This is the information page about the shipwreck Riviere, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 10.881 N,0 0.442 W (54.18135, -0.0073667)

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.

Name: RIVIERE

Length 35.7 meter, width: 6.7 meter, draught: 3.8, tonnage 226 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: 6.5.16 built in 1915 by cook, welton & gemmel for alec bart of grimsby. registered as trawler gy 893 on 6.5.16. owned at time of loss by derwent trawlers of grimsby. single boiler, triple expansion engine of 75 hp for 9.5 knots, single shaft. machinery by amos & smith ltd. in collision in dense fog with ss 'firelight', approx 046 degs, 5 miles from flamborough head. ten men lost.

Year of registration: 1976

Water depth above wreck: 47 meter, Height above seabed: 221 cm

Known since: 1976, last detected: 20160219

Details measurements/cartography: H4791/76 4.11.76 LOCATED IN 541053N, 000019W USING TRISPONDER. LEAST E/S DEPTH 41MTRS. ESTIMATED LENGTH 300FT. LIES NE/SW. GOOD DCS3 AND E/S RECORDS. (DECCA SURVEY LTD). INS AS WK 41MTRS (22FMS). BR STD. HH100/351/13 23.10.97 DIVED IN 8.97 IN 541054N, 000030W [?WGD] USING GPS. STANDS 4MTRS HIGH BY DEPTH GAUGE. LENGTH APPROX 117FT, BEAM 22FT. WK IS INTACT AND LIES ON PORT SIDE WITH A GASH IN THE PORT QUARTER. MASTS LIE ON WK. THE HIGH POINT IS THE WHEELHOUSE DECK. THE TOP OF THE SUPERSTRUCTURE HAS COLLAPSED. SEABED IS SAND AND STONES. (S CARR, LTR DTD 10.97). NCA. HH090/730/01 17.12.97 EXAM'D 13.6.97 IN 541053.2N, 000026.0W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 41.0 IN GEN DEPTH 48MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 6.8MTRS. LENGTH 39MTRS, WIDTH 12MTRS. LIES 035/215 DEGS. SMALL, CLEARLY DEFINED WK. UPRIGHT WITH POSSIBLE LIST TO PORT. STERN SECTION APPEARS TO BE JAGGED, SUGGESTING A MISSING PORTION OR POSSIBLY A POINT OF IMPACT. (GARDLINE, HI 730). BR STD FOR POSN. SEP 2016/000007250 21.06.16 EXAM'D 19.02.16 IN 5410.881N, 0000.442E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 41.8 MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 48MTRS. LENGTH 35.3 MTRS, WIDTH 8.1 MTRS, HT 6.9 MTRS, ORIENTATION 221/041. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. THE WRECK APPEARS INTACT AND IS FACING A SOUTH WESTERLY DIRECTION, THERE IS NO SCOUR ASSOCIATED WITH THIS WRECK. (EGS, HI 1472). AMEND TO NDW 41MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: Intact

Position: 54 10.881 N,0 0.442 W

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