This is the information page about the shipwreck Mudo, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 26.588 N,1 51.713 E (52.4370167, 1.7918333)
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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: MUDO
Length 31.4 meter, width: 6.1 meter, tonnage 218 ton
Cause: Sunk in collision.
Year of registration: 1949
Water depth above wreck: 27 meter, Height above seabed: 162 cm
Known since: 1949, last detected: 20161214
Details measurements/cartography: H2721/49 20.5.49 LOCATED IN 522638N, 015145E. OROPESA SWEEP FOUL AT 33FT BELOW MLWS. (HMS SHARPSHOOTER, 6.5.49). BR STD. H2721/49 20.5.49 NOW CHARTED AS DW WITH A G CON BUOY GPFL(3)G.10S. (TH NM 63/49).
- NM 1043/49. H2721/49 23.12.49 DISPERSED. OROPESA SWEEP CLEAR AT 46FT. (HMS SHARPSHOOTER, 23.11.49). AMEND TO WK 7FMS 4FT.
- NM 2642/49 H2721/49 27.8.51 LUCAS WIRE DRIFT SWEEP 29.6.51 BY SMLS 325 AND 323. CLEAR AT 65FT, FOUL AT 67FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 73FT IN GEN DEPTH 77-90FT. HEIGHT ABOVE SEABED 12-25FT. APPEARS TO BE LYING IN A SCOUR BETWEEN TWO BANKS 77FT AND 90FT FIXED BY HSA. (HMS SHARPSHOOTER, 20.8.51). AMEND TO WK 10FMS 5FT.
- NM 233/50. H4167/59 31.5.60 NOW CHARTED AS SW 10FMS 5FT. NC 1543. H6285/69 27.1.70 FOUND IN 522634N, 015151E USING DECCA BY KELVIN HUGHES DURING PIPE TOWING SURVEY USING MAGNETOMETER, E/S AND SIDE SCAN SONAR. (SURVEY [K5733/2]). NCA. 31.7.74 NOW CHARTED AS SW 19.5 MTRS [LAT]. NC 1543. H1942/80 1.9.82 EXAM'D 25.2.82 IN 522633N, 015150E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [3 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 23.2 IN GEN DEPTH 26MTRS. NO SCOUR. HYDROSEARCH VERTICAL HT 5.2MTRS, LENGTH 31.47MTRS, BEAM 6MTRS. LYING 015/195DEGS, ON EDGE OF SANDWAVE AND BETWEEN TWO OTHER SANDWAVES, BOTH SHOALER THAN THE WK, AND WITH BOWS NNE. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 11). RETAIN SWEPT DEPTH IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. SEP 2016/000091758 24.7.17 EXAM'D 14.12.16 IN 5226.588N, 0151.713E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 23.76MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 27MTRS, LENGTH 31.3MTRS, WIDTH 22.1MTRS, HEIGHT 3.4MTRS, ORIENTATION 162/342 DEGS. WRECK IS BURIED ON THE EDGE OF A SANDWAVE. (GARDLINE, HI 1494). AMEND DW 23.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 52 26.588 N,1 51.713 E