This is the information page about the shipwreck Disperser, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 34.019 N,0 32.18 W (54.566983, -0.536333)

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.

Name: DISPERSER

Length 25.9 meter, width: 8 meter, draught: 2.7, tonnage 139 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: 12.1.1909 ex-hms bonetta. built of iron in 1871 by j & g rennie, greenwich. built as an rn gunboat of the 'ant' class, sold out of service in 12.1.1909 and converted to salvage ship. owned at time of loss ne salvage and shipbreaking co ltd. one boiler, horizontal compound expansion engine of 100nhp, single shaft. passage whitby for ramsgate. while under tow of a tug, this salvage vessel developed a severe leak in heavy weather and foundered. one lifeboatman was lost. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1975

Water depth above wreck: 49 meter, Height above seabed: 115 cm

Known since: 1975, last detected: 20161213

Details measurements/cartography: H2534/74 8.4.75 WK IN 543418N, 003100W. POSN BY DECCA. (KINGFISHER OBSTN REPORT NO 106). INS AS USC 20MTRS. BR STD. 9.5.85 AMEND TO NDW. BR STD. H1311/88 11.10.88 WK IN 543359N, 003218W [OGB]. (M FREEMAN, LTR DTD 30.9.88). AMEND TO NDWPA. BR STD. H6331/87 26.1.89 EXAM'D 26.6.88 IN 543401N, 003205W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [4 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 47 IN GEN DEPTH 49MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 3MTRS. LIES 115/295 DEGS. WELL BROKEN AND DECAYED. COVERS 30 X 7MTRS. (LAND & MARINE, HI 414B). BR STD. 20.2.07 THIS IS THE DISPERSER. (R YOUNG, EMAIL DTD 18.2.07). NCA. SEP 2017/000002822 8.5.17 EXAM'D 13.12.16 IN 5434.019N, 0032.180W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 45.79MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 49MTRS, LENGTH 26.5MTRS, WIDTH 7.3MTRS, HEIGHT 3.4MTRS, ORIENTATION 115/295 DEGS. WRECK APPEARS TO BE UPRIGHT AND INTACT BUT IS VERY DECAYED TO THE AFT. THE BOW IS VERY PROMINENT, AS IS A SINGLE BOILER WHICH IS LOCATED MIDSHIP BUT HAS BEEN DISPLACED. (MMT, HI 1491). AMEND NDW 45MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 54 34.019 N,0 32.18 W

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