This is the information page about the shipwreck Pluto, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 18.956 N,2 45.698 E (52.1134167, 2.8418)

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: PLUTO

Length 97.5 meter, width: 14.9 meter, tonnage 1266 ton
Load: general and mixed goods

Cause: Passage rotterdam for bristol. sunk by german submarine. (ll ww1)

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 43 meter, Height above seabed: 120 cm

Known since: 1917, last detected: 2014

Details measurements/cartography: H8203/19 CONFIRMS LOSS AND GIVES TONNAGE. H4282/26 14.10.26 INS DW PA (1917) IN 522000N, 024500E. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED) BA 1408 & 2182A. H336/31 10.1.31 AMEND TO DW (PA). BA 1408. H2806/58 31.3.59 SONAR AND OROPESA SWEEP 20.3.58. CLEAR AT 55FT. LEAST DEPTH BY E/S 118FT. DEPTH IN VICINITY 150FT. DEPTHS OF SCOUR 3FT. (HMS SHACKLETON, 20.3.58). AMEND TO WK 19FMS. AMEND POSN. DELETE FROM 2182A.

- NM 3090/59. H2806/58 24.7.61 OROPESA SWEEP CLEAR 70FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 122FT IN 152FT. (HMS SCOTT, 21.6.61). AMEND TO NDW. BR STD. 7.5.64 SHOWN AS WK 20FMS ON SURVEY [K3035]. NC 3371. H8169/68 8.1.69 EXAMINED IN 521902N, 024536E [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 137FT IN GEN DEPTH 160FT. NO SCOUR. SEABED OF VERY SMALL SANDWAVES. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 38/68). RETAIN AS WK 20FMS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. H8169/68 29.4.69 SWEPT CLEAR AT 98.5FT. LEAST BY E/S 128FT. WK LIES N/S. (HMS BULLDOG, APR '69). 23.1.72 SHOWN IN 521900N, 024506E [EUR] ON NETHERLANDS FISHERIES 1954 [RECEIVED 7.11.72]. H4856/72 15.12.72 REPEAT BY NETHERLANDS 3442/72. NCA. 28.8.73 AMEND TO WK 37MTRS. NC 2182. H1939/80 4.5.82 EXAMINED 24.6.81 IN 521857N, 024546E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 37.4 IN GEN DEPTH 46MTRS. NO SCOUR. HYDROSEARCH VERTICAL HT 9.2MTRS. LYING 125/295DEGS, BOWS SE. SONAR LENGTH 97MTRS, BEAM 15MTRS. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 8). AMEND TO WK 37MTRS. BR STD. HH090/910/01 5.12.00 EXAM'D 6.7.00 IN 5218.971N, 0245.661E [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 37.0, FOUL 37.5MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 38.3 IN GEN DEPTH 44MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 105MTRS, WIDTH 26MTRS. DCS3 HT 5.8MTRS. LIES 112/292DEGS WITH BOWS TOWARDS 112DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. DEBRIS EXTENDS 4MTRS TOWARD 310DEGS AND IS PROBABLY FISHING GEAR. UPRIGHT AND INTACT. (GARDLINE, HI 910). BR STD. 14.7.10 SINGLE TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE VISIBLE, THOUGH PARTIALLY COVERED BY SAND DUNES. BOW STANDS 8MTRS HIGH. (DIVER MAGAZINE, AUG '10). SEP 2014/000110702 16.9.14 EXAM'D 6.4.14 IN 5218.956N, 0245.698E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 36.32 IN GEN DEPTH 43MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 97.6MTRS, WIDTH 18.8MTRS, HT 6.68MTRS. LIES 120/300 DEGS WITH BOWS ESE. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. PARTIALLY COVERED. (MMT, HI 1424). DAMAGE TO PORT SIDE AFT. AMEND WK 36MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, UPRIGHT, BOWS ESE

Position: 52 18.956 N,2 45.698 E

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