This is the information page about the shipwreck Cape york, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 57 42.441 N,1 33.708 W (57.4531, -1.7967)

 

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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.

 

1. Annemieke
2. Atland
3. Bel lily
4. Ben tarbet
5. Blomvaag (possibly)
6. Cairnavon
7. Cairnmona
8. Cape york
9. Charuny
10. Constant star
11. Craig-gowan
12. Fertile (possibly)
13. Guido (possibly)
14. Hms flotta (possibly)
15. Integrity
16. Jacqueline
17. Kedarost
18. Magician
19. Malmland
20. Mercator (probably)
21. Muriel
22. Ocean herald ii
23. Port denison
24. Procyon
25. Roulette worker
26. Saint magnus
27. Sapphire
28. St fergus (possibly)
29. St fergus (possibly)
30. Stella marie (possibly)
31. Svarton (probably)
32. William rockefeller
33. Windward ho (possibly)
34. Zitella

 

Name: CAPE YORK

Length 125 meter, width: 16.5 meter, draught: 8.2, tonnage 5027 ton
Load: timber,grain,non-ferrous elements and ores: unrefined and refined

Cause: built in 1926 by lithgows ltd, port glasgow. owned at time of loss by cape york motorship co ltd. passage vancouver for hull. torpedoed by german aircraft 045deg, 10m from innards head. taken in tow but later sank 055deg, 8m from rattray hd. (ww2sl, ll ww2 & sibi).

Year of registration: 1941

Water depth above wreck: 84 meter, Height above seabed: 50 cm

Known since: 1941, last detected: 2009

Details measurements/cartography: H0810/40 28.7.41 H0810/40 28.7.41 BRGS FROM POSN 1.5C S OF WK - KINNARDS HD 269[T]; RATTRAY HD 235.5[T]; BUCHAN NESS LT 206.5[T]. WK IN 44FMS & BUOYED BY DAN BUOY. (HMS EGRET HN 27.8.40). H0810/40 10.2.59 H0810/40 10.2.59 NOW CHARTED AS NDW IN 574200N, 013330W. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). H1207/71 12.3.71 H1207/71 12.3.71 SALVAGE CONTRACT TAKEN BY RISDON BEAZLEY ULRICH HARMS LTD. (DTI LETTER DTD NOV'71). 10.6.74 10.6.74 NOW CHARTED AS USC PA 55MTRS. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NC 213. H0810/40 13.10.86 H0810/40 13.10.86 NOW CHARTED AS USC 55MTRS IN 574221N, 013330W. (REVISED POSN FROM EGRET 1940 POSN). BR STD. H0810/40 10.11.86 H0810/40 10.11.86 FOUND LYING INTACT IN 574222N, 013322W [OGB] USING DECCA. (KILBURN SALVAGE CO TELECON DTD 20.10.86). NCA. 29.11.02 29.11.02 RECORD REVIEVED. POSN AMENDED TO KILBURN SALVAGE CO'S DECCA POSN. BR STD. HH091/155/01 19.1.10 HH091/155/01 & SEP 2010/000027978 19.1.10 EXAM'D 13.5.09 IN 5742.441N, 0133.708W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 77.07 IN GEN DEPTH 84.4MTRS. SCOUR 3.2MTRS DEEP EXTENDS 10.6MTRS TOWARDS 280 DEGS. LENGTH 133MTRS, WIDTH 25MTRS, HT 7.4MTRS. LIES 050/230 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. DEGRADED. (GARDLINE HYDRO, HI 1155). UPRIGHT, BROKEN MIDSHIPS. AMEND WK 77MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, DEGRADED

Position: 57 42.441 N,1 33.708 W

 

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