This is the information page about the shipwreck Haugastol (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 1.465 N,3 40.605 W (50.207816666667, -3.7034)
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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: HAUGASTOL (POSSIBLY)
Length 85.3 meter, width: 12.2 meter, draught: 5.2, tonnage 2118 ton
Load: coal
Cause: ex-unique. built in 1896 by j. priestman & co, sunderland. owned at time of loss by fearnley & eger. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 210hp, single shaft. passage glasgow for rouen. cargo coal. torpedoed & sunk by ub-35. (llww1, dods & sibi).
Year of registration: 1950
Water depth above wreck: 68 meter, Height above seabed: 89 cm
Known since: 1950, last detected: 2004
Details measurements/cartography: H2502/51 24.4.51 H2502/51 24.4.51 SMALL WK IN 500125N, 034044W LYING ON UNEVEN BOTTOM. 33FMS OVER WK. 23FT ABOVE SEABED. (HMS SEAGULL, 1950). CHART AS WK 33FMS [60MTRS]. BR STD. H4514/76 28.4.77 H4514/76 28.4.77 LOCATED IN 500128N, 034033W [OGB] USING DECCA. LEAST E/S DEPTH 32FMS. (T ALLEN, 21.4.77). NCA. H1936/80 2.10.81 H1936/80 2.10.81 EXAM'D 19.3.81 IN 500126N, 034034W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 55 IN GEN DEPTH 67MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 6MTRS. LYING E/W, ABOUT 55MTRS LONG & SHOWING SIGNS OF HAVING BEEN DISPERSED. (HMS BEAGLE, HI 5/81). BR STD. HH100/351/20 6.8.03 HH100/351/20 6.8.03 DIVED IN LISTED POSN. LENGTH 73MTRS, STANDS 4MTRS HIGH BY DIVE COMPUTER. NO SCOUR. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. WK UNIDENTIFIABLE, NEITHER BOW OR STERN ARE OBVIOUS AS THAT OF A SHIPWRECK. IS SO BADLY SMASHED THAT ORIENTATION IS NOT OBVIOUS EVEN IN GOOD VISIBILITY. LOSTS OF TWISTED STEEL AND FRAMEWORK, POSSIBLY AS THE RESULT OF SALVAGE. (L BISHOP). NCA. HH091/059/01 19.4.05 HH091/059/01 19.4.05 EXAM'D 7.7.04 IN 5001.465N, 0340.605W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 61.7 IN GEN DEPTH 68.1MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 38MTRS, WIDTH 11MTRS, HT 3.3MTRS. LIES 089/269DEGS. POOR MAGNETIC ANOMALY. PARTLY BURIED. (GARDLINE, HI 1059). AMEND WK 61MTRS. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: AREA OF WRECKAGE REMAINS
Position: 50 1.465 N,3 40.605 W