This is the information page about the shipwreck North sea (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 10.565 N,3 45.113 W (50.207816666667, -3.7034)
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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 SEA (PROBABLY)
Length 82 meter, width: 12.4 meter, draught: 5.9, tonnage 1711 ton
Load: coal
Cause: built in 1899 by craig, taylor & co, stockton-on-tees. owned at time of loss by j cormack & co. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 205nhp, single shaft. passage west hartlepool for pauillac. torpedoed by uc-65. one man lost. (ww1sl & sibi).
Year of registration: 1919
Water depth above wreck: 54 meter, Height above seabed: 128 cm
Known since: 1919, last detected: 2005
Details measurements/cartography: H8203/19 H8203/19 REPD 2.5M SW BY W FROM PRAWLE POINT. ACCEPT 501010N, 034540W PA. (BMVS). 18,7,78 CHART AS USC PA 30MTRS. NE 442. H1309/79 22.11.79 H1309/79 22.11.79 LOCATED IN 501034N, 034505W USING HSA. SMALL COASTER TYPE VESSEL OF ABOUT 1000 GRT. CARGO OF COAL. UPRIGHT WITH EXTENSIVE STERN DAMAGE. DEPTH TO TOP OF WK 48MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 58MTRS. REDUCE BY 3MTRS FOR LAT. (A HILLGROVE). AMEND TO USC 40MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. H1309/79 16.10.80 H1309/79 16.10.80 ONLY HULL REMAINS. NO SUPERSTRUCTURE OR DECKS LEFT. LEAST DEPTH 49MTRS (REDUCED). (A HILLGROVE, 30.9.80). NCA. H1936/80 29.9.81 H1936/80 29.9.81 EXAM'D 9.4.81 IN 501032N, 034504W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 46 IN GEN DEPTH 54MTRS. DCS3 HT 8MTRS. NO SCOUR. ABOUT 45MTRS LONG, LYING WNW/ESE, GIVING REASONABLE SONAR RESPONSE FROM ALL DIRNS. SAND RIPPLES TAIL AWAY TO THE E OF THE WK. (HMS BEAGLE, HI 5/81). AMEND TO WK 46MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. HH100/351/14 9.8.99 HH100/351/14 DIVED IN 5010.561N, 0345.122W [WGD]. POSN BY DGPS. (A CUMMING, FAX DTD 9.8.99). NCA. HH091/059/01 3.5.05 HH091/059/01 3.5.05 EXAM'D 14.7.04 IN 5010.565N, 0345.113W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 47.8 IN GEN DEPTH 54.8MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 45MTRS, WIDTH 12MTRS, HT 6.3MTRS. LIES 128/308 DEGS. APPEARS INTACT. (GARDLINE, HI 1059). AMEND WK 47MTRS. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, STERN DAMAGE, ONLY HULL REMAINS, FISHING GEAR ON WK
Position: 50 10.565 N,3 45.113 W