This is the information page about the shipwreck Plawsworth (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 7.647 N,1 52.393 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: PLAWSWORTH (POSSIBLY)
Length 73.2 meter, width: 11 meter, draught: 5.8, tonnage 1489 ton
Load: coal
Cause: Built in 120 by the ouse sb co ltd, hook, goole. onwned at time of loss by the dalgliesh steam shipping co ltd. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 172hp, single shaft. passage sunderland for london. cargo coal. mined.
Year of registration: 1942
Water depth above wreck: 29 meter, Height above seabed: 3 cm
Known since: 1942, last detected: 20161214
Details measurements/cartography: H01493/42 16.5.42 INS NDWPA. H01493/42 4.7.42 SWEEP CLEARED AT 42FT. DEPTH IN VICINITY 98FT BY E/S. LEAST DEPTH 58FT. (FOIC YARMOUTH 3.7.42). AMEND POSN AND DELETE PA.
- NM 1923/42. H4167/59 1.6.60 AMEND TO WK 7FMS. NC 1543. H3273/61 10.9.62 LEAST E/S 55FT IN 103FT. (HMS SCOTT 1962). BR STD. 7.9.71 [EUR] POSN: 520736N, 015228E. LC 3371. H2496/72 5.6.72 LIES N/S ON ITS SIDE. NO DAMAGE TO PORT SIDE. PROPELLOR SALVAGED. WRECK IN GOOD STATE, NO LIKELIHOOD OF COLLAPSE IN NEAR FUTURE. SLIGHT SCOUR. MAX HT 37FT IN ABOUT 17.5FMS. (E GILES, UNDER-MARINE OPS, 1.4.72). NCA. 31.7.74 AMEND TO WK 16.8MTRS [LAT]. NC 1543. 19.10.76 SHOULD BE SW 7FMS OR SW 12.8MTRS FROM THE 1942 SWEEP. POSN 520738N, 015219E. BR STD. H4139/76 5.1.77 EXAM'D 2.10.76 IN 520736N, 015227.6E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR 17.0, FOUL 17.4MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 17.0 IN GEN DEPTH 32MTRS. SEABED OF MUD & GRAVEL. INTACT. LENGTH 350FT. ORIENTATION N/S. NO APPARENT SCOUR. SWEPT IN BAD CONDITIONS, ERROR IN SWEEP POSSIBLY 1MTR. (HMS BULLDOG & HMS BEAGLE, HI 31/76). BR STD. HH090/616/01 6.1.95 EXAM'D 9.8.94 IN 520736.89N, 015230.02E [OGB] USING SYLEDIS [3 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR 15.5, FOUL 15.8MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 16.5 IN GEN DEPTH 29MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 1.5MTRS. DCS3 HT 13MTRS. LENGTH 120MTRS, WIDTH 20MTRS. LIES 000/180 DEGS. PROBABLY INTACT AND UPRIGHT. (GARDLINE, HI 616).
- NM 685/95. SEP 2017/000091759 4.9.17 EXAM'D 14.12.16; IN 5207.647N, 0152.393E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 17.39MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 29MTRS, LENGTH 121.6MTRS, WIDTH 15.60MTRS, HEIGHT 14.4MTRS, ORIENTATION 003/183 DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 69.47MTRS, 2.36MTRS DEEP, TOWARDS 031DEGS. WRECK IS INTACT. (GARDLINE, HI 1495). AMEND DW 17.3MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 52 7.647 N,1 52.393 E