This is the information page about the shipwreck Hvitveis, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 37.956 N,0 9.322 W (53.6326, -0.1553667)

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: HVITVEIS

Length 55.1 meter, width: 9.2 meter, tonnage 650 ton
Load: coal

Cause: Built in 1915 by porsgrund mek vaerk, porsgurnn. owned at time of loss by a/s hvitveis. sv with auxillary oil engine. passage hull for rouen. sank near no 7 holm ridge buoy after collision with danish ss ulla. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1915

Water depth above wreck: 16 meter, Height above seabed: 294 cm

Known since: 1915, last detected: 20230503

Details measurements/cartography: H6274/15 30.7.17 WK IN 533755N, 000916W, OR 015DEGS, 8C FROM STALLINGBORO HAVEN LTHO. LEAST DEPTH 38FT. BUOY SE. (IMMINGHAM). - FNM 470/17. H5257/21 25.8.21 WK DISPERSED, BUOY REMOVED (HCB).

- NM 1506/21. H332/62 20.7.62 SHOWN AS WK 6FMS 5FT IN 533756N, 000913W ON SURVEY K2204.

- NM 1485/62. H] 15.9.77 WK 11.9MTRS STILL SHOWN ON BTDB SURVEY 1976 [K5557 FH]. 27.9.77 SHOWN AS WK 11.6MTRS IN 533757N, 000912W [OGB] ON BTDB CHART K7777 [AUG'77]. NE 3497. 18.4.06 [EUT] POSN: 5337.967N, 0009.302W. BA 3497 [INT 1554] [30TH EDN, MAR'06]. HH091/178/01 3.3.08 EXAM'D 26.5.07 IN 5337.960N, 0009.319W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 12.10 IN GEN DEPTH 15.0MTRS. SCOUR 1.8MTRS DEEP EXTENDS 16.6MTRS TOWARDS 290 DEGS. LENGTH 64.4MTRS, WIDTH 13.55MTRS, HT 3.2MTRS. LIES 110/290 DEGS WITH BOWS WSW. SHOWS SIGNS OF BREAKING UP, PARTICULARLY ON THE PORT SIDE AND BOWS. LIES ON A SLOPE WITH A HOLLOW, 32MTRS BY 13MTRS, ON THE SOUTH SIDE. (HMSML GLEANER, HI 1178). AMEND WK 12.1MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. SEP 2008/000085719 21.10.08 SHOWN AS WK 11.8MTRS IN DIGITAL BATHY DATA FOR HI 1178 [M4666]. AMEND WK 11.8MTRS. BR STD. 29.1.13 EXAM'D 17.6.12 IN 5337.9594N, 0009.3184W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 12.19 IN GEN DEPTH 15.5MTRS. SCOUR 1.8MTRS DEEP EXTENDS 22MTRS TOWARDS 240 DEGS. LENGTH 65.5MTRS, WIDTH 21.5MTRS, HT 3.8MTRS. LIES 090/270 DEGS WITH BOWS E. (HMSML GLEANER, HI 1400). NCA. SEP 2017/000302513 18.12.17 EXAM'D 16.10.17 IN 5337.955N 0009.321W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 11.8MTRS. NFS (ABP SURVEY 2017). RETAIN 11.8MTRS DEPTH, IN REVISED POSITION. RSDRA2022000148940 13.07.2022 EXAM'D 11.05.2022 IN 5337.956N, 0009.322W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 11.99MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 15MTRS. LENGTH 65.8MTRS, WIDTH 21.75MTRS, HEIGHT 3MTRS, ORIENTATION 115/295 DEGS. GENERALLY INTACT, BOWS WSW EXAM'D BY BDC FROM APB HUMBER SURVEY DTD 11.05.2022 BATHYMETRY DEEPER THAN LISTED DEPTH WRECK IS LARGER THAN CHARTED WRECK SYMBOL. RECOMMEND CHANGING SYMBOL TO WRECK AREA. (APB HUMBER SURVEY H525 REPORT). CHART ACTION LTA WKS AREA ADDED, RETAIN PREVIOUS DEPTH, POSN FOR POINT AMENDED. RSDRA2023000161457 29.6.23 EXAM?D BY BDC 3.5.23 IN 5337.956N, 0009.322W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 11.67MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 16MTRS. LENGTH 65.03MTRS, WIDTH 21.12MTRS, HT 5.2MTRS. ORIENTATION 294/114 DEGS. NFS. (ABP HUMBER SURVEY DTD 2023). AMEND DW 11.67 MTRS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: GENERALLY INTACT, BOWS WSW EXAM'D BY BDC FROM APB HUMBER SURVEY DTD 11.05.2022 BATHYMETRY DEEPER THAN LISTED DEPTH Wreck is larger than charted wreck symbol. Recommend changing symbol towreck area

Position: 53 37.956 N,0 9.322 W

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