This is the information page about the shipwreck Caroline, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 7.61 N,0 6.828 E (54.3415833, -0.2793833)
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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: CAROLINE
Length 58.7 meter, width: 8.6 meter, draught: 4.9, tonnage 679 ton
Load: general and mixed goods
Cause: Built in 1878 by t roydon & sons, liverpool. owned at time of loss by the carron co ltd. two boilers, compound expansion engine of 168hp, single shaft. machinery by caird bros, birkenhead. passage leith for london. general cargo. foundered following collision with ss merida.
Year of registration: 1980
Water depth above wreck: 50 meter, Height above seabed: 155 cm
Known since: 1980, last detected: 20160218
Details measurements/cartography: H5084/77 18.3.80 EXAM'D 14.11.79 IN 540735.2N, 000655.8E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6. LEAST E/S DEPTH 43.1 IN GEN DEPTH 50MTRS. DCS3 HT 7.5MTRS. HYDROSEARCH VERTICAL HT 7.3MTRS. LENGTH 54MTRS, WIDTH 10.5MTRS. LIES 152/332 DEGS. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 64/79). BR STD. HH090/730/01 19.12.97 EXAM'D 13.6.97 IN 540736.1N, 000650.2E [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 42 IN GEN DEPTH 50MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 6.6MTRS. LENGTH 58MTRS, WIDTH 14MTRS. LIES 150/330 DEGS. WELL DEFINED SMALL WK. UPRIGHT AND INTACT. SOME SUPERSTRUCTURE APPARENT. WHEELHOUSE AT STERN IS THE HIGH POINT. (GARDLINE, HI 730). BR STD. 11.12.01 THIS COULD BE CAROLINE. HAS BEEN DIVED TWICE, BUT NOTHING FOUND TO IDENTIFY THE WK. (R YOUNG, EMAIL). NCA. HH100/351/18 8.4.02 UPRIGHT WITH BOWS SW. AFT ENGINE AND TWO BOILERS. SEABED GRAVEL AND SAND. CARGO INCLUDES EMPTY CAMP COFFEE BOTTLES AND PORT BOTTLES. POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED. (A C JACKSON & C A RACEY). NCA. SEP 2016/000007250 20.06.16 EXAM'D 18.02.16 IN 5407.610N, 0006.828W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 40.4MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 50MTRS. LENGTH 59MTRS, WIDTH 9.1MTRS, HT 9.7MTRS, ORIENTATION 155/335. SCOUR LENGTH 8.2MTRS, 0.2MTRS DEEP TOWARDS 249 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY, WK MAINLY INTACT. THERE APPEARS TO BE MINOR SCOURING AROUND THE BOW. (EGS, HI 1472). AMEND NDW 40MTRS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: Mainly intact
Position: 54 7.61 N,0 6.828 E