This is the information page about the shipwreck Edernian, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 13.389 N,1 46.608 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: EDERNIAN
Length 104.2 meter, width: 15.5 meter, draught: 7, tonnage 3588 ton
Load: metal: concentrate and products
Cause: Built in 1906 by craig, taylor & co ltd, stockton. owned at time of loss by ss dementian & ordovician co ltd. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 308hp, single shaft. passage middlesbrough for dieppe. cargo steel. torpedoed. fourteen lost.
Year of registration: 1956
Water depth above wreck: 28 meter, Height above seabed: 124 cm
Known since: 1956, last detected: 2017
Details measurements/cartography: H2002/52 SUNK IN 521300N, 014500E, APPROX. (WW1SL). CARGO RECOVERY IN 1956 MADE IN 521315N, 014515E. (LLOYDS). FURTHER SALVAGE OPS IN 1958. (GRAY AND THOMPSON IN H2002/52). H3273/61 9.11.61 EXAM'D 14.9.61 IN 521321N, 014640E. SWEPT CLEAR AT 55, FOUL AT 58FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 60 IN GEN DEPTH 97FT. SCOUR DEPTH 9FT. (HMS SCOTT, HI 2/61). INS AS SW 9FMS 1FT. BR STD. H4629/71 21.12.72 BOWS ARE SMASHED. FROM NO1 HOLD AFT WK IS UPRIGHT AND MOST OF THE UPPER PLATING IS MISSING, LEAVING RIBS AND SUPERSTRUCTURE REDUCED TO GIRDERS. CARGO - STEEL BARS. LIES BOWS NORTH. (E GILES, UNDERMARINE OPS, 27.6.72). 31.7.74 AMEND TO SW 16.8MTRS [LAT]. NC 1543. HH090/564/01 20.1.93 EXAM'D 8.11.92 IN 521321.3N, 014643.3E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [4 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 19.7 IN GEN DEPTH 27.7MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 4.6MTRS, LENGTH 90MTRS, WIDTH 15MTRS. LIES 140/320 DEG WITH APPARENTLY A SANDWAVE FORMED AROUND IT. STRONG MAGNETOMETER DEFLECTION. (NP 1016, HI 564). BR STD. HH090/564/01 11.8.93 DRIFT SWEPT 27.6.93. CLEAR AT 19.4, FOUL AT 19.7MTRS. (NP 1016, HI 564). BR STD. SEP2017/000148722 21.6.17 EXAM'D 19.6.17 IN 5213.389N, 0146.608E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 18.21MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 28MTRS, LENGTH 108.4MTRS, WIDTH 24MTRS, HEIGHT 9.1MTRS, ORIENTATION 124/304 DEGS. LARGELY INTACT, PARTIALLY BURIED. (GARDLINE, HI1495 H102_010). AMEND DW 18.2MTRS IN REVISED POSITION. SEP 2016/000091759 22.8.17 EXAM'D 10.12.16; IN 5213.389N, 0146.608E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 18.20MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 28MTRS, LENGTH 108.4MTRS, WIDTH 24MTRS, HEIGHT 9.1MTRS, ORIENTATION 124/304 DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 92.97MTRS, 3.41MTRS DEEP, TOWARDS 014 DEGS. WRECK IS LARGELY INTACT AND PARTIALLY BURIED. (GARDLINE, HI 1495). AMEND DW 18.2MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 52 13.389 N,1 46.608 E