This is the information page about the shipwreck Pilsudski, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 46.265 N,0 45.554 E (53.5741333, 0.7815167)

 

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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: PILSUDSKI

Length 152.1 meter, width: 21.6 meter, draught: 9.8, tonnage 14294 ton

Cause: Built in 1935 by cantieri riuniti dell'adratico. owned at time of loss by gdynia-america shipping lines. oil engines of 2516nhp, twin shaft. passage the tyne for australia. mined. ten men lost.

Year of registration: 1939

Water depth above wreck: 27 meter, Height above seabed: 40 cm

Known since: 1939, last detected: 20161030

Details measurements/cartography: H0119/40 5.3.40 POSN 534644N, 004532E OR 062DEGS, 25.9M FROM SPURN PT LTHO. 2FT OF MASTS VISIBLE. (BRITTEN, 13.2.40). - PFNM 580/40. H0259/40 14.5.40 INS AS DW PA IN 534624N, 004532E.

- NM 1179/40. H0391/40 20.2.41 POSN 534624N. 004524E. SHOWING 2 MTS 6FT ABOVE HW. (HMS FRANKLIN 2.10.40). AMEND TO DW IN REVISED POSN.

- NM 350/41. H0953/40 16.10.46 G LT BUOY, FL.G.5S LAID CLOSE N OF WK. (TH NM 121/46).

- NM 3516/46. H0953/40 7.4.48 SWEPT CLEAR 43FT, FOUL 45FT. GEN DEPTH 91FT. (HMS SCOTT, 9.10.47). AMEND TO WK 7FMS AND DELETE BUOY (TH).

- NM 648/48. 5.4.72 WK IDENTIFIED AS THE PILSUDSKI BY DIVER. REPORTED POSN 125DEG, 17.5M FROM FLAMBOROUGH HD. (COSAG, TELECON). 20.3.72 AMEND SW 13.1MTRS. NC 121. 9.5.74 AMEND SW 12.4MTRS [LAT]. NC 121. H1287/78/302 19.10.78 BOW & STERN SECTIONS ONLY STANDING 30-40FT, WITH STERN LYING TO STBD AND BOW TO PORT. MIDSHIPS SILTED UP AND ALMOST BURIED. CAUSES TIDE RIPS ON THE SURFACE. (M OXLADE, 12.9.78). H1310/81 15.1.81 DIVED JUNE 1980. BOW SECTION INTACT STANDING 30FT ABOVE SEABED. GEN DEPTH 110FT. (J BENNETT, 10.12.80). H4465/81 17.11.83 EXAM'D 24.7.82 IN 534615N, 004540E [OGB] USING HYPERFIX [2 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR AT 16.6MTRS, FOUL AT 17.0MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 18.5 IN GEN DEPTH 27.5MTRS. DCS3 HT 10MTRS, LENGTH 140MTRS APPROX. LYING 050/230DEGS. HIGH POINTS AT BOW AND STERN. MIDSHIPS SECTION APPARENTLY COLLAPSED. (HMS BEAGLE HI 74). AMEND SW 16.6MTRS IN REVISED POSN.

- NM 3257/83. 25.11.99 BOW SECTION STANDS 9MTRS PROUD OF SEABED, BROKEN OFF AND LISTING 45 DEGS TO PORT. STERN UPRIGHT BUT MORE BROKEN, STANDS 5MTRS PROUD. BOTH PROPS BURIED IN SHINGLE. (DIVER MAGAZINE, DEC 1999). HH100/351/20 17.7.03 DIVED ON 13.7.03 IN 5342.273N (SIC), 0045.551E [WGD]. VERY LARGE WK, BROKEN IN TWO. BOWS FALLEN OVER TO PORT SIDE WITH ONE ANCHOR ON THE SEABED. LARGE WINCH STILL ON THE BOWS. VESSEL . LARGE RECTANGULAR PORTHOLES ON STEEL PLATES. A FANTASTIC EMBLEM ON THE TOP OF THE BOWS IS SLOWLY BEING COVERED IN MARINE GROWTH. DIVED BY S OLD, B WOOLFORD AND D SMITH. (S OLD, EMAIL DTD 16.7.03). LATITUDE SHOULD READ 5346.273N. NCA. 2.3.15 LOCATED IN 5346.264N, 0045.554E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 17.38MTRS. LENGTH 160MTRS, WIDTH 30MTRS, HT 10MTRS. (CEFAST, SILVER PIT SURVEY 2014, BDC EXAMINATION OF DATA). LIES 045/225 DEGS. MAINLY COLLAPSED WITH BOWS NE WHICH FORM THE HIGHEST POINT. NFS. RETAIN SW 16.6MTRS. SEP 2016/000091757 11.5.17 EXAM'D 30.10.16 IN 5346.265N, 0045.554W [WGD]. LEAST W/C DEPTH 16.88MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 27MTRS, LENGTH 146.5MTRS, WIDTH 36.5MTRS, HEIGHT 11.0MTRS, ORIENTATION 040/220 DEGS. WRECK IS BROKEN AND PARTIALLY BURIED. (GARDLINE, HI 1492). AMEND DW 16.8MTRS IN REVISED POSITION.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 53 46.265 N,0 45.554 E

 

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