This is the information page about the shipwreck President harbitz, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 25.776 N,4 25.247 W (53.429600, -4.420783)

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: PRESIDENT HARBITZ

Length 45.7 meter, width: 9.1 meter

Cause: foundered on a calm day after running onto middle mouse rocks.

Year of registration: 1994

Water depth above wreck: 26 meter, Height above seabed: 199 cm

Known since: 1994, last detected: 20210809

Details measurements/cartography: HH100/351/08 18.7.94 LOCATED IN 532548N, 042511W [OGB] USING GPS AND DECCA. COMPLETE WK OF SAILING VESSEL, PROBABLY 19TH CENTURY. HULL OUTLINE CAN BE SEEN BARELY ABOVE THE SEABED. MAJOR PORTION IS BURIED IN THE SAND. SHOALEST PART IS LARGE BOW ANCHOR OF ADMIRALTY PATTERN. ONE FLUKE IS BURIED WHILST THE OTHER STANDS ABOUT 4 FEET HIGH. SMALL AMOUNT OF CHAIN LEADS OFF INTO THE SAND. ESTIMATED TO BE AT LEAST 100FT BY 30FT. GENERAL DEPTH 26MTRS. SEABED OF CLEAN SAND AND FINE SHELL. NO IDENTIFICATION COULD BE FOUND. (K HURLEY). INSERT AS USC 24MTRS. BR STD. HH100/351/09 6.2.95 WK IDENTIFIED AFTER DIVE IN FEB 1993. WK IS WOODEN ABOUT 150 X 30FT LYING BURIED ON A SANDBANK IN 30 MTRS, THE ONLY PART VISIBLE BEING THE ANCHORS, CHAINS AND A WINDLASS ON THE BOW. CINC REQUESTED WHILST MORE DIVING IS UNDERTAKEN. (J SHAW, LTR DTD 27.1.95). NCA. 18.2.00 CINC DELETED. MORE THAN FIVE YEARS. SEP2022/000028019 12.04.22 EXAM'D 09.08.2021; IN 5325.776N, 0425.247W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 23.75MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 26MTRS. LENGTH 47.34MTRS, WIDTH 17MTRS, HEIGHT 1.3MTRS, ORIENTATION 199/019 DEGS. WRECK ALMOST COMPLETELY BURIED WITH FEW STRUCTURES VISIBLE. (CLINTON MARINE SURVEY AB, HI1507 - H525-7472). AMEND DIST REMAINS OF WK 23.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: Wreck almost completely buried with few structures visible.

Position: 53 25.776 N,4 25.247 W

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