This is the information page about the shipwreck Modig, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 44.482 N,0 16.57 E (53.56915, 0.0936)

 

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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. Acklamd (possibly)
2. Airdrie (possibly)
3. Amenity
4. Avalon
5. B o borjesson
6. Beaconsfield
7. Bellerophon
8. Benmacdhui
9. Breitenburg
10. Brema
11. British councillor
12. British prince
13. Briton (possibly)
14. Cadmus
15. Canada
16. Carson
17. Chant 63
18. Chloris (possibly)
19. City of birmingham
20. Coastal fort no 1 (part of)(possibly)
21. Coastal fort no-1
22. Cook s26
23. Corhampton
24. Corinth (possibly)
25. Cramlington (possibly)
26. Cyclope
27. Dana (possibly)
28. Daphne ii
29. Dayrian
30. Deerpool (after section)
31. Diana
32. Diana
33. Dido
34. Dryade
35. Dryburgh (part of)(possibly)
36. Dunsany
37. Empress (probably)
38. Ethel (possibly)
39. Exmoor
40. Faunus
41. Feltre
42. Femke
43. Fermo
44. Forest queen
45. Fowberry tower (part)
46. Francis
47. Fryken
48. Georgie
49. Georgios
50. Gerhardt (possibly)
51. Girl kitty (possibly)
52. Giuseppe
53. Gluckauf (possibly)
54. Gothic
55. Grangemouth
56. Harlech
57. Harnis (probably)
58. Helmsman (probably)
59. Hms benvolio
60. Hms botanic
61. Hms calverton
62. Hms corfield
63. Hms egret
64. Hms fairy
65. Hms falcon (stern section)
66. Hms falmouth
67. Hms kos xvi (probably)
68. Hms mistletoe
69. Hms othello
70. Hms princess victoria
71. Hms remillo
72. Hms silicia
73. Hms strathborve (part)
74. Hms susarion
75. Hms warland (possibly)
76. Hms yorkshire belle
77. Homer
78. Horsted
79. Hugh taylor
80. Hvitveis
81. Ida
82. Ightham (possibly)
83. Ionic (probably)
84. J b paddon
85. Jane (possibly)
86. Janet helen (possibly)
87. John and thomas
88. John mowlem
89. John rettig (probably)
90. Kalo (probably)
91. Katina bulgari
92. Kernoozer
93. Kimberley (possibly)
94. Kingston cameo
95. Knuthenborg
96. Kyma
97. Ladas (possibly)
98. Lady anstruther (probably)
99. Lancaster (possibly)
100. Laurel (possibly)
101. Leonora
102. Lifeguard (possibly)
103. Lord haig (possibly)
104. Lord haig (possibly)
105. Lottie (possibly)
106. Lucerne
107. Lyra (bow section)
108. Magdalyn ann
109. Maggie
110. Marian francis
111. Marie l
112. Markersdall (probably)
113. Meeuw
114. Merchiston
115. Modig
116. Modiva (possibly)
117. Monimia (possibly)
118. Nar
119. Nimrod
120. Norfolk coast
121. Odessa
122. Onward (possibly)
123. Ophir ii (possibly)
124. Orsa
125. Otis tetrax
126. Paraciers
127. Peebles (possibly)
128. Peggotty
129. Portia
130. Ravonia (part)
131. Ravonia (part) (possibly)
132. Rayford
133. Realf
134. Reculver
135. Retriever
136. Revello
137. Revi
138. Rhuys
139. Rievaulx abbey
140. Rivaulx
141. River don (part of)(probably)
142. River witham
143. Sagacity
144. Salacon
145. Salmondby
146. Saltoun
147. Sarah visholm 2 (probably)
148. Sergei
149. Sna iii
150. Sota eduardo
151. Stanburn
152. Stylianos chandris
153. Tees
154. Thessaly
155. Thomas deas
156. Togston (possibly)
157. Triton
158. Uc 39
159. Uc 47
160. Uc 75
161. Umbe
162. Upminster (possibly)
163. Uralar segundo (cargo debris)
164. Varangmalm (possibly)
165. Vechstroom
166. Venture (possibly)
167. Ville de valenciennes
168. Violet (probably)
169. Wayside flower (possibly)
170. Whitemantle (possibly)
171. William hanson
172. Windsor (part of)
173. Winga
174. Xavier
175. Zeemermin

 

Name: MODIG

Length 80.8 meter, width: 12.2 meter, draught: 5.8, tonnage 1704 ton
Load: coal

Cause: Built in 1913 by nylands vaerksted, christaina. owned at time of loss by an. christensens rederi. one boiler, triple expansion engine of 152hp, single shaft. passage the tyne for rouen. cargo coal. mined.

Year of registration: 1916

Water depth above wreck: 19 meter, Height above seabed: 172 cm

Known since: 1916, last detected: 20160409

Details measurements/cartography: H7928 22.12.16 SUNK 26 MILES S 15DEG E (MAG) FROM FLAMBOROUGH HEAD. H7943 IN POSN 534430N, 001700E. 2 MASTS VISIBLE ABOVE WATER. BUOY W OF WK. - FNM 15/17. H3211/17 12.12.17 TO BE DISPERSED. (VAEC). H3849/18 29.8.18 NOTHING FOUND. (VAEC). H124/19 3.1.19 OBSTRUCTION FOUND. SWEEP FOULED. (VAEC). H870/22 14.2.22 WK DISPERSED IN 534430N, 001642E. CLEAR DEPTH OF 50FT OVER REMAINS AT LWST. (TH 4415/21). AMEND OBSOLETE WK SYMBOL TO WK 50FT.

- NM 4415/21. H01624/44 14.6.44 POSN 534430N, 001644E. KNOWN TO HAVE AT LEAST 50FT OVER IT. (CAPT M/S HUMBER, 22.5.44). AMEND TO NDW IN REVISED POSN.

- NM 1213/44. 10.2.67 AMEND TO DW. NE 109. 20.3.72 AMEND TO WK 14.5MTRS [LAT]. NC 121. H3805/72 28.2.78 LOCATED 7.9.77 IN 534430N, 001642.7E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 16.3MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 20MTRS. NO SCOUR. SONAR HT 3.5MTRS. EITHER 2 WKS CLOSE TOGETHER OR ONE BROKEN IN TWO. LYING N/S, WELL BROKEN UP & PROBABLY PARTIALLY BURIED. (SOISS, HI 54/77). BR STD. SEP 2016/000053291 5.10.16 EXAM'D 9.4.16; IN 5344.482N, 0016.570E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 16.1MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 19MTRS, LENGTH 111.5MTRS, WIDTH 50.8MTRS, HEIGHT 3.5MTRS, ORIENTATION 172/352 DEGS. LARGE WRECK BROKEN IN TWO, MOSTLY DISINTEGRATED OR BURRIED. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (MMT, HI1473). AMEND DW 16.1MTRS IN REVISED POSITION.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: IN TWO PARTS CLOSE TOGETHER, WELL BROKEN UP

Position: 53 44.482 N,0 16.57 E

 

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