This is the information page about the shipwreck Constellation, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 5.89 N,2 49.517 E (53.9575833, 2.9884167)

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.

Name: CONSTELLATION

Length 54.6 meter, width: 45.7 meter, draught: 5.2

Cause: Self elevating rig, with 4 legs each 387ft long. capsized & sank whilst under tow of 5 tugs in heavy gale. passage for rotterdam. (norfolk shore & msd).

Year of registration: 1969

Water depth above wreck: 56 meter

Known since: 1969, last detected: 2018

Details measurements/cartography: H3150/69 27.11.69 OIL RIG CAPSIZED & SANK WHILE UNDER TOW IN 540556N, 024936E [EUR]. (NORFOLK SHORE). H3150/69 13.12.69 LOCATED IN 540556N, 024936E [OGB] (?USING HYPERFIX). LEAST E/S DEPTH 65FT IN GEN DEPTH 185FT. MARKED BY 2 ISO DANGER BUOYS 305DEG & 125DEG 2250FT FROM WK, BRW SPH LT BUOY, QKFL, BELL, RAREFL IN 540544N, 025008E & BRW SPH LT BUOY, QKFL.R, IN 540608N, 024904E. (TH, GT YARMOUTH, TELEGRAM DTD 27.11.69). INS AS WK 10FMS WITH BUOYS.

- NM 70/70. H3150/69 12.5.71 CLEARANCE OVER WK NOW 141FT [LAT]. BUOYS REMOVED. (TH, LTR DTD 5.4.71). AMEND WK 23FMS (43MTRS).

- NM 724/71. 11.7.11 [WGD] POSN: 5405.890N, 0249.517E.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 54 5.89 N,2 49.517 E

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