Wreck: Princess olga (possibly) (Steam ship)
This is the information page about the shipwreck Princess olga (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 22.522 N,0 16.025 W (54.3753667, -0.2670833)
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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: PRINCESS OLGA (POSSIBLY)
Length 72.2 meter, width: 9.8 meter, draught: 4.7, tonnage 998 ton
Load: general and mixed goods
Cause: Built in 1901 in port glasgow. owned at time of loss by m langlands & sons, liverpool. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 125nhp, single shaft. passage liverpool for aberdeen. struck a mine laid by the german cruiser 'kolberg'. (sibi).
Year of registration: 1997
Water depth above wreck: 50 meter, Height above seabed: 312 cm
Known since: 1997, last detected: 20160221
Details measurements/cartography: MINED APPROX 5 MILES NE OF SCARBOROUGH. HH090/730/01 17.11.97 EXAM'D 11.7.97 IN 542231.1N, 001601.0W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 49 IN GEN DEPTH 50MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 2MTRS. LENGTH 78MTRS, WIDTH 18MTRS. LIES 122/302 DEGS. MAGNETIC ANOMALY OBSERVED. POSSIBLE SEMI-BURIED WK SHOWING LITTLE RELIEF ABOVE SEABED. (GARDLINE, HI 730). AREA OF DEBRIS WITH ONE MAJOR CHUNK. BR STD. SEP 2016/000007250 16.06.16 EXAM'D 21.02.16 IN 5422.522N, 0016.025W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 46.5MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 50MTRS. LENGTH 52.1 MTRS, WIDTH 13.3MTRS, HT 3.5MTRS, ORIENTATION 312/132. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY, WRECK IS PARTIALLY INTACT, WITH MOST OF THE STRUCTURE HAVING COLLAPSED. (EGS, HI 1472). AMEND NDW 46MTRS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: Partially intact
Position: 54 22.522 N,0 16.025 W
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