This is the information page about the shipwreck Metric, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 28.713 N,5 1.055 W (52.329533333333, -5.2955166666667)

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: METRIC

Length 68 meter, width: 10.7 meter, draught: 6.4, tonnage 499 ton
Load: general and mixed goods

Cause: oil engine, single shaft. passage runcorn for rotterdam. sank when cargo shifted during a 50 knot storm. crew of 7 & 3 passengers abandoned ship into the liferaft. recovered by finnish vessel vega. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1970

Water depth above wreck: 74 meter, Height above seabed: 60 cm

Known since: 1970, last detected: 2010

Details measurements/cartography: H1766/63 20.1.70 H1766/63 20.1.70 WK, NOT DANGEROUS TO NAVIGATION, IN 522500N, 051000W, APPROX. (SS SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN). INS AS NDWPA. BR STD. 11.9.70 11.9.70 LOCATED AND CONFIRMED AS THE METRIC IN 522855N, 050055W. CARGO REMOVED. HULL SIDE BROKEN. (RISDON BEAZLEY-ULRICH HARMS). AMEND POSN. BR STD. 28.11.72 28.11.72 AMEND TO USC 35FMS. NE 1410. 12.6.78 12.6.78 AMEND TO USC 64MTRS. NC 1408. H1310/85/37 22.10.85 H1310/85/37 22.10.85 LOCATED IN 522840N, 050101W [OGB] USING SYLEDIS. WRECK WELL BROKEN. SCATTERED DEBRIS 70MTRS LONG AND STANDING 10MTRS PROUD OF THE SEABED. (GARDLINE SURVEYS, 17.10.85). AMEND TO WK 60MTRS. BR STD. HH091/320/01 3.8.10 HH091/320/01 3.8.10 LOCATED 12.4.10 IN 5228.708N, 0501.130W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 65.92 IN GEN DEPTH 72.4MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 30MTRS, WIDTH 8MTRS, HT 5MTRS. LIES 020/200 DEGS. INTACT. NFS. (HMS ECHO, HI 1320 AREA C). NCA. HH091/320/01 3.8.10 HH091/320/01 & SEP 2010/000129218 3.8.10 EXAM'D 29.4.10 IN 5228.713N, 0501.055W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 62.39 IN GEN DEPTH 74MTRS. SCOUR 5MTRS DEEP EXTENDS 35MTRS TOWARDS 350 DEGS, 60MTRS TOWARDS 170MTRS. LENGTH 59.64MTRS, WIDTH 14.9MTRS, HT 5.83MTRS. LIES 060/240 DEGS. UPRIGHT BUT BROKEN UP, DEBRIS FIELD EXTENDS 30MTRS SE. (HMS ECHO, HI 1320 AREA C1). AMEND WK 62MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, BROKEN UP, SCOUR RUNS 170/350 DEGS

Position: 52 28.713 N,5 1.055 W

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