This is the information page about the shipwreck Derbent, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 28.404 N,4 14.138 W (53.3825, -4.2246833333333)

 

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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.

 

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Name: DERBENT

Length 94.5 meter, width: 13.1 meter, draught: 8.2, tonnage 3178 ton
Load: flammable liquids and gases,oil

Cause: built 1907 by armstrong whitworth & co ltd, newcastle upon tyne. owned at time of loss by the admiralty. triple expansion engine of 258 nhp, single shaft. machinery by wallsend slipway co ltd. passage liverpool for queenstown. torpedoed and sunk by ub-96. (ww1sl & sibi).

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 39 meter, Height above seabed: 302 cm

Known since: 1917, last detected: 20210810

Details measurements/cartography: SANK 6M NE BY E FROM LYNAS POINT. (WW1SL). H4515/46 28.10.46 POSN 532813N, 041406W. (HMS SEAGULL). CHART AS NDW IN 532813N, 041406W.

- NM 3607/46. H3077/70 17.5.71 LOCATED IN 532824N, 041408W. SWEPT CLEAR AT 25.6, F AT 26.5MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 39MTRS. (HMS WOODLARK, HN 2/71). AMEND TO SW 14FMS IN REVISED POSN.

- NM 729/71. H3077/70 1.9.71 EXAM'D 20.4.71 IN 532824N, 041405W [OGB] USING HIFIX/3 [2 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR AT 25.6, FOUL AT 26.5MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 27 IN GEN DEPTH 38MTRS. NO SCOUR. LYING 120/300 DEG. APPROX 300FT LONG. GOOD SONAR RESPONSE. (HMS WOODLARK). NFA. 2.11.73 AMEND TO SW 25.6MTRS. NC 1977. H1286/76/248 2.9.76 WK, BELIEVED TO BE TANKER 'DERBENT', LIES ON STARBOARD SIDE IN GEN DEPTH 125FT (38MTRS). SHE IS INTACT AND IRON PROP IS IN PLACE. (E HUTTER, 28.6.76). H3814/78 6.7.79 LEAST DEPTH 14FMS IN GEN DEPTH 20FMS. (E GILES, 2.7.79). NCA. H1270/84 24.2.86 AMEND TO SW 25.5MTRS. NE 1977. H3838/86 30.3.88 EXAM'D 22.3.87 IN 532824N, 041405W [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [3 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 26.5 IN GEN DEPTH 38MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 40MTRS. DCS3 HT 15.15MTRS. LYING NW/SE. CREATES STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (HMS FOX, HI 357). RETAIN SWEPT DEPTH IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. HH100/351/03 31.8.90 CONFIRMED AS WK OF 'DERBENT'. BELL RECOVERED. (K HURLEY, 6.7.90). SEP2022/000028019 12.04.22 EXAM'D 10.08.2021; IN 5328.404N, 0414.138W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 26.45MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 39MTRS. LENGTH 96.2MTRS, WIDTH 17.3MTRS, HEIGHT 13.3MTRS, ORIENTATION 302/122 DEGS. NO VISIBLE DAMAGE ON ITS PORT SIDE, WRECK LAYING ON ITS STARBOARD SIDE, MASTS PARTIALLY BURIED. (CLINTON MARINE SURVEY AB, HI1507 - H525-7334). AMEND DW 26MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: wreck laying on its starboard side, masts partially buried.

Position: 53 28.404 N,4 14.138 W

 

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