This is the information page about the shipwreck Hekla (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 45.304 N,6 0.006 W (49.983366666667, -6.30175)

 

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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. A a raven
2. Annie f conlon
3. Antonios (probably)
4. Arnside (possibly)
5. Aurelien
6. Balbec
7. Beechpark
8. Briardene (possibly)
9. Brodfield
10. Cadeby (probably)
11. Camiola (possibly)
12. Charles maureaur
13. Christine
14. Cita
15. City of cardiff
16. Depois
17. Earl of arran
18. Emblem
19. Esther (probably)
20. Forester
21. Heathmore
22. Hekla (possibly)
23. Hms decoy (probably)
24. Hms pincher
25. Jose de aramburu
26. Kornog (possibly)
27. Lady charlotte
28. Ladywood
29. Maria de larrinaga
30. Marie roberts
31. Maroc
32. Minnehaha
33. Orion
34. Polycarp (possibly)
35. Rachel harvey
36. Regency (probably)
37. Seapoint (possibly)
38. Setiembre (part of)
39. Sidmouth (possibly)
40. Sirius (possibly)
41. St vincent (possibly)
42. Sylvia-mary z-525
43. U 1208 (possibly)
44. U 1209 (possibly)
45. U 247 (possibly)
46. Venus des isles (pz269)

 

Name: HEKLA (POSSIBLY)

Length 49.6 meter, width: 8 meter, draught: 4.6, tonnage 524 ton
Load: wood: unprocessed and products

Cause: built in 1894 by brunchorst & dekke, bergen. one boiler, triple expansion engine of 43hp, single shaft. machinery by m j laxevaags, bergen. passage oporto for cardiff. cargo pit wood. sunk by u-53.

Year of registration: 1976

Water depth above wreck: 90 meter, Height above seabed: 165 cm

Known since: 1976, last detected: 1989

Details measurements/cartography: SUNK 14 MILES SW OF WOLF ROCK. (ALLIES, NEURTAL & CENTRAL MERCHANT SHIPPING LOSSES). H4551/76 8.11.76 H4551/76 8.11.76 WK REPD IN POSN 213DEGS, 13.5M FROM WOLF ROCK. STANDS 12FT HIGH. (RISDON BEAZLEY, 17.9.76). [PLOTS IN 494522N, 055953W IN GEN DEPTH 50FMS]. H2979/74 22.7.77 H2979/74 22.7.77 TWO FF REPD IN 494536N, 055928W [OGB] AND 494548N, 055925W [OGB]. THOUGHT TO BE A LARGE WK. (E GILES, 7.2.77). 25.4.78 25.4.78 INS NDW PA IN 494542N, 055926W [MEAN POSN]. NE 1148. 2.11.88 2.11.88 FF IN POSN BY DECCA. (REP DES CR ET EP). H3943/88 8.11.89 H3943/88 8.11.89 WK EXAM'D IN 494516N, 055957W [OGB] USING SYLEDIS AND HYPERFIX. LEAST E/S DEPTH 84 IN GEN DEPTH 90MTRS. LENGTH 65MTRS, WIDTH 18MTRS. LIES 165/345DEGS. (TH, PILOTAGE & MARINE, HI 465, R-OF-S [H525 NOT SUPPLIED!]). AMEND TO WK 84MTRS IN REVISED POSN. NE 1148 & NE 2656. H3943/88 5.12.89 H3943/88 5.12.89 EXAM'D 28.7.89. DCS3 HT 4.4MTRS, LENGTH 65MTRS, WIDTH 18MTRS. APPARENTLY A DECAYING WK, LYING 165/345DEGS, WITH A HIGH POINT AMIDSHIPS AND DEBRIS SPILLING FROM ITS S END. (TH, PILOTAGE & MARINE, HI 465). NFA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: DECAYING WK

Position: 49 45.304 N,6 0.006 W

 

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