Wreck: Hugin (Steam ship)

This is the information page about the shipwreck Hugin, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 27.733 N,5 9.017 W (50.462217, -5.150283)


 

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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: HUGIN

Length 79.2 meter, width: 11.3 meter, draught: 5.2, tonnage 1667 ton
Load: general and mixed goods,timber

Cause: built in 1889 by mackie & thomson, glasgow. owned at time of loss by angf akfeb svithold.one boiler, triple exansion engine of 150 nhp, single shaft. machinery by w kemp, glasgow. passage gothenburg for bristol. torpedoed by u-60. (ww1sl, der kreig zur see, ll ww1 & sibi).

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 35 meter, Height above seabed: 171 cm

Known since: 1918, last detected: 2011

Details measurements/cartography: 28.2.18 28.2.18 SUNK 4.5M OFF ST AGNES. (BOT, MASTER, DOCKET M.10200). H6391/19 23.2.18 H6391/19 23.2.18 SUNK IN POSN WITH TREVOSE HEAD BRG ENE, 8M. (IDSA, MASTER, DOCKET M.9746).H2959/73 19.9.73 WK LOCATED IN 502742N, 050900W USING DECCA. SCATTERED WRECKAGE, LYING NE/SW WITH BOW SW. STERN SECTION LIES UPSIDE DOWN WITH PROPELLER. BOW SECTION LIES ON PORT SIDE. ESTIMATED TO BE ABOUT 1000GRT. HIGH POINT STANDS 12FT ABOVE SEABED. LARGE ANCHOR. LIES IN GEN DEPTH 102FT. COULD BE EITHER MIFJORD (720GRT); GERMAINE (1428GRT); HUGIN (1666GRT); OR ONEGA (3636GRT). NO SIGN OF CARGO. SHELL CASES SIGHTED NEAR STERN. (E GILES, 18.9.73). INS AS WK USC 24MTRS. BR STD. 19.1.78 19.1.78 IDENTITY STILL NOT CONFIRMED. NOT THOUGHT NOW TO BE ONEGA. (E GILES). HH100/351/04 18.3.91 HH100/351/04 18.3.91 DIVED FREQUENTLY IN 502741N, 050858W USING DECCA. STOOD 6MTRS HIGH IN GEN DEPTH 37MTRS AT LW ON 20.5.85. (R A MAPPLEBECK, 6.1.91). NCA. HH100/351/07 6.7.93 HH100/351/07 & HH220/450/01 6.7.93 WK OF HUGIN DIVED 6.6.93 IN 502742.5N, 050901W USING DECCA. LEAST DEPTH OBTAINED 34 IN GEN DEPTH 39MTRS. NO SCOUR. WELL BROKEN UP. BOILERS STAND 4MTRS ABOVE SEABED. 3" SHELL CASES FOUND NEAR PROP SHAFT. PROPELLER IRON. (G PEACHAM, 30.6.93). AMEND USC 30MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 23.11.11 23.11.11 LOCATED 14.10.09 IN 5027.733N, 0509.017W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 30.64 IN GEN DEPTH 35.55MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 42.8MTRS, WIDTH 14.9MTRS, HT 4.91MTRS. LIES 171/351 DEGS WITH BOWS N. (FUGRO OSAE, HI 1157). AMEND WK 30MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: WELL BROKEN UP & SCATTERED, ?BOWS N

Position: 50 27.733 N,5 9.017 W

 

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