This is the information page about the shipwreck Choice, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 55 56.306 N,1 38.026 W (55.802333333333, -1.8619333333333)

 

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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. Aepos
2. Arbutus
3. Auckland castle
4. Aulton (possibly)
5. Auriac (probably)
6. Baron stjernblad
7. Choice
8. Chris christenson
9. Coryton
10. Eglinton
11. Emma
12. Everene (possibly)
13. Ex-hmsm h 11
14. Florence dombey (possibly)
15. George and mary (possibly)
16. Havilde
17. Hms ascot
18. Hms fortuna
19. Jan van ryswyck
20. Kitty (possibly)
21. Maystone (possibly)
22. Merwede
23. Shadwan
24. Shakespeare
25. Snowdonia
26. St andre
27. Tempo (possibly)
28. Thistle
29. Tillycorthie
30. U 12
31. Vale (possibly)
32. Venus

 

Name: CHOICE

Length 30.5 meter, width: 6.1 meter, draught: 3.3, tonnage 149 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: built in 1892 by r craggs & sons, stockton-on-tees. owned at time of loss by w johnston, granton. one boiler, triple expansion engine of 40nhp, single shaft. machinery by westgarth, english & co, middlebrough. passage granton for fishing and return. foundered and lost in wnw force 2 winds. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1958

Water depth above wreck: 66 meter, Height above seabed: 239 cm

Known since: 1958, last detected: 20220327

Details measurements/cartography: H05903/57 3.3.58 INS ON WK CHARTS IN 555400N, 013400W. (AUTHORITY NOT KNOWN). 6.6.72 INS AS NDWPA. LC 1192. H4622/71 14.9.72 AMEND TO USCPA 28MTRS. NC 160. 3.8.77 AMEND TO USCPA 50MTRS. BR STD. HH090/915/01 16.1.02 EXAM'D 14.6.01 IN 5556.305N, 0138.025W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 60.4 IN GEN DEPTH 66MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 34MTRS, WIDTH 7MTRS. DCS3 HT 4.8MTRS. LIES 056/236 DEGS WITH BOWS SW. NO MAGNETIC ANOMALY. UPRIGHT AND INTACT. (GARDLINE, HI 915).

- NM 1098/02. HH091/051/01 22.1.04 EXAM'D 3.10.03 IN 5556.310N, 0138.000W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 60.5 IN GEN DEPTH 66MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 40MTRS, WIDTH 15MTRS. DCS3 HT 6MTRS. LIES 060/240 DEGS. INTACT, POSSIBLY UPRIGHT. (NP 1008, HI 1051). NCA. RSDRA2022000214078 3.10.22 EXAM'D 27.03.2022; IN 5556.306N, 0138.026W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 60.15MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 66MTRS. LENGTH 33.8MTRS, WIDTH 8.48MTRS, HEIGHT 5.7MTRS, ORIENTATION 239/059 DEGS. INTACT, UPRIGHT, BOWS SW, SCOUR AT BOW & STERN. (A-2-SEA SOLUTIONS LTD, HI1711 - H525-4491). AMEND NDW 60MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, UPRIGHT, BOWS SW, SCOUR AT BOW & STERN

Position: 55 56.306 N,1 38.026 W

 

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