This is the information page about the shipwreck Mesaba (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 15.246 N,5 38.506 W (52.0291, -5.7756166666667)

 

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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.

 

1. Arcadian (possibly)
2. Bestwood (possibly)
3. Boltonhall (possibly)
4. Cite d'aleth
5. City of glasgow (probably)
6. Clydesdale
7. Cymrian
8. Daru (possibly)
9. Egda (possibly)
10. Elsena (possibly)
11. Empire panther (probably)
12. Ennistown (possibly)
13. Ethel
14. Gresham (possibly)
15. Halberdier (possibly)
16. Highcliffe
17. Kassanga (possibly)
18. Ladoga (possibly)
19. Landonia (probably)
20. Maggie
21. Mesaba (probably)
22. No worries
23. Norfolk coast
24. Pentwyn (possibly)
25. Port townsville (probably)
26. Prins frederik hendrik (possibly)
27. Rotula (possibly)
28. Sapphire (possibly)
29. Soreldoc (possibly)
30. Spenser (possibly)
31. St patrick (possibly)
32. Strathnairn (possibly)
33. Tweed (possibly)
34. U 1169 (possibly)

 

Name: MESABA (PROBABLY)

Length 146.9 meter, width: 15.8 meter, draught: 9.4, tonnage 6833 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: ex-winfreda. built in 188 by harland & wolff, belfast. owned at time of loss by the atlantic transport co ltd, london. five boilers, triple expansion engine of 772 nhp, single shaft. passage lieverpool for philadelphia. torpedoed by ub-118. 20 men lost. (sibi, der krieg zur see).

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 97 meter

Known since: 1918, last detected: 2012

Details measurements/cartography: H1950/76 11.11.80 EXAM'D 23.4.80 IN 521515N, 053836W [OGB] USING HF/6 [2 LOP] & DECCA. LEAST E/S DEPTH 80.5 IN GEN DEPTH 97MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 18MTRS. LENGTH APPROX 130MTRS. LIES APPROX 000/180 DEGS. (HMS BEAGLE, HI 40/80). INS AS WK 79MTRS. BR STD. 2.10.98 SHIFTED CLOSE E TO PLOT ON NE 1973. [WGD] POSN: 5215.265N, 0538.642W. SEP 2015/000178837 4.11.15 EXAM'D BY BDC, WK FOUND IN 5215.246N, 0538.506W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 82.58MTRS. LENGTH 132MTRS, WIDTH 18MTRS, HT 12.5MTRS. NFS. (CEFAS DS11/12/13, 2012-13). RETAIN PREVIOUS DEPTH, POSN AMENDED.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 52 15.246 N,5 38.506 W

 

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