This is the information page about the shipwreck River don (part of)(probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 39.652 N,0 15.016 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: RIVER DON (PART OF)(PROBABLY)
Length 34.2 meter, width: 6.7 meter, draught: 3.5, tonnage 198 ton
Load: ballast
Cause: Ex-loch doon. built in 1918 by hall, russel & co ltd, montrose. owned at time of loss by a a davidson, aberdeen. one boiler, triple expansion engine of 69hp, single shaft. machinery by the builders. sank following collision. (grimsby loss list & sibi). sunk by u-boat. (grimsby loss list).
Year of registration: 1931
Water depth above wreck: 16 meter
Known since: 1931, last detected: 2013
Details measurements/cartography: H7671/31 29.10.31 SUNK IN 535800N, 001400E. (CINC NORE, TELECON & TH NM 58/31).
- NM 2000T/31. H7671/31 1.1.32 DISPERSED TO A LEAST DEPTH OF 7FMS IN 533940N, 001523E. (TH, 23.12.31). INS AS WK 7FMS. BR STD. 1.2.74 AMEND WK 12.1MTRS [LAT]. NC 109. H3805/72 28.2.78 NOT FOUND DURING DCS3 AREA SEARCH. (SOISS, HI 54/77). AMEND DEAD. BR STD. 6.9.13 LOCATED 2013 IN 5339.652N, 0015.016E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 12.12MTRS. LENGTH 4.3MTRS, WIDTH 3.5MTRS, HT 2.88MTRS. APPARENTLY A BOILER. (NETSURVEY, HI 1401). INS AS WK 12.1MTRS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: PROBABLE BOILER
Position: 53 39.652 N,0 15.016 E