This is the information page about the shipwreck Epsilon, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 7.656 N,5 1.432 W (50.127600, -5.023867)

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.

Name: EPSILON

Length 101.1 meter, width: 14.7 meter, draught: 6.7, tonnage 3211 ton
Load: foodstuffs: solid

Cause: built in 1913 by rotterdam droogdok maats., rotterdam. owned at the time of loss by b j van hengel. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 274nhp, single shaft. passage buenos aries for amsterdam. struck a mine laid by uc-17. (dods & sibi).

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 20 meter, Height above seabed: 43 cm

Known since: 1917, last detected: 2005

Details measurements/cartography: H748/17 7.2.17 WK APPROX 208DEGS, 8C FROM ST ANTHONY'S PT LT. (FALMOUTH).

- NM 182/17. H8438/19 1.11.19 WK MARKED BY G LT BUOY, 150YDS E OF WK. (TH NM). - FNM 176/17. H357/20 21.1.20 G LT BUOY, OCC.5S, LAID 190DEGS, 7.3C FROM ST ANTHONY PT LT [500745N, 050100W APPROX], 300YDS E OF WK. (TH NM 2/20).

- NM 193/20. H4102/20 9.6.20 WRECK DISPERSED TO LEAST DEPTH 8FMS [14.6MTRS]. BUOY WITHDRAWN. (TH NM). NOTE. H01027/40 1.11.51 ACCEPTED POSN 500737N, 050124W, LEAST DEPTH 48FT. (LTR TO FALMOUTH HBR COMMISSIONERS). H2331/60 15.8.61 WK LOCATED IN 500737N, 050124W USING DECCA. LEAST DEPTH 58FT IN GEN DEPTH 65FT BY E/S, IN SOME DOUBT. LEAST DEPTH SCOUR 2FT. LIES NE/SW. (HMS MEDUSA, SURVEY [K 2899/1-2]). RETAIN AS WK 14.6MTRS. H1247/69 4.8.69 LOCATED USING SEXTANT & GRAPPLE IN CHARTED POSN, HEAVILY DISPERSED ENGINES STAND 15FT PROUD OF SEA BED. BOILERS, TWISTED GIRDERS STAND 12FT OFF SEABED OF SAND. EASY TO FIND & GOOD DIVE FOR AMATEURS. (R. DAVIS, 9.7.69). NCA. H1244/70 9.4.70 2 LARGE BOILERS AND ENGINES STILL STANDING, REMAINS OF HULL FRAMES AT LEAST DEPTH 55FT. (R.A. MARTIN, 1.4.70). NCA. 23.3.79 LOCATED 12.9.72 LEAST E/S DEPTH 18.1MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 21MTRS. NOT FULLY SURVEYED. (HMS WOODLARK, E/S TRACE). NCA. HH090/638/01 3.9.96 EXAM'D 29.9.96 IN 500738.2N, 050120.6W [OGD] USING DGPS. LEAST DEPTH BY DIVER USING HAND LEAD AND LINE 16.2MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 18.1 IN GEN DEPTH 20MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 2.3MTRS, LENGTH 80MTRS, WIDTH 10MTRS. LIES 045/225 DEGS WITH BOWS NE. MAIN WRECKAGE IS AMIDSHIPS AND CONSISTS OF 2 BOILERS STANDING UPRIGHT IN A FWD/AFT DIRECTION AND 1MTR APART. LEAST DEPTH BY DIVER FROM A 1MTR HAWSEPIPE STANDING VERTICALLY AT THE FWD END OF THE VESSEL. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 638). AMEND TO WK 16MTRS IN 500738N, 050120.5W. BR STD. HH091/088/01 14.6.05 EXAM'D 29.4.05 IN 5007.656N, 0501.432W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 17.8 IN GEN DEPTH 20.0MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 87MTRS, WIDTH 73MTRS. LIES 043/223 DEGS WITH BOWS NE. CONSIDERABLY BROKEN UP. (HMSML GLEANER, HI 1088). RETAIN WK 16MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: EXTENSIVELY BROKEN UP, BOWS NE

Position: 50 7.656 N,5 1.432 W

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