This is the information page about the shipwreck Inger (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 39.778 N,0 11.337 E (50.6523667, -0.6161833)
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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: INGER (POSSIBLY)
Length 75.3 meter, width: 11.6 meter, draught: 4.6, tonnage 1707 ton
Load: coal
Cause: Built in 1929 by helsingborgs varfs & svetsnings aktieb. owned at the time of loss by a/b transmarin. passage swansea for sundsvall. sank following a collision with italian ss 'literno' 7m sw of beachy head. (dods).
Year of registration: 1974
Water depth above wreck: 28 meter, Height above seabed: 140 cm
Known since: 1974, last detected: 20150716
Details measurements/cartography: SANK 7M SW OF BEACHY HEAD. (DODS). POSN 7M S OF BEACHY HEAD. (TH, L.2003/1930). H4959/73 28.10.74 WK, LEAST E/S DEPTH 22.8MTRS, IN 503943N, 001127E [OGB]. (HMS BEAGLE, SIG DTD 21.10.74). NCA - AWAIT FULL SURVEY DETAILS. NAVEAM 355/74(B) ISSUED.H2979/74 12.12.74 LOCATED USING DECCA. LIES N X E/S X W. STANDS 20FT HIGH. APPEARS TO BE UPSIDE DOWN. ABOUT 1500 TONS. LARGE DAMAGED AREA ON PORT SIDE NEAR STERN. CAST IRON PROPELLER. VISIBILITY POOR. (E GILES). H4959/73 6.5.75 EXAM'D 6.10.74 IN 503943N, 001127E [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 22.6 IN GEN DEPTHS 28-29MTRS. NO SCOUR. (HMS BEAGLE, HI 55/74). CHART AS WK 22.6MTRS [12FMS 2FT].
- NM 1531/75. H4242/75 25.5.76 DISCREPANCY NOTED IN POSN ON H525. SHOWN IN 503944.5N, 001125.5E ON FAIR SHEET. NCA YET - AWAIT HMS ECHO'S HI 41/76 REPORT. H4121/76 24.8.76 EXAM'D 29.4.76. HMS BEAGLE'S FAIR SHEET POSITION CONFIRMED. LEAST E/S DEPTH 19.6 IN GEN DEPTH 29.8MTRS. DCS3 LENGTH 125MTRS. LIES 140/320DEGS. ACCEPT E/S DEPTH - IN VIEW OF E GILES'S REPORT. (HMS ECHO, HI 41/76). AMEND TO WK 19.6MTRS [10FMS 4FT] IN 503944.5N, 001125.5E [OGB]. BR STD. H1310/84/32 6.9.84 DIVED ON 1984. LIES ACROSS TIDE WITH STERN N AND COMPLETELY UPSIDE DOWN. STERN HALF UP TO AND INCLUDING ENGINE ROOM INTACT. FOR'D SECTION HAS COLLAPSED WITH EXCEPTION OF BOW AND CHAIN LOCKER. HIGHEST PART STANDS 8MTRS APPROX. (T W BENNETTO, 4.9.84). NCA. 18.9.85 MUCH FISH - CONGERS WEIGHING 45 TO 60LBS HAVE BEEN TAKEN FROM THIS WK. (MR HENRY, TELECON 18.9.85). HH100/351/05 13.5.92 WK OF COASTER LOCATED USING DECCA. (C MARTIN, 13.4.92). SEP 2015/000083466 5.2.16 EXAM'D 16.07.15 IN 5039.778N, 0011.337E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 22.85MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 28.87MTRS. LENGTH 109MTRS, HT 6MTRS, WIDTH 25MTRS, SCOUR LENGTH 15MTRS TOWARDS 315, SCOUR DEPTH 0.6MTRS. BROKEN UP WK, PARTIALLY BURIED, STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (GARDLINE GEOSURVEY, HI 1477). AMEND DW 22.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: BOWS NNW, INVERTED, FWD SECTION LARGELY COLLAPSED
Position: 50 39.778 N,0 11.337 E