This is the information page about the shipwreck Harlyn (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 59.095 N,1 37.393 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: HARLYN (PROBABLY)
Length 74.7 meter, width: 11.3 meter, draught: 5.5, tonnage 1794 ton
Load: coal
Cause: Built in 1915 by w grey & co ltd. owned at time of loss by harrisions (london) ltd. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 202hp, single shaft. passage the tyne for london. cargo coal. struck a mine laid by uc-11 and sank 4m sw of shipwash ltv with loss of 2 lives. (ww1sl)
Year of registration: 1916
Water depth above wreck: 9 meter, Height above seabed: 144 cm
Known since: 1916, last detected: 20190629
Details measurements/cartography: SUNK 4M SW OF SHIPWASH LTV. POSN 515912N, 013730E, APPROX. (WW1SL). H3186/73 24.5.73 LOCATED IN 515903N, 013734E [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 4.8 IN GEN DEPTH 6.4MTRS. SCOUR 12.5MTRS. GOOD SONAR CONTACT BUT POSSIBLY BANK. (HMS ENTERPRISE). BR STD. H3186/73 21.2.79 EXAM'D 10.10.78 IN 515902N, 013730E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 4.4 IN GEN DEPTH 5-11MTRS. SCOUR 11-14MTRS. LIES NNW/SSE AND IS ABOUT 200FT LONG, GIVING STRONG SONAR RESPONSE FROM ALL DIRECTIONS. (HMS ENTERPRISE). BR STD. H1940/80 31.3.82 EXAM'D 5.11.81 IN 515904N, 013731E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 4.6 IN GEN DEPTH 8 TO 9MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 1.1MTRS. LENGTH APPROX 105MTRS, LYING MAINLY NE/SW. LIES ON W SIDE OF SANDBANK. (SOISS, HI 9). NCA. H4027/86 3.11.87 EXAM'D 9.7.87 IN 515904N, 013733E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [4 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 4.7 IN GEN DEPTH 6 TO 7MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 15.2MTRS. DCS3 LENGTH 95MTRS, WIDTH 15MTRS. LYING 135/315 DEG AND POSSIBLY BROKEN IN TWO. GIVES LARGE MAGNETIC ANOMALY, BUT NO SONAR HEIGHT. RETAIN AS CHARTED. (NP 1016, HI 376). NCA. HH090/667/01 13.12.95 EXAM'D 22.6.95 IN 515905.22N, 013726.03E [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 10.0 IN GEN DEPTH 10.0MTRS. NO SCOUR. NO DCS3 HT. LENGTH 83MTRS, WIDTH 15MTRS. LIES 140/320 DEGS. LIES UPRIGHT AND BURIED, COPLANAR WITH THE SEA FLOOR. CHART AS FOUL. (OCEONICS, HI 667). NCA, RETAIN AS CHARTED. SEP 2019/000272653 22.11.19 EXAM'D 29.06.19; IN 5159.095N, 0137.393E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 4.2MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 9MTRS, LENGTH 87MTRS, WIDTH 60.9MTRS, HEIGHT 5.2MTRS, ORIENTATION 144/324 DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 22MTRS, WIDTH 25.47MTRS, 2.83MTRS DEEP, TOWARDS 232 DEGS. DEGRADED WRECK LYING UPRIGHT AND BURIED. SCOUR AT THE FRONT OF THE WRECK. BROKEN IN THE MIDDLE AND LIES AT AROUND 100 DEGREE ANGLE. (CLINTON MARINE, HI 1584). AMEND DW 4.2MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: WELL BROKEN UP
Position: 51 59.095 N,1 37.393 E