This is the information page about the shipwreck North eastern victory, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 12.399 N,1 31.375 E (51.0898333, 1.7715833)
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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: NORTH EASTERN VICTORY
Length 138.7 meter, width: 18.9 meter, draught: 8.5, tonnage 7176 ton
Load: foodstuffs: solid,grain
Cause: Built in 1945 by permanente metals corporation, california. owned at time of loss by us shipping corporation. two boilers, steam turbine engine of 600 bhp, signle shaft. passage new orleans for antwerp. ran aground at speed in thick fog, broke in two & sank. (sibi).
Year of registration: 1947
Water depth above wreck: 5 meter, Height above seabed: 110 cm
Known since: 1947, last detected: 2009
Details measurements/cartography: H5854/47 LARGE WK WITH HULL, MASTS & FUNNEL ALWAYS VISIBLE. (HMS FRANKLIN, SURVEY [E8185], DTD 1947). 7.2.51 CHART AS ST. NC 1828. H927/59 1.10.59 FOUR MASTS VISIBLE AT ALL STATES OF TIDE. (ECES, DTD 1959). CHART AS ST (MASTS). NE 1828. H2421/62 24.8.62 FOUR MASTS, ALWAYS DRY. (HMS ECHO, DTD 1962). H3890/68 19.3.68 ST, MASTS ALWAYS VISIBLE. GOOD SONAR RESPONSE FROM NW. (HMS ECHO, HI 28/67). H2 15.6.72 NOW CHARTED AS ST (MAST H2.6MTRS). NC 1828. H2100/74 30.1.74 WK LOCATED IN 511222N, 013126E USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. SEABED DRIES 0.7MTRS. NO SCOUR. LIES 125/305DEGS & IS VISIBLE AT ALL STATES OF THE TIDE. VERY CONSPIC & USEFUL NAVIGATIONAL MARK, GIVING A GOOD RADAR RESPONSE. (HMS ENTERPRISE). NCA. H1309/75/444 24.3.76 ONLY TWO MASTS NOW SHOW. (R A LEE, DTD 28.1.76). 27.7.76 THREE MASTS REPD TO BE STILL VISIBLE. (DOVER CG, TELECON). H5 26.11.76 NOW CHARTED AS ST, MAST H5MTRS. NC 1610. H1938/78 20.3.81 EXAM'D 27.11.80 USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. FIVE MASTS ALWAYS VISIBLE, FOUR SAMPSON POSTS, IN PAIRS, & A SINGLE SAMPSON POST FOR'D WITH HEAVY CROSS-TREE. ESTIMATED HT 5MTRS ABOVE MHWS. LIES IN GEN DEPTH 5-6MTRS, HEADING 110DEGS AND LISTING ABOUT 20DEGS TO STBD. (HMS ENTERPRISE, HI 61B/80). AMEND TO ST, MASTS H5MTRS. BR STD. H1310/84/23 12.9.84 ONE MAST APPEARS LIKELY TO COLLAPSE IN A HEAVY STORM. DECK IS SHEARING ALL ROUND. CAUTION IS REQUIRED BY DIVERS ENTERING HOLDS. (EAST KENT MARITIME TRUST, DTD 23.7.84). HH090/511/01 12.2.91 OBSERVED IN CHARTED POSN. VERY LARGE WK, BROKEN IN TWO. ONLY TWO MASTS VISIBLE NEAR THE SOUTHERN END. PREVIOUSLY REPORTED HEIGHT CONFIRMED. (NP 1016, HI 511). HH090/630/01 31.8.94 OBSERVED IN CHARTED POSN. ONLY ONE MAST VISIBLE WHEN OBSERVED AT LW SPRINGS. (NP 1016, HI 630). AMEND TO ST MASTS. BR STD. HH090/738/01 22.7.97 EXAM'D 16.6.97 IN 512222.2N, 013126.3E [OGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 0.1MTR, FOUL 0.4MTR. LEAST E/S DEPTH 0.9MTR IN GEN DEPTH 6.5MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 3MTRS. DCS3 HT 3MTRS. LENGTH 60MTRS, WIDTH 20MTRS. LIES 150/330DEGS. TWO MAIN PIECES SURROUNDED BY SCATTERED DEBRIS. SCOUR EXTENDS 30MTRS IN DIRECTION 270DEGS. LARGE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (NP 1016, HI 738). AMEND TO SW 0.1MTR IN 511222N, 013126E.
- NM 3123/97. HH091/294/01 / SEP 2010/000060716 23.3.10 EXAM'D 31.8.10 IN 5112.399N, 0131.375E [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 1.21 IN GEN DEPTH 5.8MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 84MTRS, WIDTH 13MTRS, HT 4.6MTRS. LIES 110/290 DEGS WITH BOWS 290 DEGS. IN TWO SECTIONS AND WELL BROKEN. (MARIN MATTEKNIK, HI 1294). AMEND WK 1.2MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: TWO MAIN PIECES, REMAINDER PROBABLY BURIED
Position: 51 12.399 N,1 31.375 E