Wreck: Florence (possibly) (Trawler)
This is the information page about the shipwreck Florence (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 26.67 N,0 15.747 W (54.4445, -0.26245)
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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: FLORENCE (POSSIBLY)
Length 31.4 meter, width: 6.2 meter, draught: 3.4, tonnage 149 ton
Load: ballast
Cause: Built in 1894 by cook, welton & gemmel at hull. owned by samuel t white & co. single boiler, compound engine of 45 hp for 10 knots. single shaft. machinery c d holmes & co of hull.
Year of registration: 1986
Water depth above wreck: 54 meter, Height above seabed: 36 cm
Known since: 1986, last detected: 20160219
Details measurements/cartography: H1310/84/43 17.7.86 F REPD IN 542639N, 001533W. POSN BY DECCA. (W R DODGSON, 28.11.84). NCA. HH090/730/01 14.11.97 EXAM'D 26.7.97 IN 542640.0N, 001545.3W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 51 IN GEN DEPTH 53MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 4.0MTRS. LENGTH 45MTRS, WIDTH 22MTRS. LIES 036/216 DEGS. MAGNETIC ANOMALY NOTED. ILL DEFINED WRECK, BADLY BROKEN UP. (GARDLINE, HI 730). APPEARS BROKEN IN TWO. BR STD. HH100/351/16 20.6.00 WK HAS TOTALLY COLLAPSED AND STANDS NO MORE THAN 2MTRS HIGH. HIGHEST POINT IS THE BOILER. BOILER AND ENGINE ARE SURROUNDED BY MOUND OF BROKEN MACHINERY, BENT IRON PLATES, WINCHES AND SECTIONS OF MAST. WK IS COVERED IN NETTING. THOUGHT TO BE WK OF FLORENCE. (R YOUNG). SEP 2016/000007250 13.06.16 EXAM'D 19.02.16 IN 5426.670N, 0015.747W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 46.3MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 54MTRS. LENGTH 56.5MTRS, WIDTH 15.0MTRS, HT 7.7MTRS, ORIENTATION 226/046. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY, PARTIALLY INTACT. (EGS, HI 1472). AMEND NDW 46MTRS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: Partially intact
Position: 54 26.67 N,0 15.747 W
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