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 53 35.725 N,4 21.689 W (53.3825, -4.2246833333333)
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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: 1987
Water depth above wreck: 45 meter, Height above seabed: 190 cm
Known since: 1987, last detected: 20210810
Details measurements/cartography: H3838/86 18.4.88 WK EXAM'D 28.11.87 IN 533543N, 042136W [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [3 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 39 IN GEN DEPTH 45MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 46MTRS. DCS3 HT 5.75MTRS, LENGTH ABOUT 100MTRS. LIES NNE/SSW. MAGNETIC ANOMALY NOTED. (HMS FOX, HI 357).
- NM 1356/88. HH100/351/04 26.7.91 DIVED ON IN CHARTED POSN 24.6.91. LARGE AND BROKEN UP SS - PROBABLY LATE 19TH C. THOUGH VISIBILITY WAS POOR. LIES WITH BOW SSW WITH MANY GIRDERS AND LARGE FRAMES STANDING PROUD. RECOVERED PORTHOLE ENGRAVED 'A HELDERS & ZN, ROTTERDAM'. (K HURLEY, 11.7.91). HH100/351/10 17.10.95 WK IS AN OLD STEAM SHIP, PROBABLY WW1. FWD HALF OF THE SHIP HAS BROKEN AWAY FROM THE STERN AND IS LYING UPSIDE DOWN. STERN IS DAMAGED, BUT UPRIGHT. THE PROPELLOR HAS SHEARED FROM ITS SHAFT AND IS LYING NEARBY. NO EVIDENCE OF ANY CARGO. (J SHAW, LTR DTD 9.10.95). SEP2022/000028019 12.04.22 EXAM'D 10.08.2021; IN 5335.725N, 0421.689W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 40.49MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 45MTRS. LENGTH 55.6MTRS, WIDTH 11.3MTRS, HEIGHT 4.7MTRS, ORIENTATION 190/010 DEGS. BROKEN WRECK, DEGRADED AND PARTIALLY BURIED. (CLINTON MARINE SURVEY AB, HI1507 - H525-7447). AMEND NDW 40MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: Broken wreck, degraded and partially buried.
Position: 53 35.725 N,4 21.689 W