This is the information page about the shipwreck Hydaspes (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 55.476 N,1 3.049 E (50.8163, 0.959)
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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: HYDASPES (POSSIBLY)
Length 75.3 meter, width: 11.3 meter, draught: 7.6, tonnage 2003 ton
Load: general and mixed goods
Cause: 23.7.1880 sank within a few minutes following collision with ss 'centurion'. was under tow in dense fog 3 miles ene of dungeness. en route london to melbourne. (dover express, 23.7.1880).
Year of registration: 1977
Water depth above wreck: 27 meter, Height above seabed: 160 cm
Known since: 1977, last detected: 20160726
Details measurements/cartography: H4453/72 8.11.77 LOCATED IN 505526N, 010310E [OGB] LEAST E/S DEPTH 22.1MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 28.5MTRS. DCS3 HT 6.5MTRS. (HMS BULLDOG, HN 2/77 DTD 1.11.77). NCA YET. H4199/78 24.10.78 LOCATED 26.9.77 IN 505526N, 010310E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 22.1MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 28.5MTRS. SCOUR 30.3MTRS. DCS3 HT 6.5MTRS. LENGTH 43MTRS. LYING 160/340DEGS. (HMS BULLDOG HI 35/77). INS AS WK 22MTRS. BR STD. HH090/711/01 29.1.97 EXAM'D 9.8.96 IN 505529N, 010303E [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 21.1, FOUL 21.4MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 22.0 IN GEN DEPTH 28.5MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 7MTRS. LENGTH 65MTRS, WIDTH 10MTRS. LIES 155/355DEGS. BROKEN AND PARTIALLY BURIED. (NP 1016, HI 711). AMEND TO SW 21.0MTRS IN 505526.90N, 010309.05E [OGB]. BR STD. SEP2016/000091764 19.4.17 EXAM'D 26.7.16; IN 5055.476N, 0103.049E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 21.97MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 27MTRS, LENGTH 50.1MTRS, WIDTH 7.8MTRS, HEIGHT 5.2MTRS, ORIENTATION 160/340 DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 94MTRS, 2.8MTRS DEEP, TOWARDS 018 DEGS. WRECK IS LARGELY INTACT AND PARTIALLY BURIED. (GARDLINE, HI 1497). AMEND DW 21.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 50 55.476 N,1 3.049 E