This is the information page about the shipwreck Hebe, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 53 N,1 46.675 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: HEBE
Length 78.3 meter, width: 10.7 meter, draught: 4.9, tonnage 1494 ton
Load: ballast
Cause: Built in 1909 by sunderland sb co ltd. owned at time of loss by soc nav cannaise. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 169hp, single shaft. passsage caen for newcastle. in ballast. struck a mine laid by uc-5. (sibi).
Year of registration: 1916
Water depth above wreck: 38 meter, Height above seabed: 120 cm
Known since: 1916, last detected: 20160222
Details measurements/cartography: H1914/16 POSN 515310N, 014650E. NO LONGER DANGEROUS TO NAVIGATION. - FNM. H2303/16 CONFIRMS LOSS ETC. POSN AMENDED TO 515305N, 014657E. (DATE AND AUTHORITY UNKNOWN). H6345/26 4.11.26 AMEND TO INS NDW (1916)(PA). BR STD. 21.9.72 AMEND TO WKS USCPA 20.0MTRS. NC 2052. H4139/76 11.1.77 LOCATED 31.5.76 IN 515258.8N, 014645E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR 31.1MTRS, NOT FOULED. LEAST E/S DEPTH 33 IN GEN DEPTH 38MTRS. WK PARTIALLY BURIED. APPROX 70MTRS X 30MTRS. LYING ENE/WSW. SMALL DEPRESSION TO SE. (HMS BULLDOG & HMS BEAGLE, HI 31/76). AMEND TO SW 31.1MTRS IN REVISED POSN. NC 1183. HH090/667/01 19.12.95 EXAM'D 24.7.95 IN 515259.83N, 014639.83E [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 31.1, FOUL 32.0MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 33.3 IN GEN DEPTH 38.0MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 2MTRS. DCS3 HT 4.45MTRS. LENGTH 63MTRS, WIDTH 15MTRS. LIES 120/300 DEGS. SMALL MAGNETIC ANOMALY. APPEARS TO BE BROKEN IN TWO AND LYING ON ITS SIDE. WK IS FOULED BY NETS AND BUOYS. (OCEONICS, HI 667). BR STD. HH100/351/22 21.2.05 DIVED IN 5152.975N, 0146.678E [WGD]. THE WRECK OF A SMALL COASTER STANDING UPRIGHT ON THE SEABED. THE HULL IS INTACT BUT THE SUPERSTRURE HAS COLLAPSED. STANDS 3MTRS CLEAR OF THE SEABED AT THE HIGHEST POINT. (B HICKINBOTTOM, EMAIL DTD 19.2.05). NCA. SEP 2015/000083463 17.7.16 EXAM'D 22.2.16 IN 5153.000N, 0146.675E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 33.2MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 38MTRS. LENGTH 48MTRS, WIDTH 30MTRS, HT 4.8MTRS, ORIENTATION 120/270. SCOUR LENGTH 75MTRS, 4.0MTRS DEEP TOWARDS 190DEGS. MODERATE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. WK SITTING UPRIGHT ON THE SEABED AND SPLIT IN TWO AT THE MIDSHIPS REGION OF THE VESSEL. (MMT, HI 1474). AMEND TO NDW 33MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: Wk split into two
Position: 51 53 N,1 46.675 E