This is the information page about the shipwreck Facto, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 57.206 N,5 29.836 W (49.953433, -5.497267)

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.

Name: FACTO

Length 89.9 meter, width: 13.8 meter, draught: 6.3, tonnage 2372 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: ex-hekla. built by short bros ltd, sunderland. owned at time of loss by a/s d/s facto. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 257nhp, single shaft. passage le havre for cardiff. torpedoed and sunk. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1945

Water depth above wreck: 63 meter, Height above seabed: 55 cm

Known since: 1945, last detected: 2004

Details measurements/cartography: H0113/45 22.1.45 H0113/45 SONAR CONTACT IN 495700N, 052930W. LENGTH 67FT, HEIGHT 36FT. (PLYMOUTH LIST, 22.1.45). H0113/45 25.3.45 H0113/45 GOOD SONAR CONTACT IN 495700N, 052930W. LENGTH 300FT, HEIGHT 36FT. (PLYMOUTH LIST, 25.3.45). H0113/45 4.7.45 H0113/45 GOOD SONAR CONTACT IN 495702N, 052930W. LENGTH 300FT, HEIGHT 36FT. (PLYMOUTH LIST, 4.7.45). H2137/54 22.6.54 H2137/54 22.6.54 LOCATED FEB/MAY 1954 IN 495712N, 052945W USING DECCA OR 088DEGS, 12.2M FROM WOLF ROCK. DEPTH OVER WK 36FMS. HEIGHT ABOVE SEABED 28FT. (RISDON BEAZLEY, 23.5.54). CHART AS NDW. NC 777. H2979/74 14.2.75 H2979/74 14.2.75 FF BELIEVED WRECK IN 495724N, 052947W USING DECCA. (E GILES, 1975). 6.6.75 6.6.75 NOW CHARTED AS USC 28.0MTRS IN 495724N, 052947W. NE 777. H2979/74 17.2.76 H2979/74 17.2.76 FF IN 495720N, 052938W USING DECCA. (E GILES, HYDROSERVE LTD., 29.1.76). H2590/76 1.3.76 H2590/76 1.3.76 DEFINITE WRECK GIVING GOOD ECHO AND SONAR IN 495709.9N, 052947.6W [OGB] USING RO/RO HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 56MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 64MTRS. (HMS HECLA, HI 1A/75). AMEND TO WK 56MTRS IN REVISED POSN. NE 777. H1286/76/212 22.6.76 H1286/76/212 22.6.76 LEAST DEPTH 187FT AT LW 6.5.76. (T E CAKEBREAD, 11.5.76). NCA. H4551/76 6.10.76 H4551/76 6.10.76 REPD IN POSN 088DEGS, 12.2M FROM WOLF ROCK AND TO BE 28FT HIGH. (RISDON BEAZLEY, 17.9.76, SURVEYED IN 1954). NCA. H2979/74 15.3.77 H2979/74 15.3.77 FF REPD IN 495710N, 052945W [OGB] USING DECCA. (E GILES, 3.2.77). NCA. H2979/74 30.11.77 H2979/74 30.11.77 FF REPD IN 495729N, 053001W [OGB] USING DECCA. (E GILES, 16.5.77). NCA. H1310/82/7 8.3.82 H1310/82/7 8.3.82 POSITIVE WK IN POSN BY DECCA. (A M JONES, 12.2.82). NCA. H5982/82 14.4.83 H5982/82 14.4.83 WK SHOWN IN 495713N, 052948W [OGB] ON KINGFISHER CHART K(SW)6 [1982 EDN]. POSN BY DECCA. NCA. HH100/351/19 2.10.02 HH100/351/19 2.10.02 DIVED IN 1991 IN 4957.220N, 0529.845W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 62 IN GEN DEPTH 68MTRS AT HALF TIDE. NO SCOUR. BELL MARKED: 'HEKLA, CHRISTIANIA, 1904' FOUND BY M ETHRIDGE IN 9.2002. ?BOWS TOWARDS SE. NO CARGO. SEABED STONEY SAND. 3 BOILERS. (G POUND). NCA. HH100/351/20 20.8.04 HH100/351/20 20.8.04 WK IS UPRIGHT BUT HAS COLLAPSED INTERNALLY. THE ENGINE AND BOILERS FORM THE HIGHEST POINT. TWO MAIN BOILERS AND ONE SMALLER AUXILLARY BOILER IN LINE ACROSS THE BEAM. BEAM MEASURED AT 14.6MTRS. IN PLACES THE INTACT SIDES STAND 2-3MTRS HIGH. THIS IS 'FACTO'. (N R CHIPCHASE). NCA. HH091/059/01 14.4.05 HH091/059/01 14.4.05 EXAM'D 19.9.04 IN 4957.206N, 0529.843W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 56.7 IN GEN DEPTH 63.7MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 97MTRS, WIDTH 17MTRS, HT 7.0MTRS. LIES 055/235 DEGS. MODERATE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. DEGRADED WK. NFS. (GARDLINE, HI 1059). RETAIN WK 56MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. HH091/059/01 21.11.05 HH091/059/01 21.11.05 EXAM'D IN 4957.206N, 0529.836W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 56.9MTRS. HT 6.8MTRS. (GARDLINE, HI 1059). AMEND POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, COLLAPSED INTERNALLY

Position: 49 57.206 N,5 29.836 W

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