This is the information page about the shipwreck Rado (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 41.45 N,0 39.575 E (53.5741333, 0.7815167)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐ฌ๐ง, 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: RADO (POSSIBLY)
Length 25 meter, tonnage 182 ton
Cause: Built 1903 by cook, welton & gemmel, beverely. owned at time of loss by g f sleight. one boiler, triple expansion engine of 55hp, single shaft. machinery by c d holmes & co, hull. passage grimsby for fishing and return. captured & sunk by german submarine.
Year of registration: 1916
Water depth above wreck: 27 meter, Height above seabed: 0 cm
Known since: 1916, last detected: 20160409
Details measurements/cartography: SANK 15M NE BY E OF SPURN LTV. (GRIMSBY LOSS LIST). H4465/81 22.11.83 WK EXAM'D 13.7.82 IN 534125N, 003941E [OGB] USING HYPERFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 22.9 IN GEN DEPTH 26MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 3.7MTRS, LENGTH 25MTRS. INTACT WITH 2 HIGH POINTS. GOOD SONAR CONTACT FROM ALL DIRNS. POSSIBLY A TRAWLER. (HMS BEAGLE, HI 74). INS AS WK 22.5MTRS. BR STD. SEP 2016/000053291 9.10.16 EXAM'D 9.4.16; IN 5341.450N, 0039.575E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 22.9MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 27MTRS, LENGTH 50.5MTRS, WIDTH 9.1MTRS, HEIGHT 3.7MTRS, ORIENTATION 000/180 DEGS. SCOUR DIMENSIONS LENGTH 50MTRS, TOWARD 335 DEGS. WRECK SITS ON ITS HULL, FORWARD SECTION DISINTEGRATED WITH STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (MMT, HI 1473). RETAIN DW 22.5MTRS IN REVISED POSITION.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 53 41.45 N,0 39.575 E