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 (52.4370167, 1.7918333)

 

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