This is the information page about the shipwreck Dawdon, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 31.55 N,2 35.92 E (51.3988833, 2.4536167)

 

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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.

 

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8. Bramden (possibly)
9. Breda
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12. Copenhagen (possibly)
13. Dawdon
14. Dortmund
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57. Tringa
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61. Ub29
62. Uc 1
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64. Wielingen ii (possibly)
65. Wielingen ltv

 

Name: DAWDON

Length 73.2 meter, width: 10.4 meter, draught: 5.5, tonnage 1310 ton

Cause: Built in 1878 by short bros. owned at time of loss by j m thorman & co. compound engine of 152nhp for 9 knots. struck a mine 10m nw by w wandelaar lt v, posn 513136n, 023600e. 10 crew killed. (ww1br msl & dods).

Year of registration: 1914

Water depth above wreck: 32 meter

Known since: 1914

Details measurements/cartography: 15.1.71 MAY BE UNKNOWN DWPA IN 513200N, 023500E OR UNKNOWN DWPA IN 513230N, 023442E.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 51 31.55 N,2 35.92 E

 

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