Wreck: Lady helen (Steam ship)
This is the information page about the shipwreck Lady helen, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 22.885 N,0 24.755 W (54.381417, -0.412583)
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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.
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Shipwreck details
Name: LADY HELEN
Length 61 meter, width: 9.1 meter, draught: 3.7, tonnage 811 ton
Load: ballast
Cause: mined while on passage yarmouth (nor) to seaham.
Year of registration: 1986
Water depth above wreck: 39 meter, Height above seabed: 49.5 cm
Known since: 1986, last detected: 20160219
Details measurements/cartography: H6437/17 29.10.17 REPD SUNK 0.5 MILES NE SOUTH CHEEK, ROBIN HOOD'S BAY. ALSO REPD 0.5 MILES E FROM SOUTH CHEEK. H1310/86/7 19.2.86 LOCATED AND IDENTIFIED FROM MAKER'S PLATE AND BOILER/ENGINE DETAILS, IN 542254N, 002442W. LIES ON EVEN KEEL. COMPLETE FROM BOWS TO AFT HOLD. DAMAGED STERN. LEAST DEPTH 34MTRS [MHWS] IN GEN DEPTH 40MTRS. (G WADSWORTH, 26.1.86). TIDAL REDUCTION 6MTRS. INS AS WK 28MTRS. BR STD. HH100/351/06 23.2.93 LOCATED IN 542253N, 002438.5W USING GPS. (A C JACKSON, 9.2.93). AMEND POSN. BR STD. HH090/730/01 14.11.97 NOT SURVEYED. LIES WITHIN FISHING AREA EXCLUSION ZONE. (GARDLINE, HI 730). NCA. SEP 2016/000007250 13.06.16 EXAM'D 19.02.16 IN 5422.885N, 0024.755W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 31.1MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 39MTRS. LENGTH 56.1MTRS, WIDTH 9.64MTRS, HT 8.2MTRS, ORIENTATION 050/230. SCOUR LENGTH 45.5MTRS, 0.6MTRS DEEP TOWARDS 334. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. SAT ON PROTRUDING SANDBANK, INTACT, DEGRADED AREA SOUTH WEST TIP. (EGS, HI 1472). AMEND NDW 31MTRS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: Mainly intact
Position: 54 22.885 N,0 24.755 W
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