This is the information page about the shipwreck Marianne (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 27.793 N,1 49.76 E (52.4370167, 1.7918333)
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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: MARIANNE (PROBABLY)
Length 80.8 meter, width: 12.8 meter, draught: 5.8, tonnage 1915 ton
Load: ballast
Cause: Ex-bygaard, ex-haraldshaug. built in 1920 by van duijvendijk's scheepswerf. owned at time of loss by a/s nesjar. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 162nhp, single shaft. passage rochester for sunderland. torpedoed by e boat. (sibi & llww2). sunk by gunfire from german surface craft off lowestoft. 14 lives lost. (dods).
Year of registration: 1942
Water depth above wreck: 21 meter, Height above seabed: 189 cm
Known since: 1942, last detected: 20161217
Details measurements/cartography: SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 345DEGS, 2M FROM NO.4 BUOY, LOWESTOFT. (LL WW2). POSN 522800N, 015000W FOR FILING ONLY. H5371/51 18.9.51 EXAM'D 11.7.51 IN 522746N, 014953E USING HSA. SWEPT CLEAR AT 50FT, FOUL AT 52FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 55FT IN GEN DEPTH 78FT. SCOUR 12FT DEEP ON N SIDE. LENGTH 200FT, HT 28FT. LIES 040/220DEGS. (HMS SHARPSHOOTER, 1951). INS AS WK 8FMS 2FT. BR STD. H8031/68 6.12.68 LOCATED 12.6.68 IN 522747N, 014951E USING HSA. LEAST E/S DEPTH 60FT IN GEN DEPTH 83FT. SCOUR 3FT DEEP. VERY GOOD SONAR CONTACT FROM WEST AND NE. (HMS ENTERPRISE, HI 40A/68). AMEND WK 10FMS IN REVISED POSN. NE 1536. 17.3.70 NOW CHARTED AS SW 8FMS 2FT. NE 1536. 31.7.74 AMEND SW 14.9MTRS [LAT]. NC 1543. H2098/74 5.9.78 EXAM'D 5.9.78 IN 522746N, 014952E USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 19 IN GEN DEPTH 23MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 24.8MTRS. DCS3 HT 4.9MTRS, LENGTH ABT 130FT. LIES N/S. SONAR RESPONSE EXCELLENT FROM ALL DIRECTIONS. SECOND SHOAL DEPTH OF 19.7MTRS LIES 40MTRS N OF WK POSN. LEAST DEPTH MAY HAVE BEEN MISSED DURING CLOSE SOUNDING. RECOMMEND SWEPT DEPTH BE RETAINED. (HMS ENTERPRISE HI 64A/78). NCA. H1942/80 1.9.82 EXAM'D 1.3.82 IN 522745N, 014952E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [3 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 17.7 IN GEN DEPTH 25MTRS. NO SCOUR. HYDROSEARCH VERTICAL HT 7.2MTRS, LENGTH 41.6MTRS, BEAM 9.8MTRS. LYING 179/359DEGS. BROKEN IN TWO, WITH BOW SECTION ALONGSIDE MAIN SECTION. THERE IS A SMALL MAST ON THE BOW SECTION. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 11). AMEND TO WK 17.7MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. SEP 2016/000091758 25.7.17 EXAM'D 17.12.16 IN 5227.793N, 0149.760E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 18.63MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 21MTRS, LENGTH 28.4MTRS, WIDTH 7.5MTRS, HEIGHT 3.0MTRS, ORIENTATION 189/009 DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 35MTRS, 2.3MTRS DEEP, TOWARDS 005 DEGS. WRECK IS BROKEN AND IN TWO PARTS. (GARDLINE, HI 1494). AMEND DW 18.6MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 52 27.793 N,1 49.76 E