This is the information page about the shipwreck Hooness, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 12.839 N,0 40.763 W (50.2121667, -0.7257)

 

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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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Name: HOONESS

Length 33.5 meter, width: 6.7 meter, draught: 2.4, tonnage 196 ton
Load: cement

Cause: Passage london for guernsey. sank in heavy weather. (ll).

Year of registration: 1976

Water depth above wreck: 49 meter, Height above seabed: 135 cm

Known since: 1976, last detected: 2007

Details measurements/cartography: H4121/76 8.11.76 WK LOCATED 16.6.76 IN 501247N, 004044W [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 42 IN GEN DEPTH 49MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 7.7MTRS, LENGTH APPROX 200FT. LIES ABOUT 140/320DEGS. (HMS FAWN, HI 52/76). CHART AS WK 41MTRS.

- NM BLOCK 239/77. 28.6.90 WK 42MTRS, SHOWN IN 501250N, 004042W [EUR] ON FRENCH 6857 [1985 EDN]. WK, 'POSSIBLY HMS LOYALTY' IN 501252.1N, 004043.6W [EUR] [ACCURACY +/- 20MTRS]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 42.3 IN GEN DEPTH 49MTRS. HT 6.7MTRS ABOVE SEABED. (FRENCH WK NO.18100045 [1987]). NCA. HH100/351/04 26.4.91 POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED AS WK OF 'HOONESS'. UPRIGHT, LYING ROUGHLY N/S, INTACT AND WITH CARGO OF CEMENT LYING ON SEABED AROUND BOW. (S B THOMAS, 14.4.91). 18.11.98 SHOWN AS WK 42MTRS IN 501252.5N, 004044.5W [EUR] ON FRENCH 6857. NC 2613. HH090/952/01 6.11.03 EXAM'D 10.7.03 IN 5012.806N, 0040.812W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 43.2 IN GEN DEPTH 49-50MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 47MTRS, WIDTH 15MTRS. DCS3 HT 7.6MTRS. LIES 135/315 DEGS. MODERATE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. INTACT. (GARDLINE, HI 952). AMEND WK 43MTRS. BR STD. 29.8.07 SHOWN AS WK 42MTRS IN 5012.839N, 0040.763W [WGD] ON FRENCH 6857 [INT 1705] [3RD EDN '07, ADOPTION]. NE 2613.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT & INTACT

Position: 50 12.839 N,0 40.763 W

 

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