This is the information page about the shipwreck Esperanza, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 28.198 N,0 5.617 W (50.4699667, -0.0936167)

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: ESPERANZA

Length 24.1 meter, width: 6.6 meter, tonnage 99 ton

Cause: Built in 1968 by de graeve & zone, zeebrugge. owned at time of loss by serie walter, zeebrugge. oil engine of 530 bhp, single shaft. capsized while transferring gear to belgian fv telstar.

Year of registration: 1985

Water depth above wreck: 56 meter, Height above seabed: 135 cm

Known since: 1985, last detected: 2014

Details measurements/cartography: H3051/75 8.5.85 LOCATED IN 502813N, 000800W BY THV 'MERMAID'. LEAST E/S DEPTH 49.9 IN GEN DEPTH 57MTRS. (OCC TH HARWICH, TLX DTD 21 & 22.4.85). CHART AS WK 50MTRS. BR STD. H3051/75 29.5.85 NOT FOUND USING DCS3 & E/S, WITHIN 2000MTRS RADIUS OF POSN REPD BY OCC TH HARWICH OR OF POSN REPD BY THV 'MERMAID' TO SHOREHAM CG - NAMELY 502749N, 000733W. (HMS BULLDOG, SIG DTD 16.5.85). NCA YET. H1310/86/28 10.11.86 WK OF 'ESPERANZA' LOCATED IN 502808N, 000538W [OGB] USING DECCA. COMMERCIAL GUARD REQUESTED. (C MARTIN, 18.10.86). AMEND POSN. BR STD. H2350/85 16.2.87 EXAM'D 23.8.86 IN 502810N, 000532W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [3 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 44.3 IN GEN DEPTH 55MTRS. SCOUR 1MTR DEEP. DCS3 HT 12MTRS. LENGTH 30MTRS, WIDTH 5MTRS. UPRIGHT ON FLAT BOTTOM. MAST PROBABLY STILL INTACT. LYING 350/170DEGS. (NP 1008, HI 317B). AMEND TO WK 44MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 23.2.99 CINC DELETED. MORE THAN FIVE YEARS. 25.4.14 EXAM'D 5.3.14 IN 5028.198N, 0005.617W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 50.01 IN GEN DEPTH 56MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 39.4MTRS, WIDTH 16.9MTRS, HT 5.99MTRS. LIES 135/315 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. INTACT WITH LIST TO PORT. (NETSURVEY, HI 1435). ?BOWS SE. AMEND WK 50MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, ?BOWS S WITH LIST TO PORT

Position: 50 28.198 N,0 5.617 W

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