Wreck: Empress of midland (possibly) (Steam ship)

This is the information page about the shipwreck Empress of midland (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 28.517 N,1 40.055 E (51.761916666667, 1.5857333333333)


 

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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง, 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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Shipwreck details

Name: EMPRESS OF MIDLAND (POSSIBLY)

Length 76.8 meter, width: 13.1 meter, draught: 7, tonnage 2224 ton
Load: coal

Cause: built in 1907. owned at time of loss by canada ss lines, montreal. passage the tyne for rouen. cargo coal. two boilers, triple expansion engine, single shaft. detonated a mine laid by uc-1 and sank.

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 27 meter, Height above seabed: 120 cm

Known since: 1918, last detected: 20170404

Details measurements/cartography: H4702/18 13.8.18 POSN 512915N, 014015E. (CINC NORE). H4404/18 27.7.18 POSN 512730N, 013915E. LEAST DEPTH 56FT. (CINC NORE). - FNM 533/18. H4404/18 27.7.18 C IN C IS OF OPINION THAT THE SHIP IN 512730N, 013915E OR 4 MILES NE FROM ELBOW BUOY IS THE EMPRESS OF MIDLAND. H4866/18 2.9.18 FIRST POSN CONFIRMED. (CINC NORE). - FNM 611/18. H6037/18 20.10.18 CLEAR 10FMS OVER AT LW. AMEND NDW. - FNM 695/18. H922/53 9.6.59 LOCATED IN 512828N, 014007E. LEAST E/S DEPTH 68FT IN GEN DEPTH 13-14FMS. SEABED SAND, SHELL AND MUD. SMOOTH A SOLID SPIKE 24FT HIGH WITH A SCOUR OF 10FT. (HMS FRANKLIN, 29.1.53). RETAIN AS NDW IN REVISED POSN. 9.5.68 AMEND TO WK 11FMS. LC 1610. H5197/70 10.12.70 LOCATED, NOT EXAMINED. (ISS, ROS DTD 27.11.70). H5197/70 10.8.71 EXAM'D IN 512829N, 014009E [OGB]. SWEPT CLEAR 17.5MTRS. (HMS FAWN, HN). AMEND TO SW 9FMS 3FT.

- NM 1285/71. H5197/70 10.8.71 EXAM'D USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR 17.5, FOUL 17.7MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 18.2 IN GEN DEPTH 27MTRS. SCOUR 32MTRS. IN ONE PIECE WITH WHAT APPEARS TO BE DAMAGE ON SW SIDE. LIES 125/305 DEG. ABOUT 280FT LONG. (HMS FAWN). 16.3.72 AMEND TO SW 17.5MTRS NC 1828. HH090/667/01 4.1.96 EXAM'D 28.7.96 IN 512830.95N, 014003.19E [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 19.3, FOUL 19.6MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 19.9 IN GEN DEPTH 27.0MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 7.0MTRS. DCS3 HT 6.6MTRS. LENGTH 80MTRS, WIDTH 12MTRS. LIES 125/305 DEGS. LARGE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. INTACT WK IN SUBSTANTIAL SCOUR. (OCEONICS, HI 667). NO SWEEP PLOT SUPPLIED. RETAIN WK 19.3MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. SEP 2017/000123580 14.9.17 EXAM'D 4.4.17 IN 5128.517N, 0140.055E [WGD]. LEAST WCD DEPTH 18.81MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 27MTRS, LENGTH 80.1MTRS, WIDTH 19.1MTRS, HEIGHT 8.5MTRS, ORIENTATION 120/300 DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 390MTRS, 8.9MTRS DEEP, TOWARDS 207 DEGS. WRECK IS UPRIGHT AND INTACT. (GARDLINE, HI 1518). AMEND TO DW 18.8MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 51 28.517 N,1 40.055 E

 

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