This is the information page about the shipwreck Nunima, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 58.304 N,1 8.678 E (51.0759833, 1.4147)
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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: NUNIMA
Length 99.1 meter, width: 14.3 meter, draught: 6.7, tonnage 2938 ton
Load: ferrous elements and ores: unrefined and refined,ore
Cause: Built in 1903 by w grey & co. owned at time of loss by trechmann bros. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 287nhp, single shaft. passage bilbao for middlesbrough. sank following a collision with an unidentified royal navy torpedo boat. (sibi).
Year of registration: 1918
Water depth above wreck: 32 meter, Height above seabed: 44 cm
Known since: 1918, last detected: 2017
Details measurements/cartography: H151/18 11.4.18 SANK IN APPROX 510000N, 010700E. (VA DOVER). H603/31 NOT FOUND USING OROPESA. (HMS KELLETT, 1930). H0793/40 6.9.40 INS DW PA IN 505809N, 010843E. - FNM 2215/40 & NM 2214/40. H0793/40 24.6.49 LOCATED BY ASDIC. OROPESA SWEEP CLEAR AT 46FT, LEAST DEPTH 68 IN GEN DEPTH 103FT. (HMS SHARPSHOOTER, 23.6.49). AMEND TO WK 7FMS 4FT.
- NM 859/49. H5824/60 3.3.61 LEAST E/S DEPTH 68FT. (HMS SCOTT, 22.3.60). H0793/40 16.11.61 DRIFT SWEEP CLEAR AT 55FT, FOUL AT 59FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 64FT IN GEN DEPTH 114FT. SCOUR DEPTH 118FT. (HMS SCOTT, 11.5.61). AMEND TO WK 9FMS 1FT. BR STD. H4418/70 29.10.71 AMEND TO SW 16.7MTRS. NC 1892. H4199/78 4.10.78 LOCATED 26.9.77 IN 505815N, 010844E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 19.4 IN GEN DEPTH 33MTRS. NO DCS3 HT OBTAINED. LENGTH 95MTRS, LYING 045/225DEGS. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 35/77). RETAIN SWEPT DEPTH. H1310/83 22.8.83 POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED AS THE 'NUNIMA'. SHE LIES UPRIGHT ON SEABED AND IS FAIRLY WELL INTACT. (P G WEATHERLEY, 9.8.83). HH090/711/01 30.1.97 EXAM'D 15.8.96 IN 505817N, 010838E [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR AT 18.6, FOUL AT 19MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 19.9 IN GEN DEPTH 31MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 12MTRS. LENGTH 130MTRS, WIDTH 25MTRS. LIES 040/220DEGS. IN ONE PIECE, APPARENTLY UPRIGHT. (NP 1016, HI 711). NOT FULLY SWEPT. RETAIN SW 16.7MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. HH090/921/01 20.9.01 EXAM'D 20.7.01 IN 5058.275N, 0108.636E [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 19.0, FOUL 19.3MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 19.3 IN GEN DEPTH 24MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 100MTRS, WIDTH 12MTRS. DCS3 HT 9.9MTRS. LIES 040/220 DEGS. NO MAGNETIC ANOMALY. INTACT AND UPRIGHT. (NP 1016, HI 921). BR STD. HH100/351/22 18.5.05 DIVER REPORTS VESSEL AS WW1 MERCHANT STEAMER. ARMED WITH A 4 INCH STERN GUN. BROKEN UP MIDSHIPS. HOLDS ARE EMPTY THUS CONSIDERED NOT TO BE NUNIMA. (A KENTUCK, D/RECEIVER OF WK, EMAIL DTD 17.5.05). NCA. SEP2016/000091764 20.4.17 EXAM'D 25.7.16; IN 5058.304N, 0108.678E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 19.04MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 32MTRS, LENGTH 104.6MTRS, WIDTH 15.3MTRS, HEIGHT 12.3MTRS, ORIENTATION 044/224 DEGS. WRECK IS INTACT AND UPRIGHT. (GARDLINE, HI 1497). AMEND DW 19MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 50 58.304 N,1 8.678 E