This is the information page about the shipwreck Cerne, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 34.327 N,1 42.249 E (51.7619167, 1.5857333)
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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: CERNE
Length 96 meter, width: 13.7 meter, draught: 5.9, tonnage 2579 ton
Load: coal
Cause: Built in 1915 by s p austin & son ltd, sunderland. owned at time of loss by stephenson, clarke & co, london. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 309hp, single shaft. passage newcastle-upon-tyne for london. cargo coal. struck a mine laid by uc-7 and sank.
Year of registration: 1916
Water depth above wreck: 34 meter, Height above seabed: 170 cm
Known since: 1916, last detected: 20170403
Details measurements/cartography: H1948/16 POSN 513411N, 014149E. - FNM 194/16. H7718/18 INS ON CHARTS AS ?DW. H2509/22 1.5.22 LEAST DEPTH 32FT REPORTED IN AREA. (HMS KELLETT 23.8.22). H6345/26 4.11.26 AMEND TO NDW. H7039/29 22.10.29 SWEPT TO 90FT IN ABOVE POSN. NO TRACE FOUND. SWEEP CARRIED OUT AT LOW WATER OVER AREA OF 4C BY 3C. (TH 18.10.29). DELETED. H2190/65 12.7.65 OROPESA SWEEP CLEAR 66FT. LEAST E/S 84FT, SEABED 114FT. APPEARS TO LIE E/W. BEAM 100FT, LENGTH PROBABLY OVER 500FT. GOOD ECHO. (HMS MYRMIDON, SIGNAL DTD 28.6.65). INS AS NDW.
- NM 1362/65. 9.5.68 AMEND TO WK 14FMS. LC 1610. H5197/70 10.8.71 EXAM'D IN 513407N, 014220E [OGB]. SWEPT CLEAR 24.1MTRS. (HMS FAWN, HN). AMEND TO SW 13FMS.
- NM 1285/71. H4988/71 3.1.71 EXAM'D IN 513407N, 014220E [OGB] USING RO-RO HIFIX/3 [2 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR 24.1, FOUL 24.2MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 24.6 IN GEN DEPTH 33MTRS. SCOUR 37.0MTRS. WK LIES 170/350 DEGS. APPROX 350FT LONG. (HMS FAWN). 23.5.783 AMEND TO SW 24MTRS. NC 2051. HH090/667/01 3.1.96 EXAM'D 28.7.95 IN 513419.58N, 014214.82E [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 23.8, FOUL 24.2MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 24.5 IN GEN DEPTH 35.0MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 6.0MTRS. DCS3 HT 8.2MTRS. LENGTH 100MTRS, WIDTH 14MTRS. LIES 000/180 DEGS. LARGE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. LARGE INTACT WK, PROBABLY UPRIGHT. (OCEONICS, HI 667). BR STD. HH100/351/17 6.8.01 DIVED IN LISTED POSN. THIS IS THE CERNE. IDENTIFIED BY VESSEL'S NAMED CROCKERY. (D RONNAN, EMAIL DTD 6.8.01). NCA. SEP 2017/000123580 22.9.17 EXAM'D 3.4.17; IN 5134.327N, 0142.249E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 24.27MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 34MTRS, LENGTH 99.4MTRS, WIDTH 18.9MTRS, HEIGHT 9.5MTRS, ORIENTATION 170/350 DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 670MTRS, 7.2MTRS DEEP, TOWARDS 211 DEGS. WRECK IS UPRIGHT AND INTACT. (GARDLINE, HI 1518). AMEND DW 24MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 51 34.327 N,1 42.249 E