This is the information page about the shipwreck Dona isabel (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 44.062 N,0 37.721 E (50.7173333, 0.6087833)
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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: DONA ISABEL (PROBABLY)
Length 61.3 meter, width: 10.7 meter, draught: 6.4, tonnage 1179 ton
Load: coal
Cause: Built by furness sb co ltd. owned at time of loss by kingdon ss co ltd. one boiler, triple expansion engine of 134hp, single shaft. passage blyth and southend for portsmouth. torpedoed by e-boat. (ll ww1 & sibi).
Year of registration: 1943
Water depth above wreck: 25 meter, Height above seabed: 30 cm
Known since: 1943, last detected: 20200602
Details measurements/cartography: H67/43 20.11.45 SUNK IN 504415N, 003718E. (VA DOVER, 5.11.43). H4959/73 10.4.75 NOT LOCATED DURING AREA SWEEP. GEN DEPTH 18MTRS. (HMS BEAGLE, HI 55/74). 15.4.85 REPORTED TO LIE, INTACT AND ON PORT SIDE IN 504400N, 003748E. POSN BY DECCA. ORIENTATED NE/SW AND LYING ALONG EDGE OF SANDBANK. OWNED BY SUSSEX MARINE SALVAGE CO. (K MCDONALD, TELECON). INS AS NDW. BR STD. HH100/351/06 17.3.93 LOCATED IN 504402N, 003745E USING DECCA. LIES ON SIDE ON BANK WITH GEN DEPTHS 80 - 100FT. STANDS SOME 20FT ABOVE HARD SEABED. SCOUR DEPTH 110FT. ORIENTATION N/S. (P J BATT, 23.2.93). AMEND TO WK 18MTRS IN REVISED POSN. NE 536. SEP 2013/000030456 4.3.13 LOCATED 5.2012 IN 5044.0621N, 0037.7207E [WGD]. LENGTH 44MTRS, HT 8.0MTRS. (GARDLINE ENVIRONMENTAL, S HASTINGS LICENCE AREA 460 SURVEY DTD 5.2012). AMEND POSN. SEP 2015/000083464 11.2.16 EXAM'D 7.6.15; IN 5044.067N, 0037.726 [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 19.81MTRS, GEN DEPTH 28MTRS. LENGTH 40MTRS, WIDTH 16MTRS, HT 4MTRS, ORIENTATION 030/210. SCOUR 170MTRS TOWARDS 045, SCOUR DEPTH 2MTRS. WK BROKEN UP, PARTIALLY BURIED, STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (HI 1475, GARDLINE GEOSURVEY). AMEND DW 19.8MTRS IN REVISED POSN. SEP 2022/000014872 1.3.22 LOCATED 2.6.20; IN 5044.061N, 0037.721E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 15.1MTRS, GEN DEPTH 25MTRS. LENGTH 41 MTRS, WIDTH 8.6 MTRS, HT 10.2 MTRS, ORIENTATION 030/210. (ABPMER, HASTINGS LICENCE AREA 460 SURVEY DTD 2.6.20) BDC QUERIED DEPTH MUCH SHOALER THAN CHARTED BUT NO RESPONSE SO AMEND DW 15.1MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: BROKEN, PARTIALLY BURIED. UK NM 1247/22
Position: 50 44.062 N,0 37.721 E