This is the information page about the shipwreck Novocastrian, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 25.93 N,1 50.39 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: NOVOCASTRIAN
Length 71.6 meter, width: 10.4 meter, draught: 4.3, tonnage 1151 ton
Load: general and mixed goods
Cause: Mined whilst en route from london to newcastle. (ll ww1).
Year of registration: 1915
Water depth above wreck: 21 meter, Height above seabed: 106 cm
Known since: 1915, last detected: 20161214
Details measurements/cartography: H3211/17 26.5.17 REPD SUNK 3.5M SE BY E FROM LOWESTOFT IN 522555N, 015031E. LEAST DEPTH OVER WRECK 45FT. BEING DISPERSED. (TH). - FNM 382/17. H8469/31 27.8.51 LUCAS WIRE DRIFT SWEEP SMLS 325 AND 323 28.6.51 IN 522554N, 015032E USING HSA. CLEAR AT 53FT, FOUL AT 55FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 64FT IN GEN DEPTH 72FT. HEIGHT ABOVE SEA BED 19FT. (HMS SHARPSHOOTER, 20.8.51). AMEND TO WK 8FMS 5FT. BR STD. H6285/69 27.1.70 NOT FOUND BY KH DURING PIPE TOWING SURVEY USING MAGNETOMETER E/S AND SIDE SCAN SONAR. (KH LTR 15.6.70, SURVEY [K5733/2]). NCA. 31.7.74 NOW CHARTED AS SW 15.8 MTRS [LAT]. NC 1543. H1942/80 31.8.82 EXAM'D 24.2.82 IN 522554N, 015031E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [3 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 17.1 IN GEN DEPTH 25MTRS. NO SCOUR. HYDROSEARCH VERTICAL HT 4.7MTRS, LENGTH 64.3MTRS, BEAM 8.5MTRS. BURIED IN CREST OF LARGE SANDWAVE. LYING UPRIGHT WITH BOWS BLOWN OFF. HAS SMALL HIGH POINT, PROBABLY FUNNEL, AMIDSHIPS. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 11). AMEND TO WK 17.1MTRS IN REVISED POSN. R/P. SEP 2016/000091758 24.7.17 EXAM'D 14.12.16 IN 5225.930N, 0150.390E [WGD]. LEAST WCD DEPTH 17.43MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 21MTRS, LENGTH 59MTRS, WIDTH 20.8MTRS, HEIGHT 3.2MTRS, ORIENTATION 106/286 DEGS. WRECK IS ALMOST ENTIRELY BURIED IN SANDWAVE. (GARDLINE, HI 1494). AMEND DW 17.4MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 52 25.93 N,1 50.39 E