This is the information page about the shipwreck Deerpool (for'd section), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 34.054 N,0 8.065 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 (FOR'D 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: 7 meter
Known since: 1939, last detected: 2011
Details measurements/cartography: SEE DEERPOOL (AFTER PART). [8783]. 19.5.80 19.5.80 SHOWN AS FOUL ON BTDB 1979 SURVEY [K5557/14]. SEP 2011/000136845 3.8.11 LOCATED IN 5334.054N, 0008.065E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 7.08MTRS. (NETSURVEY, HN DTD 18.7.11 FOR HI 1358). ONLY SCOUR HOLE APPARENT IN SUPPLIED M/B IMAGES. GEN DEPTH APPROX 8MTRS. RETAIN FOUL 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 34.054 N,0 8.065 E