This is the information page about the shipwreck Mars, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 55 3.821 N,1 24.192 W (55.063683, -1.403200)

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.

Name: MARS

Length 81.1 meter, width: 12.8 meter, draught: 5.5, tonnage 1877 ton

Cause: built by bergens mek., verkstead in 1924. owned at time of loss by rederi a/b iris. triple expansion engines of 162 nhp. mined whist on voyage from kopmanholnen to london. seven of the crew were lost. (dods).

Year of registration: 1939

Water depth above wreck: 28 meter

Known since: 1939, last detected: 2019

Details measurements/cartography: H0277/39 2.1.40 INS AS DW. - FNM 2923/39. H1044/40 30.4.40 INS AS DW.

- NM 1085/40. H0277/39 1.4.43 AMEND TO WK 6FMS 3FT IN REVISED POSN. (NO DATA HELD).

- NM 671/43. H1657/62 11.5.62 EXAM'D IN 550348N, 012359W [OGB] USING DECCA. LEAST E/S DEPTH 79FT IN GEN DEPTH. NOT SWEPT AS THERE APPEARED LITTLE DIFFERENCE FROM 1952 AND IT APPEARS LITTLE OF THE WRECK REMAINS ABOVE THE SCOUR. (N.B. NO DATA FROM THE 1952 INVESTIGATION IS HELD). (HMS SHACKLETON, 1962). AMEND TO WK 11FMS IN REVISED POSN.

- NM 2413/51. H2433/71 22.4.71 NOT FOUND DURING AREA SONAR SEARCH. (ISS, HI 7/70). 15.5.73 AMENDED TO WK 24MTRS. NC 152. 3.12.75 AMENDED TO WK 23.5MTRS. NC 152. (CHANGE OF DATUM). HH090/796/01 7.1.99 EXAM'D 21.7.98 IN 550349.2N, 012411.5W [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 23.8, FOUL 24.2MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 24.0 IN GEN DEPTH 27.5MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 4.1MTRS. LENGTH 90MTRS, WIDTH 30MTRS. LIES 065/245 DEGS. LARGE, BADLY BROKEN WRECK SPREAD OVER A LARGE AREA. DIFFICULT TO DISCERN OUTLINE OR SHAPE. (GARDLINE, HI 796). AMEND TO SW 23.5MTRS. BR STD. 25.2.05 WK FLATTENED INTO MUDDY SEABED. PROPSHAFT SHOWING. HULL RISES UP AT STERN WITH A SINGLE PROP BLADE STICKING UP OUT OF MUD. (DIVER MAGAZINE FEB'05). SEP 2019/000043627 23.3.19 EXAM’D 23.3.19 IN 5503.821N, 0124.192W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 23.85MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 28MTRS. LENGTH 90.6MTRS, WIDTH 30.2MTRS, HT 4.3MTRS. MOSTLY BROKEN UP. (MERITAITO, HI 1513). AMEND DW 23.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: MOSTLY BROKEN UP

Position: 55 3.821 N,1 24.192 W

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