This is the information page about the shipwreck Miown, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 48.357 N,0 15.453 W (50.80595, -0.25755)

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: MIOWN

Length 41.1 meter, width: 7 meter, draught: 3.7, tonnage 379 ton
Load: cement

Cause: Foundered on reef approx 1.5 miles from entrance to shoreham in se gale.

Year of registration: 1914

Water depth above wreck: 6 meter, Height above seabed: 135 cm

Known since: 1914, last detected: 20151126

Details measurements/cartography: H880/14 19.2.14 WK, 3 MASTS VISIBLE, IN 504815N, 001530W MARKED BY G WK BUOY & WK MARKING VESSEL. (TH NM 10/14).

- NM 303(T)/14 ISSUED. H1242/14 9.3.14 WK MARKING VESSEL WITHDRAWN. LEAST DEPTH OVER WK 17FT. (TH NM 15/14).

- NM 383(T)/14 ISSUED. H1271/14 11.3.14 FOUL GROUND WITH LEAST DEPTH 20FT OVER WK REMAINS AFTER REMOVAL OF WK. BUOY WITHDRAWN. (TH). CHART AS FOUL 20FT WITH LEGEND 'FOUL GROUND (1914)' IN 504816N, 001530W.

- NM 394/14. H1656/24 5.3.24 AMENDED TO WK 3.25FMS. SQ. DATE. H4291/57 16.8.57 LOCATED IN 504819N, 001523W USING HSA OR 193.5DEGS 15.33C FROM SHOREHAM HIGH LT. DRIFT SWEEP LEAST DEPTH 12FT. (SCES, R-OF-S 24.7.57). AMEND TO WK 2FMS [3.7MTRS] IN REVISED POSN.

- NM 1962/57. H7789/35 2.11.59 LOCATED BY LEAD LINE. LEAST DEPTH OF 20FT OBTAINED OVER WK. (HMS FLINDERS, 15.11.35). NCA. 1.8.69 REPD BLOWN CLEAR OF FREEWAY. NOW A MANGLED MESS. BOILERS OPEN TO SEA. PLENTY OF FISH, LOBSTERS ETC INSIDE. IN APPROX DEPTH 30FT. (ARTICLE BY J WARTON, TRITON MAG. AUG '69). NCA. 23.7.71 NOW CHARTED AS SW 3.7MTRS. (SCES, ROS 24.7.57). NC 1652. H2714/58 16.8.71 AMEND TO SW 3.1MTRS. [LAT]. NC 2044. H1310/80 15.10.80 KNOWN LOCALLY AS CEMENT BOAT. SEEMS TO LIE SW/NE, WITH STERN SW. IRON PROPELLER REMAINS. (J SALSBURY 4.9.80). NCA. HH090/944/01 16.11.01 EXAM'D 4.9.01 IN 5048.352N, 0015.476W [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 3.3, FOUL 3.4MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 5.7 IN GEN DEPTH 5.8MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 28MTRS, WIDTH 5MTRS. NO DCS3 HT. LIES 000/180 DEGS. SLIGHT MAGNETIC ANOMALY. WELL BURIED. (NP 1016, HI 944B). BR STD. SEP 2015/000083467 5.5.16 EXAM'D 26.11.15; IN 5048.357N, 0015.453W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 3.22MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 6.4MTRS. SCOUR LENGTH 33.75MTRS, VESSEL LENGTH 36.8MTRS, WIDTH 15MTRS, HT 3.2MTRS, ORIENTATION 135/315. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. VESSEL MOSTLY INTACT AND STANDING UPRIGHT. (GARDLINE 2015, HI 1478). AMEND DW 3.2MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UK NM 3576/18

Position: 50 48.357 N,0 15.453 W

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