This is the information page about the shipwreck Enero (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 50.339 N,0 52.254 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: ENERO (PROBABLY)
Length 86 meter, width: 12.2 meter, draught: 5.8, tonnage 2047 ton
Load: minerals,natural fibres and materials in general: unprocessed and products,ore
Cause: Vessel, built in 1898 by campbeltown s b co. and owned at the time of loss by cia. bilbaina de nav., sank following a collision with ss 'stregulus' off dungeness. 22 lives lost. (dods). owners given as aznar & co., bilbao. vessel was on passage huelva for antwerp. (shipwreck index to british isles)
Year of registration: 1974
Water depth above wreck: 30 meter, Height above seabed: 60 cm
Known since: 1974, last detected: 20150618
Details measurements/cartography: H4959/73 18.6.74 WK EXAM'D 30.5.74 IN 505016N, 005219E [OGB]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 21.2 IN GEN DEPTH 31MTRS. (HMS BEAGLE, 7.6.74). NCA YET. H4959/73 9.9.74 REPEATED IN BREST NM 74 34 19. NCA YET. H4959/73 1.5.75 EXAM'D IN 505016N, 005219E [OGB] USING HIFIX/3 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 21.1 IN GEN DEPTH 31MTRS. SCOUR 2MTRS DEEP. GAVE NO SONAR SHADOW. SONAR LENGTH 120FT. (HMS BEAGLE, HI 55/74). BR STD. H4121/76 3.8.76 POSN CONFIRMED. SWEPT CLEAR 20.5, FOUL 20.9MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 21.1MTRS. PROMINENT WK, SITTING UPRIGHT. LENGTH 110MTRS. LIES 070/250DEGS ON FLAT SEABED. GIVES VERY GOOD SONAR SHADOW. (HMS ENTERPRISE, HI 41/76). AMEND TO SW 20.5MTRS. BR STD. 13.5.76 BY NAVAL DIVERS. REPORTED AS SMALL COASTER, LYING UPRIGHT WITH STERN SUNK INTO SEABED AND WITH SLIGHT LIST TO STBD. SEABED SAND AND SOFT MUD. GEN DEPTH 32MTRS. (HMS BRONNINGTON). H3823/78 19.7.78 DIVED ON 7.6.78. UPRIGHT. ABOUT 200-250FT LONG. QUITE BROKEN WITH STERN UNLOCATED. NUMBER OF HOLDS UNCONFIRMED BUT ALL SILTED UP WITH NO EVIDENCE OF CARGO. KNOWN LOCALLY AS 'MAXWELL'. VERY ORNATE BRASS COMPASS PEDESTAL AND OTHER TYPICALLY SPANISH BRASS FITTINGS FOUND WHICH INDICATE WK MAY BE THE 'ENERO'. COMMERCIAL GUARD REQUESTED. (E GILES, 28.6.78). 23.2.99 CINC DELETED. MORE THAN FIVE YEARS. HH100/351/18 22.8.02 DIVED ON 6.7.02 & 11.8.02 IN 5050.325N, 0052.229E [WGD] USING GPS. FOREHOLD APPEARED EMPTY. A WICK WINDER WITH MARKINGS "MILLER & CO., APRIL 1868", FORKS AND SPOONS MOSTLY MARKED "GERMANIA B", ONE MARKED "ASHBURY" PROBABLY MAKERS' BRANDS. A PURSE CONTAINING 3 SPANISH DOLLARS, ALFONSO XIII, WITH PARTIAL DATE 18??/188? SHOWING LITTLE WEAR ALSO FOUND. (D BARBER, E-MAILS & DIVE REPORT DTD 15.7.02 & 15.8.02) SEP 2015/000083464 12.2.16 EXAM'D 18.6.15; IN 5050.339N, 0052.254E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 20.15MTRS, GEN DEPTH 30MTRS. LENGTH 90MTRS, WIDTH 14MTRS, HT 9.7MTRS, ORIENTATION 060/240. SCOUR 90MTRS TOWARDS 060, SCOUR DEPTH 0.4MTRS. WK LARGELY INTACT, UPRIGHT, STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (HI 1475, GARDLINE GEOSURVEY). AMEND DW 20.1MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 50 50.339 N,0 52.254 E