This is the information page about the shipwreck Ilse, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 49.41 N,1 39.593 E (52.7959833, 1.6965)
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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: ILSE
Year of registration: 1942
Water depth above wreck: 23 meter, Height above seabed: 160 cm
Known since: 1942, last detected: 2014
Details measurements/cartography: H03402/42 27.11.42 ORIGINAL SHIP ILSE SANK IN HARTLEPOOL ENTRANCE CHANNEL IN JUNE 1941. THE AFTERPART WAS RAISED AND A NEW FORE PART BUILT ON. REBUILT VESSEL WAS TORPEDOED 7.10.42 IN 524922N, 013942E. FOREMAST SHOWING 13FT, MAINMAST 6FT ABOVE MHWS. HEADING 170 DEG. (HMS VALESCA & FOIC YARMOUTH, 16.10.42). INS AS DW.
- NM 2595/42. 22.4.43 AMEND TO WK 5FMS 2FT. (HMS SHARPSHOOTER).
- NM 864/43. 12.8.48 DRIFT SWEEP AFTER DISPERSAL. CLEAR AT 43FT, FOUL AT 45FT. POSN 524925N, 013942E. (HMS SHARPSHOOTER, 20.7.48). AMEND TO WK 7FMS 1FT.
- NM 1712/48. 3.8.49 OROPESA SWEEP CLEAR AT 46FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 61FT. SEA BED 69FT. POSN 524925N, 013942E. LOCATED BY SONAR. (HMS SHARPSHOOTER, 13.7.49). AMEND TO WK 7FMS 4FT. BR STD. H1270/71 18.11.71 IN VERY BROKEN STATE & SPREAD OVER SEABED. (E GILES, UNDERMARINE OPS LTD, 13.10.71). 14.3.73 AMEND TO WK 13.8MTRS [LAT]. NC 106. H1952/80 23.1.83 EXAM'D 30.7.81 IN 524924N, 013942E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR AT 18.9, FOUL AT 19.1MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 18.4 IN GEN DEPTH 23MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 26MTRS. DCS3 HT 4MTRS, LENGTH APPROX 75MTRS. LYING 145/325 DEGS, DISPERSED & BROKEN UP. HAS 3 SEPARATE HIGH POINTS. ACCEPT E/S DEPTH. (SOISS, HI 22). AMEND TO WK 18.4MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
- NM 708/83. SEP 2015/000041896 22.5.15 EXAM'D 18.10.14 IN 5249.410N, 0139.593E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 19.22MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 3MTRS, EXTENDS 115MTRS TOWARDS 315 DEGREES. LENGTH 100MTRS, WIDTH 16MTRS, HT 4.5MTRS. LIES 160/340 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. LARGELY INTACT, PARTIALLY BURIED. (GARDLINE GEOSURVEY HI 1427). AMEND DW 19.2MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: LARGELY INTACT, PARTIALLY BURIED.
Position: 52 49.41 N,1 39.593 E