This is the information page about the shipwreck Johanna, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 1.18 N,4 31.534 W (50.822183333333, -4.5627833333333)
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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: JOHANNA
Length 64 meter, width: 10.7 meter, draught: 4.3, tonnage 978 ton
Load: grain
Cause: built in 1958 by schiffswerft heinrich brand gmbh & co, k g, oldenburg. owned at time of loss by jocor, sa. passage rotterdam for barry. ran aground on rocks about 200yds s of hartland pt. all seven crew rescued. (msd).
Year of registration: 1982
Water depth above wreck: 0 meter, Height above seabed: 90 cm
Known since: 1982, last detected: 2003
Details measurements/cartography: H2613/78 18.1.83 DISINTEGRATING RAPIDLY. ALREADY IN THREE PIECES. EACH HIGH TIDE CARRIES AWAY MORE PIECES. EXPECTED TO BE TOTALLY FINISHED AT SPRING TIDES, SEASONAL WEATHER END JANUARY. (TELECON CG/WATSON). NCA. 10.3.83 PHOTOGRAPHS, TAKEN FEB 1983, SHOW THAT BOW & STERN SECTIONS HAVE BROKEN AWAY & HEEL TO STBD. SIDES OF MAIN HULL HAVE BEEN COMPLETELY FLATTENED. (T THATCHER, NM HISTORIES). NCA. 18.2.98 WHEN VIEWED FROM CLIFFS ABOVE, VESSEL COMPRISES TWO RUSTY CHUNKS. BOTH LIE ON THEIR STBD SIDES, WELL SEPARATED, WITH WRECKAGE BETWEEN. CONSIDERED NOT TO BE PROMINENT TO SEAWARD DUE TO RUSTY COLOURED CLIFFS BEHIND. (T JENKS, TELECON DTD 18.2.98). NCA. 27.11.03 STILL TWO RUSTY CHUNKS. (N SAUNDERS, DTD 17.8.03). NCA. HH091/158/01 30.6.09 NOT LOCATED. INSHORE OF M/B COVER. (FUGRO OSAE, HI 1158). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: IN TWO RUSTY PIECES AT BASE OF CLIFFS
Position: 51 1.18 N,4 31.534 W