This is the information page about the shipwreck Remuera, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 57 46.967 N,1 52.802 W (57.721166666667, -1.986)
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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: REMUERA
Length 147.8 meter, width: 18.9 meter, draught: 12.5, tonnage 11445 ton
Cause: attacked and sunk by german torpedo-bombers.
Year of registration: 1940
Water depth above wreck: 57 meter, Height above seabed: 80 cm
Known since: 1940, last detected: 1986
Details measurements/cartography: SANK ABOUT 12M N OF PETERHEAD. H0810/40 10.2.59 H0810/40 10.2.59 POSN 574700N, 015230W. (HMS EGRET, HN 26.8.40). UNKNOWN WK REPORTED IN 574700N, 015200W IS EVIDENTLY REMUERA. (HMS GLEANER HN 1/40). H04081/44 H04081/44 CONTACT REPORTED IN 574618N, 015300W WHICH MAY BE THE REMUERA. (AUTHORITY NOT KNOWN). INS AS NDW. BR STD. H2336/84 20.6.86 H2336/84 20.6.86 EXAM'D 11.2.86 IN 574659N, 015242W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [4 LOP]. LEAST DEPTH 44.5 IN GEN DEPTH 57MTRS. NO SCOUR. HYDROSEARCH SHADOW HT 14.6MTRS, LENGTH 151MTRS. LYING 080/260DEGS. TWO SEPARATE SMALL PIECES OF DEBRIS LIE ABOUT 50MTRS N OF THE WK. KNOWN LOCALLY AS THE 'ROUNDABOUT' WK. INS AS WK 42MTRS. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 246). BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 57 46.967 N,1 52.802 W