This is the information page about the shipwreck Hendrika, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 37.486 N,1 3.092 W (54.6668, -1.1849666666667)
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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: HENDRIKA
Length 56.8 meter, width: 9 meter, draught: 3.4, tonnage 499 ton
Load: grain
Cause: ex-francina '62, ex-hendrika maria '70. built in 1957 by n v ships foxhol. owned at time of loss by rederij hendrika. 8 cylinder, 4 stroke, oil engine of 500bhp. machinery aft by appingedammer brons, appingedam. passage bayonne for aberdeen. straned, later sank. crew recovered. (r young).
Year of registration: 1973
Water depth above wreck: 4 meter, Height above seabed: 45 cm
Known since: 1973, last detected: 20170725
Details measurements/cartography: 7.5.73 SANK MIDWAY BETWEEN HIGH STONE AND SATTSCAR, OFF REDCAR. (CG WHITBY). 7.5.73 PART OF HULL EXPOSED AT EBB TIDE. (LL 212). 9.5.73 LYING ON STARBOARD SIDE IN 543732N, 010300W. (LL 212). H4069/72 4.6.73 SHOWS CLEAR AT LW BUT COVERS AT HW. POSN 543732N, 013000W. LIKELT TO BREAK UP. (CG WHITBY). INS AS ST.
- NM 1148/73. 18.5.73 PURCHASED BY LYNCRAFT TRADING CO, REDCAR. (LL 212). H4069/72 11.7.74 INS G CON BUOY CLOSE SE (118 DEG, 130FT FROM WK). (THNM 60/74).
- NM 1409/74. H4069/72 16.6.75 DISPERSAL CONTRACT PLACED WITH COSAG DIVING LTD. TO BE CLEARED TO LEAST DEPTH OF 5FT [MLWS]. (TH, LTR DTD 13.6.75). H4069/72 17.8.75 WRECK OF HENDRIKA IN POSITION 543730N, 010256W [OGB]. SURVEYED 12.9.75 AND FOUND CLEAR AT 7 FEET, IN SURROUNDING DEPTH OF 9 FEET [MLWS]. BUOY REMOVED AND STATION DISCONTINUED. (TRINITY HOUSE,TLX DTD 15.9.75). AMEND WK 2.1MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
- NM 1979/75. H1280/76/42 9.3.76 DISPERSAL COMPLETED AND INSPECTED BY TRINITY HOUSE ON 12.9.1975. DISPERSAL CARRIED OUT BY COSAG DIVING, OF GREAT YARMOUTH, FROM LAUNCH FLYING DUTCHMAN. DECLARED CLEAR AT 5FT [LWOS TIDES]. (J P STEVENSON, 17.1.76). NCA. H4069/72 21.4.76 DISPERSAL CONTRACT COMPLETED. CLEARED TO 7FT BELOW MLWS. BUOY WITHDRAWN 12.9.75. (TH, LTR DTD 31.12.75). H6331/87 17.1.89 NO INDICATION OF WKGE FOUND. (LAND & MARINE, HI 414B). DELETE. BR STD. SEP 2017/000002822 23.5.17 NOT LOCATED IN M/B SURVEY 2016. (MMT, HI 1491). RETAIN DEAD. SEP 2017/000087052 9.8.17 EXAM'D 25.07.17; IN 5437.486N, 0103.092W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 2.53MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 4MTRS, LENGTH 35.6MTRS, WIDTH 11.5MTRS, HEIGHT 1.4MTRS, ORIENTATION 045/215 DEGS. WRECK IS BROKEN UP ON A ROCKY OUTCROP. (MMT, HI 1491A). AMEND DW 2.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 54 37.486 N,1 3.092 W