Wreck: Hildena
This is the information page about the shipwreck Hildena, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 33.408 N,4 28.638 W (53.556800, -4.477300)
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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.
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Shipwreck details
Name: Hildena
Year of registration: 1987
Water depth above wreck: 55 meter, Height above seabed: 227 cm
Known since: 1987, last detected: 20210809
Details measurements/cartography: H3838/86 5.4.88 EXAM'D 8.3.87 IN 533323N, 042836W [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [3 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 48.2 IN GEN DEPTH 54MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 5.4MTRS, LENGTH ABOUT 50MTRS. LIES NE/SW. MAGNETIC ANOMALY NOTED. (HMS FOX, HI 357). BR STD. SEP2022/000028019 12.04.22 EXAM'D 09.08.2021; IN 5333.408N, 0428.638W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 50.14MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 55MTRS. LENGTH 40.9MTRS, WIDTH 7.6MTRS, HEIGHT 4.6MTRS, ORIENTATION 227/047 DEGS. PARTIALLY BROKEN UP WRECK, BOW SECTION HAS COLLAPSED AND DEGRADED WHERE AS THE STERN IS STILL STANDING UPRIGHT. (CLINTON MARINE SURVEY AB, HI1507 - H525-7439). AMEND NDW 50MTRS IN REVISED POSN. 25.4.23 WRECK SURVEYED 19/2/2013: MBES DATA SHOWS SMALL COASTER/FV WITH PROMINENT ROUNDED STERN AND FWD HOLD UPRIGHT AND ORIENTATED SW. THIS WRECK IS POSITIONALLY, DIMENSIONALLY AND ARCHIVALLY CONSISTENT WITH VESSEL "HILDENA" (INNES MCCARTNEY BOOK "ECHOES FROM THE DEEP"). UPDATE "HILDENA".
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: Partially broken up wreck, bow section has collapsed and degraded whereas the stern is still standing upright.
Position: 53 33.408 N,4 28.638 W
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