This is the information page about the shipwreck Euterpe (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 39.535 N,1 3.638 E (53.3729833, 1.0462167)
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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: EUTERPE (PROBABLY)
Length 79.2 meter, width: 11 meter, draught: 4.9, tonnage 1522 ton
Load: ferrous elements and ores: unrefined and refined,ore
Cause: Built in 1883 by a stephen & sons. owned at time of loss by the euterps ss co. compound engine of 184nhp for 8.5 knots. last sighted off yarmouth when on passage huelva for the tees. cargo iron ore. thought to have been mined.
Year of registration: 1983
Water depth above wreck: 23 meter, Height above seabed: 150 cm
Known since: 1983, last detected: 1992
Details measurements/cartography: H4465/81 22.3.83 H4465/81 22.3.83 WK, PROVISIONAL LEAST DEPTH 16.8MTRS, LOCATED IN 533933N, 010343E [OGB]. (HMS BEAGLE, SIGNAL DTD 19.3.83).
- NM 910/83. H4465/81 22.11.83 H4465/81 22.11.83 EXAM'D 16.3.83 IN 533931N, 010345E [OGB] USING HYPERFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 16.8 IN GEN DEPTH 23MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 5MTRS, LENGTH 60MTRS, BEAM 12MTRS. V GOOD SONAR CONTACT. APPARENTLY INTACT AND UPRIGHT, LYING 150/330 DEGS. (HMS BEAGLE, HI 74). NCA. 1.6.92 1.6.92 DIVED. PART OF BELL RECOVERED ENGRAVED '....PE - 1883'. VESSEL OF ABOUT 1400 TONS WITH CARGO OF LOW GRADE ORE. SCATTERED WRECKAGE WITH TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE ON IT SIDE. BOILER IS HIGHEST POINT. CONSIDERED TO BE WK OF THE EUTERPE. (R J COLLINSON, TELECON).
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT & UPRIGHT
Position: 53 39.535 N,1 3.638 E