This is the information page about the shipwreck Mile end (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 42.691 N,1 6.848 W (54.93705, -1.1630333333333)
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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: MILE END (POSSIBLY)
Length 50.3 meter, width: 11.6 meter, draught: 7.6, tonnage 859 ton
Load: ballast
Cause: built in 1911 by w dobson & co ltd, newcastle upon tyne. owned at time of loss by the commerial gas co ltd. one boiler, triple expansion engine of 165hp, single shaft. machinery by macoll & pollock ltd, sunderland. passage london for sunderland. in ballast. sank following a collision with british armed trawler faraday.
Year of registration: 1940
Water depth above wreck: 28 meter, Height above seabed: 30 cm
Known since: 1940, last detected: 2013
Details measurements/cartography: H438/40 31.1.40 SANK IN 544154N, 010420W, APPROX. (FOIC TYNE). INS AS DWPA.
- NM 266/40. H438/40 1.12.49 NOTHING FOUND. (HMS SHARPSHOOTER). DELETED.
- NM 2463/49. H6330/87 14.11.88 WK EXAM'D 28.8.88 IN 544241N, 010645W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [7 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR AT 22.8, FOUL AT 23.0MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 22.7 IN GEN DEPTH 27.5MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 4.0MTRS, LENGTH 60MTRS, BEAM 8MTRS. APPEARS TO BE PARTIALLY BROKEN UP. LYING 030/210 DEG. (GARDLINE SURVEYS, HI 414A). INS AS SW 22.5MTRS.
- NM 3636/88. 15.3.19 WRECKAGE SPREAD OVER LARGE AREA. (DAVE PATTERSON, DIVED 2013). RETAIN SW 22.5MTRS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: APPEARS PARTIALLY BROKEN UP
Position: 54 42.691 N,1 6.848 W