This is the information page about the shipwreck Robrix, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 45.666 N,1 54.54 E (52.7504, 2.0371)
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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: ROBRIX
Length 41.2 meter, width: 7 meter, draught: 2.9, tonnage 314 ton
Cause: Built in 1917 by cochrane & sons ltd, selby. owned at time of loss by humber steam coasters ltd. one boiler, triple expansion engine of 50 nhp, single shaft. machinery aft by drypool engine co (hull) ltd. passage hull for teignmouth. foundered. (sibi).
Year of registration: 1929
Water depth above wreck: 28 meter, Height above seabed: 160 cm
Known since: 1929, last detected: 2014
Details measurements/cartography: H2391/29 15.4.29 POSN 524533N, 015436E. MARKED BY LT BUOYS LAID N AND S. (TH NM 24/29). H2391/29 3.12.29 DISPERSED TO 42FT. LIES APPROX 2 MILES SE OF NEWARP LTV. (TH EX 3912/29). INS AS WK 42FT IN 524533N, 015436E.
- NM 2083/29. H4852/74 30.12.74 NOT LOCATED. SAND WAVES 5 TO 10MTRS HIGH IN VICINITY. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 109/74). NCA. H1956/80 19.10.81 EXAM'D 29.4.81 IN 524538N, 015437E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 20.2MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 24MTRS. SCOUR 26MTRS. NO DCS3 HT. VERY SCATTERED WRECKAGE GIVING POOR SONAR RESPONSE. SANDWAVES NEARBY WITH SHOALER DEPTHS. (ISS, HI 26). BR STD. HH100/351/04 27.3.91 DIVED AND FOUND TO BE A SMALL WK, COMPLETELY SMASHED UP. HIGHEST POINT NO MORE THAN 2MTRS ABOVE SEABED. (R W HICKINBOTTOM, 24.2.91). HH090/661/01 22.5.95 EXAM'D 13.4.95 IN 524538.1N, 015438.9E [OGB] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 21.7 IN GEN DEPTH 27MTRS. NO SCOUR. NO DCS3 HT. LENGTH 60MTRS, WIDTH 20MTRS. LIES 165/345 DEGS. INTACT. STRONG MAGNETOMETER DEFLECTION. (NP 1016, HI 661). BR STD. HH090/845/01 20.4.99 EXAM'D 27.3.99 IN 5245.667N, 0154.527E [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 21.1, FOUL 21.4MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 21.5 IN GEN DEPTH 27MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 50MTRS, WIDTH 15MTRS. NO DCS3 HT. LIES 000/180 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. IN ONE PIECE. NO DEBRIS. PARTIALLY BURIED. (NP 1016, HI 845). AMEND TO SW 21MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 19.10.11 LOCATED IN 5245.667N, 0154.543E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 22.0 IN GEN DEPTH 28MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 40MTRS, WIDTH 8MTRS, HT 4MTRS. LIES 163/343 DEGS. INTACT, UPRIGHT. BETWEEN TWO SANDWAVES AND PARTLY COVERED WITH SEDIMENT. (MMT, HI 1367). RETAIN SW 21MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. SEP 2014/000101130 31.12.14 EXAM'D 27.7.14 IN 5245.666N, 0154.540E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 21.78 IN GEN DEPTH 28MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 40MTRS, WIDTH 8MTRS, HT 4.0MTRS. LIES 160/340 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. INTACT. (GARDLINE GEOSURVEY, HI 1428). GENERALLY COLLAPSED. AMEND WK 21.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, ?UPRIGHT
Position: 52 45.666 N,1 54.54 E