This is the information page about the shipwreck Rigel, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 38.111 N,2 14.952 E (51.3988833, 2.4536167)

 

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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.

 

1. Amor
2. Andre
3. Birkenfels
4. Bramden (possibly)
5. Breda
6. Castor (possibly)
7. Cormorant
8. Deo gratias
9. Duke of york (bows)
10. Ellewoutsdijk
11. Fauvette
12. Garden city
13. Hms thuringia (possibly)
14. Hms westella
15. Jarita
16. Kilmore
17. La flandre (possibly)
18. Laura
19. Lodewijk van nassau (probably)
20. Marie
21. Mariner (possibly)
22. Medee
23. Melrose
24. Merlijn
25. Nautilus
26. Neppo (possibly)
27. Palembang (probably)
28. Peppinella
29. Ptarmigan
30. Quo vadis
31. Rigel
32. S 168
33. Shardana
34. Sint annaland
35. Texel
36. Tringa
37. Uc 1
38. Uc 63
39. Vecht (probably)
40. West-hinder
41. Wielingen ii (possibly)
42. Wielingen ltv

 

Name: RIGEL

Length 110.3 meter, width: 14.6 meter, draught: 8.8, tonnage 3823 ton
Load: ferrous elements and ores: unrefined and refined,ore

Cause: On voyage oxelosund to port talbot. in collision with senegal & sank. 29 survivors.

Year of registration: 1953

Water depth above wreck: 39 meter, Height above seabed: 114 cm

Known since: 1953, last detected: 2016

Details measurements/cartography: H1619/53 9.4.53 INS DWPA IN 513930N, 021430E. (NETH NM 58/828).

- NM 786/53. H1619/53 27.8.56 NOW WK 12FMS IN 513805N, 021501E. (HMS OWEN, 1956).

- NM 2146/56. H1619/53 17.8.59 EXAM'D IN 513805N, 021501E. SWEPT BY OROPESA 3.5.56 CLEAR AT 10.5FMS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 78FT IN GEN DEPTH 130FT. SCOUR 12FT. SEABED SAND. LIES 125/305 DEGS. (AUTHORITY NOT KNOWN). H4403/65 29.3.66 LEAST E/S DEPTH 81FT IN GEN DEPTH 110-133FT. (HMS MYRMIDON, 1965). 7.5.68 AMEND TO WK 13FMS. LC 1610. H8169/68 9.1.69 EXAM'D IN 513803N, 021458E [?EUR] USING HIFIX. LEAST E/S DEPTH 88FT IN GEN DEPTH 120FT. SCOUR DEPTH 129FT. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 38/68). 29.1.69 DIVERS REPORT THE STERN HAS SAGGED AWAY TO STARBOARD. HIGHEST POINT IS BRIDGE. LIES UPRIGHT. BETWEEN 10-13MTRS HIGH ON SEABED. (NETH DOVER STRAIT SURVEY 9/68). H8169/68 29.4.69 SWEPT CLEAR 85FT, FOUL 91FT. SCOUR DEPTH 129FT IN GEN DEPTH 120FT. LYING E/W. (HMS BULLDOG, ROS DTD 18.4.69). AMEND TO SW 14FMS. BR STD. 3.6.82 SHOWN AS SW 25.5MTRS ON NETH 1349 [1977]. AMEND TO SW 13.5FMS. 16.4.86 AMEND TO SW 25.5MTRS. NC 2449. H2350/85 4.12.86 EXAM'D 26.5.86 IN 513804N, 021504E (OGB) USING HIFIX/6 [3 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 27.1 IN GEN DEPTH 37 TO 39MTRS. SCOUR 1 TO 3MTRS DEEP. DCS3 HT 10.5MTRS, LENGTH 110MTRS, APPROX. LYING 140/320 DEG, INTACT AND WITH SANDWAVE VIRTUALLY COVERING MIDSHIPS SECTION. (NP 1008, HI 317A). RETAIN SWEPT DEPTH. HH090/854/01 26.10.99 EXAM'D 10.10.99 IN 5138.111N, 0214.945E [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 26.8, FOUL 27.2MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 28.4 IN GEN DEPTH 34-38MTRS. SCOUR 5MTRS EXTENDS 25MTRS TOWARDS 225 DEGS. LENGTH 110MTRS, WIDTH 20MTRS. NO DCS3 HT. LIES 140/320 DEGS. APPARENTLY INTACT. LIES IN SANDWAVE FIELD. (NP 1016, HI 854). AMEND TO SW 26.5MTRS. BR STD. HH090/895/01 2.6.00 LOCATED, NOT EXAMINED. GEN DEPTH 36MTRS. (NP 1016, HI 895). NCA. HH090/922/01 11.9.01 LOCATED, NOT EXAMINED. GEN DEPTH 36MTRS. (NP 1008, HI 922). NCA. HH091/159/01 2.8.07 LOCATED 23.3.07 IN 5138.111N, 0214.952E [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 27.63 IN GEN DEPTH 39.5MTRS. LENGTH 115.6MTRS, WIDTH 16MTRS, HT 11.8MTRS. LIES 114/294 DEGS WITH BOWS 294 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (OSAE, HI 1159). LIES BETWEEN AND PARALLEL TO SANDWAVES. SANDBRIDGE JOINS WAVES TO WRECK. SCOUR RUNS NE & SW FROM NW END. RETAIN SW 26.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. SEP 2016/000181431 02.12.16 EXAM'D 29.07.16; IN 5138.111N, 0214.952E [WGD]. LEAST WC DEPTH 27.05MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 39MTRS, LENGTH 113.5MTRS, WIDTH 15MTRS, HEIGHT 8.3MTRS, ORIENTATION 294/114 DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 33MTRS, 6.5MTRS DEEP, DIRECTION TOWARDS 287 DEGS. WRECK LARGELY DEGRADED, VESSEL IS SAT UPRIGHT AND HAS CONCISE DEBRIS FIELD ON THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE FEATURE. (EGS PIONEER, HI 1523). AMEND DW 27MTRS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 51 38.111 N,2 14.952 E

 

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