This is the information page about the shipwreck Rfa hungerford (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 30.705 N,0 39.615 W (50.6523667, -0.6161833)

 

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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.

 

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Name: RFA HUNGERFORD (POSSIBLY)

Length 128 meter, width: 17.1 meter, draught: 9.1, tonnage 5811 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: Ex-lauterfels '13. built in 1913 by a g weser, bremen for deutsche dampschiffahrts gesellschaft hansa of bremen. seized by british forces at port said in 8.1914 and awarded to the admiralty by the prize court in 1915. renamed 'hungerford'. owned at time of loss by shipping controller (g heyn & sons). three boilers, triple expansion engine of 520nhp, single shaft. passage le havre for new york. torpedoed by uc-75. 8 men lost. (dods, ww1sl, der krieg zur see, sibi & www.historicalrfa.org).

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 36 meter, Height above seabed: 121 cm

Known since: 1918, last detected: 20180112

Details measurements/cartography: SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 9M SSE OF OWERS LTV. (WW1SL & DODS). H2537/28 20.8.28 WK IN 503000N, 003700W. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). H1098/37 8.3.37 INS NDW IN 503000N, 003700W. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). F016. 25.3.41 NOW CHARTED AS NDW ON NC 2012. 23.7.71 NOW CHARTED AS USC PA 15MTRS. (TONNAGE KNOWN). NC 1652. H4121/76 20.1.77 NOT LOCATED DURING AREA SONAR SEARCH. (HMS FOX, HI 52/76). DELETE NDW IN 503000N, 003700W. NE 1652. H1270/88 13.9.88 OLD SHIP LOCATED IN 503039N, 003930W. HEAVILY BURIED IN GEN DEPTH 150FT. ONLY ENGINE & BROKEN OFF WOODEN MAST STANDING ABOVE SEABED. VESSEL APPROX 1,500-1,800TONS. (DILLINGHAM, SUBSERVS, 6.9.88). CHART AS NDW. BR STD. HH090/952/01 15.6.03 EXAM'D 15.6.03 IN 5030.705N, 0039.615W [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 33.0, FOUL 33.5MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 32.7 IN GEN DEPTH 37MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 33MTRS, WIDTH 10MTRS. DCS3 HT 4.5MTRS. LIES 126/306 DEGS. POOR MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (GARDLINE, HI 952). BR STD. SEP 2018/000198963 09.08.18 EXAM'D 12.01.18; IN 5030.705N, 0039.615W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 32.67MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 36MTRS, LENGTH 28.2MTRS, WIDTH 7.8MTRS, HEIGHT 3.3MTRS, ORIENTATION 121/301 DEGS. EVIDENCE OF BASE OF HULL, PARTIALLY BURIED, ON SIDE OF SAND WAVE. TWO PROMINENT FEATURES MIDSHIPS, PROBABLY BOILERS. (MMT, HI 1498). AMEND NDW 32MTRS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: PARTIALLY BURIED.

Position: 50 30.705 N,0 39.615 W

 

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