This is the information page about the shipwreck Denebola, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 13.306 N,5 34.968 W (50.221767, -5.582800)

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: DENEBOLA

Length 73.7 meter, width: 11 meter, draught: 5.2, tonnage 1481 ton
Load: coal

Cause: built in 1899 by act ges neptune, rostock. an ex-german ship detained at the start of the war by the admiralty. owned at time of loss by the shipping controller. triple expansion engine of 133 hp, single shaft. one 12pdr gun. passage swansea for rouen. cargo coal. torpedoed and sunk by a german submarine. two men lost. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1973

Water depth above wreck: 34 meter, Height above seabed: 141 cm

Known since: 1973, last detected: 2001

Details measurements/cartography: H2959/73 18.7.73 H2959/73 18.7.73 WK LOCATED IN 501318N, 053457W USING DECCA. BELIEVED TO BE SAXON BRITON. LIES N/S WITH FORWARD PART ON ITS STARBOARD SIDE AND STERN UPSIDE DOWN. CAST IRON PROPELLER. EVIDENCE OF PREVIOUS SALVAGE WORK. ENGINE IS COVERED WITH HULL PLATES. ANCHORS AT N END. SUPERSTRUCTURE AND MASTS FORM HEAP OF RUBBLE. (E GILES, 13.7.73). CHART AS USC 15MTRS [8FMS]. BR STD. HH100/351/04 15.3.91 HH100/351/04 15.3.91 DIVED ON 23.9.86 IN 501317N, 053456W USING DECCA. IN 42MTRS AT HW, STANDS 3MTRS HIGH AT BOILERS. WK VERY BROKEN AND FLATTENED. (R A MAPPLEBECK, 6.1.91). NCA. HH100/351/19 18.12.02 HH100/351/19 18.12.02 DIVED IN 5013.317N, 0539.946W [WGD] USING GPS. NO SCOUR. SEABED SHINGLE. DRIVE SHAFT LIES AT AN ANGLE TO THE WK. NO DEBRIS FIELD. ENGINE NOT RECOGNISABLE. FOUR BLADED IRON PROP ATTACHED. GUN (?75MM) AT STERN. MODERATE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (G J LOCKETT). AMEND POSN. BR STD. 14.12.11 14.12.11 LOCATED 29.9.09 IN 5013.306N, 0534.968W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 30.25 IN GEN DEPTH 34.0MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 36MTRS, WIDTH 15MTRS, HT 3.75MTRS. LIES 141/321 DEGS. (FUGRO OSAE, HI 1159). AMEND WK 30MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 18.4.12 18.4.12 WK HAS A TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE AND A GUN. (J LIDDIARD, DIVE ARTICLE, VIA P NICHOLSON, LTR DTD 11.4.12). CONSIDERED TO BE DENEBOLA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: VERY BROKEN & FLATTENED, BOWS NW

Position: 50 13.306 N,5 34.968 W

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