This is the information page about the shipwreck Khartoum (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 53.138 N,1 46.594 E (51.7619167, 1.5857333)
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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: KHARTOUM (POSSIBLY)
Length 45.3 meter, width: 6.9 meter, draught: 3.4, tonnage 303 ton
Cause: Built in 1899 by cook, wellington & gemmel, hull. owned at time of loss by hull steam fishing & ice co. one boiler, triple expansion engine of 85hp, single shaft. passage london for the n sea. mined 6m ne from longsands ltv. (ww1 msl & sibi).
Year of registration: 1916
Water depth above wreck: 38 meter, Height above seabed: 35 cm
Known since: 1916, last detected: 20160222
Details measurements/cartography: H4139/76 11.1.77 EXAM'D 21.7.76 IN 515312N, 014638.4E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR 27.5, FOUL 27.7MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 27.8 I GEN DEPTH 37MTRS. NO SCOUR. APPROX 100MTRS X 30MTRS. LYING NNE/SSW. NOT BROKEN UP. (HMS BEAGLE, HI 31/76). BR STD. HH090/667/01 19.12.95 EXAM'D 24.7.95 IN 515307.97N, 014635.00E [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 27.5, FOUL 27.8MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 30.3 IN GEN DEPTH 36-38MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 7.4MTRS. LENGTH 75MTRS, WIDTH 25MTRS. LIES 030/210 DEGS. GOOD MAGNETIC ANOMALY. LARGE INTACT WK IN AN UPRIGHT POSITION. BUOYS AND NETS ON/AROUND WRECK. (OCEONICS, HI 667). BR STD. HH100/351/11 19.3.96 LARGE WK, INTACT FROM STERN TO MIDSHIPS AND STANDS UPRIGHT ON THE SEABED. REAR SECTION STANDS SOME 6MTRS CLEAR OF THE SEABED BUT THE SUPERSTRUCTURE HAS HOW COLLAPSED. BRIDGE AREA HAS COLLAPSED AND FWD OF MIDSHIPS THE SHIP IS BROKEN. SITS IN APPROX 38MTRS WITH THE HIGHEST POINT AT 32MTRS. (BOB HICKINBOTTOM). SEP 2015/000083463 17.7.16 EXAM'D 22.2.16 IN 5153.038N, 0146.594E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 29.2MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 38MTRS. LENGTH 82.8MTRS, WIDTH 12.8MTRS, HT 8.7MTRS, ORIENTATION 035/215. SCOUR LENGTH 300MTRS, 1.5MTRS DEEP TOWARDS 200DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. WK SITTING UPRIGHT AND MOSTLY INTACT. (MMT, HI 1474). AMEND TO NDW 29MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: Wk sitting upright and intact
Position: 51 53.138 N,1 46.594 E