This is the information page about the shipwreck Denewood, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 13.776 N,1 45.766 E (52.4370167, 1.7918333)
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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: DENEWOOD
Length 68.6 meter, width: 11 meter, draught: 4.3, tonnage 1221 ton
Load: coal
Cause: Built in 1905 by s p austin & co, sunderland. owned at time of loss by w cory & son colliers ltd. one boiler, triple expansion engine of 179hp, single shaft. passage the tyne for london. cargo coal. struck mine laid by uc-3. no crew lost.
Year of registration: 1916
Water depth above wreck: 22 meter, Height above seabed: 0 cm
Known since: 1916, last detected: 20161210
Details measurements/cartography: SANK IN COWHITHE ROADS. (LLOYDS WAR LOSSES). H3095/18 30.15.18 THOROUGHLY SEARCHED FOR. NOT FOUND. (TH). H3158/18 13.6.18 FNM 394/18 TO CANCEL FNM 527/17. H8236/19 27.10.19 INS AS NDW IN 521315N, 014515E.
- NM 1922/19. 1923 AMEND TO DW. H4282/26 AMEND TO NDW. H3273/61 9.11.62 EXAM'D 14.9.61 IN 521343N, 014550E [OGB] USING DECCA. SWEPT CLEAR AT 58, FOUL AT 60FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 66 IN GEN DEPTH 75 - 84FT. SCOUR 3FT DEEP. LIES BROKEN IN 4 PIECES - ALL OF SMALL EXTENT. (HMS SCOTT, HI 2/61). AMEND TO SW 9FMS 4FT. BR STD. H4629/71 21.12.72 WK OF DENEWOOD SEARCHED FOR BUT, OTHER THAN POSSIBLE INDICATIONS ON E/S, NOT FOUND. (E GILES, UNDERMARINE OPS 27.6.72). NCA. 31.7.74 AMEND TO SW 17.7MTRS [LAT]. NC 1543. HH090/564/01 21.1.93 LOCATED IN 521344.2N, 014552.2E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [4 LOP]. WRECKAGE COVERS 23 X 10MTRS, LYING N/S FLUSH WITH OR JUST BELOW LEVEL OF SEABED. GEN DEPTH 24.2MTRS. MAGENTOMETER DEFLECTION MODERATE. NOT CLOSE SOUNDED. CHART AS FOUL. (NP 1016, HI 564). AMEND TO FOUL. BR STD. HH090/564/01 12.8.93 FURTHER EXAM'D 27.6.93 IN 521444.8N, 014551.5E [OGB]. SWEPT CLEAR AT 19.9, FOUL AT 20.5MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 20.2 IN GEN DEPTH 21.5 TO 24MTRS. CLEARANCE SWEEP CONSIDERED SET TOO SHOAL. ACCEPT LEAST E/S DEPTH. (NP 1016, HI 564). AMEND TO WK 20.2MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. SEP 2016/000091759 24.8.17 EXAM'D 10.12.16; IN 5213.776N, 0145.766E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 20.27MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 22MTRS, LENGTH 30.7MTRS, WIDTH 7.8MTRS, HEIGHT 1.8MTRS, ORIENTATION 000/180 DEGS. WRECK IS LARGELY INTACT AND BURIED WITHIN A SANDWAVE. (GARDLINE, HI 1495). AMEND DW 20.2MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 52 13.776 N,1 45.766 E