Wreck: Dorcas (Steam ship)

This is the information page about the shipwreck Dorcas, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 55 22.052 N,10 49.199 E (55.17225, 10.9687167)


 

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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง, 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: DORCAS

Year of registration: 1927

Water depth above wreck: 20 meter

Known since: 1927, last detected: 2020

Details measurements/cartography: H1834/27 30.4.27 WK 9.1MTRS SHOWN IN 552217N, 104920E ON DANISH 220 [REC'D MAR'27]. NE 326. H2689/57 8.8.57 WK, NOW 14MTRS IN 552208N, 104924E. (DANISH NM 684/57) BR STD. H2689/57 18.12.57 WK 14MTRS [7FMS 4FT] SHOWN IN 552215N, 104917E ON DANISH 140. NE 326. 16.9.70 WK 14MTRS SHOWN IN 552217N, 104915E ON DANISH 140. NE 2596. 10.3.72 WK OF ENGLISH SS DORCAS IN 552212N, 104918E SUNK 10.4.1883. DISPERSED TO MINIMUM DEPTH 14MTRS. (DANISH WK RECORDS NO.522049) 14.12.95 WGD POSN: 552207N, 104909.5E. NC 2596. SEP 2015/000312406 19.1.16 SHOWN AS WK 14MTRS IN 5522.126N, 1049.154E [WGD] ON DANISH 143 [ED 22, COR 25.12.25]. AMEND TO DW 14MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 55 22.052 N,10 49.199 E

 

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