This is the information page about the shipwreck Radaas (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 34.241 N,3 4.883 W (50.302916666667, -3.1211333333333)

 

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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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2. Ailsa craig (probably)
3. Aleyna
4. Algarve
5. Angelena bm 271
6. Avalanche
7. Avalon g ii
8. Bamse (probably)
9. Baygitano
10. Bayonne
11. Berar
12. Bokn (possibly)
13. Boma
14. Borgund i (possibly)
15. Bretagne
16. Broomhill (probably)
17. Chateau yqem
18. Chorley
19. Christoffel colombus (possibly)
20. City of swansea (probably)
21. Gefion
22. General leman (possibly)
23. Gibel-hamam
24. Glocliffe
25. Gorizia
26. Greleen
27. Greta c
28. Heroine (probably)
29. Hms bittern
30. Hms bittern (parts of)(probably)
31. Hms empress of india (ex renown)
32. Hms harstad
33. Hms hickory
34. Hms lord hailsham
35. Hms manor
36. Irma germaine (possibly)
37. Isbjorn
38. Karen marie (probably)
39. Kongshaug (probably)
40. L h carl
41. Lct 381
42. Lord stewart
43. Lucinda (possibly)
44. Majorca
45. Marguerite (possibly)
46. Marie des isles
47. Modavia
48. Moidart
49. Nil desperandum (probably)
50. Nyasaland
51. Ocean vagabond
52. Pergo
53. Peronne
54. Pomella
55. Quest
56. Radaas (probably)
57. Reggestroom (probably)
58. Renilde
59. Rosten (possibly)
60. Rota
61. Rotorua
62. Sarah jayne
63. Sevilla
64. Sparkling foam (possibly)
65. Tandil (probably)
66. Ursa (probably)
67. W h dwyer
68. Westergate (probably)

 

Name: RADAAS (PROBABLY)

Length 88.4 meter, width: 12.2 meter, draught: 6.1, tonnage 2524 ton
Load: coal

Cause: ex-ethot romanos. ex-marstonmoor. built in 1890 by j redhead & sons, south shields. owned at time of loss by damps selsk. primula. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 234 nhp, single shaft. passage the tyne for bordeaux. torpedoed by ub-40. (dods, ll ww1 & sibi).

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 29 meter, Height above seabed: 120 cm

Known since: 1917, last detected: 2015

Details measurements/cartography: H6440/17 19.11.17 2 MASTS SHOWING 12FT ABOVE LOW WATER IN 503420N, 030418W, MARKED BY BUOYS 100YDS SOUTH OF WK. (ADMIRALTY). FNM 701/17. H7476/17 20.2.18 CHART AS WK [OLD SYMBOL], 2 MASTS SHOWING 12FT, IN 503412N, 030418W, MARKED BY BUOY CLOSE S. (ADMIRALTY).

- NM 273/18. H6864/19 16.9.19 DEPTH OVER WK 54FT. BUOY WITHDRAWN. POSN CG BEER HEAD 355DEGS, 7.5M. (TRINITY HOUSE). AMEND TO WK 9FMS IN 503412N, 030448W & DELETE BUOY.

- NM 1601/19. H3971/52 8.10.52 WK IN 503412N, 030448W [OGB] USING HSA. WIRE DRIFT SWEEP S.M.LS 322 & 324. CLEAR AT 11FMS, FOUL AT 12FMS IN GEN DEPTH 15FMS. LEAST DEPTH BY E/S 13FMS. SEABED SAND & SHELL OVER CHALK. VERY GOOD A/S RESPONSE. (HMS SCOTT, SCES, 14.12.52). AMEND TO WK 11FMS. BR STD. H3950/70 21.5.71 NOW CHARTED AS WK SW 19.7MTRS. NC 3315. H5413/60 19.1.65 GREATLY BROKEN UP AND DISPERSED OVER A LARGE AREA. LITTLE HOPE OF IDENTIFICATION. (BSAC, TORQUAY BRANCH, 17.11.64). NCA. 22.4.70 HIGHEST POINT ABOUT 12FT, THAT BEING THE ENGINE. GOOD WK FOR MARINE LIFE. (VISIT TO DEPT ON 22.4.70 BY MR RUNDTREE, SUB-AQUA DIVER). NCA. H5982/82 9.2.83 WK SHOWN IN 503413N, 030450W [OGB] USING DECCA. (KINGFISHER CHART K(SW)2, 1982). NCA. H2923/83 20.11.84 EXAM'D 18.6.84 IN 503413N, 030450W [OGB] USING SYLEDIS. SWEPT CLEAR AT 19.7, FOUL AT 20.0MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 21.1 IN GEN DEPTH 30MTRS. SCOUR 1MTR DEEP. DCS3 HT NOT OBTAINED. DEBRIS COVERS AREA 70 X 25MTRS AND LIES 115/295 DEGS, APPROX. HIGHEST POINT IS AT W END. THOUGHT PROBABLY TO BE THE 'RADAAS'. (GARDLINE SURVEY LTD, HI 202). NCA. [WGD] POSN: 5034.251N, 0304.908W. SEP 2015/000019320 7.7.15 EXAM'D 9.3.15 LEAST M/B DEPTH 22.76MTRS IN 5034.241N, 0304.883W [WGD], GEN DEPTHS 29MTRS. LENGTH 95.5MTRS, WIDTH 35.7MTRS, HEIGHT 6.1MTRS. ORIENTATION 120/300 DEGS. WELL BROKEN UP. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (MMT, HI 1453). AMEND TO DW 22.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: WELL BROKEN UP

Position: 50 34.241 N,3 4.883 W

 

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