This is the information page about the shipwreck Iduna, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 25.053 N,1 25.676 W (50.242166666667, -1.28825)

 

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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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6. Ashmun j clough (possibly)
7. Azemmour
8. Borgny
9. Borgsten (probably)
10. Braat ii
11. Brestois
12. Campen
13. Carbon
14. Castle crag
15. Ceres (possibly)
16. Clarinda
17. Cleddy (probably)
18. Coquetdale (probably)
19. Cuba
20. Daylesford
21. Dulce t
22. Dungrange
23. Empire crusader
24. Ernest lagouve
25. Espagne
26. Eugene schneider (probably)
27. Fallodon
28. Fenna (probably)
29. Gorizont
30. Grip fast
31. Guernsey coast
32. Hauler
33. Hms acheron (bow section)
34. Hms acheron (stern section)
35. Hms albion ii
36. Hms assurance
37. Hms crestflower
38. Hms eleanor (probably)
39. Hms listrac (probably)
40. Hms michael clements
41. Hms new dawn
42. Hms pomone
43. Hms sargasso
44. Hms tiger
45. Hms warwick deeping
46. Hmsm swordfish
47. Hmsm upstart
48. Iduna
49. Implacable
50. Indutionmare
51. Irex
52. Isleworth
53. Jgena (possibly)
54. Joannis millas
55. Juno
56. Kong guttorm (probably)
57. Lapwing (possibly) or south western
58. Lct 809
59. Londonier
60. Luis
61. Luxor
62. Margaret smith
63. Mechanician
64. Mendi
65. Millmer
66. Minerva (possibly)
67. Molina
68. Myrtlegrove (probably)
69. Nichola (probably)
70. Nurnberg
71. Nw68
72. Nw96
73. Oriflamme
74. Pool fisher
75. Ps ryde
76. Redesmere
77. Reindeer
78. Rosehill (probably)
79. Sally jane
80. Serrana (bow section)
81. Serrana (stern part)
82. Simla
83. Smyrna
84. Sphene
85. Spyros (possibly)
86. Teamwork
87. Terlings
88. Tweed
89. U 122 (possibly)
90. U 123
91. U 152
92. U 153 (possibly)
93. U 480
94. U 90
95. Ub 122 (possibly)
96. Ub 37 (probably)
97. Val de saire
98. Vari solo sailor
99. Varvassi
100. Venezuela
101. Volkerak
102. War knight
103. Westville
104. Witte zee
105. Woodham
106. Y48

 

Name: IDUNA

Length 65.4 meter, width: 8.9 meter, draught: 5.4, tonnage 860 ton
Load: coal

Cause: built of iron in 1868 by t & w smith, north shields. owned at time of loss by elliot & co, newcastle-upon-tyne. two boilers, inverted compound expansion engine of 120nhp, single shaft. machinery by ouseburn engineering works, newcastle. passage south shields for malaga. cargo coal. sank after collision with barque zadok. (d c wendes).

Year of registration: 1945

Water depth above wreck: 36 meter, Height above seabed: 8 cm

Known since: 1945, last detected: 2020

Details measurements/cartography: 10.3.45 GOOD SONAR CONTACT, GOOD POSN 502500N, 012512W. (AUBD 304/63, ESCORT GROUP 14, 10.3.45 - 17.4.45). 7.8.53 NOW CHARTED AS NDW PA IN 502500N, 012630W. F6841. 24.5.54 NOW CHARTED AS NDW PA ON NC 2450. H6893/55 16.12.55 WK LOCATED IN 502500N, 012532W USING DECCA. BUT LEAST DEPTH NOT OBTAINED. SEABED HARD SAND. (HMS SCOTT, 2.11.55). AMEND TO NDW IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 19.1.72 NOW CHARTED AS USC 15FMS. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). LC 2450. 28.3.72 NOW CHARTED AS USC 28MTRS. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NC 2045. H1288/75 10.10.75 IDENTIFIED BY THE BELL, THIS WK PROVED TO BE THE THREE MASTED SAILING STEAMER 'IDUNA' BUILT IN 1868. SHE LIES E/W AND STANDS 15FT AT THE HIGHEST POINT, THE BOILER AND ENGINES. THE HULL IS WOOD AND SOME 170FT IN LENGTH. (R J TODD, 7.9.75). NCA. HH090/962/01 10.12.02 EXAM'D 30.7.02 IN 5025.054N, 0125.678W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 31.4 IN GEN DEPTH 36MTRS. SCOUR 1.2MTRS DEEP EXTENDS 30MTRS AROUND WK. LENGTH 79MTRS, WIDTH 23MTRS. DCS3 HT 3.8MTRS. LIES 000/180 DEGS. DEBRIS EXTENDS 65MTRS ALONG 000/180 DEGS. PARTIALLY INTACT WK WITH EXTENSIVE SCOUR. (GARDLINE, HI 962). AMEND TO WK 31MTRS. BR STD. HH090/962/01 11.11.03 SWEPT CLEAR 32.5, FOUL 33.0MTRS. (GARDLINE, HI 962). AMEND TO SW 32MTRS. BR STD. SEP 2020/000123102 1.10.21 EXAM’D 29.9.20 IN 5025.053N, 0125.676W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 31.77MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 36MTRS. LENGTH 75MTRS, WIDTH 18MTRS, HT 4.8MTRS. ORIENTATION 008/188 DEGS. SCOUR DIMENSIONS LENGTH 17MTRS, WIDTH 87MTRS, 2MTRS DEEP. (CLINTON MARINE SURVEY AB, HI 1586). AMEND DW 31MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: PARTIALLY INTACT, EXTENSIVE SCOUR ALL AROUND WK

Position: 50 25.053 N,1 25.676 W

 

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