This is the information page about the shipwreck Neppo (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 23.593 N,1 56.777 E (51.0898333, 1.7715833)

 

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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.

 

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Name: NEPPO (POSSIBLY)

Length 35.4 meter, width: 6.1 meter, tonnage 240 ton
Load: general and mixed goods

Cause: Built in 1921 by van der kuy & vander reece, rotterdam. owned at time of loss by van oppen & co ltd. oil engine of 51hp, single shaft. passage antwerp for london. struck submerged object and later sank. (bot).

Year of registration: 1924

Water depth above wreck: 37 meter, Height above seabed: 28 cm

Known since: 1924, last detected: 2016

Details measurements/cartography: H7160/24 6.12.24 SANK ABOUT 15MILES E OF NORTH FORELAND. (BOT). SANK 15 TO 20 MILES E OF NORTH FORELAND. (CAPT SAVAGE, MASTER, 6.12.24). ACCEPT 512500N, 015000E, APPROX. H4403/65 29.3.66 NOT FOUND IN 512500N, 015000E, APPROX. (MYRMIDON, 1965). H4988/71 4.1.72 ONLY ONE WK FOUND NEAR THIS POSN. BELIEVED TO BE VELOCITAS IN 512457N, 014956E. (HMS FAWN). H2350/85 8.12.86 WK LOCATED 6.7.86 IN 512334N, 015653E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [3 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 29.8 IN GEN DEPTH 36-37MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 7.7MTRS, LENGTH 30MTRS APPROX. APPARENTLY INTACT, LYING 020/200 DEG. (NP 1008, HI 317A). INS AS WK 29MTRS.

- NM 3744/86. H3850/86 21.11.88 EXAM'D 15.9.88 USING HYDROSEARCH. LIES INTACT AT RIGHT ANGLES TO SANDWAVES. ORIENTATED 030/210 DEG. LENGTH 88MTRS, WIDTH 17MTRS. HIGHEST PORTION AT N END STANDS 8.9MTRS HIGH. NO MASTS OR OTHER PROJECTIONS OBSERVED. CHART AS WK 28.1MTRS. (HMS ROEBUCK, HI 369). AMEND TO WK 28MTRS.

- NM 3650/88. HH090/922/01 11.9.01 EXAM'D 11.6.01 IN 5123.591N, 0156.778E [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 29.3, FOUL 29.6MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 27.3 IN GEN DEPTH 35MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 37MTRS, WIDTH 10MTRS. DCS3 HT 5.6MTRS. LIES 030/210 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. INTACT. (NP 1008, HI 922). SHOALER E/S DEPTH APPEARS DUE TO FISH. AMEND TO SW 29MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. HH091/159/01 31.7.07 LOCATED 22.2.07 IN 5123.591N, 0156.775E [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 29.37 IN GEN DEPTH 36.0MTRS. LENGTH 62MTRS, WIDTH 11MTRS, HT 6.6MTRS. LIES 031/211 DEGS WITH BOWS 051 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (OSAE, HI 1159). RETAIN SW 29MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. SEP 2016/000181431 01.12.16 EXAM'D 04.08.16; IN 5123.593N, 0156.777E [WGD]. LEAST WC DEPTH 29.38MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 37MTRS, LENGTH 64.5MTRS, WIDTH 10MTRS, HEIGHT 7.1MTRS, ORIENTATION 208/028 DEGS. WRECK APPEARS TO BE LARGELY DEGRADED, VESSEL IS SAT UPRIGHT, MINIMAL DEBRIS. (EGS PIONEER, HI 1523). RETAIN NDW 29MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 51 23.593 N,1 56.777 E

 

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