This is the information page about the shipwreck Rushing water, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 45.454 N,0 37.642 E (50.7173333, 0.6087833)
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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: RUSHING WATER
Length 39.2 meter, width: 8.5 meter, draught: 5.2, tonnage 422 ton
Load: machinery and mechanical parts,foodstuffs: solid
Cause: Built of wood in 1864 by robinson, sunderland. owned at time of loss by charles newman. passage sunderland for madras. sank following collision with sv startled fawn (1165 gt, built of iron in 1855 by charles tayleur & c warrington. owned at time of loss by fletcher). (m keane).
Year of registration: 1989
Water depth above wreck: 26 meter, Height above seabed: 85 cm
Known since: 1989, last detected: 20150619
Details measurements/cartography: HH100/351/01 15.9.89 WK OF SV 'RUSHING WATER' LOCATED IN 1987 IN 504515N, 003750E [OGB] USING DECCA. IDENTIFIED BY BELL. ABOUT 120FT LONG WITH CARGO OF STEAM ENGINE PARTS. (J S BLIGHT, 25.8.89). CHART AS NDW. BR STD. SEP 2015/000083464 11.2.16 EXAM'D 19.6.15; IN 5045.454N, 0037.642E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 20.7MTRS, GEN DEPTH 26MTRS. LENGTH 30MTRS, WIDTH 12MTRS, HT 5.5MTRS, ORIENTATION 085/265. SCOUR 160MTRS TOWARDS 045, SCOUR DEPTH 1.5MTRS. WK LARGELY INTACT, UPRIGHT, STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (HI 1475, GARDLINE GEOSURVEY). AMEND DW 20.7MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 50 45.454 N,0 37.642 E