This is the information page about the shipwreck Madame renee, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 18.562 N,0 23.012 W (54.3460667, -0.1270833)
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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: MADAME RENEE
Length 48.8 meter, width: 8.2 meter, draught: 3.4, tonnage 509 ton
Load: minerals,non-ferrous elements and ores: unrefined and refined
Cause: Torpedoed and sunk by german submarine ub 30 while on passage london to tyne.
Year of registration: 1918
Water depth above wreck: 17 meter, Height above seabed: 288 cm
Known since: 1918, last detected: 20160227
Details measurements/cartography: 10.8.18 2 MASTS SHOW ABOVE LW. SCALBYNESS BEARING N 80 DEG W; N SIDE SCARBOROUGH CASTLE HILL BEARING S 52 DEG W. (B OF TRADE, TELECON). INS WK IN 541830N, 002215W. - FNM 537/18. H4529/18 12.8.18 2 MASTS - DRY 6FT ABOVE LW. POSITION - 1 MILE N 27 DEG E FROM SCARBOROUGH CASTLE. (VAEC). AMEND POSN TO 541830N, 002240W. INS BUOY CLOSE E OF WK. - FNM 566/18. H124/19 3.1.19 NO OBSTN FOUND. (VAEC). 7.6.19 AMEND TO WK 6FMS 3FT. DELETE BUOY. H5077/19 3.11.19 WK DISPERSED. LEAST DEPTH NOW 40FT. H6849/20 24.9.20 LEAST DEPTH NOW 42FT [LWST]. POSN 011 DEG (T), 1.25M FROM SCARBOROUGH CASTLE. (TH, 23.9.20). AMEND TO WK 7FMS. 30.10.75 AMEND TO WK 13MTRS. NC 134. H1310/84/22 1.8.84 DIVED ON RECENTLY. POSN AND IDENTITY CONFIRMED. STANDS 3MTRS HIGH IN GEN DEPTH 25MTRS [HWS]. (P J LASSEY, 19.7.84). AMEND TO WK 16MTRS. BR STD. HH090/730/01 17.11.97 NOT SURVEYED AS LIES IN THE FISHING AREA EXCLUSION ZONE. (GARDLINE, HI 730). NCA. SEP 2016/000007250 09.06.16 EXAM'D 27.02.16 IN 5418.562N, 0023.012W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 14.6MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 17MTRS. LENGTH 50.1MTRS, WIDTH 8.5MTRS, HEIGHT 4.0MTRS, ORIENTATION 204/024. SCOUR LENGTH 30.5MTRS, 1.2MTRS DEEP TOWARDS 204 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY, INTACT AND UPRIGHT. (EGS, HI 1472). AMEND TO DW 14.6MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: Appears intact.
Position: 54 18.562 N,0 23.012 W