This is the information page about the shipwreck Hawnby, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 32.897 N,1 12.518 E (51.4419333, 0.9285833)
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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: HAWNBY
Length 130.1 meter, width: 16.8 meter, draught: 8.2, tonnage 5380 ton
Load: coal
Cause: Built in 1936 by w gray & co ltd, west hartlepool. owned at time of loss by ropner shipping co ltd. passage the tyne for gibraltar. twin turbine, twin shaft. mined. (sibi & ww2sl).
Year of registration: 1940
Water depth above wreck: 21 meter, Height above seabed: 90 cm
Known since: 1940, last detected: 2008
Details measurements/cartography: H0402/40 1.5.40 H0402/40 1.5.40 DW IN 513300N, 011200E APPROX, OR 344.5DEGS 9.1C FROM NW SHINGLES BN. (ADMIRALTY). - PFNM 1160/40 & NM 1331/40. H0402/40 25.5.40 H0402/40 25.5.40 G CONL BUOY LAID 150DEGS 100YDS FROM WK. (ADMIRALTY).
- NM 1332/40/ H0402/40 17.1.41 H0402/40 17.1.41 WHITE REFLECTOR FITTED TO BUOY. (ADMIRALTY).
- NM 95/41. H0402/40 15.5.46 H0402/40 15.5.46 WK 6FMS IN 513250N, 011236E. (SHEERNESS). AMEND TO WK 6FMS IN 513250N, 011236E.
- NM 1606/46. H0402/40 30.12.46 H0402/40 30.12.46 SWEPT CLEAR AT 52FT, FOUL AT 53FT IN GEN DEPTH 72FT AFTER DISPERSAL. POSN 513250N, 011236E. (SHEERNESS, 7.11.46). AMEND TO WK 8FMS 4FT & DELETE BUOY.
- NM 4140/46. H0402/40 20.7.52 H0402/40 20.7.52 WK IN 2 PARTS. LEAST DEPTH BY E/S OF WESTERN PART 53FT, EASTERN PART 54FT. GEN DEPTH BY E/S 81FT, SCOUR 90FT. SEABED SMOOTH & SLOPING. WK LIES E/W, 250FT APART. POSN 513251N, 011234E. (HMS FRANKLIN, 10.7.52). H4098/54 1.7.54 H4098/54 1.7.54 SHOWN AS WK 8FMS ON E9679/14T. (HMS SCOTT). BR STD. H2092/59 6.8.59 H2092/59 6.8.59 LEAST DEPTH BY E/S 8FMS 5FT. (ECES JUNE 59). H2764/60 25.7.60 H2764/60 25.7.60 LEAST DEPTH BY E/S 53FT. (ECES JUN'60). H2737/61 19.6.61 H2737/61 19.6.61 SEARCHED FOR ONLY. SCOUR FOUND ON E/S. (ECES JUN'61). H0402/40 9.7.62 H0402/40 9.7.62 LEAST DEPTH BY E/S 52FT IN GEN DEPTH 70FT. SCOUR 84FT. LARGE WK LYING ON A SLOPING SEABED. GOOD SONAR CONTACT. (HMS ENTERPRISE, 3.5.62). H1903/65 4.10.65 H1903/65 4.10.65 SWEPT CLEAR AT 48FT, FOUL AT 50FT. LEAST DEPTH BY E/S 53FT IN GEN DEPTH 70FT. SCOUR 90FT. POSN 513251N, 011232E USING HSA. (HMS ENTERPRISE, 11.3.65). AMEND POSN. BR STD. H2007/66 13.7.66 H2007/66 13.7.66 LOCATED. (HMS EGERIA B 19/66). H2007/66 7.6.67 H2007/66 7.6.67 LEAST DEPTH BY E/S 51FT. (HMS EGERIA, 17.3.67). H3791/68 18.3.68 H3791/68 18.3.68 DEPTHS AMENDED ON E/S TO 60FT & 54FT. (HMS EGERIA, 9.10.67). H2764/60 8.1.69 H2764/60 8.1.69 LOCATED, NOT EXAMINED. (PLA SURVEY K5495 - 1968). H2764/60 8.1.69 H2764/60 8.1.69 AMEND TO SW 7FMS 5FT [LAT]. NE 1605. 7.11.72 7.11.72 AMEND TO SW 14.3MTRS. NC 1605. H4435/74 12.11.74 H4435/74 12.11.74 EXAM'D 2.8.74 IN 513251N, 011236E [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR 13.8, FOUL 14.1MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 15.6 IN GEN DEPTH 21MTRS. SCOUR 28.8MTRS. QUITE A LARGE WK, LYING APPROX E/W. LENGTH 100MTRS. LEAST DEPTH OVER E END. LYING ON S EDGE OF TIZARD BANK. MAIN SCOUR TO SOUTH. (PLA SWEEP REPORT MAPLIN DTD 5.8.74).
- NM 2237/74. 27.2.08 SEP 2008/000023559 27.2.08 EXAM'D 15.3.07 IN 5132.897N, 012.518E [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 14.55 IN GEN DEPTH 16.5MTRS. SCOUR 1.6MTRS DEEP. LENGTH 7MTRS, WIDTH 3MTRS. LIES E/W. SMALL, COHESIVE REMAINS WITH SMALL LOCALISED SCOUR. RETAIN SW 13.8MTRS. (PLA WK REPORT DTD 12.2.08). RETAIN SW 13.8MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: SINGLE PIECE OF DEBRIS REMAINS, ?BOILER
Position: 51 32.897 N,1 12.518 E