This is the information page about the shipwreck Newlands, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 27.781 N,1 24.447 E (51.7619167, 1.5857333)
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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: NEWLANDS
Length 73.2 meter, width: 11 meter, draught: 5.8, tonnage 1556 ton
Cause: Triple expansion engine, single shaft. passage liverpool for london. cargo oil cake. sunk by midget submarine. three men lost.
Year of registration: 1945
Water depth above wreck: 17 meter, Height above seabed: 135 cm
Known since: 1945, last detected: 2019
Details measurements/cartography: H01841/45 22.3.45 WK WAS MARKED BY A BUOY 070DEGS 3.24MILES FROM MARGATE SAND BEACON. (ST TUDNO, 21.3.45). H01841/45 30.4.45 INS WK 2FMS 2FT WITH A G CAN BUOY GP FL 2G 10SEC NE.
- NM 1226/45. H01841/45 24.10.47 AMEND TO SW 7FMS 3FT. (CSTH HARWICH).
- NM 2836/47. H01841/45 4.6.59 DRIFT SWEEP 5.9.47 AFTER DISPERSAL. CLEAR AT 45FT. LEAST DEPTH BY E/S 48.5FT. SURROUNDING SEABED 54FT. GOOD A/S CONTACT. (ML 585, 8.9.47). H926/62 15.3.62 SEARCHED FOR BUT NOT FOUND. (ISS 1961). H351/67 25.1.67 LEAST E/S 48FT. GENERAL 53FT. SCOUR 58FT. (ISS, 26.10.66). 27.1.69 AMEND TO SW 7FMS 2FT [LAT]. NE 1607. H4118/71 25.8.71 EXAM'D IN 512745N,012431E [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR 48FT, FOUL 49FT. LEAST DEPTH BY E/S 50FT. SEABED 50-55FT. SCOUR TO 60FT. DISPERSED 1947, DIFFICULT TO FIND. (PLA MAPLIN NO 5/71, 28.5.71). BR STD. H4118/71 5.5.77 EXAM'D IN 512745N, 012432E [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR 14.9, FOUL 15MTRS. GEN DEPTH 18MTRS, SCOUR 19MTRS. E/S DEPTH 15.4MTRS. (PLA WK REPORT 68/76, 1.10.76). BR STD. 5.3.07 EXAM'D 22.4.03 IN 5127.781N, 0124.447E [WGD]. SWEPT CLEAR 15.3, FOUL 15.4MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 15.3 IN GEN DEPTH 17MTRS. SCOUR 2MTRS DEEP EXTENDS 200MTRS E WITH WIDTH 70MTRS. AMEND SW 15.3MTRS. (PLA WK REPORT DTD 22.4.03). AMEND SW 15.3MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. SEP 2020/000139729 18.6.20 LOCATED IN 2019 IN 5127.786N, 0124.443E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 15.266MTRS. REPORTED 15.25MTRS. (PLA COMBINED SURFACE 31.12.19 AND ROB HOWARD PLA E-MAIL 8.6.20). AMEND SW 15.2MTRS, RETAIN POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: AREA OF DISPERSED DEBRIS
Position: 51 27.781 N,1 24.447 E