This is the information page about the shipwreck Hoche, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 56 30.253 N,2 36.588 W (56.522716666667, -2.3277666666667)

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: HOCHE

Length 84.3 meter, width: 12.3 meter, draught: 6.8, tonnage 2211 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: vessel, built of steel in 1901 by antel & chantiers de la loire, nantes. owned at time of loss by soc nouvelle d'armement. on passage from ipswich for leith under tow. slipped in bad weather and vessel sank. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1919

Water depth above wreck: 19 meter, Height above seabed: 217 cm

Known since: 1919, last detected: 20220625

Details measurements/cartography: H2501/19 24.3.19 WK [OLD SYMBOL] IN 563030N, 023630W. (SNO, GRANTON).

- NM 1074/19. H2552/23 10.4.23 AMEND TO WK PD (1915). (HYDROGRAPHIC OFFICE).

- NM 563/23. H3704/69 29.9.69 EXAM'D IN 563016N, 023630W [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 64 IN GEN DEPTH 70FT. SCOUR DEPTH 80FT. LIES NE/SW. POOR SONAR RETURN DUE MANY BANKS AND WATER NOISE. LENGTH ABOUT 300FT, HEIGHT 15FT. (HMS BEAGLE, HI 44/69). BR STD & LATER

- NM 2186/72. HH100/351/02 11.12.89 DIVED ON AND FOUND TO LIE WITH BOWS INTACT ON STBD SIDE AND AFTER SECTION PARTLY BURIED IN MUD. LEAST DEPTH AT BOW 20MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 24MTRS. (G L WADSWORTH, DTD 22.11.89). NCA. 21.1.04 METAL WRECKAGE ABOUT 90MTRS LONG, LYING ON ITS SIDE , STANDING 5MTRS HIGH. WELL SILTED WITH BOWS INTACT, MAST LIES ALONG SEABED, THEN WRECKAGE DISAPPEARS INTO SAND. (DIVE SCOTLAND VOL.III, PUBLISHED 1992). 21.1.04 EUT POSN: 5630.259N, 0236.592W. BA 1481 [MAR'03 EDN]. HH091/061/01 27.1.04 EXAM'D 17.11.03 IN 5630.248N, 0236.591W [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 15.5, FOUL 15.8MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 15.8 IN GEN DEPTH 20MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 65MTRS, WIDTH 20MTRS. DCS3 HT 3.0MTRS. LIES 030/210DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. INTACT, PARTIALLY BURIED. (NP 1016, HI 1061). SCOUR 1MTR DEEP. AMEND SW 15.5MTRS. BR STD. HH262/400/12 10.3.04 INS BY NM.

- NM 1673/04. RSDRA2023000009230 31.01.23 EXAM'D 25.06.2022 IN 5630.253N, 0236.588W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 15.15MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 19MTRS. LENGTH 40.9MTRS, WIDTH 16.7MTRS, HEIGHT 3MTRS, ORIENTATION 217/037 DEGS. DEGRADED REMAINS OF SAILING VESSEL HOCHE, DEBRIS PROTRUDING FROM THE SEAFLOOR.. (CLINTON MARINE SURVEY, HI 1731 - H525 - 3032). AMEND DW 15.1MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: Degraded remains of sailing vessel HOCHE, debris protruding from the seafloor.

Position: 56 30.253 N,2 36.588 W

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