This is the information page about the shipwreck Diana, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 0.792 N,0 7.946 E (53.7402833, 0.2099667)
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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: DIANA
Length 68.6 meter, width: 9.8 meter, draught: 4.1, tonnage 1107 ton
Load: coal
Cause: Built in 1904 by bergens m.v. bergen. owned at time of loss by the shipping controller. one boiler, triple expansion engine of 122hp, single shaft. passage newcastle-upon-tyne for cherbourg. cargo 1400 tons coal. armed with 1 13pdr stern gun and 1 ha gun. torpedoed on stbd side by ub-108. no crew lost.
Year of registration: 1918
Water depth above wreck: 40 meter, Height above seabed: 130 cm
Known since: 1944, last detected: 20160310
Details measurements/cartography: 17.6.18 POSN 535700N, 000500E. (VAEC, SPECIAL REPORT). 10M SSE FROM FLAMBOROUGH HD. (BMVS). H01624/44 14.6.44 WK IN 540024N, 000746E. KNOWN TO HAVE LEAST DEPTH 50FT OVER IT. (CAPTAIN MINESWEEPERS, HUMBER). INS AS NDW. - PNM 1214/44. H0162/44 DELETED. (ADMIRALTY).
- NM 1612/44. 20.3.72 INS AS WK 15MTRS. NC 121. 18.9.72 AMEND TO WK 14.3MTRS [LAT]. NC 121. H5084/77 21.3.80 EXAM'D 14.11.79 BY HMS BULLDOG IN 540046N, 000804E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 33.4 IN GEN DEPTH 42MTRS. DCS3 HT 9.5MTRS, LENGTH 85MTRS, BEAM 14MTRS. LIES 130/310 DEG. HYDROSEARCH VERTICAL HT 8.6MTRS. LARGE WK - BROKEN ABOUT THIRD LENGTH FROM BOW. (HMS EGERIA, HI 64/79). AMEND TO WK 32MTRS. BR STD. HH100/351/01 23.2.90 LOCATED IN 540030N, 000813E [OGB] USING DECCA. NOT DIVED. (P J LASSIE, 12.6.89). NCA. HH100/351/18 8.4.02 LIES ON STBD SIDE WITH BOWS S. PARTLY INTACT. GUN ON STERN. IDENTIFIED BY BELL. (A C JACKSON & C A RACEY). NCA. HH100/351/20 18.7.03 POSN GIVEN AS 5400.777N, 0097.971E [WGD].BELL RECOVERED WITH DIANA, BERGEN, 1899. (S OLD, E-MAIL DTD 18.7.03) NCA. SEP 2016000053291 10.3.2016 EXAM'D 10.3.16; IN 5400.792N, 0007.946E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 33.09MTRS, GEN DEPTH 40MTRS. LENGTH 76.4MTRS, WIDTH 15.1MTRS, HT 7.72MTRS, ORIENTATION 130/310 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY, WK BROKEN UP, ONLY FIRST THIRD INTACT. (MMT, HI 1473, H525_6463). AMEND NDW 33MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: WK BROKEN UP, ONLY FIRST THIRD INTACT
Position: 54 0.792 N,0 7.946 E