This is the information page about the shipwreck Jork, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 26.015 N,2 8.395 E (53.1506667, 2.01255)

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.

Name: JORK

Length 87.9 meter, width: 12.8 meter, draught: 7.5, tonnage 2564 ton
Load: grain

Cause: 7.8.07 ex-anita b 2001, ex-spica '94. built in 1985 by j j sietas kg schiffswerft gmbh & co, hamburg. owned at time of loss by partenreederei ms 'jork', meerpahl & meyer bereederungs gbr, brake, antigua & barbura. oil engine of 1190 bhp, single shaft. on passage lubeck for the humber. struck satellite platform 'conoco e d' and took on list. later sank as cargo swelled and split hull. crew recovered. (lr, yarmouth cg). master charged with being drunk. (bbc, ll 7.8.07).

Year of registration: 07

Water depth above wreck: 26 meter, Height above seabed: 73 cm

Known since: 2007, last detected: 2008

Details measurements/cartography: 8.8.07 SEP 2007/000057016 8.8.07 STRUCK VIKING PLATFORM 'E D' PLATFORM IN 5325.97N, 0208.47E [WGD], TOOK ON LIST AND SANK. (YARMOUTH CG, FAX DTD 5.8.07). NCA. 8.8.07 SEP 2007/000056989 8.8.07 LOCATED IN 5326.015N, 0208.395E [WGD]. LEAST DEPTH 14.7MTRS. LIES 073/253 DEGS. (TH, EMAIL DTD 5.8.07). INS AS WK 14.7MTRS WITH CARD BUOYS & RACON 'D' AS NOTED BELOW.

- NM 3952/07. 8.8.07 SEP 2007/000057290 8.8.07 MARKED BY N CARD BUOY, Q, IN 5326.150N, 0208.395E [WGD]; E CARD BUOY, Q(3)10S, IN 5326.015N, 0208.621E; S CARD BUOY, Q(6)+LFL.15S, IN 5325.880N, 0208.395E; W CARD BUOY, Q(9)15S, IN 5326.015N, 0208.170E & DUPLICATE W CARD BUOY, Q(5) + RACON 'D', IN 5226.015N, 0208.033E. (TH FAX DTD 6.8.07). INS AS WK 14.7MTRS WITH N, S, E & 2 W CARD BUOYS, ONE WITH RACON 'D'. NCA. 8.8.07 SEP 2007/000057431 8.8.07 WK AND BUOY DETAILS REPEATED. (TH NM 43/07). NFA. 20.9.07 SEP 2007/000067869 20.9.07 EXAM'D 6.8.07 BY THV ALERT IN EXISTING POSN. LEAST M/B DEPTH 15.5MTRS (AFT END OF THE VESSEL) IN GEN DEPTH OF 26MTRS. VESSEL LYING ON STARBOARD SIDE, HATCHES HAVE BURST OPEN & CARGO OF GRAIN HAS SPILT OUT. TH REQUEST 15MTR DEPTH TO BE SHOWN. IN SIX MONTHS TIME THE WK WILL BE SWEPT TO CONFIRM CLEARANCE AND IF APPROPRIATE BUOYAGE REMOVED. (TH, EMAIL DTD 18.9.07). AMEND TO WK 15MTRS. BR STD. 21.5.08 SEP 2008/000043645 21.5.08 NOW SWEPT DEPTH 18.7MTRS, BUOYS REMOVED. (TH FAX DTD 15.5.08). AMEND IN EXISTING POSN.

- NM 3343/08.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, LYING ON STARBOARD SIDE

Position: 53 26.015 N,2 8.395 E

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