This is the information page about the shipwreck Paul, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 25.7 N,0 29.164 W (54.428333, -0.486067)

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.

Name: PAUL

Length 57.9 meter, width: 9.4 meter, tonnage 659 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: ex-ballochbuie. built in 1880 by hall, russel, aberdeen. owned at time of loss by j huyghebaert. one boiler, compound expansion engine of 91hp, single shaft. passage caen for the tyne. in ballast. torpedoed by ub-21.

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 27 meter, Height above seabed: 175 cm

Known since: 1918, last detected: 20161216

Details measurements/cartography: SUNK 1.5M E OF ROBIN HOOD BAY. (LLOYDS WAR LOSSES). INS ON CHARTS. H3752/26 11.6.26 NOW CHARTED AS DWPA. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). BA 1191. H4593/59 9.11.59 NOW CHARTED AS NDWPA. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NC 1200. H4069/72 3.12.75 NOT LOCATED DURING SURVEY. (RISDON BEAZLEY MARINE LTD, HN 13.11.75). BR STD. H1310/84/22 1.8.84 LOCATED IN 542544N, 002904W USING RADAR. DIVED. STANDS 3MTRS HIGH IN GEN DEPTH 30MTRS AT HWS. (P J LASSEY, 19.7.84). INS AS WKPA 21MTRS. BR STD. H1310/85/41 14.6.85 WK LOCATED IN 542536N, 002900W APPROX. POSSIBLY A S TRAWLER. LIES WELL DISPERSED, IN TWO PARTS, WITH STERN TO N. STANDS APPROX 15FT HIGH IN GEN DEPTH 105FT BY E/S. (J P STEVENSON, 14.6.85). NCA YET. H6331/87 24.1.89 EXAM'D 13.8.88 IN 542542N, 002903W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [3 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 24.2 IN GEN DEPTH 28.5MTRS. SCOUR 1.5MTRS DEEP. DCS3 HT 3.9MTRS, LENGTH 80MTRS. LIES 180/000DEG. IN TWO HALVES SEPARATED BY APPROX 5MTR GAP. NOT SWEPT DUE TO BUOY PROBABLY LEFT BY SUB AQUA CLUB. (LAND & MARINE, HI 414B).

- NM 596/89. HH100/351/06 22.2.93 IDENTIFIED AS BELGIAN SS PAUL. LIES BROKEN IN TWO PIECES IN 30MTRS. (A C JACKSON, 9.2.93). HH100/351/09 6.6.95 THIS IS AN OLD VESSEL WITH A SINGLE BOILER AND A COMPOUND ENGINE AMIDSHIPS. ARMED, WITH MANY SHELLS AROUND THE STERN. NO EVIDENCE TO SUGGEST THIS IS A TRAWLER. (A C JACKSON & C A RACEY, 18.5.95). SEP 2017/000002822 25.5.17 EXAM'D 16.12.16 IN 5425.700N, 0029.164W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 24.91MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 27MTRS, LENGTH 80.6MTRS, WIDTH 12.7MTRS, HEIGHT 3.0MTRS, ORIENTATION 175/355 DEGS. WRECK IS SEVERELY DEGRADED AND HAS BROKEN IN TWO. (MMT, HI 1491). AMEND DW 24.5MTRS IN REVISED POSITION.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 54 25.7 N,0 29.164 W

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