This is the information page about the shipwreck Michail ontchoukoff (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 52.497 N,1 36.894 E (51.7619167, 1.5857333)
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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: MICHAIL ONTCHOUKOFF (POSSIBLY)
Length 89.9 meter, width: 12.8 meter, draught: 6.1, tonnage 2118 ton
Load: foodstuffs: solid
Cause: Built in 1905 by the clyde sb & eng co ltd. owned at time of loss by dansk-russiske dampskibsselskab. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 225nhp, single shaft. passage rosario for aarus. cargo maize. struck a mine laid by uc-11 and sank.
Year of registration: 1970
Water depth above wreck: 23 meter, Height above seabed: 32 cm
Known since: 1970, last detected: 20160222
Details measurements/cartography: H2134/70 25.2.70 LOCATED IN 515232N, 013658E [EUR] USING HIFIX/3 [2 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR AT 15.8, FOULED AT 16.2MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 16.3 IN GEN DEPTH 22.6MTRS. SCOUR 23.1MTRS. SEVERAL SANDWAVES NEARBY. (HMS EGERIA, HI 1/69). INS AS SW 8FMS 5FT (8FM 4FT LAT).
- NM 454/70. 23.5.73 AMEND TO SW 15.8MTRS. NC 2051. H4358/74 20.11.74 EXAM'D AND FOUND TO BE IN TWO PARTS. SEE PART (A) IN POSN 515230N, 013655.5E [OGB]. PART (B) IN 515232N, 013657E [OGB]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 18.2 IN GEN DEPTH 23.0MTRS. NO SCOUR. THE 2 PARTS ARE 120MTRS APART PART (B) BRG 150DEG FROM PART(A). (HMS EGERIA, HI 19/74). H4358/74 26.11.74 CORR AS SW 15.8MTRS (SW 8FMS 4FT) IN 515232N, 013658E [OGB]. H4139/76 12.1.77 EXAM'D 14.9.76 IN 515230N, 013655.8E [EUR] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. PART (A) SWEPT CLEAR 16.1, FOUL 16.5MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 22.5MTRS. PART (B) CLEAR AT 17.1, FOUL 17.4MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 17.8MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 22.5MTRS. SCOUR 23.2MTRS. PART(A) APPROX 30MTRS LONG. LYING NE/SW. PART (B) APPROX 40MTRS. LYING NE/SW. (HMS BEAGLE, HI 31/76). AMEND TO SW 16.1MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. H4726/77 16.3.79 LOCATED IN 515228N, 013701E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6. LEAST E/S DEPTH 18.8MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 22.5MTRS. (HMS ENTERPRISE, ROS DTD 4.12.78). NCA. HH090/667/01 18.12.95 EXAM'D 30.7.95 IN 515229.80N, 013653.61E [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 18.1, FOUL 18.5MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 19.4 IN GEN DEPTH 22.5MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 0.8MTRS. DCS3 HT 3.8MTRS. LENGTH 42MTRS, WIDTH 10MTRS. LIES 048/228 DEGS. PRONOUNCED MAGNETIC SIGNATURE. WELL BROKEN UP AND SURROUNDED BY DEBRIS. (OCEONICS, HI 667). BR STD. HH091/023/01 2.6.03 LOCATED, NOT EXAMINED. IN TWO MAIN PARTS. (NP 1016, HI 1023). NCA. SEP 2015/000083463 15.7.16 EXAM'DN 22.2.16 IN 5152.497N, 0139.762E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 18.9MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 23MTRS, LENGTH 42MTRS, WIDTH 20MTRS, HEIGHT 4MTRS, ORIENTATION 032/212. SCOUR LENGTH 170MTRS, DEPTH 1MTR, TOWARDS 210DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. WK BROKEN IN TWO IN CLOSE PROXIMITY AND FORM BULK OF THE WRECK SITE.(MMT HI 1474). AMEND TO DW 18.9MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: Wk broken into two
Position: 51 52.497 N,1 36.894 E