This is the information page about the shipwreck Name nicht bekannt, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 39.302 N,0 59.121 W (50.802333333333, -1.0303)
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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: Name nicht bekannt
Year of registration: 1964
Water depth above wreck: 15 meter, Height above seabed: 0 cm
Known since: 1964, last detected: 2008
Details measurements/cartography: H3384/64 20.10.64 H3384/64 20.10.64 WK, APPROX 80FT LONG, 25FT WIDE, 8FT HIGH, LOCATED BY A/S 240DEGS, 1.5M FROM NAB TR USING HSA. REMAINS OF DOUBLE BOTTOM FROM STEEL-HULLED VESSEL. SONAR SHOWED CONSIDERABLE WRECKAGE EXTENDING APPROX 40YDS FROM MAIN CONTACT. (HMS KIRKLISTON, 24.9.64, HN 1/64). CHART AS WK 7FMS 1FT.
- NM 1990/64. H5808/55 28.3.66 H5808/55 28.3.66 NOW CHARTED AS WK 6FMS 5FT [LAT]. NC 2050. H1307/60 23.4.70 H1307/60 & H3378/66 23.4.70 EXAM'D 24/25.6.69 IN 503916N, 005905W USING HSA. DRIFT SWEPT CLEAR AT 12.9MTRS [7FMS], FOUL AT 13.1MTRS [7FMS 1FT]. LEAST DEPTH BY E/S 12.5MTRS [6FMS 5FT] IN GEN DEPTH 15.3MTRS [8FMS 2FT]. NO TRACE OF THE SCATTERED WRECKAGE REPD BY HMS KIRKLISTON. (SCES, HI 235(S)/69).
- NM 847/70. 15.6.71 15.6.71 AMENDED TO SW 12.5MTRS. NC 2050. H2135/73 14.3.74 H2135/73 14.3.74 EXISTENCE & POSN CONFIRMED ON INTERLINE. LEAST DEPTH BY E/S 13.8MTRS. NOT EXAM'D FURTHER. (SCES, R-OF-S, 4.1.74). NCA. H4824/75 14.2.78 H4824/75 14.2.78 EXAM'D 28.7.77 IN 503916N, 005903W [OGB] USING SEAFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 13.7 IN GEN DEPTH 15.4MTRS. SCOUR 15.9MTRS. WK APPROX 20MTRS LONG, LYING 113/293DEGS. NO TRACE OF SCATTERED WKGE REPD 1964 BY HMS KIRKLISTON. (SCES, HI 71/77). AMEND TO WK 13.7MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. H1720/65 30.8.78 H1720/65 30.8.78 PROBABLY PART OF SMALL VESSEL. HIGHEST PART STANDS 6.5FT HIGH. NO CLUE AS TO TYPE OF PROPULSION. PLATEWORK RATHER LIGHT BUT IN REASONABLE CONDITION. INDICATIONS OF A VESSEL OF LENGTH 100-120FT. SOME TANK-LIKE WKGE IS HIGHEST PART. MAY HAVE BEEN SMALL TANKER OR BARGE. (M WALSH, 20.8.78). NCA. H2920/83 18.11.87 H2920/83 18.11.87 EXAM'D 21.11.86 IN 503916N, 005902W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [4 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 13.6 IN GEN DEPTH 15.5MTRS. SCOUR 0.5MTR DEEP. DCS3 HT 2.6MTRS. LYING IN ONE PIECE, N/S. (HMSML GLEANER, HI 199). AMEND TO WK 13.6MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.POSITIONS BELOW THIS POINT ARE IN DEGREES, MINUTES AND DECIMALS OF A MINUTE HH091/005/01 27.11.03 HH091/005/01 27.11.03 LOCATED IN LISTED POSN BY MAGNETOMETER ONLY. EVIDENCE OF CONSIDERABLE DREDGING IN AREA. WK MAY HAVE BEEN BURIED. (NP 1016, HI 1005). AMEND TO FOUL. BR STD. HH091/279/01 27.4.09 HH091/279/01 27.4.09 LOCATED BY MAGNETOMETER ONLY WITH SMALL ANOMALY. DREDGING ACTIVITY IN AREA. (FURUGO OSEA, HI 1279). NCA. 19.1.12 19.1.12 [WGD] POSN: 5039.302N, 0059.121W.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: UK NM 3327/18
Position: 50 39.302 N,0 59.121 W