This is the information page about the shipwreck Membland (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 28.471 N,0 28.616 W (54.4542667, -0.3978333)
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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: MEMBLAND (POSSIBLY)
Length 100.7 meter, width: 14.4 meter, draught: 6.8, tonnage 3027 ton
Load: ballast
Cause: Built by w grey & co, west hartlepool. owned at time of loss by pyman ss co ltd. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 262nhp, single shaft. passage hull for the tyne. disappeared with all hands, presumed mined. (sibi).
Year of registration: 1915
Water depth above wreck: 45 meter, Height above seabed: 104 cm
Known since: 1915, last detected: 20161213
Details measurements/cartography: DISAPPEARED BETWEEN SPURN HEAD AND FLAMBROUGH HEAD. (SIBI). H4069/72 4.12.75 WK LOCATED IN 542830N, 002818W USING DECCA. STANDS 21FT ABOVE SEABED. (RISDON BEAZLEY MARINE LTD, HN DTD 13.11.75). INS AS WK 38MTRS.
- NM BLOCK. H6331/87 25.1.89 EXAM'D 13.8.88 IN 542828N, 002831W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [4 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR AT 39.1, FOUL AT 39.6MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 39.5 IN GEN DEPTH 45.5MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 5.8MTRS, LENGTH 90MTRS, BEAM 20MTRS. LIES 110/290 DEG, IN ONE PIECE, POSSIBLY BROKEN, AND WITH HIGH POINT AMIDSHIPS. (LAND & MARINE, HI 414B). BR STD. HH100/351/09 6.6.95 UPSIDE DOWN, NO SIGN OF ENGINES. SPLIT SECTION OF HULL WITH DOUBLE BOTTOM HUNG OVER BOILERS MAKING HIGH POINT ON THE SOUNDER. BROKEN UP BOW AND STERN, VERY CONFUSED. (A C JACKSON & C A RACEY). SEP 2017/000002822 24.5.17 EXAM'D 13.12.16 IN 5428.471N, 0028.616W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 39.79MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 45MTRS. LENGTH 82.1MTRS, WIDTH 15.2MTRS, HT 5.05MTRS, ORIENTATION 104/284 DEGS. WK IS WELL BROKEN UP. (MMT, HI 1491). AMEND NDW 39MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 54 28.471 N,0 28.616 W