This is the information page about the shipwreck H h petersen, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 21.482 N,1 56.667 E (52.4370167, 1.7918333)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐ฌ๐ง, 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: H H PETERSEN
Length 67.7 meter, width: 10.7 meter, draught: 4, tonnage 975 ton
Load: coal
Cause: Built in 1927 by a/s h c christensens, staalskibs, marstal. owned at time of loss by the ministry of shipping (r rix & sons). one boiler, triple expansion engine of 105hp, single shaft. passage goole for rochester. cargo coal. mined.
Year of registration: 1941
Water depth above wreck: 30 meter, Height above seabed: 326 cm
Known since: 1941, last detected: 20161210
Details measurements/cartography: H0295/41 11.2.41 INS NDWPA.
- NM 286/41. H0295/41 31.8.42 AMEND TO NDW.
- NM 1828/42. 18.9.51 EXAM'D IN 522126N, 015646E. SWEPT CLEAR 66 FT, FOUL 67FT. LEAST E/S 69FT. HEIGHT ABOVE SEABED 35FT. SEABED 101FT. LENGTH 180FT. HEADING 150/330 DEGS. (HMS SHARPSHOOTER, 20.8.51). AMEND TO WK 11FMS. BR STD. H4629/71 20.1.72 LYING NNE/SSW. SCOUR BOTH SIDES, 4FT ON SW & 8FT ON NE. LYING UPRIGHT. HULL IN SOUND CONDITION EXCEPT PORT BOW WHERE THERE IS A LARGE HOLE COVERED BY COLLAPSING METAL. SUPERSTRUCTURE COLLAPSED INTO HULL & NO FURTHER COLLAPSE POSSIBLE. SCOUR UNLIKELY TO CHANGE. (E GILES 9.1.72). H1942/80 23.8.82 EXAM'D 17.2.82 IN 522127N, 015648E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [3 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 19.9 IN GEN DEPTH 32MTRS. NO SCOUR. HYDROSEARCH VERTICAL HT 7MTRS, LENGTH 81.54, BEAM 16.85MTRS. LYING 155/335 DEGS, WITH BOWS NW. (HMS BULLDOG HI 11). RETAIN SWEPT DEPTH IN NEW POSN. AMEND POSN. BR STD. HH100/351/12 18.2.97 UPRIGHT ON SEABED. BOW IS SMASHED AND COLLAPSED INTO THE SEABED. SUPERSTRUCTURE HAS COLLAPSED AND WK STANDS ABOUT 4MTRS CLEAR OF SEABED. HULL IS IN GOOD CONDITION AND SHOWS NO SIGN OF COLLAPSING. (B HICKINBOTTOM). SEP 2016/000091758 18.7.17 EXAM'D 10.12.16 IN 5221.482N, 0156.667E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 24.57MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 30MTRS, LENGTH 72MTRS, WIDTH 11.6MTRS, HEIGHT 6.1MTRS, ORIENTATION 326/146 DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 100MTRS, 2MTRS DEEP, TOWARDS 000 DEGS. WRECK IS LARGELY INTACT AND UPRIGHT. (GARDLINE, HI 1494). AMEND DW 24.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 52 21.482 N,1 56.667 E