This is the information page about the shipwreck Estrella (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 57.587 N,1 43.716 E (51.7619167, 1.5857333)
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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: ESTRELLA (POSSIBLY)
Length 85.3 meter, width: 12.8 meter, draught: 5.2, tonnage 1740 ton
Load: ballast
Cause: Mined while on passage le havre to tyne.
Year of registration: 1918
Water depth above wreck: 28 meter, Height above seabed: 86 cm
Known since: 1918, last detected: 20190630
Details measurements/cartography: H1543/18 15.3.18 SUNK IN 515735N, 014400E, 2C NNE OF OLD WAR CHANNEL BUOY. (HMS GANGES, HARWICH). ALSO REPD SUNK 5M S HALF W FROM SHIPWASH LTV. 1919 INS WK IN 515735N, 014400E. H3161/69 26.10.71 INS DW ON 1504. (MISSED SCALE).
- NM 1723/71. H3821/72 29.8.72 AMEND TO USC 8FMS.
- NM 1579/72. 21.9.72 AMEND TO USC 15.0 MTRS IN POSN 515735N, 014400E. NC 2052. H4139/76 11.1.77 EXAM'D 20.9.76 IN 515736.6N, 014347.4E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR AT 20.8, FOUL AT 21.3MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 23.0 IN GEN DEPTH 27MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 29.6MTRS. LENGTH ABOUT 70MTRS. LIES ENE/WSW WITH SCOUR TO SW. NO SIGN OF BREAKING UP. (HMS BEAGLE, HI 36/76). AMEND TO SW 20.8MTRS. BR STD. HH100/351/08 28.3.94 DIVED. SMALL WK, POSSIBLY A TRAWLER OF FEW HUNDRED TONS DISPLACEMENT. STERN SECTION IS INTACT AND LISTING TO STBD WITH PART OF WHEELHOUSE REMAINING. FORWARD OF THIS THE WK IS BADLY SMASHED AND PARTLY COVERED BY SAND. HIGHEST PART STANDS ABOUT 4MTRS ABOVE SEABED. (BOB HICKINBOTTOM, 12.3.94). HH090/667/01 12.12.95 EXAM'D 23.7.95 IN 515753.29N, 014342.79E [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 21.8, FOUL 22.2MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 22.8 IN GEN DEPTH 28MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 3.8MTRS. DCS3 HT 7.9MTRS. LENGTH 85MTRS, WIDTH 29MTRS. LIES 092/272 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (OCEANICS, HI 667). RETAIN SW 20.8MTRS. WK NOT FULLY SWEPT. SEP 2015/000143573 15.7.15 EXAM'D 30.6.15 IN 5157.586N, 0143.712E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 24.1MTRS. (FUGRO EMU, EMAIL DTD 30.6.15). NFS, RETAIN DW SW 20.8MTRS. ? SEP 2019/000272653 20.11.19 EXAM'D 30.06.19; IN 5157.587N, 0143.716E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 21.78MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 28MTRS, LENGTH 89.5MTRS, WIDTH 22.8MTRS, HEIGHT 5MTRS, ORIENTATION 086/266 DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 78.4MTRS, WIDTH 38.2MTRS, 1.6MTRS DEEP, TOWARDS 195 DEGS. (CLINTON MARINE, HI 1584). AMEND DW 21.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 51 57.587 N,1 43.716 E