This is the information page about the shipwreck Bulk carrier, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 22.767 N,16 14.329 E (54.49265, 16.437733333333)
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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: BULK CARRIER
Length 84.4 meter, width: 11.3 meter, draught: 4.9, tonnage 1599 ton
Load: chemicals
Cause: 14.10.80 built 1964 by angyafold shipyard, budapest. sank suddenly after reporting leakages in hold while on passage from gdansk to brest. owned at time of loss by troodos shipping co., ltd. 1 life lost. (ll, 14.10.80 & msd).
Year of registration: 1980
Water depth above wreck: 16 meter
Known since: 1980, last detected: 2023
Details measurements/cartography: H2822/74 17.10.80 SANK IN 542406N, 161230E IN 25MTRS OF WATER. (LL,14.10.80) NCA YET. H2822/74 5.5.81 POSN 542424N, 161330E. MARKED BY LT BUOY. (POLISH NM 477(T)/80). NCA YET. H2822/74 5.5.81 CORRECTED POSN 542248N, 161412E. LEAST DEPTH 6MTRS. MARKED NOW BY N CARD BUOY CLOSE N. LT BUOY WITHDRAWN. (POLISH NM 73(T)/81).
- NM 1046(T)/81. H2822/74 14.7.81 BUOY NOW LIT, "Q". (POLISH NM 194(T)/81). NCA YET. H2822/74 10.2.82 WK 6MTRS IN 542248N, 161412E, MARKED BY N CARD BUOY "Q" CLOSE N. (POLISH NM 401(T)/81).
- NM 512/82. H2822/74 15.9.82 BUOY NOW DESCRIBED AS A SPAR BUOY. (POLISH NM 279(T)/82). NFA. H2822/74 3.9.85 BUOY NOW ISOLATED DANGER SPAR BUOY. (POLISH NM 275(T)/85).
- NM 2450/85. H2822/74 25.3.87 ABOVE DETAILS REPEATED. (POLISH NM 536/86). NFA. 26.9.90 DW SHOWN IN 542248N, 161412E MARKED BY ISOL. DANGER SPAR BUOY ON POLISH 202 [CORRECT TO NM 09/87]. NCA REQUIRED. RETAIN AS WK 6MTRS WITH BUOY. NE 2369. HH100/351/12 30.7.97 DIVED IN LISTED POSN. VESSEL IS UPSIDE DOWN AND FLAT TO HULL WITH SEABED. STANDS 8MTRS HIGH IN APPROX 20MTRS. LIES NW/SE WITH BOWS NW. BROKEN IN HALF WITH STERN SECTION SOME 32MTRS LONG. SLOWLY SINKING INTO SEABED. INVERTED HULL HAS 10DEG LIST TO STBD [PORTSIDE LOWER]. 4 BLADED PROP FITTED, SOME 2.8MTRS IN DIAMETER. (S SGT ROBERTS, DIVE REPORT). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 54 22.767 N,16 14.329 E