This is the information page about the shipwreck Magdalena (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 4.15 N,2 3.879 E (54.3726667, 15.7916667)
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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: MAGDALENA (POSSIBLY)
Length 50 meter
Cause: Sank after reporting taking in water and pump unable to cope.
Year of registration: 1960
Water depth above wreck: 71 meter, Height above seabed: 127 cm
Known since: 1960, last detected: 1987
Details measurements/cartography: H3916/60 10.1.61 SANK IN APPROX 540800N, 020500E IN 20FMS. (HUMBER RADIO, 14.8.60). INS AS NDW. BR STD. H619/65 15.3.65 CLOSELY SEARCHED FOR USING SONAR. NOTHING FOUND. (HMS SCOTT, 1964). DELETED. BR STD. H3916/60 29.10.85 WK LOCATED IN 540412N, 020400E [EUR] USING PULSE/8. LENGTH 50MTRS. LYING NW/SE AND STANDING 5MTRS HIGH. (SHELLEXPRO, LONDON, TELEX 17.10.85). INS AS WK 65MTRS IN 540408N, 020402E [OGB].
- NM 2972/85. H3916/60 26.11.85 REPEAT OF ABOVE DATA. (GARDLINE SURVEYS, 24.10.85). NFA. H3836/1/86 5.10.87 EXAM'D 11.7.87 IN 540408N, 020400E [OGB] USING HYPERFIX [3 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 67.6 IN GEN DEPTH 71MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 4MTRS, LENGTH 34MTRS, BEAM 8MTRS. APPARENTLY INTACT, LYING 127/307 DEG. (OCEANEERING SURVEY, HI 355A). AMEND TO WK 67MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT
Position: 54 4.15 N,2 3.879 E