Wreck: Merrie islington (Trawler)

This is the information page about the shipwreck Merrie islington, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 36.039 N,0 37.18 W (54.454266666667, -0.39783333333333)


 

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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง, 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.

 

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Shipwreck details

Name: MERRIE ISLINGTON

Length 30.6 meter, width: 6.3 meter, draught: 3.4, tonnage 147 ton
Load: fish

Cause: built by cook, welton & gemmel, hull. owned at time of loss by the humber s trawling co. one boiler, compound expansion engine of 45hp, single shaft. machinery by bailey & leetham. passage from hull for fishing and return. captured by submarine and sunk by scuttling charges.

Year of registration: 1915

Water depth above wreck: 51 meter, Height above seabed: 145 cm

Known since: 1915, last detected: 20161213

Details measurements/cartography: SUNK 6 MILES NNE OF WHITBY, FISHING. (WW1SL). H5103/83 12.3.87 FASTENER IN 543602N, 003703W. POSN BY DECCA. (KINGFISHER OBSTN BOOKLET - WHITBY AREA). H6331/87 20.1.89 EXAM'D 24.6.88 IN 543602N, 003704W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [4 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 48.4 IN GEN DEPTH 51MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 3.9MTRS. LENGTH 30MTRS, BEAM 5MTRS. LIES 145/325 DEG, INTACT BUT TWISTED ABOUT 8 MTRS FROM SE E ND. A SMALL SEPARATE CONTACT, 1 MTR HIGH, WAS LOCATED 125MTRS NE OF WK. CHART AS WK 47MTRS. (LAND & MARINE, HI 414B). BR STD. HH351/100/09 9.6.95 BOW LAID ON STBD SIDE, MIDSHIPS UPRIGHT BUT COLLAPSED IN PLACES, STERN PORT SIDE DOWN. LARGE NETS SPIRALLED UPWARDS OFF PORT SIDE AT MIDSHIPS AND STERN. IDENTIFIED BY BELL. SINGLE BOILER, TWO FURNACES. COMPOUND ENGINE. (A C JACKSON & C A RACEY). NCA. SEP 2017/000002822 16.05.17 EXAM'D 13.12.16; IN 5436.039N, 0037.180W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 47.99MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 51MTRS, LENGTH 30MTRS, WIDTH 6.1MTRS, HEIGHT 3.75MTRS, ORIENTATION 145/325 DEGS. WRECK IS SEVERELY DISINTEGRATED. (MMT, HI 1491). AMEND NDW 47MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 54 36.039 N,0 37.18 W

 

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