This is the information page about the shipwreck Retriever, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 33.738 N,0 5.345 E (53.56915, 0.0936)
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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: RETRIEVER
Year of registration: 1968
Water depth above wreck: 10 meter, Height above seabed: 44 cm
Known since: 1968, last detected: 20200517
Details measurements/cartography: H6450/68 6.12.68 EXAM'D 7.5.68 IN 533343N, 000524E USING HSA. LEAST E/S DEPTH 34FT IN GEN DEPTH 37FT. SCOUR 51FT. GOOD SONAR CONTACT. APPEARS TO BE LYING IN ITS OWN SCOUR. IDENTIFIED AS S TRAWLER 'RETRIEVER' FROM HUMBER CONSERVANCY RECORDS. (HMS ENTERPRISE, HI 39/68). BR STD. H5970/69 12.6.73 NOT SHOWN ON BTD HUMBER SURVEY 1972 [K 5557/7]. AMENDED TO FOUL. NE 1188. H1433/75 6.5.75 SHOWN AS WK 9.9MTRS [LAT] ON BTDB SURVEY [K5557/8]. BR STD. H] 16.9.77 SHOWN ON BTDB 1976 SURVEY [K5557/FH]. H4006/83 9.5.86 SHOWN AS FOUL ON HUMBER 8/5 [28.4.86]. BR STD. 31.3.87 SHOWN AS WK 9.9MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 11MTRS ON HUMBER 8/6 [1986 EDN]. NC 109. SEP 2011/000136845 3.8.11 LOCATED IN 5333.738N, 0005.346E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 9.94MTRS. (NETSURVEY, HN DTD 18.7.11 FOR HI 1358). RETAIN WK 9.9MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 7.9.11 LENGTH 71MTRS, WIDTH 21MTRS, HT 1.5MTRS. LIES 128/308 DEGS. IN A SCOUR. (NETSURVEY, HI 1158). APPARENTLY ALMOST FULL BURIED WITH BOILER AS HIGH POINT. PROBABLY LIES 045/315 DEGS WITH BOWS NE. SCOUR RUNS NW FROM BOTH ENDS. NCA. SEP 2021/000067871 19.5.20 EXAM'D 19.05.20 IN 5333.737N, 0005.345E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 10.01MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 10MTRS, LENGTH 8.56MTRS, WIDTH 3.75MTRS, HEIGHT 1.62MTRS, ORIENTATION 044 DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 19.04MTRS, WIDTH 13.56MTRS, 1.82MTRS DEEP, TOWARDS 180 DEGS. BURIED, HARD TO DISCERN SHAPES OF WRECK. SCOUR PRESENT AROUND WHOLE WRECK. (CLINTON MARINE SURVEY, HI 1683). AMEND DW 10.0MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: BURIED, HARD TO DISCERN SHAPES OF WRECK.
Position: 53 33.738 N,0 5.345 E