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 (53.9066333, 0.2724833)

 

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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. Balfron (probably)
2. Bellerophon
3. Blejan eyhre
4. Brema
5. Bur
6. Cadmus
7. Cap palos (part of)
8. Caroline
9. Castleford (probably)
10. Chant 63
11. Chloris (possibly)
12. Constantia
13. Cyclope
14. Dana (possibly)
15. Diana
16. Dryade
17. Elfrida
18. Eli
19. Feltre
20. Florentia
21. Forest queen
22. Fred everard
23. Gimle
24. Glengarry (probably)
25. Glow (part of) (possibly)
26. Glow (part of) (possibly)
27. Hannah louisa
28. Helmsman (probably)
29. Hms dirk
30. Hms fairy
31. Hms garmo (probably)
32. Holmar i
33. Hornsund (probably)
34. Horsted
35. Hugh taylor
36. Ida
37. J b paddon
38. Jane
39. John rettig (probably)
40. Kalo (probably)
41. Kilrea (probably)
42. Knuthenborg
43. Lady ann
44. Lady anstruther (probably)
45. Lady helen
46. Landport (possibly)
47. Lifeguard (possibly)
48. Madame renee
49. Manchester engineer (probably)
50. Markersdall (probably)
51. Martina
52. Melanie (probably)
53. Nitedal
54. Novillo
55. Oakwell
56. Onward (possibly)
57. Our lorraine
58. Peebles (possibly)
59. Phare (probably)
60. Philander (probably)
61. Rikard nordraak
62. Sir francis
63. Sna ii
64. Sna iii
65. Sota eduardo
66. Southborough
67. Springhill
68. Stanburn
69. Storm drift
70. Sumus (probably)
71. Suntrap (probably)
72. Taurus (probably)
73. Tees
74. Togston (possibly)
75. Uc 39
76. Uc 75
77. Umbe
78. Upminster (possibly)
79. Varangmalm (possibly)
80. Victo (bow section)
81. Victo (stern section)
82. Victoria (probably)
83. Ville de valenciennes
84. Wallsend
85. Wayside flower (possibly)

 

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: 1917

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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