This is the information page about the shipwreck Nidelven, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 55 28.647 N,1 29.952 W (55.258666666667, -1.45795)

 

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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. Acclivity
2. Aepos
3. Albano
4. Alert (possibly)
5. Annie walker (probably)
6. Arbutus
7. Athelduke
8. Auckland castle
9. Aulton (possibly)
10. Baltanglia
11. Bangarth
12. Buka
13. Bullger
14. Chris christenson
15. Coquet mouth
16. Cor jesu (possibly)
17. Coryton
18. Don (possibly)
19. Dora
20. Driebergen
21. Dutchman
22. Eglinton
23. Elziena
24. Elziena (possibly)
25. Emily reaich
26. Emma
27. Espire
28. Everene (possibly)
29. Fingal
30. Florence dombey (possibly)
31. George and mary (possibly)
32. Gudbrand (possibly)
33. Hazard (probably)
34. Heros (possibly)
35. Hesvik (possibly)
36. Hms ascot
37. Hms fortuna
38. Hms herring
39. Hms kopanes
40. Hms patia
41. Hmsm unity (probably)
42. Hooghammen
43. Hornchurch (probably)
44. Igor
45. Invergyle
46. Isbul & margarit
47. Jan van ryswyck
48. Lafonia
49. Lunesdale (possibly)
50. Maystone (possibly)
51. Merwede
52. Morlaix (probably)
53. Nidelven
54. Ocean venture
55. Olimpia/?olympia (possibly)
56. Peik (probably)
57. Pluto
58. Princess maud (possibly)
59. Provider a
60. Queen wilhelmina
61. Ragnhild (possibly)
62. Regian
63. Rising sun
64. Skovdal (probably)
65. Snowdonia
66. Somali
67. Spey (possibly)
68. Sphynx
69. St andre
70. St fergus
71. Svava
72. Tadorne
73. The tetrarch (probably)
74. Thistle
75. Thomas jackson (possibly)
76. Tioga
77. U 1274
78. Ub 115 (possibly)
79. Upcerne

 

Name: NIDELVEN

Length 70.4 meter, width: 10.1 meter, draught: 4.1, tonnage 1262 ton
Load: coal

Cause: built in 1908 by trondheims mek vaerks, trondheim. owned at time of loss by nordenfjeldske dampskibsselskab. one boiler, triple expansion engine of 132nhp, single shaft. passage the tyne for svalvaer. detonated a mine laid by uc-29. two men lost. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 39 meter, Height above seabed: 120 cm

Known since: 1918, last detected: 2008

Details measurements/cartography: SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 10M NE OF COQUET IS. (LL WW1). POSN 552920N, 013007W APPROX. INS AS WK PA [OLD SYMBOL]. NE 2182B. H4214/26 1.7.26 CHARTED AS NDW PA (1918) IN 552920N, 013007W. 7.6.72 AMEND TO NDW PA. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED) NE 1192. 4.6.76 TONNAGE & GEN DEPTH KNOWN. AMEND TO WK USC PA 20MTRS. NC 156. HH242/630/05 26.5.99 LOCATED IN 5528.650N, 0129.933W [WGD] USING DGPS. GEN DEPTH 38MTRS. LENGTH 40MTRS, WIDTH 12MTRS. DCS3 HT 6.5MTRS. LIES 120/300DEGS. INTACT. (MV ANTARES, HN DTD 18.5.99 FOR HI 843). AMEND TO WK 30MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. HH100/351/15 17.9.99 LIES ON A SANDY SEABED. MADE OF RIVETTED IRON AND WELL BROKEN UP. IRON PROPELLER IN PLACE. ALL OF THE SUPERSTRUCTURE HAS FALLEN AWAY AND LIES IN A FLATTENED TANGLE OF RUBBLE OF EITHER SIDE. ENGINE AND BOILER ARE RECOGNISABLE WITH THE DONKEY ENGINE AND BOILER TO THE FORE. TOWARDS THE BOWS LOOSE FITTINGS, RIBS AND GIRDERS LIE IN A JUMBLED MASS. NO NETS ON THE WRECK. BOW HAS DETERIORATED BUT STILL STANDS SOME 3MTRS OFF THESEA BED. NO BRIDGE ARTEFACTS HAVE BEEN FOUND. A BELL ENGRAVED 'SS GAELIC' HAS BEEN RECOVERED GIVING CAUSE TO SOME DOUBT OVER THE IDENTITY. (R YOUNG, LTR DTD 14.9.99). NCA. HH090/843/01 24.12.99 EXAM'D 5.7.99 IN 5528.647N, 0129.952W [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 31.7, FOUL 32.3MTRS BUT W EXTENT OF WK NOT COVERED DUE TO DIVING/FISHING BUOY. LEAST E/S DEPTH 32.8 IN GEN DEPTH 39MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 80MTRS, WIDTH 16MTRS. DCS3 HT 6.6MTRS. LIES 120/300 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. SEABED SAND. INTACT AND UPRIGHT. (GARDLINE, HI 843). AMEND TO WK 32MTRS. BR STD. HH100/351/15 9.3.00 RECOVERED BELL IS MARKED: 'GAELIC 1893'. TWO VESSELS WITH THAT NAME ARE RECORDED. ONE WAS SUNK IN THE S CHINA SEA AND THE OTHER WAS SCRAPPED IN LIVERPOOL. THIS WK HAS ONE BOILER AND A SMALL DONKEY BOILER WHICH HAS A PLATE MARKED: 'CLARKE, CHAPMAN & CO, GATESHEAD' AND '18[ 5.62K ]92'. HALL, RUSSEL WOULD NOT HAVE USED ANOTHER MAKER'S BOILER. (R YOUNG). HH100/351/20 17.9.03 DIVED IN LISTED POSN. A SUBSTANTIAL WK, KNOWN TO LOCAL DIVERS AS THE NIDELVIN. (D PATTERSON). IDENTITY AMENDED. NCA. 6.10.08 POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED AS NIVELDEN BY ANDY ANDERSON, BISHOP AUCKLAND DIVING CLUB. (R YOUNG, E-MAIL 5.10.08) NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT & UPRIGHT

Position: 55 28.647 N,1 29.952 W

 

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