This is the information page about the shipwreck Egret, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 16.41 N,0 35.43 E (53.574133333333, 0.78151666666667)

 

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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English 🇬🇧, 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.

 

1. Ac 9
2. Amelie-mathilde
3. Anonity
4. Arduity
5. Argo
6. Audacity
7. Bogatyr
8. Box hill
9. Capitaine edmond laborie
10. Clavis
11. Dalemoor
12. Deodata
13. Dromore castle
14. Dusty miller
15. Egret
16. Fair maid
17. Fane
18. Faunus
19. Fittonia (possibly)
20. Flashlight (probably)
21. Fowberry tower (part)
22. Fowberry tower (part)
23. Freidig (possibly)
24. Fryken
25. Heimland
26. Hms cape spartel (probably)
27. Hms corfield
28. Hms cortina
29. Hms dervish
30. Hms egret
31. Hms lormont
32. Hms pintail
33. Hms princess victoria
34. Hms strathborve (part)
35. Hms susarion
36. Ightham (possibly)
37. Kings cruiser
38. Konstantinos hadjipateras
39. Kyma
40. Lady marieke
41. Lancaster (possibly)
42. Laurium (possibly)
43. Lavinia westholl (possibly)
44. Lct(4) 1029
45. Lindy sue
46. London
47. Lottie (possibly)
48. Lucerne
49. Marie dawn
50. Matanuska (probably)
51. Mirabel
52. Myndroom
53. Onesta
54. Petroswift
55. Polzella (possibly)
56. Ravonia (part)
57. Ravonia (part) (possibly)
58. Rayford
59. Rhuys
60. Rievaulx abbey
61. Rivergate
62. Rosebud (possibly)
63. Royal scott
64. Schieland (possibly)
65. Shepherd lad
66. Strumpet
67. Stylianos chandris
68. Sverre (possibly)
69. Thessaly
70. Trignac (possibly)
71. Tunis
72. Victoria
73. Vina
74. William balls (probably)

 

Name: EGRET

Length 106.7 meter, width: 14 meter, draught: 7.3, tonnage 4055 ton
Load: timber

Cause: ex-cynthiana. built in 1905 by w gray & co ltd, west hartlepool. owned at time of loss by west russian ss co ltd. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 291hp, single shaft. machinery by central marine eng works, west hartlepool. passage archangel for london. cargo timber. struck floating conact mine laid by uc-26. vessel was on government service under the russian flag.

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 17 meter, Height above seabed: 236 cm

Known since: 1917, last detected: 2020

Details measurements/cartography: H882/17 28.1.17 SUNK IN 531600N, 003550E WITH TWO MASTS SHOWING. (TH). - FNM 306/17. H3849/18 26.8.18 NOT FOUND. (VAEC). 10.4.24 AMEND TO DW. NE 1190. H4729 1.2.63 WK LOCATED IN 531621N, 003530E USING TWO-RANGE DECCA. LEAST E/S DEPTH 49 IN GEN DEPTH 60FT. (HMS ECHO). H4729/62 16.6.63 SWEPT CLEAR AT 32FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 51 IN GEN DEPTH 58FT. SCOUR 2FT DEEP. FAINT SONAR CONTACT. (HMS ECHO, 16.6.63). AMEND TO SW 5FMS 2FT.

- NM 1394/63. 26.11.74 AMEND TO SW 9.5 MTRS [LAT]. NC 108. HH090/593/01 20.12.93 NOT FOUND. (OCEONICS (UK) LTD., HI 593). AMEND TO FOUL. BR STD. SEP 2020/000024045 31.01.2020 WK LOCATED 28.1.2020; IN 5316.407N, 0035.418E [WGD]. 110MTRS SHIFT FROM PREV POSN. LEAST M/B DEPTH 13.46MTRS. (A-2-SEA SOLUTIONS LTD, HI 1675_H102_006). AMEND TO DW 13.4MTRS IN REVISED POSN. SEP 2020/0000180469 4.8.20 EXMN'D 27.2.20 IN 5316.410N, 0035.430E [WGD]. LEAST WC DEPTH 11 MTRS IN GENERAL DEPTH 17 MTRS, LENGTH 108 MTRS, WIDTH 28 MTRS, HEIGHT 6 MTRS, ORIENTATION 236 DEGS. (A-2-SEA SOLUTIONS LTD, HI1675). AMEND DW 11 MTRS IN REVISED POSITION.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UK NM 4445/20

Position: 53 16.41 N,0 35.43 E

 

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