Wreck: Presto (possibly) (Steam ship)
This is the information page about the shipwreck Presto (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 55.391 N,1 20.308 W (54.923183, -1.338467)
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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: PRESTO (POSSIBLY)
Length 61.9 meter, width: 10.1 meter, draught: 4, tonnage 971 ton
Load: coal
Cause: ex-dunelm, built in 1916 by r thompson & sons, ltd, sunderland, with one boiler, triple expansion engine of 150hp, single shaft. aft machinery by ne marine eng. co. ltd., sunderland. owned at time of loss by s & r steamships ltd. passage blyth for dover. observed to sink by hms manchester after collison with ss llandover whilst in convoy. (sibi)
Year of registration: 1974
Water depth above wreck: 13 meter, Height above seabed: 184 cm
Known since: 1974, last detected: 2019
Details measurements/cartography: H2433/71 25.9.74 EXAM'D 12.6.74 IN 545522N, 012012W [OGB] USING HSA. LEAST E/S DEPTH 11.4MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 12.5MTRS. (HMS EGERIA, 1974). NC 1627. HH090/796/01 23.12.98 EXAM'D 9.8.98 IN 545523.8N, 012017.9W [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 9.3, FOUL 9.7MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 9.3 IN GEN DEPTH 12MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 2.4MTRS. AREA OF DEBRIS COVERS 60MTRS BY 25MTRS, ORIENTATED 000/180DEGS. THREE MAIN CONTACTS. BOTTOM OF ROCK WITH FINE COVER OF SANDS AND MUDS. (GARDLINE, HI 796). BR STD. SEP 2019/000043627 20.3.19 EXAM’D 20.3.19 IN 5455.391N, 0120.308W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 9.69MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 13MTRS. LENGTH 7.2MTRS, WIDTH 4.7MTRS, HT 3.8MTRS, ORIENTATION 184/004DEGS. SCOUR DIMENSIONS LENGTH 3.5MTRS, WIDTH 13.5MTRS, 0.5MTRS DEEP TOWARD 185DEGS. 2 MAIN CONTACTS. (MERITAITO, HI 1513). AMEND DW 9.6MTRS IN REVISED POSITION.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: 2 MAIN CONTACTS
Position: 54 55.391 N,1 20.308 W
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