This is the information page about the shipwreck Residu, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 43.29 N,3 43.438 W (53.615283333333, -3.42905)
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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: RESIDU
Length 48.5 meter, width: 7.9 meter, draught: 3, tonnage 399 ton
Load: minerals,chemicals
Cause: 19.6.92 reported taking in water when on passage northwich to drogheda. was anchored, took on severe list and sank after being abandoned by crew. (ll, 19.6.92)
Year of registration: 1992
Water depth above wreck: 37 meter, Height above seabed: 110 cm
Known since: 1992, last detected: 1996
Details measurements/cartography: HH208/400/01 25.6.92 HH208/400/01 25.6.92 LOCATED, USING DECCA, IN 534320.5N, 034305W. LEAST E/S DEPTH OBTAINED 27.6 IN GEN DEPTH 34MTRS. (TH, 18.6.92). CORRECTED POSN 534320N, 034309.5W. 19.6.92 19.6.92 S CARD BUOY, VQ(6) + LFL.10S RACON D, LAID ABOUT 200FT S OF WK. (TH, TLX DTD 19.6.92 & NM 17/92 G5). THV MERMAID WILL CONDUCT FULL SURVEY SHORTLY. (TH, HARWICH TELECON). NCA YET, AWAIT RESULTS. 15.7.92 15.7.92 SURVEY STILL NOT CONDUCTED. (TH, HARWICH TELECON). CHART AS DW WITH BUOY CLOSE S.
- NM 2208/92. HH208/400/01 28.7.92 HH208/400/01 28.7.92 SWEPT CLEAR AT 28.2MTRS. BUOY WITHDRAWN. (TH NM 27/92). AMEND TO SW 28MTRS, DELETE BUOY.
- NM 2413/92. HH100/351/06 29.1.93 HH100/351/06 29.1.93 DIVED ON. LIES IN GEN DEPTH OF ABOUT 39MTRS AND IS COMPLETELY ON STBD SIDE WITH THE STERN WHEELHOUSE AND ACCOMMODATION DESTROYED AND SCATTERED N OF THE INTACT HULL BY TRAWLERS ATTEMPTING TO RELEASE THEIR SNAGGED CABLES. STANDS ABOUT 10MTRS HIGH. LIES WITH BOW W. (K HURLEY, 13.1.93). NCA. HH090/705/01 30.12.96 HH090/705/01 30.12.96 EXAM'D 17.8.96 IN 534317.4N, 034326.3W [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 30.91, FOUL 30.92MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 30.6 IN GEN DEPTH 37MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 8.2MTRS. LENGTH 51MTRS, WIDTH 10MTRS. LIES 110/290DEGS. SIGNIFICANT MAGNETIC ANOMALY. INTACT, ON ITS SIDE. POSSIBLE BUOYANT OBJECT ON WK. INS WITH E/S DEPTH. (NP 1008, HI 705). AMEND TO SW 30.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, LYING ON ITS SIDE
Position: 53 43.29 N,3 43.438 W