This is the information page about the shipwreck Pluton, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 33.163 N,2 3.612 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: PLUTON
Length 76.2 meter, width: 11.3 meter, draught: 4.9, tonnage 1507 ton
Load: foodstuffs: solid
Cause: Mined.
Year of registration: 1919
Water depth above wreck: 28 meter, Height above seabed: 159 cm
Known since: 1919, last detected: 20170315
Details measurements/cartography: H6391/19 INS WRECK PA IN POSN 523300N, 020400E. (AUTHORITY NOT KNOWN). H282/26 14.10.26 AMEND TO DW IN REVISED POSN. H2165/28 28.4.28 POSN DIFFERS. (TH LETTER). H3990/29 18.6.29 DELETED. (TH 2203/29). H3990/29 18.6.29 SWEPT FOR BUT NOT FOUND. (TH 2203/29). H3730/69 8.8.69 LEAST DEPTH BY E/S 67FT IN GENERAL DEPTH 96FT. SCOUR 109FT. (HMS BULLDOG). INS WK 11FMS. BR STD. H4398/71 16.9.71 LOCATED IN 523310N, 020345E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR AT 20.0MTRS, FOUL AT 21.0MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 20.6MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 28.9MTRS. SCOUR 30.4MTRS. LIES N/S, ABOUT 240FT LONG. (HMS ENTERPRISE, 16.6.71). AMEND TO SW 11FMS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. H4629/71 22.12.71 LIES NNE/SSW, QUITE UPRIGHT, ABOUT 1000 TONS. CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO STERN OTHERWISE STRUCTURALLY STRONG & NO SIGNS OF COLLAPSE. NO SCOUR ALTHOUGH SEABED SOFT. (E GILES, 13.12.71). 5.4.72 AMEND TO SW 20MTRS. NC 1543. 22.11.72 SHOWN IN 523316N, 020330 [EUR] ON NETHERLANDS FISHERIES 1954 [REC'D 7.11.72]. HH090/616 26.10.94 EXAM'D 30.6.94 IN 523308.4N, 020343.2E [OGB] USING SYLEDIS [3 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR 20.8, FOUL 21.1MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 21.5 IN GEN DEPTH 28.0MTRS. SCOUR <1MTR. DCS3 HT 7.3MTRS. LENGTH 60MTRS, WIDTH 15MTRS. LIES 160/340 DEGS. INTACT AND PROBABLY UPRIGHT. (GARDLINE, HI 616). SEP 2017/000067039 15.3.17 EXAM'D 15.3.17: WRECK IN 5233.163N, 0203.612E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 23.55MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 28MTRS. LENGTH 64.9MTRS, WIDTH 18.8MTRS, HT 4.5MTRS, ORIENTATION 159/339 DEGS. SCOUR DIMENSIONS LENGTH 25.5MTRS, 1.7MTRS DEEP, TOWARD 142 DEGS. WK LARGELY INTACT, PARTIALLY BURIED.(GARDLINE, HI 1516). AMEND DW 23.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 52 33.163 N,2 3.612 E