This is the information page about the shipwreck Saidieh, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 27.484 N,1 33.57 E (51.7619167, 1.5857333)
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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: SAIDIEH
Length 106.7 meter, width: 12.2 meter, draught: 7, tonnage 3303 ton
Load: foodstuffs: solid,natural fibres and materials in general: unprocessed and products,grain
Cause: Vessel, built 1878 by w denny & bros, was torpedoed & sunk by a german submarine while on passage alexandria for hull. 8 of the 47 crew were lost. owned at the time of loss by khedivial mail steamship co. (dods). sunk by german submarine 'ub 6'. (naval staff monographs vol.13).
Year of registration: 1915
Water depth above wreck: 20 meter, Height above seabed: 72 cm
Known since: 1915, last detected: 20170405
Details measurements/cartography: H2507/17 26.5.17 WK DISPERSED 6.4M, N 54DEGS E [MAG] FROM N FORELAND. (TH LTR). NCA, NO PREVIOUS RECORD FOUND. H3594/15 24.11.26 WK 50FT [8FMS] SHOWN IN 512725N 013342E ON BA CHARTS. H7851/29 21.11.29 DELETED. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). BR STD. H2237/32 7.5.32 SHOWN AS WK 8FMS 2FT ON NE 1607. H932/53 16.2.53 SPIKE IN 512725N, 013342E USING DECCA. SPIKE STICKS UP 18FT FROM A FLAT SAND SEABED. LEAST E/S DEPTH 51FT IN GEN DEPTH 66FT. SCOUR 3FT EITHER SIDE. (HMS FRANKLIN, 29.1.53). CHART AS WK 8FMS 2FT. BR STD. 27.1.69 SHOWN AS WK 8FMS 1FT [LAT] ON NE 1607. H5197/70 10.12.70 EXAM'D IN 512728N, 013344E USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR AT 14.8MTRS [48FT], FOUL AT 14.9MTRS [49FT]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 15.4MTRS [51FT] IN GEN DEPTH 20-21MTRS [66-69FT]. SCOUR 21.3MTRS [70FT][LAT]. GOOD SONAR RETURN FROM NW & SE. (HMS EGERIA H525 16/70, SWEPT 15.10.70, DTD 23.11.70). CHART AS WK SW 8FMS IN 512728N, 013344E
- NM 2077/70. 13.6.72 CHART AS WK SW 14.8MTRS. NC 1828. 10.11.76 OBSTNS SHOWN IN 512740N, 013408E [OGB] & 512727N, 013347E [OGB] ON KINGFISHER CHART KE 151-2 [JULY 1968 EDN]. NCA. H2050/82 22.2.84 EXAM'D 25.10.83 IN 512727N, 013339E USING HIFIX 6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 15.3MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 20.5MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 2MTRS, ORIENTATED SE OF WK. DCS3 HT 5MTRS. LYING 060/240DEGS. NOT SWEPT DUE LACK OF TIME, BUT RECOMMEND WIRE SWEEPING. (HMS EGERIA,HI 123, WK 5). RETAIN SWEPT DEPTH & AMEND POSN. R/P. H3936/88 15.2.90 LOCATED DURING AREA SEARCH. NOT EXAM'D CLOSELY. RETAIN AS CHARTED. (NP 1016, HI 458). HH090/667/01 3.1.96 EXAM'D 21.7.95 IN 512729.01N, 013334.06E [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR AT 14.4MTRS, FOUL AT 14.7MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 15.6MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 20-21MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 2.7MTRS, LENGTH 115MTRS, ORIENTATION 255DEGS. DCS3 HT 6.2MTRS. LENGTH 110MTRS, WIDTH 15MTRS. LIES 075/225DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. WELL BROKEN REMAINS OF A WK, WELL SCOURED IN. (OCEONICS, HI 667). AMEND SW 14.4MTRS. SEP 2017/000123580 13.9.17 EXAM'D 5.4.17; IN 5127.484N, 0133.570E [WGD]. LEAST WCD DEPTH 14.02MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 20MTRS, LENGTH 112.5MTRS, WIDTH 21.1MTRS, HEIGHT 5.8MTRS, ORIENTATION 072/252 DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 137MTRS, 4.58MTRS DEEP, TOWARDS 201 DEGS. WRECK IS PARTIALLY BROKEN AND BURIED. (GARDLINE, HI 1518). AMEND DW 14MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 51 27.484 N,1 33.57 E