Wreck: Fredanja (probably) (Motor vessel)
This is the information page about the shipwreck Fredanja (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 40.626 N,5 30.669 W (54.677100, -5.511150)
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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: FREDANJA (PROBABLY)
Length 37.8 meter, width: 6.9 meter, draught: 2.4, tonnage 277 ton
Load: coal
Cause: built in holland. passage maryport for donaghadee. ran aground on ne end of copeland island. engine reversed and vessel came off rocks but capsized and sank.
Year of registration: 1992
Water depth above wreck: 15 meter, Height above seabed: 45 cm
Known since: 1992, last detected: 2017
Details measurements/cartography: HH100/351/05 29.5.92 WK OF 'FREDANJA' LOCATED IN 544045.5N, 053037W [OSI]. POSN BY DECCA. (T C MARTIN, 9.4.92). INS AS DW PA.
- NM 1793/92. 18.3.04 [EUT] POSN: 5440.758N, 0530.677W. NE 1753. 4.3.13 LIES IN 5440.648N, 0530.641W [WGD]. LIES ALMOST UPSIDE-DOWN AND BROKEN IN HALF. (IRISHWRECKSONLINE.NET). SEP 2013/000048455 4.3.12 WK OF 65MTRS SHIP LOCATED IN 5440.626N, 0530.669W [WGD]. NO WK VISIBLE AT PREVIOUSLY CHARTED POSN FOR THIS VESSEL. LEAST DEPTH 14-14.5MTRS. (EMU, HN DTD 26.2.13 FOR HI 1377). PROBABLY SAME VESSEL. AMEND WK USC 14MTRS IN REVISED POSN PENDING SURVEY DATA. 20.9.13 EXAM'D 7.6.13 IN 5440.626N, 0530.669W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 14.81 IN GEN DEPTH 15MTRS. SCOUR 1.9MTRS EXTENDS 10MTRS TOWARDS 282 DEGS. LENGTH 28.4MTRS, WIDTH 7.0MTRS, HT 2.75MTRS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (FUGRO OSEA, HI 1377). LIES APPROX 055/235 DEGS. AMEND WK 14.8MTRS IN REVISED POSN. 9.5.17 M/B DATASET RE-ASSESSED BY BDC 2017: LEAST M/B DEPTH 14.28MTRS IN 5440.626N, 0530.669W [WGD]. NFS. (FUGRO OSEA, HI 1377). AMEND DW 14.2MTRS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: NFS
Position: 54 40.626 N,5 30.669 W
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