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 49 51.015 N,4 20.337 W (50.1442, -4.17415)

 

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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. Afric
2. August conseil (possibly)
3. Bell virtue
4. Birgitte
5. Bosphorous (possibly)
6. Chelydra (possibly)
7. City of antwerp
8. Dartmeet
9. Dirigo (possibly)
10. Duguesclin
11. Eastern prince
12. Exploiter
13. Flying enterprise
14. Flying foam (possibly)
15. Foylemore (possibly)
16. Hms ullswater
17. La belle poule
18. Lab
19. Lauwerzee
20. Lochwood
21. Merc enterprise (probably)
22. Rio sorocaba
23. Spyros
24. St andre (possibly)
25. Sunik (probably)
26. U 123 (possibly)
27. Western coast (possibly)
28. Wilhelmina maria
29. Woodburn
30. Yewforest

 

Name: Name nicht bekannt

Year of registration: 1972

Water depth above wreck: 75 meter, Height above seabed: 34 cm

Known since: 1972, last detected: 2004

Details measurements/cartography: H3110/72 10.1.73 H3110/72 10.1.73 WK LOCATED IN 495058.6N, 042017.1W [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. DETECTED BY MAGNETOMETER. GOOD ALL ROUND SONAR CONTACT. LIES 030/210DEGS IN FLAT BOTTOM AREA. GOOD FIRM E/S TRACE. LEAST E/S DEPTH 69MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 75-76MTRS. SEABED FINE SAND, BROKEN SHELLS & SMALL GRAVEL. NO SCOUR. (HMS HECATE, 1972). CHART AS WK 69.0MTRS IN 495059N, 042017W [OGB] IN 495059N, 042017W. BR STD. H1280/76/31 31.3.76 H1280/76/31 31.3.76 FF IN 495109N, 042016W [OGB] USING DECCA. (LTR DATED 29.1.76 REFERS). NCA. HH100/351/16 25.1.01 HH100/351/16 25.1.01 DIVED IN LISTED POSN. INTACT AND UPRIGHT WITH FWD PART TWISTED 10 DEGS TO STBD AND STERN PART TO PORT. WELL COLLAPSED AND SINGLE DOUBLE ENDED SCOTCH BOILER AND SINGLE TWO CYLINDER ENGINE EXPOSED. TWO HOLDS FWD AND AFT ARE FULL OF COAL AND A LARGE AMOUNT LIES AROUND THE BOILER. ESTIMATED TO BE 50MTRS LONG AND ABOUT 700 GROSS TONS. POSSIBLY WW1. (L BISHOP). NCA. HH091/059/01 28.4.05 HH091/059/01 28.4.05 EXAM'D 5.7.04 IN 4951.015N, 0420.337W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 70.4 IN GEN DEPTH 75.5MTRS. SCOUR <0.5MTRS EXTENDS 10MTRS TOWARDS 214 DEGS. LENGTH 54MTRS, WIDTH 12MTRS, HT 5.1MTRS. LIES 034/214 DEGS WITH BOWS TOWARDS 214 DEGS. INTACT, UPRIGHT. (GARDLINE, HI 1059). AMEND WK 70MTRS. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, INTACT

Position: 49 51.015 N,4 20.337 W

 

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