This is the information page about the shipwreck Empire crusader, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 27.024 N,1 27.108 W (50.242166666667, -1.28825)

 

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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.

 

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Name: EMPIRE CRUSADER

Length 68.5 meter, width: 10.1 meter, draught: 4.2, tonnage 1042 ton
Load: coal

Cause: ex-leander. built in 1925 by atlas werke ag, bremen. owned at time of loss by york house shipping, middlesbrough. had been a german vessel captured in an allied port at the commencement of ww2. passage seaham for devonport. cargo coal. bombed by german aircraft, badly damaged and on fire. capsized after being abandoned. four men lost.

Year of registration: 1945

Water depth above wreck: 35 meter, Height above seabed: 171 cm

Known since: 1945, last detected: 2020

Details measurements/cartography: H0121/45 27.3.45 WK LOCATED IN 502700N, 012600W BY HMCS JONQUIERRE. (PORTSMOUTH LIST, 22.3.45, AUBD 304/54). 7.8.53 CHART AS NDW PA IN 502700N, 012600W. BR STD. H6889/55 15.12.55 EXAM'D IN 502658N, 012658W USING DECCA. LEAST E/S DEPTH 16 IN GEN DEPTH 19FMS. (HMS SCOTT, 1.10.55). CHART AS WK 16FMS [29MTRS]. BR STD. H1284/75 16.6.75 LOCATED 8 MILES SSW FROM ST CATHERINE'S POINT USING DECCA. LIES E/W AND STANDS 15FT HIGH IN GEN DEPTH 115FT. APPARENTLY SOME SORT OF DOUBLE ENDED VESSEL SITTING UPRIGHT AND WITH NO UPPERWORKS. SEPARATE AREA OF WRECKAGE LIES CLOSE S. (R TODD, SPITHEAD MARINE SALVAGE LTD, 20.5.75). HH090/962/01 9.12.02 EXAM'D 15.7.02 IN 5027.023N, 0127.105W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 30.7 IN GEN DEPTH 34MTRS. SCOUR 1.7MTRS DEEP EXTENDS UP TO 50MTRS AROUND WK. LENGTH 78MTRS, WIDTH 19MTRS. DCS3 HT 4.2MTRS. LIES 175/355 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (GARDLINE, HI 962). INTACT, COLLAPSED. AMEND TO WK 30.5 MTRS. BR STD. HH090/962/01 11.11.03 SWEPT CLEAR 32.0, FOUL 32.5MTRS. (GARDLINE, HI 962). AMEND TO SW 32MTRS. BR STD. 28.4.05 THIS IS EMPIRE CRUSADER. IDENTIFIED BY BRASS NAMEPLATES AND GERMAN STEERING POSN. (D C WENDES, PERSONAL VISIT). NCA. SEP 2020/000123102 4.10.21 EXAM’D 29.9.20 IN 5027.024N, 0127.108W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 31.46MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 35MTRS. LENGTH 71MTRS, WIDTH 15MTRS, HT 4MTRS. ORIENTATION 171/351 DEGS. SCOUR DIMENSIONS LENGTH 17MTRS, WIDTH 78MTRS, 1.4MTRS DEEP. (CLINTON MARINE SURVEY AB, HI 1586). AMEND DW 31MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, COLLAPSED, SCOUR ALL AROUND WK

Position: 50 27.024 N,1 27.108 W

 

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