This is the information page about the shipwreck Hauxley (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 1.283 N,1 31.267 E (52.7959833, 1.6965)
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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: HAUXLEY (POSSIBLY)
Length 75 meter, width: 11.9 meter, draught: 5.8, tonnage 1595 ton
Load: ballast
Cause: Built in 1925 by furness sb co ltd. owned at time of loss by brookhill steam ships ltd. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 163hp, single shaft. machinery by g clarke ltd, sunderland.passage london for warkworth. in ballast. attacked by e-boats off smith's knoll, taken in tow but sank the following day.
Year of registration: 1941
Water depth above wreck: 26 meter, Height above seabed: 118 cm
Known since: 1941, last detected: 2018
Details measurements/cartography: H953/40 20.2.41 WK, LEAST DEPTH 62FT, IN 530121N, 013114E. (HMS FRANKLIN, 19.10.40). INS AS WK 10FMS.
- NM 350/41. H332/62 4.2.63 A/S CONTACT OBTAINED 2C SE OF CHARTED POSITION. (HMS SCOTT, 9.12.62). 15.4.70 AMEND TO WK 10FMS 2FT [LAT]. LC 1503. 11.5.72 AMEND TO WK 18.5MTRS. NC 106. HH242/352/01 29.8.91 BELL RECOVERED FROM WK IN 530118N, 0013115E [WGD] USING DGP. PARTLY CORRODED WITH NAME '...STROW'. (MR WOODCOCK, TELECON). HH090/524/01 6.2.91 EXAM'D 20.7.91 IN 530115.5N, 013122.4E [OGB] USING SYLEDIS. SWEPT CLEAR AT 20.2, FOUL AT 20.5MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 19.7 IN GEN DEPTH 26.2MTRS. SCOUR 0.5MTR DEEP. DCS3 HT 0.5MTR, LENGTH 70MTRS, WIDTH 25MTRS. LIES 290/110 DEG. (LAND & MARINE, HI 531). AMEND TO SW 20MTRS. BR STD. SEP 2015/000041896 27.5.15 EXAM'D 19.10.14 IN 5301.282N, 0131.267E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 20.04MTRS. LENGTH 70MTRS, WIDTH 8MTRS, HT 6MTRS. LIES 120/300 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. INTACT AND UPRIGHT.(GARDLINE GEOSURVEY HI 1427). AMEND DW 20.0MTRS IN REVISED POSN. SEP 2018/000212985 5.9.18 EXAM'D 31.03.18 IN 5301.283N, 0131.267E [WGD]. LEAST W/C DEPTH 20.03MTRS. LENGTH 71.7MTRS, WIDTH 12.2MTRS, HEIGHT 6.6MTRS, ORIENTATION 118/298 DEGS. SCOUR DIMENSIONS LENGTH 5.3MTRS, 1.4MTRS DEEP, TOWARD 119 DEGS. INTACT AND PARTIALLY BURIED.(GARDLINE, HI 1515). RETAIN PREVIOUS DEPTH, POSN AMENDED.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT AND UPRIGHT.
Position: 53 1.283 N,1 31.267 E