This is the information page about the shipwreck Regin (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 25.165 N,1 29.311 E (51.6597, 1.3079833333333)
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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: REGIN (POSSIBLY)
Length 80.8 meter, tonnage 1844 ton
Load: coal
Cause: built in 1913 by sorlandets skibsbyg, fevig. owned at time of loss by dpsk. akties. regin. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 188hp, single shaft. passage tyne for bordeaux. cargo coal. mined in the n sea but managed to reach shallow water before foundering.
Year of registration: 1979
Water depth above wreck: 13 meter, Height above seabed: 85 cm
Known since: 1979, last detected: 20171219
Details measurements/cartography: H2538/79 25.10.79 EXAM'D 24.4.79 IN 512508.4N, 012930E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 12.5 IN GEN DEPTH 13MTRS. SCOUR 1MTR. DCS3 HT 1.7MTR. SMALL BUT FIRM SONAR CONTACT. (HMS ECHO, HI 60C/79). SONAR TRACES SEEM TO INDICATE THIS IS A SIZEABLE WK BURIED IN SANDY BOTTOM WITH ONLY SMALL PORTION ABOVE SEABED. CHART AS WK 12.3MTRS. BR STD. H2347/85 20.1.87 EXAM'D 27.9.86 IN 512508N, 012930E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER & HIFIX/6. LEAST E/S DEPTH 12.0 IN GEN DEPTH 12 TO 13MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 14.6MTRS. A SECOND CONTACT WAS LOCATED IN 512508N, 012925E, 102MTRS W OF CHARTED POSN, OVER WHICH A LEAST DEPTH 12.6MTRS, IN A 13.5MTR SCOUR, WAS OBSERVED. SMALL MAGNETIC DEFLECTION AND THOUGHT THERFORE UNLIKELY TO BE WK THE SIZE OF REGIN. (NP 1016, HI 314B). AMEND TO WKS 12MTRS. BR STD. HH090/770/01 21.9.98 LOCATED BY MAGNETOMETER ONLY DURING MAIN LINE SOUNDING. NOT SEEN ON DCS3 DURING INVESTIGATION BUT A SECOND, SMALLER, MAGNETIC ANOMALY NOTED. AMEND TO FOUL. (NP 1016, HI 770). AMENDED TO FOUL. BR STD. SEP 2018/000061842 16.7.18 EXAM'D 19.12.17; LOCATED IN 5125.165N, 0129.311E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 12.61MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 13MTRS, LENGTH 3.3MTRS, WIDTH 3.5MTRS, HEIGHT 1.3MTRS, ORIENTATION 085/265 DEGS. WRECK IS A SMALL INTACT WRECK. (GARDLINE, HI 1519). AMEND FOUL 12.6MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 51 25.165 N,1 29.311 E