This is the information page about the shipwreck Dana (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 51.507 N,0 7.103 E (53.56915, 0.0936)
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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: DANA (POSSIBLY)
Length 78.6 meter, width: 11 meter, draught: 4.9, tonnage 1621 ton
Cause: Ex- clieveden. built in 1883. owned at time of loss by r gohle. torpedoed & sunk by german submarine.
Year of registration: 1979
Water depth above wreck: 24 meter, Height above seabed: 10 cm
Known since: 1979, last detected: 20200917
Details measurements/cartography: H5084/77 20.3.80 EXAM'D 20.11.79 IN 535130N, 000713E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 18.6 IN GEN DEPTH 23.6MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 4.9MTRS, LENGTH 37MTRS. LYING APPROX N/S. PARTIALLY BROKEN UP. (HMS ECHO, HI 64/79).
- NM 775/80. H1942/76 9.3.81 SWEPT 30.7.80. CLEAR AT 15.8, FOUL AT 16.3MTRS. SEA CONDITIONS-1.5MTR SWELL. (SOISS, HI 65/80). AMEND TO SW 15MTRS.
- NM 655/81. H1285/81/236 18.1.82 DESCRIBED AS SMALL STEAMSHIP, POSSIBLY NOT BRITISH, OF APPROX 1500 TONS GROSS. (E T DORNAN, 9.1.82). H1944/80 26.4.82 EXAM'D 12.6.81 IN 535130N, 000715E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 17.8 IN GEN DEPTH 22.9MTRS. NO SCOUR. HYDROSEARCH VERTICAL HT 4.7MTRS. VERY BROKEN UP, LYING 010/190 DEGS, WITH BOWS N. SUPERSTRUCTURE AMIDSHIPS. SONAR LENGTH 94MTRS. (HMS BULLDOG HI 12). RETAIN SWEPT DEPTH. NCA. HH100/351/20 27.8.03 DIVED IN 5351.518N, 0007.096E [WGD]. NO SCOUR. A WELL BROKEN UP SS WITH TWO BOILERS. STERN TO THE S. (B ROBINSON). NCA. 6.5.04 [EUT] POSN: 5351.516N, 0007.112E. NE 121. 15.6.09 KNOWN LOCALLY AS 'GREAT HALL'. THIS WK IS POSSIBLY DANA, THE EVIDENCE BEING: PICTURE OF VESSEL SUPPLIED SHOWING MACHINERY AMIDSHIPS, CIRCUMSTANCES OF LOSS SUPPLIED BY R YOUNG AND DIVE REPORTS. (C RACEY, E-MAIL 12.6.09). AMENDED TO DANA (POSSIBLY). NCA. SEP 2021/000166150 17.9.20 EXAM?D 25.3.21 IN 5351.507N, 0007.103E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 20.16MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 24MTRS. LENGTH 84.7MTRS, WIDTH 37.0MTRS, HT 4.0MTRS. ORIENTATION 010/190 DEGS. (CLINTON MARINE SURVEY AB, HI 1587). BROKEN UP, WITH 2 BOILERS VISIBLE, BOW TO NORTH. AMEND DW 20.1MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: WELL BROKEN UP, BOWS N, 2 BOILERS VISIBLE
Position: 53 51.507 N,0 7.103 E