This is the information page about the shipwreck Deerpool (after section), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 34.064 N,0 8.242 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: DEERPOOL (AFTER SECTION)
Length 128.3 meter, width: 16.5 meter, draught: 8.2, tonnage 5167 ton
Load: grain,natural fibres and materials in general: unprocessed and products
Cause: Built in 1930 by w grey & co, west hartlepool. owned at time of loss by pool shipping co ltd. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 369hp, single shaft. machinery by central marine engine works ltd, west hartlepool. passage vancouver for hull. cargo wool and bulk grain. grounded and became a total loss.
Year of registration: 1939
Water depth above wreck: 6 meter
Known since: 1939, last detected: 2011
Details measurements/cartography: H0146/39 27.12.39 ST LIES 120DEGS, 1M FROM SPURN HEAD LT. (ADMIRALTY). - FNM 2882/39. H0146/39 5.1.40 DW NOW 130DEGS, 1.2M FROM SPURN HEAD LT. (HUMBER CONSERVANCY BOARD). - FNM 24/40. H0146/39 2.2.40 DWPA NOW 135.5DEGS, 9.92C FROM SPURN PT LT. (HUMBER CONSERVANCY BOARD). - FNM 167/40. H0146/39 16.4.40 DW IN TWO PARTS, 131.25DEGS, 8.8C FROM SPURN PT LT. (CAPT M/S 13.4.40).
- NM 1033/40. 10.1.51 REPD AS DW (MAST DRIES 2FT). (HMS SCOTT 1946). LC 1188. H72/57 15.7.57 SOME DISPERSAL CARRIED OUT BY CONTRACTORS. (HUMBER CONSY BOARD). H72/57 21.10.57 NO FURTHER PROGRESS WITH DISPERSAL OWING TO ADVERSE WEATHER. (HUMBER CON BD). H595/58 2.6.58 DW (MAST DRIES 2FT) MARKED BY G CONL BUOY CLOSE SW. (ADMIRALTY). NC 107. H0146/39 - H72/58 5.8.58 WRECK IN TWO PARTS: FOREPART 140DEGS, 5440FT FROM SPURN HIGH LTHO. DISPERSED TO 20FT; AFTERPART 135DEGS, 5780FT FROM SPURN HIGH LTHO DISPERSED TO 19FT. (HCB NM 48/58, DTD 1.8.58). NCA, AWAIT SCOTT REPORT. H7397/58 15.12.58 SWEPT 22.9.58. FOREPART CLEAR 5FT, FOUL 6FT. AFTERPART CLEAR 12FT, FOUL AT 16FT IN GEN DEPTH 22-24FT. DIFFICULT TO LOCATE WITH E/S, INDICATING VERY SMALL BUT DEFINITE OBSTRUCTIONS. FORE PART IN 533402N, 000809E USING HSA. AFT IN 533402N, 000816E. BUOY WITHDRAWN. (HMS SCOTT, 22.5.58).
- NM 2659/58. H7397/58 3.1.59 A PELLET WAS OBSERVED BELOW THE SURFACE WHICH HAD ORIGINALLY BEEN PLACED IN POSN BY DEMOLITION CONTRACTOR & HAS PRESUMABLY BEEN CARRIED DOWN TO ITS PRESENT LEVEL IN THE COURSE OF DISPERSAL. IN VIEW OF THE EXTREME DIFFICULTY OF GETTING AN E/S TRACE FROM EITHER FOUL, IT SEEMS PROBABLE THAT MOORED PELLETS SECURED TO DISPERSED WRECKAGE MAY HAVE BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR BOTH FOULS. (HMS SCOTT, 25.10.58). H6450/68 6.12.68 EASTERN PORTION OF WK EXAM'D 8.6.68 IN 533402N, 000822E USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 15FT. GEN DEPTH UNKNOWN. TIME DID NOT PERMIT FULLER INVESTIGATION. (HMS EGERIA, HI 39/68). NCA. H2395/73 9.1.74 CONSIDERED BOTH PARTS OF WRECK SHOULD BE SHOWN AS FOULS. (SOISS 1973). NC 109. 19.5.80 SHOWN AS FOUL ON BTDB 1979 SURVEY [K5557/14]. 29.8.96 SHOWN IN 533401.5N, 000820.5E ON HUMBER 8 [EDN 17]. NE 1188. SEP 2011/000136845 3.8.11 LOCATED IN 5334.064N, 0008.242E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 3.86MTRS. (NETSURVEY, HN DTD 18.7.11 FOR HI 1358). AMEND WK 3.8MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. SEP 2021/000067871 1.4.21 NOT LOCATED IN M/B DATASET (2020).(CLINTON MARINE SURVEY AB, HI 1683). NFA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 53 34.064 N,0 8.242 E