Wreck: Highwave (probably) (Steam ship)

This is the information page about the shipwreck Highwave (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 40.003 N,1 40.742 E (51.761916666667, 1.5857333333333)


 

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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง, 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.

 

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Shipwreck details

Name: HIGHWAVE (PROBABLY)

Length 67.4 meter, width: 11 meter, draught: 4.3, tonnage 1178 ton
Load: coal

Cause: passage hull for lorient. bombed and sunk by german aircraft 1 mile nne of kentish knock lt vessel. crew of 18 saved. lies in 513954n, 014100e, to be dispersed. (ww2sl).

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 19 meter, Height above seabed: 25 cm

Known since: 1940, last detected: 20160223

Details measurements/cartography: H0178/40 12.2.40 PFNM 380/40 ISSUED. H0178/40 27.2.40 AMEND POSN TO 514001N, 014046E. - PFNM 520/40. H0178/40 27.2.40 SUNK IN 513954N, 014100E - 0.5M N BY E FROM KENTISH KNOCK LTV. (TH 14.2.40). H0178/40 2.4.40 INS AS DW. (FOIC HARWICH).

- NM 857/40. H0178/40 16.4.47 DRIFT SWEPT CLEAR AT 45, FOUL AT 46FT. IN GEN DEPTH 66FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 49FT. POSN 514001N, 014046E. (CDR M/S, SHEERNESS, 28.3.47). AMEND TO WK 7FMS 3FT.

- NM 951/47. H4988/71 5.1.71 GOOD SONAR CONTACT FROM ALL DIR'NS. BROKEN UP WRECKAGE IN AREA. VERY OBVIOUS ON DCS3 TRACE. (HMS FAWN). H6340/87 1.3.89 H6340/87 1.3.89 EXAM'D 19.9.88 IN 513958N, 014051E [OGB] USING COMPOUND HYPERFIX/TRISPONDER. CLEAR AT 14.0, FOUL AT 14.3MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 15.4 IN GEN DEPTH 19MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 19.8MTRS. DCS3 HT 3.0MTRS, LENGTH ABOUT 75MTRS. INTACT AND LYING 000/180 DEG. MAG ANOMALY INDICATED FERROUS CONTENT OF 815 TONS. (NP 1016, HI 423). BR STD. HH090/667/01 3.1.96 EXAM'D 18.7.95 IN 514000.68N. 014044.88E [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 16.6 IN GEN DEPTH 19.0MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 0.4MTR. DCS3 HT 3.6MTRS. LENGTH 70MTRS, WIDTH 40MTRS. LIES 030/210 DEGS. GOOD MAGNETIC ANOMALY. BROKEN UP REMAINS OF WK. NO HULL FORM RECOGNISABLE. FLOATS PREVENTED SWEEPING. DIVERS REPORT NETS ON WK. (OCEONICS, HI 667). NCA. HH090/698/01 2.9.96 LOCATED, NOT EXAMINED. (NP 1016, HI 698). HH100/351/12 18.2.97 7 WK IS COMPLETELY SMASHED AND IT IS POSSIBLE THAT IT MAY HAVE BEEN DISPERSED. BELL RECOVERED WITH 'SPRINGWAVE' ON IT. STANDS ONLY 2MTRS CLEAR OF THE SEABED. NO RECOGNISABLE PARTS TO THE WK. (B HICKINBOTTOM). HH10/351/12 6.3.97 THE BELL WITH THE NAME 'SPRINGWAVE' HAD BEEN CHANGED FROM 'SPRINGWATER'. (B HICKINBOTTOM, LTR DTD 3.3.97). HH090/693/01 26.11.97 EXAM'D 23.10.97 IN 513958.3N, 014051.0E [OGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 14.8, FOUL 15.2MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 17.1 IN GEN DEPTH 19MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 3MTRS. LENGTH 60MTRS, WIDTH 30MTRS. LIES 000/180 DEGS. SMALL MAGNETIC ANOMALY. WELL BROKEN AND PROBABLY DISPERSED. (NP 1016, HI 693). BR STD. SEP 2015/000083463 14.7.16 EXAM'D 23.02.16 IN 5140.003N, 0140.742E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 15.5MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 19MTRS. LENGTH 70MTRS, WIDTH 35MTRS, HT 4MTRS, ORIENTATION 025/205. POOR MAGNETIC ANOMALY. WK WELL BROKEN UP ON FLAT SEA BED. (MMT, HI 1474). AMEND DW 15.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: WELL BROKEN, PROBABY DISPERSED

Position: 51 40.003 N,1 40.742 E

 

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