This is the information page about the shipwreck Scaldis, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 34.287 N,2 38.42 W (50.39495, -2.4067166666667)
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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: SCALDIS
Year of registration: 1974
Water depth above wreck: 32 meter, Height above seabed: 155 cm
Known since: 1974, last detected: 2015
Details measurements/cartography: H3923/74 13.8.74 TRAWL LOST IN 503412N, 023815W USING DECCA. MAY BE 'GIBEL-HAMAM' OR 'SCALDIS'. (MR RANDALL, FISHERMAN, WEYMOUTH, 13.8.74). CHART AS USC 15MTRS. R/P.H1285/75 20.6.75 WRECK LOCATED BY DIVERS IN 503521N, 021830W USING DECCA. MAY BE THE 'SCALDIS'. (J WHITE, KIMPTON, 20.6.75). AWAIT MORE INFORMATION. H1285/75 24.5.76 'SCALDIS' LOCATED IN 503412N, 023824W USING DECCA. LIES IN 30MTRS OF WATER, ON HER PORT SIDE AT AN ANGLE OF 30DEGS. ALL HATCHES OPEN WITH HER DERRICKS UP. NET STILL OVER HER STARBOARD SIDE - LOOKS AS IF IT HAS JUST BEEN HAULED. ALL WHEELHOUSE WINDOWS SMASHED. LIFERAFT STOWED UNTOUCHED. POSITIVE IDENTIFICATION FROM NAME PLATE. (MR K CLARK, HATFIELD, 14/5/76 & TELEX CG WYKE REGIS, 8.5.76). CHART AS USC 15MTRS IN REVISED POSN. H2923/83 3.1.85 EXAM'D 29.7.84 IN 503415N, 023821W [OGB] USING SYLEDIS. SWEPT CLEAR AT 24.2, FOUL AT 24.4MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 27.6 IN GEN DEPTH 32MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 3MTRS. SMALL WK ON ITS SIDE, LYING 165/345DEGS. (GARDLINE SURVEYS, HI 202). AMEND TO SW 24MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. SEP 2015/000019320 8.7.15 EXAM'D 14.3.15 LEAST M/B DEPTH 28.57MTRS IN 5034.287N, 0238.420W [WGD], GEN DEPTHS 32MTRS. LENGTH 18.3MTRS, WIDTH 5.0MTRS, HEIGHT 3.2MTRS. ORIENTATION 155/335 DEGS. UPRIGHT AND INTACT, LISTING TO PORT. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (MMT, HI 1453). AMEND TO NDW 28.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT AND INTACT, LISTING TO PORT.
Position: 50 34.287 N,2 38.42 W