This is the information page about the shipwreck Ionic (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 37.578 N,0 17.423 E (53.56915, 0.0936)
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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: IONIC (PROBABLY)
Length 30.8 meter, width: 6.2 meter, draught: 3.2, tonnage 159 ton
Cause: Built in 1890 by earle's sb co ltd, hull. owned at time of loss by grimsby steam fishing co ltd. one boiler, triple expansion engine of 55hp, single shaft. passage grimsby for fishing and return. sank while under tow after being damaged in collision with hull fish carrier hornbill.
Year of registration: 1928
Water depth above wreck: 15 meter, Height above seabed: 145 cm
Known since: 1928, last detected: 2013
Details measurements/cartography: H1591/28 18.9.28 POSN 262 DEG, 5.1M FROM SPURN LTHO. LEAST DEPTH 40FT [LWS] AFTER DISPERSAL. INS WK 40FT (1928) IN 533706N, 001741E.
- NM 1483/28. H3805/72 28.2.78 WRECKAGE EXAM'D 6.9.77 IN 533734N, 001733E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 11.4 IN GEN DEPTH 15MTRS. LENGTH ABOUT 60FT, WIDTH 30FT. DIVERS REPORT VESSEL APPEARS TO HAVE SUNK BODILY, WITH A LIST TO PORT. LIES 245/065 DEG. APPARENTLY ONLY STERN OF VESSEL SHOWS ABOVE SEABED, FOR'D PART OF WHICH IS COVERED BY NEW FISH NETS. (SOISS, & HMS BILDESTON, WRECK REPORT). BR STD. H5084/77 19.3.80 EXAM'D 29.11.79 IN 533734N, 001730E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 12.7 IN GEN DEPTH 16MTRS. DCS3 HT 3.2MTRS, LENGTH 45MTRS, WIDTH 22MTRS. SMALL COMPACT WK LYING NW/SE. NO SCOUR. (HMS ENTERPRISE, HI 64/79). NCA. H1944/80 21.4.82 EXAM'D 11.6.81 IN 533733N, 001733E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 11.9 IN GEN DEPTH 14.6MTRS. NO SCOUR. HYDROSEARCH VERTICAL HT 3.03MTRS. SMALL TRAWLER LYING NW/SE, BOWS SE AND ALMOST BURIED. TWO HIGH POINTS, POSSIBLY MASTS, MIDSHIPS AND AFT. SONAR LENGTH 33.5MTRS, BEAM 6.9MTRS. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 12). NCA. 5.6.90 RECENTLY DIVED ON. CONFIRMED AS WK OF A TRAWLER. STANDS 6 TO 7FT HIGH AND IS CONSIDERABLY SILTED UP. (M OXLADE, 4.6.90). 5.9.13 EXAM'D 19.5.13 IN 5337.578N, 0017.423E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 12.95 IN GEN DEPTH 15.5MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 25.5MTRS, WIDTH 7.0MTRS, HT 2.55MTRS. LIES 145/325 DEGS WITH BOWS SE. UPRIGHT, WELL BROKEN AND PARTIALLY BURIED. (NETSURVEY, HI 1401). BOWS ?NW, NW END COLLAPSED. MINOR SCOUR AT WK. AMEND WK 12.9MTRS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, BOWS ?NW, NE END COLLAPSED
Position: 53 37.578 N,0 17.423 E