This is the information page about the shipwreck Schieland (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 32.761 N,0 37.162 E (53.5741333, 0.7815167)
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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: SCHIELAND (POSSIBLY)
Length 67.4 meter, width: 10.1 meter, draught: 4, tonnage 1016 ton
Load: coal
Cause: Built by werf v/h rijkee & co, rotterdam. owned at time of loss by scheepvaart-en steenkolen maats nv. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 150hp, single shaft. machinery by maats de schelds, flushing. passage goole for rotterdam. cargo coal. mined.
Year of registration: 1969
Water depth above wreck: 19 meter, Height above seabed: 40 cm
Known since: 1969, last detected: 2014
Details measurements/cartography: SANK 20 MILES ESE OF SPURN LTV. (LLOYDS WAR LOSSES). H4058/67 28.7.69 SONAR CONTACT OBTAINED IN 533234N, 003512E. CLASSIFIED AS A WK. (HMS ULSTER, SIGNAL DTD 22.6.69). INS AS DW.
- NM 1225/69. 4.7.72 WK SHOWN IN 533215N, 003400E [EUR]. (DANISH FISHERY CHART 5300 [1965]). NCA. HH090/593/01 20.12.93 NOTHING FOUND IN LISTED POSN BUT WK EXAM'D 29.6.93 IN 533244.4N, 003715.5E [OGB] USING SYLEDIS [3 LOPS]. SWEPT CLEAR AT 12.5, FOUL AT 12.8MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 12.8 IN GEN DEPTH 19MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 20.7MTRS. DCS3 HT 6.3MTRS, LENGTH 110MTRS, BREADTH 40MTRS. CLEARLY DEFINED BROKEN WK LYING 040/220 DEG IN SCOUR. (OCEONICS (UK) LTD., HI 593).
- NM 477/94. SEP 2013/000180690 10.7.14 EXAM'D 25.12.13 IN 5332.761N, 0037.162E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 13.60 IN GEN DEPTH 19.7MTRS. SCOUR 0.4MTR DEEP EXTENDS 30MTRS TOWARDS 220 DEGS. LENGTH 102MTRS, WIDTH 25MTRS, HT 6MTRS. LIES 040/220 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. PARTIALLY BROKEN WK. (GARDLINE, HI 1419). UPRIGHT. BOWS NE WITH BOW DETACHED. AMEND WK 13.6MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, BOWS NE, BOWS DETACHED
Position: 53 32.761 N,0 37.162 E