This is the information page about the shipwreck Melanie (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 25.609 N,0 25.419 W (54.426817, -0.423650)

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: MELANIE (PROBABLY)

Length 99.1 meter, width: 14.3 meter, draught: 6.7, tonnage 2996 ton
Load: coal

Cause: torpedoed and sunk by german submarine uc 40. was on passage blyth to france.

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 46 meter, Height above seabed: 130 cm

Known since: 1918, last detected: 20161213

Details measurements/cartography: SUNK 2 MILES E OF S CHEEK, ROBIN HOOD BAY. (WW1SL). POSN 542700N, 002700W IN 26FMS. (VAEC). H4069/72 8.12.75 WRECK LOCATED IN 542538N, 022503W USING DECCA.. AREA SWEPT WITH TRANSIT SONAR. NO 'ON TOP' HEIGHT OF WK OBTAINED. (RISDON BEAZLEY, HN 13.11.75). INS AS USC 28MTRS.

- NM BLOCK. H1310/86/34 17.12.86 WK IN 542545N, 002527W CONSIDERED PROBABLY TO BE MELANIE. BOILER DETAILS AND ENGINE MEASUREMENTS CORRECT. LIES ON EVEN KEEL, BUT WELL BROKEN UP. ENGINE & BOILERS HIGHEST PART OF WK. LEAST DEPTH 40 IN GEN DEPTH 50MTRS (MHWS). (G WADSWORTH, 13.11.86). TIDAL REDUCTION 6MTRS. AMEND TO WK 34MTRS IN PREVIOUS POSN. BR STD. H6331/87 24.1.89 EXAM'D 21.5.88 IN 542535N, 002517W USING TRISPONDER [4 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR AT 37.9, FOUL AT 38.2MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 38.9 IN GEN DEPTH 46 TO 47MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 7.6MTRS, LENGTH 100MTRS, BEAM 20MTRS. LIES 125/305 DEG, WELL BROKEN UP WITH NUMEROUS HIGH POINTS. CHART AS SW 38MTRS. (LAND & MARINE, HI 414B). AMEND TO SW 38MTRS. BR STD. HH100/351/06 22.2.93 WK IN 542535.5N, 002518W REFERRED TO AS 'MELANIE GROEDELL'. (A C JACKSON, 9.2.93). NFA. SEP 2017/000002822 25.5.17 EXAM'D 13.12.16 IN 5425.609N, 0025.419W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 38.76MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 46MTRS, LENGTH 99.7MTRS, WIDTH 19.1MTRS, HEIGHT 7.1MTRS, ORIENTATION 130/310 DEGS. WRECK IS BROKEN UP AND HAS A COMPLEX ARRANGEMENT OF DEBRIS. BOW IS PARTLY SEPARATED FROM THE REST OF THE WRECK AND LIES ON ITS PORT SIDE. THE BULK OF THE WRECK HAS COLLAPSED AND SPREAD OVER A BROAD AREA EITHER SIDE OF THE BOILERS AND ENGINE. (MMT, HI 1491). AMEND NDW 38MTRS IN REVISED POSITION.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 54 25.609 N,0 25.419 W

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