This is the information page about the shipwreck Hartlepool (part of), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 36.53 N,2 25.541 W (50.39495, -2.4067166666667)
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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: HARTLEPOOL (PART OF)
Length 129.8 meter, width: 17.1 meter, draught: 7.9, tonnage 5500 ton
Cause: built 1932 by w gray & co ltd, west hartlepool. triple expansion engine, single shaft. torpedoed by e boat. bow was salvaged and new stern fitted in 1941. [see 18675]. dispersed by explosives, very broken and scattered. (sibi).
Year of registration: 1940
Water depth above wreck: 13 meter
Known since: 1940, last detected: 2008
Details measurements/cartography: FOR DETAILS PRIOR TO 1986 SURVEY SEE WK RECORD18675 IN 503626.5N, 022552W. H1823/58 1.6.61 OBSTN 5FMS IN 503624N, 022545W. (FSL MEDA).
- NM 1106/61. H5149/55 15.9.70 NOW CHARTED AS WK 9.1MTRS. NC 2255. H2928/83 24.2.88 EXAM'D 3.10.86 IN 503629N, 022528W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [4 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 10.0 IN GEN DEPTH 12.5MTRS. NO SCOUR. BROKEN UP AND SPREAD OVER WIDE AREA. DIVER CONFIRMED NO SHAPE TO WK AND IDENTIFIED 2 METAL SHEETS, ROUGHLY 10 X 15FT, LYING FLAT BUT SUPPORTING JAGGED EDGES AND GIRDERS, IN VICINITY OF LEAST E/S DEPTH. RECOMMEND RETAIN WK 9.1MTRS IN REVISED POSN. (HMS GLEANER, HI 207).
- NM 838/88. 5.11.05 EUT POSN: 5036.518N, 0225.546W. NE 2268. HH091/217/01 - SEP 2009/000158351 2.11.09 EXAM'D 31.3.08 IN 5036.530N, 0225.541W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 11.95 IN GEN DEPTH 12.72MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 1.53MTRS, WIDTH 1.29MTRS, HT 0.77MTR. SQUARE OBJECT LOCATED APPROX 35MTRS N OF LISTED POSN. TWO SMALLER OBJECTS LOCATED FURTHER 75MTRS W. AMEND OBSTN. (HMSML GLEANER, HI 1217). AMEND OBSTN 11.9MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: SEE ALSO [18675], BROKEN UP & SPREAD OVER WIDE AREA
Position: 50 36.53 N,2 25.541 W