Wreck: Northlands (possibly) (Steam ship)
This is the information page about the shipwreck Northlands (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 22.084 N,0 8.381 W (50.3680667, -0.1396833)
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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.
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Shipwreck details
Name: NORTHLANDS (POSSIBLY)
Length 75 meter, width: 14.9 meter, tonnage 2776 ton
Load: ferrous elements and ores: unrefined and refined,ore
Cause: Torpedoed and sunk by german submarine, after having been captured. (ww1sl). torpedoed and sunk 25m sw of beachy head on passage la goulette to middlesborough. (ll ww1).
Year of registration: 1915
Water depth above wreck: 50 meter, Height above seabed: 140 cm
Known since: 1915, last detected: 2014
Details measurements/cartography: SUNK 24 MILES SW FROM BEACHY HEAD. (WW1SL). H2699/76 9.12.80 SMALL WK LOCATED 26.6.75 IN 502153N,000835W [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. DCS3 HT 2.8MTRS. GEN DEPTH 51MTRS. (HMS FAWN, HI 41/75). CHART AS WK 48MTRS. BR STD. H2330/84 22.7.85 EXAM'D 25.4.85 IN 502202N, 000816W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 44.1 IN GEN DEPTH 51MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 5.8MTRS, LENGTH 60MTRS, WIDTH 15MTRS. SMALL WK LYING ON ITS SIDE, ORIENTATED 135/315DEGS, WITH HIGHEST POINT NEAR S END. ADDITIONAL WRECKAGE, STANDING 2MTRS HIGH, LIES TO E OF WK. NO SONAR CONTACT IN HMS FAWN'S 1975 POSN. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 240A). AMEND TO WK 44MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. H2350/85 16.2.87 LOCATED, NOT EXAMINED. (NP 1008, HI 31B). SEP 2014/000096805 26.8.14 EAM'D 14.3.14 IN 5022.084N, 0008.381W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 47.57 IN GEN DEPTH 50.3MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 21MTRS, WIDTH 12MTRS, HT 2.73MTRS. LIES 140/320 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. TWO DISCREET STRUCTURES (?ENGINE & BOILERS) REMAIN. (NETSURVEY, HI 1443). NO OTHER DEBRIS. AMEND WK 47MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: ON ITS SIDE
Position: 50 22.084 N,0 8.381 W
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