Wreck: Evertsen (Motor vessel)
This is the information page about the shipwreck Evertsen, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 22.867 N,2 13.767 W (50.381117, -2.229450)
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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.
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Shipwreck details
Name: EVERTSEN
Length 47.2 meter, width: 7.6 meter, tonnage 392 ton
Cause: sank following a collision with dutch mv favoriet in thick fog. was on passage fowey to rotterdam.
Year of registration: 1961
Water depth above wreck: 48 meter, Height above seabed: 30 cm
Known since: 1961, last detected: 2013
Details measurements/cartography: H3274/61 10.8.61 POSN 17 MILES SE OF PORTLAND BILL. LOCATED BY SONAR IN 502238N, 021318W USING DECCA OR 153DEGS, 9.3 MILES FROM SHAMBLES LTV. MARKED EDDY & OIL SLICK ON SURFACE. LYING E/W. APPROX LENGTH 240FT, HT 30FT. LEAST DEPTH 22FMS. (C IN C PORTSMOUTH, 27.6.61). INS AS NDW. BR STD. H2291/64 18.5.65 EXAM'D IN 502249N, 021338W [OGB] USING DECCA. LEAST E/S 125 IN 150FT. NO SCOUR. SEABED FINE SAND. (HMS SCOTT, 7.5.64). AMEND TO WK 21FMS 0FT IN REVISED POSN.
- NM 907/65. H3950/70 AMEND TO WK 38MTRS. NC 2615. 24.7.84 WK CONFIRMED AS THE EVERTSEN. (M SKELSEY). HH090/533/01 12.5.94 EXAM'D 10.2.94 IN 502252N, 021346E [WGD] USING HYPERFIX [3 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 42 IN GEN DEPTHS 48MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 5.9MTRS. WELL BROKEN UP, MAJOR FEATURE HAS LENGTH 45MTRS, WIDTH 15MTRS. LIES 085/265 DEGS. RETAIN AS CHARTED. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 533). 5.8.15 EXAM'D 2013 IN 5022.880N, 0213.771W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 42.44MTRS. LENGTH 54.89MTRS, WIDTH 11.37MTRS, HEIGHT 4.55MTRS, ORIENTATION 030/210 DEGS. (CEFAS/EGS, DS7). NFS, RETAIN DEPTH 38MTRS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: WELL BROKEN UP
Position: 50 22.867 N,2 13.767 W
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