This is the information page about the shipwreck Bygdo (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 22.348 N,1 46.685 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: BYGDO (POSSIBLY)
Length 88.4 meter, width: 11.6 meter, draught: 5.8, tonnage 2345 ton
Load: coal
Cause: Built in 1887 by e withy & co. owned at time of loss by ronald akties. triple expansion engine of 210nhp. mined.
Year of registration: 1916
Water depth above wreck: 19 meter, Height above seabed: 203 cm
Known since: 1916, last detected: 20161212
Details measurements/cartography: 1.9.16 POSN 522245N, 014820E, APPROX. (C IN C LOWESTOFT). H03774/45 1.4.45 POSN 522224N, 014648E. LEAST DEPTH OVER WK 46FT. (HMS SCOTT 1945). BR STD. H6285/69 27.1.70 LOCATED IN 522219N, 014646E USING DECCA. (KH, PIPE SURVEY K5733/2, 1969). 31.7.74 AMEND TO WK 13.7MTRS [LAT]. NC 1543 H1942/80 23.8.82 EXAM'D 16.2.82 IN 522220N, 014648E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 12.8 IN GEN DEPTH 21MTRS. NO SCOUR. HYDROSEARCH VERTICAL HT 5.79MTRS, LENGTH 90.33MTRS, BEAM 19.3MTRS. LYING N/S, BOWS N. V BROKEN UP WITH HIGHEST POINT AMIDSHIPS. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 11).
- NM 2403/82. SEP 2016/000091758 19.7.17 EXAM'D 12.12.16 IN 5222.348N, 0146.685E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 12.69MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 19MTRS, LENGTH 92MTRS, WIDTH 25.3MTRS, HEIGHT 6.1MTRS, ORIENTATION 203/023 DEGS. WRECK IS BROKEN AND PARTIALLY BURIED. (GARDLINE, HI 1494). AMEND DW 12.6MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 52 22.348 N,1 46.685 E