This is the information page about the shipwreck Hornsund (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 16.507 N,0 18.903 W (54.275117, -0.315050)

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: HORNSUND (PROBABLY)

Length 114.6 meter, width: 15.5 meter, draught: 6.4, tonnage 3646 ton
Load: coal

Cause: torpedoed and sunk by german submarine while on passage tyne to london. ex german vessel requisitioned by admiralty.

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 22 meter, Height above seabed: 65 cm

Known since: 1917, last detected: 20160220

Details measurements/cartography: SANK 2.5M ESE FROM SCARBOROUGH. (WW1SL). POSN 541645N, 001900W APPROX. SANK 3 M ESE FROM SCARBOROUGH. (LLOYDS WAR LOSSES). H6391/19 INS WK IN 541645N, 001900W. H3752/26 11.6.26 AMEND TO NDWPA (1917). 21.6.72 AMEND TO NDW (PA). NC 129. 5.12.74 AMEND TO USCPA 15MTRS. NC 129. H1310/84/22 1.8.84 DIVED IN 541631N, 001850W USING RADAR. STANDS 3MTRS HIGH IN GEN DEPTH 28MTRS [HWS]. (P J LASSEY, 19.7.84). HH100/351/06 5.3.93 LOCATED IN 541630.5N, 001849W USING GPS. (A C JACKSON, 9.2.93). AMEND TO WK 19MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. HH090/730/01 18.11.97 NOT SURVEYED AS LIES WITHIN FISHING AREA EXCLUSION ZONE. (GARDLINE, HI 730). NCA. 19.11.97 POSN AMENDED TO THAT OF JACKSON 1993. BR STD. SEP 2016/000007250 07.06.16 EXAM'D 20.02.16 IN 5416.507N, 0018.903W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 20.16MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 22MTRS. LENGTH 17.3MTRS, WIDTH 8.9MTRS, HT 3.7MTRS, ORIENTATION 065/245. SCOUR LENGTH 10MTRS, 1.8MTRS DEEP TOWARDS 057 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY, TWO FEATURES CAN BE SEEN, NOT POSSIBLE TO TELL IF THEY ARE ASSOCIATED, LARGE FEATURE POTENTIALLY BURIED. (EGS, HI 1472). AMEND DW 20.1MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: Mainly buried.

Position: 54 16.507 N,0 18.903 W

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