This is the information page about the shipwreck Nominoe, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 26.41 N,1 47.746 E (52.4370167, 1.7918333)
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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: NOMINOE
Length 97.5 meter, width: 14 meter, draught: 6.4, tonnage 3155 ton
Load: ballast
Cause: Torpedoed and sunk while at anchor by german submarine. was on passage rouen to newcastle. (ww1sl & ll ww1).
Year of registration: 1916
Water depth above wreck: 19 meter, Height above seabed: 24 cm
Known since: 1916, last detected: 20161217
Details measurements/cartography: H1787/16 20.3.16 SUNK IN 522620N, 014750E. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). - FNM 151/16. 1923 NOW CHARTED AS DW. BA 1543 & BA 1408. H2723/24 22.4.24 G CONL BUOY, GPFL(3)G.10S, LAID 40YD E OF WK. (TH, GT YARMOUTH 16.4.24).
- NM 649/24. H2723/24 29.4.24 MARKED BY WK MARKING VESSEL, GPFL(3)G.10S, BELL. (TH NMS 21 & 22/24).
- NM. H4424/24 30.6.24 AMEND TO WK 7FMS 3FT [45FT]. DELETE WK MARKING VESSEL. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). BR STD. H8304/29 11.12.29 AMEND TO F IN 522622N, 014751E. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). BA 1543. H03774/45 1.4.46 NOT FOUND. (HMS SCOTT, SURVEY [E7604], 1945). H2098/74 29.1.76 EXAM'D 28.9.75 BY HMS ECHO IN 522624N, 014751E USING HIFIX [2 LOP] & HSA. LEAST E/S DEPTH 15 IN GEN DEPTH 20MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 21MTRS. DRIFT SWEPT CLEAR AT 16.3, FOUL AT 16.8MTRS [1MTR SWELL EXPERIENCED]. RECOMMEND ACCEPT SWEPT DEPTH. (SOISS, HI 15/75). CHART AS SW 16.3MTRS [8FMS 3FT] IN REVISED POSN. R/P. H4658/71 29.11.77 NOT FOUND DURING SONAR SEARCH. (HMS ENTERPRISE, R-OF-S 25.10.77). NCA. H2098/74 19.12.78 EXAM'D 6.9.78 IN 522624N, 014750E USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 15.2 IN GEN DEPTH 20-21MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 21.8MTRS. DCS3 HT 5MTRS, LENGTH OVER 250FT. LIES N/S GIVING GOOD SONAR RESPONSE FROM E, W & S. APPARENTLY LIES ON TOP OF SANDWAVE, THE MOVEMENT OF WHICH MAY ACCOUNT FOR DEPTH SHOALER THAN PREVIOUSLY SWEPT DEPTH. SHOULD BE WIRE-SWEPT AT NEXT ROUTINE SURVEY. (HMS ENTERPRISE, HI 64A/78). AMEND TO WK 15.2MTRS.
- NM 66/79. H2098/74 10.10.79 EXAM'D 25.6.79 IN 522622.3N, 014752.4E USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 16.7 IN GEN DEPTH 22MTRS. SCOUR 1MTR DEEP. LIES 030/210DEGS, WITH SMALL CONTACTS 30MTRS NNE. LENGTH ABT 100MTRS. NOT SWEPT AS SANDWAVE, DEPTH 16MTRS, LIES WITHIN 50MTRS E OF WK. (HMS EGERIA, HI 63A/79). NCA. H1960/79 29.10.80 EXAM'D 11.9.80 IN 522622.2N, 014751E USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR AT 15.9 FOUL AT 16.2MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 16.2 IN GEN DEPTH 21MTRS. DCS3 HT 5MTRS. LIES 020/200DEGS IN AN AREA OF SANDWAVES 4-5MTRS HIGH. SCOURS, ABT 1MTR DEEP, ON EITHER SIDE OF WK. (HMS ECHO, HI 62A/80). AMEND TO SW 15.9MTRS IN 522622N, 014751E. BR STD. HH090/546/01 8.7.92 EXAM'D 21.5.92 IN 522622.4N, 014751.2E [OGB] USING 3-RANGE TRISPONDER. SWEPT CLEAR AT 15.7, FOUL AT 16.0MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 16.4 IN GEN DEPTH 20.5MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 2.6MTRS, LENGTH APPROX 80MTRS. LIES 030/210DEGS. GIVES GOOD SONAR AND MAGNETOMETER RESPONSE. (NP 1016, HI 546). AMEND TO SW 15.7MTRS IN 522622.5N, 014715E [OGB]. BR STD. HH090/664/01 5.7.95 LOCATED BY CHANCE 'ON TOP'. NOT EXAMINED. (NP 1016, HI 664). NCA. SEP 2016/000091758 24.7.17 EXAM'D 17.12.16 IN 5226.410N, 0147.746E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 15.89MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 19MTRS, LENGTH 112.5MTRS, WIDTH 20.7MTRS, HEIGHT 4.3MTRS, ORIENTATION 024/204 DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 72MTRS, 6.4MTRS DEEP, TOWARDS 012 DEGS. (GARDLINE, HI 1494). AMEND DW 15.8MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 52 26.41 N,1 47.746 E