This is the information page about the shipwreck Chris christenson, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 55 38.4 N,1 36.597 W (55.802333333333, -1.8619333333333)
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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: CHRIS CHRISTENSON
Length 76.5 meter, width: 11.3 meter, draught: 5.8, tonnage 1491 ton
Load: ballast
Cause: built in 1903. danish flag. one boiler, triple expansion engine, single shaft. passage aarhus for newcastle-upon-tyne. in ballast. ran aground on south eastern tip of longstone reef.
Year of registration: 1915
Water depth above wreck: 20 meter
Known since: 1915, last detected: 2001
Details measurements/cartography: LIES 20-30MTRS OFF EDGE OF LONGSTONE REEF IN DEPTHS OF 20-32 MTRS WITH L/H SIDE OF LONGSTONE LT HO IN LINE WITH FLAGPOLE ON OUTBUILDING. (DIVE NORTH EAST). HH090/843/01 22.12.99 NOT LOCATED. (GARDLINE, HI 843). AMENDED TO DEAD. NCA. 1.10.01 LIES CLOSE TO ROCKS, WITH BOWS SEAWARDS. WELL BROKEN UP. (DIVER MAGAZINE, OCT 2001). AMENDED LIVE. FOR FILING ONLY. NCA. HH090/915/01 22.1.02 NOT LOCATED. (GARDLINE, HI 915). NCA. SEP 2021/000090526 13.4.21 NOT LOCATED IN M/B DATASET (2020). (MERITAITO, HI1591). NFA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 55 38.4 N,1 36.597 W