This is the information page about the shipwreck English trader, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 53.006 N,1 54.252 E (52.7504, 2.0371)
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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: ENGLISH TRADER
Year of registration: 1939
Water depth above wreck: 8 meter, Height above seabed: 283 cm
Known since: 1939, last detected: 20190619
Details measurements/cartography: H03884/41 28.11.41 STRANDED WK IN 525240N, 015500E, APPROX. (AUTHORITY NOT RECORDED). INS AS STPA.
- NM 30/42. H03884/41 12.9.42 LOCATED IN 525257N, 015418E. ONLY GUN AND GUN PLATFORM SHOW ABOVE LW AND AWASH AT HW. (FOIC, YARMOUTH, 25.8.42). AMEND TO DW IN REVISED POSN.
- NM 1972/42. 15.2.51 LEAST DEPTH OVER WK 4FT. (HMS SHARPSHOOTER, 1950). AMEND TO WK 0FM 4FT. = NM 92/51 14.3.73 AMEND TO WK 1MTR. NC 106. HH090/563/01 4.11.92 STRONG MAGNETOMETER DEFLECTION OBSERVED 21.9.92 IN VICINITY OF CHARTED POSN. NOT FOUND WITH E/S OR SONAR. CONSIDER WK NOW BURIED. CHART AS FOUL. (NP 1016, HI 563). BR STD. SEP 2020/000100123 14.5.20 EXAM'D 19.06.19; IN 5253.006N, 0154.252E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 2.88MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 8MTRS, LENGTH 105MTRS, WIDTH 17.5MTRS, HEIGHT 5.6MTRS, ORIENTATION 283/103 DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 88.9MTRS, WIDTH 26.4MTRS, 5MTRS DEEP, TOWARDS 350 DEGS. WRECK INTACT. (MERITAITO, HI 1580). AMEND TO DW 2.8MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 52 53.006 N,1 54.252 E