This is the information page about the shipwreck Helene (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 17.206 N,5 34.174 W (50.286767, -5.569567)

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.

Name: HELENE (PROBABLY)

Length 73.3 meter, width: 11 meter, draught: 6.2, tonnage 1567 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: built in 1896 by howaldtswerke, kiel. owned at the time of loss by dampsk. selskabet torm. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 94 nhp, single shaft. passage rouen for swansea. torpedoed by ub-86. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 30 meter, Height above seabed: 65 cm

Known since: 1918, last detected: 2010

Details measurements/cartography: 19.8.18 19.8.18 SUNK 6M NW BY N FROM ST IVES HEAD. (RA, FALMOUTH). 20.8.18 20.8.18 SUNK 5-6M NW BY N FROM ST IVES HEAD. (WW STN OFFICE, ST IVES). H6391/19 H6391/19 SUNK 6M NW BY N FROM ST IVES HEAD, POSN 501700N, 053600W, APPROX. INS AS WK (OLD SYMBOL). BR STD. H2537/28 28.8.28 H2537/28 & H4337/28 28.8.28 AMEND TO NDWPA. BA 777. H2959/73 11.7.73 H2959/73 11.7.73 NOT LOCATED IN 501700N, 053600W DURING MAGNETOMETER EXAMINATION. (E GILES, 20.6.73). NCA. 4.5.78 4.5.78 NOW CHARTED AS USC PA 15MTRS. (TONNAGE KNOWN). NC 1178. HH100/351/22 30.3.06 HH100/351/22 30.3.06 ASSESSEMENT OF GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY AND DIVING INSPECTION SUGGEST WK LIES IN 5017.210N, 0534.176W [WGD]. (C JOHNS, HISTORIC ENVIRONMENT SERVICE, CORNWALL COUNTY COUNCIL, EMAIL DTD 30.3.06). AMEND WK USC 15MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 25.11.08 25.11.08 WK LOCATED IN 5017.2093N, 0534.1755W [WGD]. (EMU LTD, EMAIL DTD 21.11.08). AMEND POSN. BR STD. 14.12.09 SEP 2009/000188817 14.12.09 DIVED 26.7.09 IN LISTED POSN. LENGTH 50+MTRS, HT 5MTRS. A REAR ENGINED VESSEL. 4 BLADE PROP STILL ATTACHED TO THE SHORT SHAFT. ENGINE INTACT AND SURROUNDED BY DEBRIS. TWO BOILERS LIE ALONGSIDE ENGINE, ONE IS ON END AND FORMS THE SHALLOWEST POINT. SUPERSTRUCTURE LIES ALONGSIDE WK. HULL BOTTOM PLATES RISE 1-2MTRS ABOVE SEABED. ANCHORS AT BOWS. CONSIDERED TO BE APPROX 1500-2000 TONS. NO POSITIVE IDENTIFICATION. (G J LOCKETT, REPORT DTD 21.8.09). AMEND WK USC 25MTRS. BR STD. 16.12.11 16.12.11 LOCATED 19.3.10 IN 5017.206N, 0534.174W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 26.22 IN GEN DEPTH 30.6MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 18.4MTRS, WIDTH 12.5MTRS, HT 4.38MTRS. LIES 065/245 DEGS WITH BOWS ENE. (FUGRO OSAE, HI 1157). AMEND WK 26MTRS. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: COLLAPSED, LENGTH BY DIVER 50+MTRS

Position: 50 17.206 N,5 34.174 W

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