Wreck: Polzella (possibly) (Steam ship)

This is the information page about the shipwreck Polzella (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 27.724 N,0 38.735 E (53.5741333, 0.7815167)


 

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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง, 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: POLZELLA (POSSIBLY)

Length 118.9 meter, width: 15.8 meter, draught: 7.6, tonnage 4556 ton
Load: coal

Cause: Built in 1915 by w doxford & sons. owned at time of loss by the eclipse shipping & trading co. triple expansion engine of 429nhp. passage the tyne for oran. cargo coal. sank following a collision with ss whitby abbey.

Year of registration: 1928

Water depth above wreck: 82 meter, Height above seabed: 100 cm

Known since: 1928, last detected: 2014

Details measurements/cartography: H2338/28 14.4.28 SUNK IN 532700N, 004100E, APPROX. (B OF T 38/40). COLLISION TOOK PLACE 13 MILES NW OF DUDGEON. (LL 13.4.28). H2338/28 10.5.28 SEARCHED IN 532700N, 004100E. NOT FOUND. MASTER THINKS WK IS IN DEEP WATER IN SILVER PIT. (TH, 26.4.28). NCA. H332/62 25.1.62 WK LOCATED IN 532743N, 003850E USING 2 RANGE DECCA. LEAST E/S DEPTH 235 IN GEN DEPTH 270FT. 400FT LONG. POOR A/S CONTACT. (HMS SCOTT, 1961). INS AS NDW. BR STD. 26.9.72 AMEND TO WK 71MTRS. NC 107. HH090/593/01 4.1.94 NOT FOUND. (OCEONICS (UK) LTD., HI 593). AMEND TO FOUL. BR STD. SEP 2013/000180690 10.7.14 EXAM'D 14.1.14 IN 5327.724N, 0038.735E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 66.26 IN GEN DEPTH 82MTRS. SCOUR 3.0MTRS DEEP EXTENDS 250MTRS TOWARDS 185 DEGS. LENGTH 117MTRS, WIDTH 31MTRS, HT 18MTRS. LIES 100/280 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. LARGELY INTACT WK, POSSIBLY HULL-UP. (GARDLINE, HI 1419). GENERALLY INTACT. HUGE SCOUR TO S AND AT EACH END. AMEND WK 66MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: MAINLY NTACT, ?INVERTED, LARGE SCOUR TO S & AT ENDS

Position: 53 27.724 N,0 38.735 E

 

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