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 55 8.74 N,5 18.045 W (55.27305, -5.5877166666667)

 

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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. Agba
2. Ardglass
3. Argyle (possibly)
4. Austria
5. Baron glamis (probably)
6. Bonvilston
7. Boy john r
8. Buffalo (possibly)
9. Byron darnton
10. Carrick
11. Chindwin
12. Craigantlet
13. Davaar
14. Dettifoss
15. Dove of oban
16. Empire adventure
17. Empress of japan (possibly)
18. Ethel crawford
19. Glenhead
20. Haileybury
21. Harvest hope (possibly)
22. Hms adept (possibly)
23. Hms breda
24. Hmsm sealion
25. Karen
26. Lairdscastle (probably)
27. Lakemoor
28. Liverpool
29. Longwy
30. Lupina
31. M.j.craig (probably)
32. Marsuka
33. Middleton (probably)
34. Nyanza (possibly)
35. Perilia
36. Prestige
37. Quesada (possibly)
38. Quesada (possibly)
39. R. mackay (possibly)
40. Rowan
41. Sandhurst
42. Setter (possibly)
43. Solway queen (possibly)
44. St conan
45. Strathmore
46. U 33
47. U 776
48. Ub 82 (possibly)
49. Ub-85 / ub-82?
50. Vera louise
51. William castle
52. Wilmere (probably)

 

Name: Name nicht bekannt

Year of registration: 1972

Water depth above wreck: 61 meter, Height above seabed: 354 cm

Known since: 1972, last detected: 2021

Details measurements/cartography: H3671/72 21.7.72 WK LOCATED IN 550843N, 051759W [OGB] USING HIFIX. LEAST E/S DEPTH 44 IN GEN DEPTH 62MTRS. (HMS FOX, HN 12/72). H3671/72 12.9.72 LOCATED IN 550843N, 051759W [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP] AND DECCA. LEAST E/S DEPTH 44.2 IN GEN DEPTH 62MTRS. SCOUR 1MTR. SEABED MUD. INTRIGUING WK, TALL SLIM OBJECT ON ITS END IN MUD LEANING OVER TO ONE SIDE. ?SUBMARINE WITH BOWS IN MUD OR ?CRANE. LENGTH 40FT BY 25FT. STANDS 58.5FT PROUD OF SEABED. DCS3 HT 61FT. (HMS FOX, HI 51/72). INS AS WK 26FMS. BR STD. H2265/73 13.6.73 AMEND TO WK 44MTRS. NC 2199. H3671/72 7.12.76 INS WK 26FMS BY NM.

- NM 73/77. H5982/82 4.11.82 WK SHOWN IN 550849N, 051805W ON KINGFISHER TRAWLING PLOTS A-PLOT 4 [1982]. REFERRED TO AS A TANKER. HH100/351/21 24.5.04 DIVED IN 5508.737N, 0518.032W [WGD]. LOOKS LIKE A WORKBOAT THAT HAS BEEN BLOWN APART MIDSHIPS WITH BOW OR STERN STICKING UP AT ABOUT 50 DEGS. THERE ARE SOME NETS, BUT THESE ARE TIGHT TO THE WRECK. A DERRICK OR SMALL CRANE STICKS UP. LENGTH IN EXCESS OF 25MTRS. (D BELLMONT, EMAIL DTD 17.5.04). NCA. SEP 2021/000322449 22.12.21 EXAM’D 13.5.21 IN 5508.740N, 0518.045W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 45.77MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 61MTRS. LENGTH 37.08MTRS, WIDTH 8.09MTRS, HT 15.96MTRS. ORIENTATION 354/174 DEGS. SCOUR DIMENSIONS LENGTH 43.3MTRS, WIDTH 14.7MTRS, 2.1MTRS DEEP, TOWARD 143 DEGS. (A-2-SEA SOLUTIONS LTD, HI 1718). SEMI INTACT, WITH BOW OR STERN STICKING UP AT A CONSIDERABLE ANGLE. AMEND NDW 45MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: BROKEN MIDSHIPS, DERRICK/CRANE FORMS HIGH POINT

Position: 55 8.74 N,5 18.045 W

 

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