Wreck: Sapphire (probably) (Trawler)
This is the information page about the shipwreck Sapphire (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 16.947 N,0 14.118 W (54.28245, -0.2353)
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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.
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Shipwreck details
Name: SAPPHIRE (PROBABLY)
Length 40.7 meter, width: 7 meter, draught: 3.7, tonnage 289 ton
Cause: Built by cochrane & sons of selby. owned at time of loss by the kingston steam trawling co. single boiler, triple expansion engine of 83 hp, single shaft. machinery by c d holmes & co ltd of hull. passage iceland for hull. lost after detonating a german laid mine.
Year of registration: 1997
Water depth above wreck: 46 meter, Height above seabed: 299 cm
Known since: 1997, last detected: 20160223
Details measurements/cartography: HH090/730/01 18.11.97 EXAM'D 3.7.97 IN 541656.7N, 001407.7W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 44 IN GEN DEPTH 46MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 2.0MTRS. LENGTH 41MTRS, WIDTH 10MTRS. LIES 120/300 DEGS. POORLY DEFINED, DECOMPOSED. PARTIALLY BURIED. (GARDLINE, HI 730). BR STD. 12.2.01 THIS IS PROBABLY THE 'SAPPHIRE'. (R YOUNG, EMAIL DTD 12.2.01). NCA. SEP 2016/000007250 16.06.16 EXAM'D 23.02.16 IN 5416.947N, 0014.118W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 42.4MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 46MTRS. LENGTH 39.7 MTRS, WIDTH 9.9 MTRS, HT 3.9MTRS, ORIENTATION 299/119. SCOUR LENGTH 21.9MTRS, 0.9MTRS DEEP TOWARDS 120 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY, WRECK IS PARTIALLY INTACT, WITH STRUCTURE APPEARING TO HAVE COLLAPSED, AND/OR BEEN BURIED. (EGS, HI 1472). AMEND NDW 42MTRS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: Partially intact
Position: 54 16.947 N,0 14.118 W
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