This is the information page about the shipwreck Hardingham (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 39.287 N,1 40.724 E (51.7619167, 1.5857333)
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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: HARDINGHAM (PROBABLY)
Length 130.5 meter, width: 17.1 meter, draught: 7.9, tonnage 5415 ton
Load: coal
Cause: Built in 1933 by lithgows ltd, port glasgow. owned at time of loss by willis ss co ltd. four boilers, triple expansion engine of 544hp, single shaft. passage blyth for villa constitucion. mined. (sibi).
Year of registration: 1940
Water depth above wreck: 22 meter, Height above seabed: 11 cm
Known since: 1940, last detected: 20160223
Details measurements/cartography: H2132/70 21.1.70 EXAM'D 14.10.69 IN 513915N, 014051E [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 17.1 IN GEN DEPTH 22MTRS. NO SCOUR. FAIRLY LARGE WK. (HMS ENTERPRISE, HI 43/69).
- NM 307/70. H4988/71 5.1.72 POSN 513922N, 014047E [EUR]. LEAST E/S DEPTH OBTAINED 19.7MTRS. NOT FULLY EXAM'D. (HMS FAWN). H6340/87 1.3.89 EXAM'D 20.9.88 IN 513915N, 014050E [OGB] USING COMPOUND HYPERFIX/TRISPONDER. SWEPT CLEAR AT 14.9, FOUL AT 15.2MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 17.1 IN GEN DEPTH 22MTRS. NO SCOUR AND NO APPRECIABLE SONAR SHADOW. INTACT BUT WITH SOME EVIDENCE OF DISPERSAL. LENGTH ABOUT 150MTRS. LIES 015/195 DEG. (NP 1016, HI 423).
- NM 865/89. HH090/667/01 3.1.96 EXAM'D 18.7.95 IN 513917.25N, 014043.48E [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 16.9 IN GEN DEPTH 22.5MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 3.6MTRS. LENGTH 130MTRS, WIDTH 70MTRS. LIES 010/190 DEGS. GOOD MAGNETIC ANOMALY. BROKEN UP REMAINS OF WK. UNABLE TO SWEEP DUE TO SUB-SEA FLOATS. (OCEONICS, HI 667). NCA. HH090/698/01 22.8.96 LOCATED, NOT EXAMINED. (NP 1016, HI 698). HH090/963/01 26.11.96 EXAM'D 23.10.97 IN 513914.7N, 014049.4E [OGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 17.5, FOUL 17.7MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 18.1 IN GEN DEPTH 22.5MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 3MTRS. LENGTH 130MTRS, WIDTH 45MTRS. LIES 010/190 DEGS. LARGE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. LARGE AREA OF WELL BROKEN, PROBABLY DISPERSED, WRECKAGE AND DEBRIS. (NP 1016, HI 693). SMALL AREA NOT SWEPT CLOSE TO 'FOUL' POSN. RETAIN SW 14.9MTRS. NCA. SEP 2015/000083463 14.7.16 EXAM'D 23.02.2016 IN 5139.287N, 0140.724E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 16.8MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 22MTRS. LENGTH 129MTRS, WIDTH 32MTRS, HT 5.2MTRS, ORIENTATION 011/191. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. WK WELL BROKEN UP WITH DISPERSED DEBRIS, EXAMINATION INDICATES STERN LIES TO THE NORTH. (MMT, HI 1474). AMEND DW 16.8MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: AREA OF BROKEN WRECKAGE AND DEBRIS
Position: 51 39.287 N,1 40.724 E