This is the information page about the shipwreck Philipp m, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 44.853 N,2 12.022 E (52.7504, 2.0371)

 

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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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Name: PHILIPP M

Length 80.5 meter, width: 11.9 meter, draught: 7, tonnage 2085 ton

Cause: Torpedoed by e boat with the loss of 7 lives.

Year of registration: 1944

Water depth above wreck: 48 meter, Height above seabed: 161 cm

Known since: 1944, last detected: 20181226

Details measurements/cartography: H0945/44 26.2.44 LOCATED IN TWO PARTS A 010DEG 1700YDS FROM HEARTY KNOLL BUOY. OROPESA SWEEP CLEAR AT 30FT, FOUL AT 34FT. PART B 000DEG, 280YDS FROM PART A, OROPESA SWEEP CLEAR AT 35FT MLWS. (FOIC YARMOUTH 26.2.44). H0945/44 5.3.44 DRIFT SWEEP CLEAR AT 40FT(FOIC YARMOUTH 5.3.44) H0945/44 14.4.44 INS AS WK 6FMS 4FT.

- NM 817/44. H0945/44 21.4.50 EXAM'D IN 534438N, 021206E. OROPESA SWEEP AFTER DISPERSAL CLEAR AT 55FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 116FT IN GEN DEPTH 137FT. (HMS SHARPSHOOTER, 6.4.50). AMEND TO WK 9FMS 1FT IN REVISED POSN.

- NM 643/50. H3730/69 18.9.69 NO SIGN ON GENERAL SONAR SWEEP. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 47/69). H6285/69 26.1.70 NOT FOUND USING MAGNETOMETER E/S OR SIDE SCAN SONAR BY KH SURVEY. (KH LETTER 15.6.70). H2233/71 25.1.71 NOT FOUND IN CHARTED POSN, ANOTHER WRECK FOUND 1650METRES NNW. (HMS ECHO, HI 5, 31.12.70). DELETED. LC 1504. H4398/71 16.9.71 LOCATED IN 524458N, 021205 [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR 30.0MTRS, NOT FOULED. LEAST E/S DEPTH 35.8MTRS IN 43.0MTRS. SCOUR 44.6MTRS. LIES APPROX N/S, LENGTH 330FT. (HMS ENTERPRISE, 23.6.71). INS AS SW 16FMS. BR STD. 5.4.72 AMEND TO WK 30MTRS. NC 1543. 21.11.72 SHOWN IN 524438N, 021204E [EUR] ON NETHERLANDS FISHERIES 1954, 7.11.72. 26.3.73 AMEND TO SW 30MTRS. NC 106. HH090/616/01 15.9.94 EXAM/D 27.7.94 IN 524449.7N, 021208.3E [OGB] USING SYLEDIS. SWEPT CLEAR 38.0, FOUL 38.5MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 38.0 IN GEN DEPTH 44.0MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 44.5MTRS. DCS3 HT 7.7MTRS. LENGTH 55MTRS, WIDTH 30MTRS. LIES 120/300 DEGS. WK IS IN TWO MAIN PIECES WITH HULL PROBABLY UPTURNED. ORIENTATION OF BOTH PIECES IS SIMILAR. (GARDLINE, HI 616). SEP 2020/000100123 13.05.20 EXAM/D 26.12.18 IN 5244.853N, 0212.022E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 39.62MTRS, LENGTH 89MTRS, WIDTH 36.5MTRS, HT 8.4MTRS, ORIENTATION 161/341 DEGS. SCOUR DIMENSIONS LENGTH 44MTRS, WIDTH 22MTRS, 4MTRS DEEP TOWARDS 343 DEGS. WRECK BROKEN INTO TOW PARTS. SMALLER SECTION TO THE NORTH 41MTRS. SECTION APPEARS INVERTED. LARGER SECTION TO THE SOUTH, 46MTRS, ON ITS SIDE. UKHO COMMENT: LENGTH AND WIDTH REPORTED ARE BOTH PIECES OF WRECKAGE INCLUDED TOGETHER.(MERITAITO, HI 1580). AMEND NDW 39MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: IN TWO PARTS, PROBABLY INVERTED

Position: 52 44.853 N,2 12.022 E

 

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