This is the information page about the shipwreck Nitedal, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 7.094 N,0 0.918 E (54.346067, -0.127083)

 

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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. Albatross
2. Amsteldam
3. Angelo rose
4. Appolonia
5. Ardens (probably)
6. Aucuba (possibly)
7. Avance (probably)
8. Ballater
9. Ballogie
10. Beaconsfield
11. Bellerophon
12. Biesbosch
13. Birtley
14. Blejan eyhre
15. Bonhomme richard
16. Boys own
17. Brabant
18. Brema
19. Cadmus
20. Cambrai
21. Caroline
22. Chant 63
23. Charing cross (possibly)
24. Chicago
25. Chloris (possibly)
26. Commonwealth
27. Cyclope
28. Dana (possibly)
29. Deptford
30. Diana
31. Dryade
32. Dunstaffnage
33. Elfrida
34. Feltre
35. Forest queen
36. Frithof eide
37. G.3
38. Gem (bow section)
39. Gem (stern section)
40. Girl ita
41. Glamorganbrook
42. Goodwood
43. Graafjeld
44. Greltoria (probably)
45. Hannah
46. Hannah louisa
47. Helmsman (probably)
48. Hercules
49. Hms akranes
50. Hms banyers
51. Hms desire (possibly)
52. Hms dirk
53. Hms fairy
54. Hms falmouth
55. Hms thalia
56. Hms thomas cornwall
57. Holmar i
58. Horsted
59. Houghton
60. Hugh taylor
61. Ida
62. J b paddon
63. Jerv
64. John rettig (probably)
65. Kalo (probably)
66. Kernoozer
67. Kilrea
68. Kilrea (probably)
69. Knuthenborg
70. Laconia (possibly)
71. Lady anstruther (probably)
72. Lady josyan
73. Landport (possibly)
74. Leander
75. Leersum (probably)
76. Lifeguard (possibly)
77. Linaria (probably)
78. Lindum
79. Longbenton (probably)
80. M c holm
81. Malvina (fwd part)
82. Manchester engineer (probably)
83. Manx queen
84. Markersdall (probably)
85. Mazeppa
86. Middlesborough
87. Mongolian
88. Nitedal
89. Norenda (possibly)
90. Norhilda
91. Onward (possibly)
92. Our lorraine
93. Paddington (possibly) & unknown
94. Peebles (possibly)
95. Potomac
96. Princess olga (possibly)
97. Riviere
98. Rosa
99. Runswick
100. Sapphire (probably)
101. Seistan
102. Sirajah
103. Sixty-six
104. Sna iii
105. Sota eduardo
106. Sote (aft part)
107. Stanburn
108. Storm drift
109. Tangistan
110. Tees
111. Thea
112. Togston (possibly)
113. Tredegar hall
114. Trongate
115. Ub 107 & malvina (after part)
116. Uc 39
117. Uc 75
118. Umbe
119. Upminster (possibly)
120. Vaaren
121. Vaaren (possibly)
122. Varangmalm (possibly)
123. Ville de valenciennes
124. War crocus (possibly)
125. Wayside flower (possibly)
126. Westowrie
127. Zeepaard

 

Name: NITEDAL

Length 81.7 meter, width: 11.8 meter, draught: 5.3, tonnage 1714 ton
Load: coal

Cause: ex-hero. built in 1903 laxevaags msk. & jrnskb. bergen. owned at time of loss by d/s a/s ostlandet. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 149hp, single shaft. passage the tyne for rouen. cargo 2500 tons coal. torpedoed by ub-57. sank in less than 3 minutes.

Year of registration: 1980

Water depth above wreck: 43 meter, Height above seabed: 68 cm

Known since: 1980, last detected: 20160310

Details measurements/cartography: H375/17 16.1.17 'GRAAFJELD' MINED 1.5M E OF FLAMBOROUGH HEAD. (FLAMBOROUGH HD SIG STN). H3752/26 11.6.26 INS NDW (1917)(PA) IN 540720N, 000225E. BR STD. H4593/59 10.11.59 AMEND TO NDWPA. BR STD. 20.3.70 AMEND TO USCPA 28MTRS. BR STD. 3.7.72 SHOWN IN 540715N, 000245E. (DANISH FISH CHARTS 5400(1965)5300). AMEND TO USC 28MTRS. BR STD. H5970/69 15.1.80 EXAM'D 22.6.79 IN 540706.4N, 000101.7E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 39.7 IN GEN DEPTH 45MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 6.95MTRS, LENGTH 60MTRS, BEAM 20MTRS. LYING ENE/WSW ON SMOOTH GRAVEL. APPARENTLY UPRIGHT, PARTLY BROKEN UP, WITH HIGHEST POINT AT NE END. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 46/79). AMEND TO WK 39MTRS. BR STD. H5084/77 24.3.80 EXAM'D 28.11.79 IN 540705N, 000105E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 37.3 IN GEN DEPTH 44.4MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 7.9MTRS, LENGTH 112MTRS. LYING 095/275 DEG. APPARENTLY INTACT. (HMS ECHO, HI 64/79). AMEND TO WK 36MTRS. BR STD. HH090/730/01 19.12.97 EXAM'D 23.8.97 IN 540705.6N, 000055.0E [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 38.0, FOUL 38.5MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 39.9 IN GEN DEPTH 43MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 6.6MTRS. LENGTH 80MTRS, WIDTH 17MTRS. LIES 070/250 DEGS. PARTIALLY BURIED, BADLY DECOMPOSED WK. (GARDLINE, HI 730). AMEND TO SW 38MTRS. BR STD. HH100/351/18 29.4.02 WK TWISTED TO STBD WITH BOWS UPRIGHT. BOWS AND BOILER ARE THE HIGHEST POINTS. MID ENGINED. FISHING NET ON THE BOILER. HT BY DEPTH GAUGE 4MTRS. (S OLD). NCA. PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT TO BE 'GRAAFJELD'. HH100/351/18 THIS IS THE 'NITEDAL'. HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED BY THE BELL INSCRIBED: 'HERO'. (S OLD). SEP 2016/000007250 19.06.16 EXAM'D 18.02.16 IN 5407.094N, 0000.919W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 37.4MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 43MTRS. LENGTH 84.1MTRS, WIDTH 28.3MTRS, HT 5.9MTRS, ORIENTATION 249/069. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY, WRECK APPEARS INTACT AND THE SHOALEST POINT IS LOCATED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WRECK. (EGS, HI 1472). AMEND NDW 37MTRS. SEP 2016/000053291 6.10.16 EXAM'D 10.3.16; IN 5407.094N, 0000.918W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 37.62MTRS, GEN DEPTH 43MTRS. LENGTH 85.4MTRS, WIDTH 30.8MTRS, HT 5.7MTRS, ORIENTATION 068/248 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY, WK MOSTLY INTACT. (MMT, HI 1473, H525_MMT0001). AMEND NDW 37MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: Wreck intact

Position: 54 7.094 N,0 0.918 E

 

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