Wreck: Humber (Steam ship)
This is the information page about the shipwreck Humber, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 58.075 N,1 14.647 W (54.967917, -1.244117)
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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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Shipwreck details
Name: HUMBER
Length 39.6 meter, width: 6.7 meter, draught: 3, tonnage 280 ton
Cause: built in 1899 by ardrossan dry dock. owned at time of loss by j b knapton. compound engine of 35rhp for 8 knots. torpedoed. 7 men lost. (dods).
Year of registration: 1918
Water depth above wreck: 45 meter, Height above seabed: 157 cm
Known since: 1918, last detected: 2019
Details measurements/cartography: 1918 POSN: 2M E OF SUNDERLAND. (M01931). H4214/26 1.7.26 INS AS NDWPA (1918) IN POSN 2 MILES E OF SUNDERLAND. H7018/58 12.11.59 WK LOCATED IN 545803N, 011428W [OGB] USING HSA. SWEPT CLEAR BY OROPESA 83FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 120FT IN GEN DEPTH 153FT. NO SCOUR. (HMS SCOTT). AMENDED TO NDW. BR STD. 2.11.67 AMENDED TO WK 20FMS. BR STD. H2433/71 24.4.71 CONTACT ABOUT 2C N OF CHARTED POSN OBTAINED DURING AREA SONAR SEARCH. (ISS ROS DTD 31.12.70). 15.5.73 AMENDED TO WK 36MTRS. NC 152. 3.12.75 AMENDED TO WK 35MTRS. NC 152. (CHANGE OF DATUM). HH090/796/01 30.12.98 EXAM'D 12.7.98 IN 545804.2N, 011438.6W [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 38.0, FOUL 38.2MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 38.1 IN GEN DEPTH 45MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 5.6MTRS. LENGTH 52MTRS, WIDTH 13MTRS. LIES 160/340 DEGS. SMALL WK, LOOKS TO BE BROKEN UP AROUND THE MIDSHIPS AREA. (GARDLINE, HI 796). AMEND TO SW 38MTRS. BR STD. SEP 2019/000043627 1.3.19 EXAM’D 1.3.19 IN 5458.075N, 0114.647W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 37.98MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 45MTRS. LENGTH 38.5MTRS, WIDTH 11.6MTRS, HT 7.5MTRS, ORIENTATION 157/337DEGS. ON ITS SIDE IN 2 MAIN SECTIONS. (MERITAITO, HI 1513). AMEND NDW 37MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: ON ITS SIDE IN 2 MAIN SECTIONS
Position: 54 58.075 N,1 14.647 W
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