This is the information page about the shipwreck Sea rhine, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 27.055 N,1 56.002 E (52.4370167, 1.7918333)
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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: SEA RHINE
Length 44.2 meter, width: 7.3 meter, draught: 2.4, tonnage 198 ton
Load: metal: concentrate and products,oil
Cause: Built in 1970 by gebr. sscholomer schiffs, oldersum. owned at time of loss by sea & continental waterways ltd. oil engine of 400hp, single shaft. sank after cargo shifted in rough seas.
Year of registration: 1976
Water depth above wreck: 37 meter, Height above seabed: 110 cm
Known since: 1976, last detected: 20161214
Details measurements/cartography: 17.2.76 SANK IN APPROX POSN 522648N, 015554E IN ABOUT 31MTRS. (LL 12.2.76 & MODUK NAVY SIGNAL DTD 11.2.76). 17.2.76 SANK IN ABOUT 522608N, 015509E. COULD BE DANGER TO NAVIGATION. (INCISIVE LONDON (INSURERS), TLX). H2334/75 17.2.76 LOCATED IN 522657N, 015555E [OGB]. SWEPT CLEAR AT 23.5MTRS, FOUL AT 24.1MTRS, (TH A(N) 560/28/6).
- NM 643/76. H1942/80 1.9.82 EXAM'D 18.2.82 IN 522701N, 015607E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 23.5 IN GEN DEPTH 31MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 4MTRS. HYDROSEARCH VERTICAL HT 7.9MTRS, LENGTH 49MTRS, BEAM 8MTRS. LYING 109/289 DEGS. UPRIGHT, IN GOOD CONDITION, WITH MAST STANDING NEAR BOWS. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 11). RETAIN SWEPT DEPTH IN AMENDED POSN. BR STD. SEP 2016/000091758 25.7.17 EXAM'D 14.12.16 IN 5227.055N, 0156.002E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 31.69MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 37MTRS, LENGTH 42.6MTRS, WIDTH 9.4MTRS, HEIGHT 6.2MTRS, ORIENTATION 110/290 DEGS. WRECK IS INTACT. (GARDLINE, HI 1494). AMEND NDW 31MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 52 27.055 N,1 56.002 E