This is the information page about the shipwreck Heimland, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 16.881 N,0 37.553 E (53.0306333, 0.9186)

 

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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English 🇬🇧, 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.

 

1. Amelie-mathilde
2. Anonity
3. Arduity
4. Argo
5. Bogatyr
6. Capitaine edmond laborie
7. Clavis
8. Deodata
9. Dusty miller
10. Egret
11. Fair maid
12. Fane
13. Fittonia (possibly)
14. Flashlight (probably)
15. Fowberry tower (part)
16. Freidig (possibly)
17. Fryken
18. Heimland
19. Hms cape spartel (probably)
20. Hms pintail
21. Hms princess victoria
22. Hms susarion
23. Ightham (possibly)
24. Konstantinos hadjipateras
25. Kyma
26. Lady marieke
27. Lancaster (possibly)
28. Laurium (possibly)
29. Lct(4) 1029
30. Lindy sue
31. London
32. Lottie (possibly)
33. Marie dawn
34. Matanuska (probably)
35. Mirabel
36. Myndroom
37. Onesta
38. Petroswift
39. Polzella (possibly)
40. Ravonia (part)
41. Ravonia (part) (possibly)
42. Rayford
43. Rhuys
44. Rivergate
45. Rosebud (possibly)
46. Royal scott
47. Schieland (possibly)
48. Shepherd lad
49. Siri maria
50. Strumpet
51. Stylianos chandris
52. Sverre (possibly)
53. Thessaly
54. Trignac (possibly)
55. Tunis
56. Victoria
57. Vina
58. William balls (probably)
59. Wimbledon

 

Name: HEIMLAND

Length 50.3 meter, width: 8.5 meter, draught: 3, tonnage 505 ton
Load: coal

Cause: Built in 1913 by freidrikstad m v, freidricstad. owned at time of loss by a/s d/s heimland, norway. one boiler, triple expansion engine of 41hp, single shaft. machinery aft. passage the tyne for st nazaire. cargo coal. struck mine laid by uc-26.

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 20 meter, Height above seabed: 224 cm

Known since: 1917, last detected: 2020

Details measurements/cartography: H882/17 28.1.17 REPORTED SUNK 2 MILES S BY SE FROM THE INNER DOWSING LT VESSEL. SEARCHED FOR BY AUX PATROL YARMOUTH. NOT FOUND. H332 4.2.63 LOCATED IN 531644N, 003744E [OGB]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 54 IN GEN DEPTH 73FT. (HMS SCOTT, 19.9.62). INS AS WK 9FMS. BR STD. H4729/62 23.7.63 SWEPT CLEAR AT 24, FOUL AT 27FT. (HMS ECHO, 16.6.63). AMEND TO SW 4FMS.

- NM 1394/63. H4729/62 23.7.63 INS G CON, GPFL(3) G 10S, CLOSE NE OF WK. (THNM 59/63).

- NM 1484/63. H4729/62 2.10.63 SWEPT CLEAR AT 26, FOUL AT 27FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 51 IN GEN DEPTH 75FT. SCOUR 3FT DEEP. HULL STANDS 24FT ABOVE SEABED. SWEEP THOUGHT TO HAVE FOULED ON MASTS. POOR SONAR CONTACT FROM ALL DIRNS. (HMS ECHO, 1.10.63). AMEND TO SW 4FMS 2FT. BR STD. H2579/62 20.10.64 WK CHAIN SWEPT CLEAR AT 55, FOUL AT 56FT. GEN DEPTH IN VICINITY 80FT. VESSEL IS SMALL COASTER, APPROX 160FT LONG. BEAM 25FT. LIES ON PORT SIDE. NO MASTS. FUNNEL, DECK HOUSING AND STERN SECTION ARE MISSING. (THV MERMAID, 8. 9.64). AMEND TO SW 9FMS 1FT. DELETE BUOY.

- NM 1989/64.26.11.74 AMEND TO SW 16MTRS [LAT]. NC 108. HH090/593/01 7.1.94 EXAM'D 21.6.93 IN 531652.7N, 003740.6E [OGB] USING SYLEDIS [3 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR AT 16.4, FOUL AT 16.8MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 18.8 IN GEN DEPTH 20MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 21MTRS. DCS3 HT 3.5MTRS, LENGTH 50MTRS, BEAM 8MTRS. PARTIALLY BROKEN WK, LYING 045/225 DEG, IN SCOUR WITH SOME SUPERSTRUCTURE DISCERNIBLE ON SONAR TRACE. APPARENTLY SNAGGED BY NETS. (OCEONICS (UK) LTD., HI 593). BR STD. HH100/351/19 26.9.02 REPORTED BY LOCAL DIVERS AS BEING 'HEIMLAND'. (R YOUNG, EMAIL DTD 22.9.02). NCA. SEP 2010/000102033 1.7.10 LOCATED IN 5316.863N, 0037.577E [WGD] USING KGPS. LENGTH 50MTRS, WIDTH 5MTRS. ?MAST TO 8MTRS. (GARDLINE ENVIRONMENTAL, LICENCE AREA 481 PRE-DREDGE SURVEY DTD 1.2009). RETAIN SW 16.4MTRS IN REVSED POSN. BR STD. SEP 2020/0000180469 5.8.20 EXMN'D 27.2.20 IN 5316.881N, 0037.553E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 16.63 MTRS IN GENERAL DEPTH 19 MTRS, LENGTH 48.9 MTRS, WIDTH 8.9 MTRS, HEIGHT 3 MTRS, ORIENTATION 224 DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 35 MTRS, WIDTH 18 MTRS, HEIGHT 0.6 METRES, ORIENTATION 060 DEGS. (A-2-SEA SOLUTIONS LTD, HI1675). RETAIN SW DW 16.4 MTRS IN REVISED POSITION.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: ON PORT SIDE, STERN MISSING

Position: 53 16.881 N,0 37.553 E

 

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