This is the information page about the shipwreck Emma, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 35.988 N,0 33.26 E (50.7173333, 0.6087833)
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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: EMMA
Length 77.7 meter, width: 10.7 meter, draught: 6.7, tonnage 1617 ton
Load: ballast
Cause: Built in 1892 by a mcmillan & son, dumbarton. owned time of loss by worms et cie. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 189 nhp, signle shaft. passage dunkirk for bordeaux. torpedoed by u-37. (sibi). 19 men lost. (dods).
Year of registration: 1975
Water depth above wreck: 50 meter
Known since: 1975, last detected: 2006
Details measurements/cartography: H4959/73 6.5.75 H4959/73 6.5.75 LOCATED 16.10.74 IN 503602N, 003328E [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 43 IN GEN DEPTH 52MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH FROM DCS3 SHADOW 250FT. (HMS BEAGLE, HI 55/74). BR STD. H4242/75 25.5.76 H4242/75 25.5.76 HMS BEAGLE'S POSN IN ERROR. SHOWN IN 503558.3N, 003323.2E [OGB] ON SURVEY RECORDS. AMEND POSN. BR STD. HH100/351/11 22.2.96 HH100/351/11 22.2.96 IDENTIFIED AS THE `EMMA' BY THE BELL. (T BENNETTO 10.1.96). NCA. HH091/159/01 28.6.07 HH091/159/01 28.6.07 EXAM'D 28.11.06 IN 5035.988N, 0033.260E [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 41.43 IN GEN DEPTH 50MTRS. LENGTH 79MTRS, WIDTH 11MTRS, HT 7MTRS. LIES 063/243 DEGS WITH BOW 243 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (OSEA, HI 1159). INTACT, UPRIGHT. SLIGHT SCOUR AT W END. AMEND WK 41MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 50 35.988 N,0 33.26 E