This is the information page about the shipwreck Dronning maud (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 22.608 N,1 46.653 E (52.4370167, 1.7918333)
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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: DRONNING MAUD (POSSIBLY)
Length 69.8 meter, width: 10.7 meter, draught: 4.9, tonnage 1102 ton
Load: cement
Cause: Built in 1907 by laxevaags msk & jrnskb, bergen. owned at time of loss by an christensen, i. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 101nhp, single shaft. passage london for kem. foundered after striking a mine laid by uc-1 2.25m se of benacre ness, kessingland, lowestoft. (llww1, sibi).
Year of registration: 1916
Water depth above wreck: 19 meter, Height above seabed: 138 cm
Known since: 1916, last detected: 20161212
Details measurements/cartography: SUNK IN 522130N, 014600E, APPROX. (MS). H03774/45 1.4.46 LEAST DEPTH 49FT [8FMS 1FT]. (HMS SCOTT, SURVEY [E7604]). LC 1543. H6285/69 27.1.70 LOCATED IN 522233N, 014639E USING DECCA. FOUND DURING PIPE TOWING SURVEY USING MAGNETOMETER, E/S AND SIDE SCAN SONAR. (KH, SURVEY [K5733/2], 1969). 11.12.72 NOW CHARTED AS WK 14.6MTRS. [LAT]. NC 1543. H1942/80 23.8.82 EXAM'D 16.2.82 IN 522235N, 014647E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [3 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 16.2 IN GEN DEPTH 20MTRS. NO SCOUR. HYDROSEARCH VERTICAL HT 5.8MTRS, LENGTH 47.9MTRS, BEAM 14.8MTRS. LYING 127/307DEGS. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 11). AMEND TO WK 14.2MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 31.8.2000 NOT SHOWN ON NE 1536. [PLOTS IN LINEAR SCALES]. SEP 2016/000091758 19.7.17 EXAM'D 12.12.16 IN 5222.608N, 0146.653E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 17.50MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 19MTRS, LENGTH 8.2MTRS, WIDTH 5.1MTRS, HEIGHT 1.5MTRS, ORIENTATION 138/318 DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 100MTRS, 1MTRS DEEP, TOWARDS 017 DEGS. WRECK IS BROKEN AND PARTIALLY BURIED. (GARDLINE, HI 1494). AMEND DW 17.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 52 22.608 N,1 46.653 E