Wreck: Polanna (Steam ship)
This is the information page about the shipwreck Polanna, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 34.793 N,0 32.323 W (54.579883, -0.538717)
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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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Shipwreck details
Name: POLANNA
Length 86 meter, width: 11.6 meter, tonnage 2345 ton
Load: coal
Cause: ex-anna woermann '98, ex-antonina i. built in 1893. owned at time of loss by clyde ss co, glasgow. triple expansion engine, single shaft. passage the tyne for dunkirk. torpedoed. two men lost. (sibi).
Year of registration: 1988
Water depth above wreck: 52 meter, Height above seabed: 120 cm
Known since: 1988, last detected: 20161213
Details measurements/cartography: H1311/88 11.10.88 WK IN 543447N, 003226W. (M FREEMAN, LTR DTD 30.9.88). INS AS NDW. BR STD. H6331/87 27.1.89 WK EXAM'D 17.6.88 IN 543447N, 003214W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [3 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 44 IN GEN DEPTH 52MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 7.9MTRS, LENGTH 90MTRS, WIDTH 20MTRS. LIES 115/295DEG WITH HIGH POINT AT SE END. (LAND & MARINE, HI 414B). AMEND TO WK 44MTRS. BR STD. HH100/351/13 17.3.98 IDENTIFIED AS 'POLANNA'. BUILT IN HAMBURG BY BLOHM & VOSS. IDENTIFIED FROM DECK FITTINGS MARKED 'LUFT UND ROHR TANK NO1' AND STEAM WHISTLE MADE IN HAMBURG. ENGINE AND BOILER DETAIL MATCH. (A C JACKSON/C A RACEY, LTR DTD 12.3.98). NCA. SEP 2017/00002822 3.5.17 EXAM'D 13.12.16; IN 5434.793N, 0032.323W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 45.04MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 52MTRS, LENGTH 86.7MTRS, WIDTH 16.7MTRS, HEIGHT 6.76MTRS, ORIENTATION 120/300 DEGS. WRECK APPEARS TO BE UPRIGHT AND INTACT, BUT IS SEVERELY DISINTEGRATED. (MMT, HI 1491). AMEND NDW 45MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 54 34.793 N,0 32.323 W
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