This is the information page about the shipwreck Hans egede, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 27.69 N,0 27.354 E (51.4105, 0.5427833)

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: HANS EGEDE

Length 38.4 meter, width: 9 meter, draught: 3.8, tonnage 303 ton

Cause: Built in 1922 by j jorgensen, thurso. owned originally by rederia/shavet. originally a sailing vessel. 2 cylinder diesel by a/s volund of copenhagen. after laying in the medway was sold for convresion to a houseboat. broke tow from m tug fossa while on passage medway for the thames. ran aground on the blythe sands. later moved to highham creek. (d white).

Year of registration: 1999

Water depth above wreck: -3 meter, Height above seabed: 135 cm

Known since: 1999, last detected: 2001

Details measurements/cartography: HH100/351/15 28.9.99 LIES IN HIGHAM CREEK. SHOWN IN 5127.64N, 0027.46E [OGB] ON ENCLOSED CHART CUTTING. (D WHITE). LIES 135/315DEGS APPROX. INS AS STF (HULK). BR STD. 18.11.04 STP SHOWN IN 5127.690N, 0027.354E [EUT] ON PLA 339/10 [OCT'00-MAY'01]. NE 1186.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: ORIENTATION FROM PHOTOGRAPH

Position: 51 27.69 N,0 27.354 E

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