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 55 41.044 N,1 34.976 W (55.802333333333, -1.8619333333333)

 

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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. Acclivity
2. Aepos
3. Alert (possibly)
4. Annie walker (probably)
5. Arbutus
6. Athelduke
7. Auckland castle
8. Aulton (possibly)
9. Baltanglia
10. Buka
11. Choice
12. Chris christenson
13. Cor jesu (possibly)
14. Coryton
15. Driebergen
16. Dutchman
17. Eglinton
18. Elziena
19. Emily reaich
20. Emma
21. Everene (possibly)
22. Ex-hmsm h 11
23. Florence dombey (possibly)
24. George and mary (possibly)
25. Havilde
26. Hazard (probably)
27. Hesvik (possibly)
28. Hms ascot
29. Hms fortuna
30. Hms kopanes
31. Hms patia
32. Hooghammen
33. Igor
34. Isbul & margarit
35. Jan van ryswyck
36. Lunesdale (possibly)
37. Maystone (possibly)
38. Merwede
39. Morlaix (probably)
40. Nidelven
41. Peik (probably)
42. Pluto
43. Shadwan
44. Skovdal (probably)
45. Snowdonia
46. Somali
47. Sphynx
48. St andre
49. St fergus
50. Tadorne
51. The tetrarch (probably)
52. Thistle
53. Thomas jackson (possibly)
54. Tillycorthie
55. Tioga
56. U 1274
57. Venus

 

Name: EMMA

Length 87 meter, width: 11.5 meter, tonnage 2142 ton
Load: iron ingots,animals (land & sea) and birds,natural fibres and materials in general: unprocessed and products,wood: unprocessed and products,oil

Cause: grounded and broke up. passage sundsvaill for manchester. crew of 20. 3 managed to man the ship's boat but were washed away. remainder rescued by the n sunderland lifeboat. next day the ship's boat was spotted out to sea and the 3 men were rescued. ex- eshcolbrook, built 1892 by w gray & co., ltd., with 3 cylinder triple expansion engine, 2 boilers, single shaft. renamed emma in 1913 & owned at time of loss by angfartygs a/b emma, gefle, sweden. stranded on knivestone in bad weather, floated off during the night and drifted away sinking some distance away from the rocks. (r young)

Year of registration: 2001

Water depth above wreck: 61 meter, Height above seabed: 328 cm

Known since: 2001, last detected: 20190605

Details measurements/cartography: HH090/915/01 15.1.02 EXAM'D 11.6.01 IN 5541.045N, 0134.986W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 49.5 IN GEN DEPTH 61MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 96MTRS, WIDTH 20MTRS. DCS3 HT 8.5MTRS. LIES 146/326DEGS WITH BOWS TOWARDS 326DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. UPRIGHT, BROKEN AND COLLAPSED. NETTED. (GARDLINE, HI 915). BR STD. HH100/351/20 9.7.03 HAS BEEN DIVED IN 5541.041N, 0134.978W [WGD]. VISIBILITY WAS POOR BUT DIVERS SAY WK IS COMPLETELY FESTOONED WITH ROPES (NOT NETS) ALL OVER. SO MUCH SO THAT DIVE ABORTED. (R YOUNG, EMAIL DTD 8.7.03). NCA. 21.4.10 RESEARCH USING LONDON TIMES DATABASE WHICH STATES THAT SS EMMA WHICH GROUNDED ON KNIVESTONE, FLOATED OFF AND DRIFTED AWAY BEFORE SINKING. DIMENSIONS OF VESSEL WOULD INDICATE THAT THIS WRECK COULD POSSIBLY BE EMMA. (R YOUNG, E-MAIL DTD 21.4.10) RECORD AMENDED TO EMMA (POSSIBLY) NCA. SEP 2021/000090526 22.6.21 EXAM'D 5.6.19 IN 5541.044N, 0134.976W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 53.30MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 61MTRS, LENGTH 90MTRS, WIDTH 23MTRS, HT 7.7MTRS, ORIENTATION 328/148 DEGS. WK UPRIGHT, LARGELY INTACT WITH FORWARD PART BROKEN AND PARTIALLY BURIED. (MERITAITO, HI1591). AMEND DW 15.3MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT & BROKEN, COLLAPSED, BOWS NW, FESTOONED WITH ROPES

Position: 55 41.044 N,1 34.976 W

 

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