 39MTRS TOWARDS 175 DEGS. LENGTH 35MTRS, WIDTH 7MTRS, HT 4.8MTRS. LIES 030/210 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. INTACT, UPRIGHT. (NP 1016, HI 1110). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: IN ONE PIECE, IN ITS OWN SCOUR.
Position: 52 38.004 N,1 47.761 E