This is the information page about the shipwreck Hull trader, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 10.835 N,1 11.813 E (53.372983333333, 1.0462166666667)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐ฌ๐ง, 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: HULL TRADER
Length 54.3 meter, width: 9.1 meter, draught: 4, tonnage 717 ton
Load: general and mixed goods
Cause: built in 1917 by j p rennoldson & sons. owned at time of loss by free trade wharf co. triple expansion engine of 98nhp. passage london for hull. general cargo. thought to have been mined but could have been sunk by german aircraft as an air attack was being carried out. 11 men lost.
Year of registration: 1941
Water depth above wreck: 18 meter, Height above seabed: 107 cm
Known since: 1941, last detected: 2018
Details measurements/cartography: H02281/41 1.8.41 LOCATED IN 531048N, 011155E. TWO MASTS SHOWING 12FT AT LW. LIES IN 10FMS ON HEADING 296 DEG AND ON EVEN KEEL. (HMS FRANKLIN, 25.6.41). INS AS DW.
- NM 1815/41. H02281/41 4.9.49 EXAM'D 14.7.49 FOLLOWING DISPERSAL. OROPESA SWEEP CLEAR AT 49FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 52 IN GEN DEPTH 58FT [MLWS]. POSN 531042N, 011201E USING DECCA. (HMS SHARPSHOOTER, 30.8.49). AMEND TO WK 8FMS 1FT.
- NM 1599/49. 8.3.72 AMEND TO WK 14.6MTRS. NC 105. HH090/593/01 20.12.93 NOTHING FOUND. (OCEONICS (UK) LTD., HI 593). AMEND TO FOUL. BR STD. SEP 2018/000212985 10.9.18 EXAM'D 26.3.18 IN 5310.835N, 0111.813E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 16.23MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 18MTRS, LENGTH 61.3MTRS, WIDTH 16.1MTRS, HEIGHT 1.7MTRS, ORIENTATION 107/287 DEGS. SCOUR DIMENSIONS LENGTH 43.3MTRS, 1.7MTRS DEEP, TOWARD 232 DEGS. BROKEN AND PARTIALLY BURIED.(GARDLINE, HI 1515). AMEND TO FOUL 16.2MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 53 10.835 N,1 11.813 E