This is the information page about the shipwreck Newent, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 40.982 N,0 15.577 E (50.57725, -0.0826)
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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: NEWENT
Year of registration: 08
Water depth above wreck: 32 meter, Height above seabed: 5 cm
Known since: 2008, last detected: 20150718
Details measurements/cartography: 9.6.08 WK DIVED IN 5040.970N, 0015.580E [WGD]. LEAST DEPTH BY DEPTH GAUGE 27MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 35MTRS. LIES E/W. ONE BOILER, COMPOUND EXPANSION ENGINE. APPROX 1000 TONS. UPRIGHT AND INTACT. (D RONNAN, EMAIL DTD 9.6.08). INS AS WK 26MTRS. BR STD. 25.3.13 WK AT THIS POSN CONFIRMED AS NEWENT. HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED BY ENGINE MAKER'S PLATE. (DIVER MAGAZINE, APRIL 2013). SEP 2015/000083466 3.2.16 EXAM'D 18.07.15 IN 5040.982N, 0015.577E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 26.97MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 31.97MTRS. LENGTH 70MTRS, HT 5MTRS, WIDTH 15MTRS, SCOUR LENGTH 95MTRS TOWARDS 045, SCOUR DEPTH 2MTRS. LARGELY INTACT AND UPRIGHT WRECK, STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (GARDLINE GEOSURVEY, HI 1477). AMEND DW 26.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, INTACT, NO SUPERSTRUTURE
Position: 50 40.982 N,0 15.577 E