This is the information page about the shipwreck Deodata, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 20.887 N,0 36.346 E (53.5741333, 0.7815167)
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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: DEODATA
Length 99.1 meter, width: 13.7 meter, draught: 7.3, tonnage 3203 ton
Load: ballast
Cause: Ex-le queilly. built in 1897 by laport & co, rouen as a four-masted steel barque. owned at time of loss by skibs a/s, deodeta. fitted in 1911 with auxillary oil engines for 5 knots. rebuilt in 1923 as a whale oil tanker after derigging and fitting oil engine of 209nhp with single shaft. passage constanta for grangemouth. in ballast. foundered after striking a mine laid by u-19.
Year of registration: 1939
Water depth above wreck: 19 meter, Height above seabed: 154 cm
Known since: 1939, last detected: 2020
Details measurements/cartography: H083/39 24.10.39 LOCATED IN 531950N, 003820E. LEAST WATER 12FT [LW0ST]. MARKED BY G CONL LT BUOY, FL.G.5S CLOSE E. (TH, 24.10.39). INS AS DW WITH BUOY.
- NM 2412/39. H083/39 31.3.42 POSN NOW 532100N, 003700E. (TH, 17.3.42). H083/39 2.10.42 BUOY WITHDRAWN. (ADMIRALTY).
- NM 2170/42. H083/39 7.5.48 G CONL LT BUOY, GPFL(3)G.10S LAID CLOSE E OF WK. (NAVEAM 2106).
- NM 903/48. H083/39 23.7.50 EXAM'D FOLLOWING DISPERSAL IN 532050N, 003622E USING USING DECCA. SWEPT CLEAR AT 46FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 50 IN GEN DEPTH 67FT. BUOY WITHDRAWN. (HMS SHARPSHOOTER).
- NM 1446/50. H332 1.2.63 NOT FOUND. (HMS SCOTT, 1962). HH090/593/01 11.1.94 EXAM'D 28.6.93 IN 532052.2N, 003627.3E USING SYLEDIS [3 LOPS]. SWEPT CLEAR AT 16.4, FOUL AT 16.8MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 16.4 IN GEN DEPTH 18.2-20.0MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 20.4MTRS. DCS3 HT 1.9MTRS, LENGTH 75MTRS, BREADTH 55MTRS. BROKEN WRECKAGE LYING 165/345DEG. (OCEONICS, HI 593). BR STD. HH100/351/16/35 14.11.00 DIVED 7-10.9.00. GEN DEPTH BY E/S 19MTRS. WELL DISPERSED AND BROKEN WITH ONLY BOWS RECOGNISABLE AND STANDING 4-5MTRS HIGH. DEBRIS COVERS AREA 100 X 50MTRS. LYING 165/345DEGS ON BOTTOM OF FINE SAND & SILT. STRONG SONAR SIGNAL & MAGNETOMETER READING. (K SMITH, 7.11.00). NCA. SEP 2020/000019313 28.1.20 WK EXAM'D IN 5320.8876N, 0036.3463E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 15.25MTRS. (A-2-SEA SOLUTIONS LTD, HI1675_H102_005). AMEND DW 15.2MTRS IN REVISED POSITION. SEP 2020/0000180469 31.7.20 EXAM'D IN 5320.887N, 0036.346E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 15.59 MTRS, LENGTH 90 MTRS, WIDTH 32 MTRS, HEIGHT 5.4 MTRS, ORIENTATION 154 DEGS. SCOUR DIMENSIONS LENGTH 76 MTRS, WIDTH 125 MTRS, HEIGHT 1.5 MTRS, ORIENTATION 243 DEGS. (A-2-SEA SOLUTIONS LTD, HI1675_H102_005). AMEND DW 15.2MTRS IN REVISED POSITION.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: WELL DISPERSED, BOW STANDING 4-5MTRS
Position: 53 20.887 N,0 36.346 E