This is the information page about the shipwreck Egda (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 12.777 N,5 48.692 W (52.1133, -6.07145)
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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: EGDA (POSSIBLY)
Length 95.7 meter, width: 13.4 meter, draught: 6.1, tonnage 2527 ton
Load: ballast
Cause: torpedoed by u-110 (ww1sl & der krieg zur see).
Year of registration: 1918
Water depth above wreck: 90 meter, Height above seabed: 45 cm
Known since: 1918, last detected: 1980
Details measurements/cartography: 1918 POSN GIVEN AS PA 521200N, 054700W. INS AS NDW 91918) ON CHARTS. AUBD 319/153 19.1.45 POSN 521118N, 054600W. (EG 21). H3058/53 18.5.53 AMEND TO NDWPA. NC 1410. 24.11.72 AMEND TO USCPA 40FMS. NE 1410. 31.5.73 AMEND POSN TO 521200N, 054700W. (AUTHORITY UNKNOWN). NE 1410. 4.5.78 AMEND TO USCPA 68MTRS. NC 1178. H1950/76 10.11.80 EXAM'D 21.11.79 IN 521245N, 054836W [OGB] USING RO/RO HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 83 IN GEN DEPTH 90MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 9.5MTRS. APPROX LENGTH 100MTRS, LYING NE/SW. (HMS BEAGLE, HI 40/80). INS AS WK 80MTRS. BR STD. [WGD] POSN: 5212.777N, 0548.692W.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 52 12.777 N,5 48.692 W