This is the information page about the shipwreck Renen, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 55 0.263 N,1 22.879 W (55.004383, -1.381317)

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.

Name: RENEN

Length 54.7 meter, width: 8.4 meter, draught: 4.3, tonnage 656 ton
Load: coke

Cause: ex-prospero, ex-prima. built in 1869 by denton, grey & co, west hartlepool. owned at time of loss by j thomas wilborg & co. single boiler, compound engine, single shaft. machinery by flensburg sb co, flensburg. passage river tyne for tonsberg. cargo coke. foundered after collision. later dispersed.

Year of registration: 1920

Water depth above wreck: 16 meter, Height above seabed: 127 cm

Known since: 1920, last detected: 2001

Details measurements/cartography: H750/20 29.1.20 WK ABOUT 180FT LONG, LIES SUNK IN 54FT OF WATER AT LWOST ABOUT 1610 YDS S 42 E (MAG) FROM S. PIER LT HO. (LL). INS AS WK IN 550010N, 012240W MARKED BY G CON BUOY.

- NM 225/20. H750/20 29.1.20 WK IN POSN 550010N, 012240W IS MARKED BY A G CON BUOY. (TH). H750/20 24.2.20 A G CON LT BUOY FL.G HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED TO MARK WK. (LL). AMEND BUOY.

- NM 381/20. H1726/21 19.3.21 WK HAS 7 FMS OF WATER OVER & LT BUOY HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN. (TH). AMEND TO WK 7FMS. DELETE BUOY.

- NM 559/21. 25.3.25 LOCATED IN 550014N, 012251W. 47FT OVER IT. (HMS FITZROY, C5940). 4.1.54 SHOWN AS WK 7FMS 5FT ON NC 1934. 26.5.72 AMENDED TO WK 14.3MTRS. NC 1934. HH090/796/01 5.1.99 EXAM'D 5.8.98 IN 550015.8N, 012252.7W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH NOT OBTAINED DUE TO BUOYS ON WRECK. GEN DEPTH 17.0MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 2.7MTRS. LENGTH 51MTRS, WIDTH 13MTRS. LIES 127/307 DEGS. WELL DEFINED WK WITH DISCERNABLE SHAPE AND DEBRIS TO THE SOUTH. (GARDLINE, HI 796). RETAIN AS WK 14.3MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. HH100/351/17 16.5.01 DIVED IN 5500.257N, 0122.878W [WGD] USING GPS. STANDS 2MTRS HIGH AND THOUGHT TO LIE NW/SE. SUBSTANTIAL WRECKAGE ONLY LOCATED WITHIN 10MTRS OF LOCATED POSN. (A HUNT, EMAIL DTD 15.5.01). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 55 0.263 N,1 22.879 W

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