Wreck: Derna (probably) (Steam ship)
This is the information page about the shipwreck Derna (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 27.233 N,2 0.317 W (50.453883, -2.005283)
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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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Shipwreck details
Name: DERNA (PROBABLY)
Length 82.9 meter, width: 11.8 meter, tonnage 2260 ton
Load: ballast
Cause: ex-girenti, ex-danby. built in 1890 by ropner & sons, stockton-on-tees. owned at time of loss by mezzano shipping co, genoa. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 210nhp, single shaft. machinery by blair & co, stockton. passage memel, lithuatia, for port talbot in ballast. sank following collision with hms centurion. crew of 36 lost. (d c wendes).
Year of registration: 1994
Water depth above wreck: 39 meter, Height above seabed: 160 cm
Known since: 1994, last detected: 1994
Details measurements/cartography: SANK 10 MILES OFF ANVIL POINT OR 502700N, 020100W. HH100/351/08 15.3.94 WK OF DURNA REPORTED IN 502712.5N, 020017.5W. (J WELCH). HH090/533/01 16.5.94 EXAM'D 26.2.94 IN 502714N, 020019W [WGD] USING HYPERFIX [3 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 35 IN GEN DEPTH 39MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 2MTRS. DCS3 HT 4MTRS. SUBSTANTIAL CONTACT WITH ILL DEFINED FEATURES. LENGTH 90MTRS, WIDTH 20MTRS. LIES 160/340DEGS. LARGE FERROUS CONTENT INDICATED BY MAGNETOMETER. SCOUR IS ON THE SW SIDE. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 533). BR STD. HH226/410/02 6.7.94 INS WK 35MTRS IN 502712N, 020014W [OGB]. (HMS BULLDOG).
- NM 2384/94. 30.1.07 STANDS 5MTRS HIGH IN GEN DEPTH 40MTRS ON PEBBLE/SHINGLE AND SAND SEABED. LIES CLOSE TO REPORTED POSN. SECONDARY SHIP'S WHEEL HAS BEEN RECOVERED. SCRATCHED IN THE BRASS WAS THE NAME 'GEROLIMO OLIVERI'. NOT BEEN ESTABLISHED IF HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE CREW. (D C WENDES, SOUTH COAST SHIPWRECKS). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: POORLY DEFINED CONTACT
Position: 50 27.233 N,2 0.317 W
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