This is the information page about the shipwreck Dora, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 55 12.063 N,1 25.29 W (54.93705, -1.1630333333333)
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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: DORA
Length 82.7 meter, width: 10.4 meter, draught: 5.1, tonnage 1526 ton
Load: ballast
Cause: ex-westwood, ex-varus. built in 1881 by r thompson & son, sunderland. owned at time of loss by e brodin. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 175nhp, single shaft. passage hull for methil. torpedoed by ub-88. (sibi).
Year of registration: 1963
Water depth above wreck: 44 meter, Height above seabed: 20 cm
Known since: 1963, last detected: 1967
Details measurements/cartography: H5848/61 7.5.63 H5848/61 7.5.63 EXAM'D IN 551205N, 012511W USING HSA. LEAST E/S DEPTH 131FT IN GEN DEPTH 151FT. (HMS SCOTT, ROS DTD 9.9.62). INS AS NDW. BR STD. H460/67 30.3.67 H460/67 30.3.67 LOCATED IN LISTED POSN. LEAST ES/ DEPTH 130FT IN GEN DEPTH 147FT. NO SCOUR. (HMS ENTERPRISE, ROS DTD 15.6.66). AMEND TO WK 29FMS. BR STD. 4.6.76 4.6.76 AMEND TO WK 39MTRS. NC 156. HH090/843/01 4.1.00 HH090/843/01 4.1.00 EXAM'D 7.7.99 IN 5512.063N, 0125.290W [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 37.5, FOUL 37.9MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 38.0 IN GEN DEPTH 44MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 75MTRS, WIDTH 21MTRS. DCS3 HT 6.3MTRS. LIES 020/200 DEGS WITH BOWS 200 DEGS. MODERATE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. DEBRIS TO S AND E. BOW BROKEN OFF. UPRIGHT. SUPERSTRUCTURE VISIBLE. (GARDLINE, HI 843). AMEND TO SW 37MTRS. BR STD. HH100/351/20 5.9.03 HH100/351/20 5.9.03 BELL WITH NAME 'WESTWOOD' RECOVERED FROM THIS WRECK. (S OLD/J DILLON, TELECON 18.7.03). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, BOW BROKEN OFF, SUPERSTRUCTURE VISIBLE
Position: 55 12.063 N,1 25.29 W