This is the information page about the shipwreck Marie dawn, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 30.083 N,0 37.464 E (53.5741333, 0.7815167)
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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: MARIE DAWN
Length 82.4 meter, width: 12 meter, draught: 5.9, tonnage 2157 ton
Load: coal
Cause: Ex-commandant charles merk '39. built in 1922 by chant nav fran cais, caen. owned at time of loss by the ministry of war transport. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 175hp, single shaft. passage middlesbrough for london. cargo coal. bombed by german aircraft and sunk.
Year of registration: 1941
Water depth above wreck: 19 meter, Height above seabed: 58 cm
Known since: 1942, last detected: 2014
Details measurements/cartography: H03999/41 22.11.41 LOCATED IN 533024N, 003712E. LEAST DEPTH 42FT. (FO HUMBER, 9.5.42). - PFNM 2788/41. H3999/41 21.5.42 INS AS NDW IN 533024N, 003712E.
- NM 1071/42. H4729/62 4.2.63 EXAM'D IN 532951N, 003736E USING DECCA. NO VISUAL FIX OBTAINED. (HMS SCOTT, 1962). H4729/62 23.7.63 SWEPT FOUL AT 45FT. SWEEP HAD TO BE ABANDONED DUE TO WEATHER. LEAST E/S DEPTH OBTAINED 45FT. (HMS ECHO, 16.6.63). AMEND TO DW IN 532943N, 003730E. 0 NM 1394/63. H332/62 21.1.64 AMEND TO WK 7FMS 3FT. NE 107, 1190. 23.6.75 AMEND TO WK 13MTRS. NC 107. H1270/73 6.11.78 LOCATED. LIES UPSIDE DOWN. (KIRKPATRICK, HUMBER DIVERS, TELECON 24.10.78). NCA. HH090/593/01 6.1.94 EXAM'D 22.6.93 IN 533003N, 003732.2E [OGB] USING SYLEDIS. SWEPT CLEAR AT 13.9, FOUL AT 14.4MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 14.2 IN GEN DEPTH 18MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 6.0MTRS, LENGTH 90MTRS, BREADTH 15MTRS. PARTIALLY BROKEN AND PARTIALLY BURIED WK. LYING 058/238 DEG. (OCEONICS (UK) LTD., HI 593).
- NM 477/94. SEP 2013/000180690 10.7.14 EXAM'D 26.12.13 IN 5330.083N, 0037.464E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 13.51 IN GEN DEPTH 19.0MTRS. SCOUR 1.0MTRS DEEP EXTENDS 20MTRS TOWARDS 160 DEGS. LENGTH 87MTRS, WIDTH 27MTRS, HT 5MTRS. LIES 058/238 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. BROKEN WK. (GARDLINE, HI 1419). IN SEVERAL PARTS, IN LINE. AMEND WK 13.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: INVERTED, PARTIALLY BROKEN AND BURIED
Position: 53 30.083 N,0 37.464 E