This is the information page about the shipwreck Eva witte, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 14.69 N,1 41.405 E (52.437016666667, 1.7918333333333)

 

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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.

 

1. Aduatiek (possibly)
2. Afrin (probably)
3. Ala
4. Alastair
5. Alto (possibly)
6. Ambient (probably)
7. Astrologer
8. Axminster (probably)
9. Barkis
10. Batavier 5
11. Bob read (probably)
12. British captain
13. British fortune (probably)
14. Brixton
15. Burtonia (possibly)
16. Bygdo (possibly)
17. Carica milica
18. Castle galleon
19. Cd 14 (probably)
20. Cedarwood (possibly)
21. Churston
22. Clan monroe
23. Claudia (possibly)
24. Coalgas
25. Cresta
26. Dagmar (probably)
27. Db 8 (possibly)
28. Denewood
29. Disa (possibly)
30. Dronning maud (possibly)
31. Dulwich
32. Dunwich bank wk
33. Edernian
34. El argentino
35. Elnet
36. Estrella (possibly)
37. European gateway (part of)
38. Eva witte
39. Excelsior
40. F stobart (probably)
41. Faithful star
42. Farmatyr
43. Firth
44. Forth
45. Friargate (possibly)
46. Friargate (possibly)
47. Frumenton
48. G and e (possibly)
49. Gannet (possibly)
50. Gasfire
51. Gena
52. Gerhard
53. Gipsy (possibly)
54. Golconda (possibly)
55. Grantleyhall (possibly)
56. Grenadier (probably)
57. Groenlo
58. Gulf breaker
59. H h petersen
60. Harlington (probably)
61. Harlyn (probably)
62. Heworth
63. Hillglen
64. Hm mgb 76 (possibly)
65. Hms adonis (possibly)
66. Hms arethusa
67. Hms christopher (possibly)
68. Hms condor (probably)
69. Hms donside (possibly)
70. Hms dundalk
71. Hms eros (possibly)
72. Hms fontenoy
73. Hms forward iii
74. Hms harvest gleaner
75. Hms hirose (probably)
76. Hms holdene
77. Hms jessie nutten
78. Hms kaphreda
79. Hms ludlow
80. Hms monarch
81. Hms moravia (possibly)
82. Hms nadine
83. Hms new comet (possibly)
84. Hms ocean plough (possibly)
85. Hms orthos (probably)
86. Hms river clyde (possibly)
87. Hms river clyde (possibly)
88. Hms sisapon
89. Hms sisters melville
90. Hms speeton (possibly)
91. Hms spider
92. Hms tervani
93. Hms tettenhall
94. Hms tugela
95. Hms tunisian
96. Hms waveflower
97. Hms whooper
98. Hornchurch
99. Ignis (possibly)
100. Impulsion
101. J c dalble
102. Jim
103. Kenneth hawksfield
104. Knarsdale
105. Kwasind
106. Lincairn (possibly)
107. Lisette
108. Lonhelen (possibly)
109. Magdapur
110. Mangara
111. Mardyke
112. Maria rosa
113. Marianne (probably)
114. Mascota (possibly)
115. Mascotte
116. Memento (possibly)
117. Mendibil mendi (possibly)
118. Mercurius
119. Moidart
120. Mudo
121. Nadir
122. Nereus
123. Newhaven (possibly)
124. Nicolaos piangos
125. Nominoe
126. Novocastrian
127. Ocean pride
128. Old charlton
129. Ostprussen (possibly)
130. Pescado
131. Petshenga (possibly)
132. Phryne
133. Plawsworth (possibly)
134. Polgarth
135. Ren
136. Reward (possibly)
137. Rhenas (possibly)
138. Rhineland
139. Robin iv
140. Rochester city
141. Roxanna
142. Savona (probably)
143. Scimitar
144. Sea king
145. Sea rhine
146. Sheaf field
147. Silksworth hall (probably).
148. Sirdar (part of)(possibly)
149. Skodsburg (possibly)
150. Southford
151. St patrick
152. Sunbeam
153. Sunniside (probably)
154. Taber park
155. Tergestea
156. Thomas m (possibly)
157. Thornaby (possibly)
158. Thyra
159. Tidal (possibly)
160. Torchbearer
161. Tregantle (possibly)
162. Tunisiana
163. Uc 62 (possibly)
164. Ui-001
165. Vae victis
166. Warrenpoint
167. White ghost
168. White lady
169. White swan (possibly)
170. Wychwood (possibly)
171. Wyetown
172. Yewkyle (possibly)
173. Yucca (possibly)

 

Name: EVA WITTE

Length 52.4 meter, width: 8.8 meter, draught: 3.7, tonnage 419 ton

Cause: built by heinricht brand, oldenberg. owned at time of loss by hinrich witte. six cylinder oil engine of 300bhp, single shaft. sank while under tow, following collision with spanish gas tanker 'tamames'. crew recovered.

Year of registration: 1977

Water depth above wreck: 14 meter, Height above seabed: 51 cm

Known since: 1977, last detected: 20170307

Details measurements/cartography: 11.7.77 SANK 013 DEG, 2MILES FROM SIZEWELL BANK BUOY. (LL 9.7.77). MARKED BY BUOY FL 3,G 10S IN 521434N, 014134E. WZ 535/77. H4629/71 21.7.77 WK 6.2MTRS [LAT] IN GEN DEPTH 15.4MTRS IN 521434N, 014134E. MARKED BY G CON BUOY, GPFL(3)G 10SEC, RARFL, 110DEG, 900FT FM WK. (TH TLX DTD 11.7.77 & THNM 114/77).

- NM 1956/77. H4629/71 11.10.77 SALVAGE OPERATIONS COMMENCED 3.10.77. (RISDON BEAZLEY TLX DTD 30.9.77). NCA. 10.3.78 BUOY TO BE CHANGED TO IALA R CAN GPFL (2) R 5SEC, RARFL, ON 13.4.78. (TH HARWICH). NE 1543. H4629/71 31.10.79 SWEPT CLEAR AT 12.95MTRS [LAT]. BUOY WITHDRAWN & STATION DISCONTINUED. (TH TLX DTD 30.10.79).

- NM 2776/79. H2917/83 2.4.85 EXAM'D 10.12.84 IN 521440N, 014132E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 13.1 IN GEN DEPTH 14.5 TO 15MTRS. NO SCOUR. WRECKAGE OVER AN AREA APPROX 67 X 18MTRS, ORIENTATED 060/240 DEG. A DEPTH OF 12.8MTRS OBTAINED WAS CONSIDERED TO BE ON FOULED FISHING GEAR. LOCALS MAINTAIN A DANBUOY ON WK. A DISTINCT CONTACT 0.5 CABLE SE OF WK BELIEVED TO BE LARGE ANCHOR LOST DURING DISPERSAL OPS. (SOISS, HI 196). RETAIN SWEPT DEPTH IN NEW POSN. BR STD. SEP 2016/000091759 31.8.17 EXAM'D 7.3.17; IN 5214.690N, 0141.405E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 12.67MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 14MTRS, LENGTH 50.1MTRS, WIDTH 20.3MTRS, HEIGHT 2.1MTRS, ORIENTATION 051/231 DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 218MTRS, 0.6MTRS DEEP, TOWARDS 189 DEGS. WRECK IS NOT CLEARLY DEFINED AND APPEARS BROKEN UP ALONG THE LENGTH OF THE VESSEL. (GARDLINE, HI 1495). AMEND DW 12.6MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 52 14.69 N,1 41.405 E

 

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