Wreck: Finn (Steam ship)
This is the information page about the shipwreck Finn, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 13.508 N,2 12.358 W (50.225133, -2.205967)
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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: FINN
Length 105.5 meter, width: 15.2 meter, draught: 7.6, tonnage 3806 ton
Load: coal,coke
Cause: torpedoed by uc 26. built by j l thompson & sons ltd, sunderland. triple expansion engine for 350 nhp. passage newcastle to genoa.
Year of registration: 1951
Water depth above wreck: 57 meter, Height above seabed: 60 cm
Known since: 1951, last detected: 1998
Details measurements/cartography: H3504/51 22.8.51 H3504/51 22.8.51 OLD MERCHANT SHIP, LYING ON ITS SIDE, LOCATED IN 501306N, 021212W. LENGTH 600FT, HEIGHT 40FT. RIENTATED 060/240 DEGS. (CINC PORTSMOUTH, 24.7.51). INS AS NDW. BR STD. H2291/64 18.5.65 H2291/64 18.5.65 EXAM'D IN 501326N, 021223W [OGB]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 140 IN GEN DEPTH 180FT. NO SCOUR. GAVE WEAK SONAR RETURNS FROM SE & SW ONLY. CONSIDERED TO BE SAME TARGET AS NSC REPORTED IN 501324N, 011224W. (HMS SCOTT, 10.5.64). AMEND TO WK 23FMS.
- NM 907/65. 7.3.73 7.3.73 AMEND TO WK 46MTRS. NC 2519. HH090/533/01 28.5.93 HH090/533/01 28.5.93 EXAM'D 22.2.93 IN 501330.5N, 021221.5W [WGD] USING HYPERFIX [3 LOPS]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 46.1 IN GEN DEPTH 57MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 10.6MTRS, LENGTH 160MTRS, WIDTH 30 MTRS. HULK LIES INTACT, ON ITS SIDE AND ORIENTATED 060/240 DEG. MAGNETOMETER INDICATES FERROUS CONTENT OF 1700 TONS. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 533). AMEND POSN.
- NM 2106/93. HH100/351/13 10.9.98 HH100/351/13 10.9.98 IDENTIFIED FROM BELL AS 'FINN 1906'. VESSEL IS UPSIDE DOWN. (N R CHIPCHASE).
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, INVERTED
Position: 50 13.508 N,2 12.358 W
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