Wreck: Seistan (Steam ship)
This is the information page about the shipwreck Seistan, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 10.408 N,0 8.658 W (54.1734667, -0.1443)
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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: SEISTAN
Length 110.9 meter, width: 15.2 meter, draught: 5.5, tonnage 4238 ton
Load: coal
Cause: Torpedoed by submarine.
Year of registration: 1917
Water depth above wreck: 27 meter
Known since: 1917, last detected: 20160206
Details measurements/cartography: H6414 26.10.17 POSN 540940N, 000800W. (VAEC). 3.5M N BY W 0.25W FROM FLAMBOROUGH HEAD. (PILOT'S REPORT). 10.4.24 AMEND TO DW. BR STD. H3752/26 11.6.26 AMEND TO NDW. BR STD. 5.12.74 AMEND TO USC 15MTRS. NC 129. H1283/76/107 1.4.76 WRECK CHARTED CORRECTLY. STANDS SOME 40FT HIGH AT THE HIGHEST POINT IN A MAXIMUM DEPTH OF 110FT. VARIOUS BITS HAVE BEEN SALVAGED. WRECK OWNED BY A GODFREY. (A GODFREY, LTR DTD 29.3.76). HH090/730/01 18.12.97 NOT SURVEYED AS LIES WITHIN FISHING AREA EXCLUSION ZONE. (GARDLINE, HI 730). NCA. HH100/351/13 30.4.98 LIES IN 541024.5N, 000838W [WGD] BY GPS. LEAST DEPTH 21MTRS. GEN DEPTH 26MTRS. (A C JACKSON & C A RACEY, LTR DTD 14.4.98). INS AS WK 20MTRS. BR STD. 30.9.99 INTACT AND UPRIGHT. STREN SECTION STANDS 10MTRS PROUD AND LISTS TO STBD. MIDSHIPS BROKEN FROM TORPEDO DAMAGE. PROPELLER RECOVERED BUT CAST IRON SPARE ON DECK. (DIVER MAGAZINE, SEPT 1999). NCA. SEP 2016/00007250 19.5.16 EXAM'D 6.2.16 IN 5410.408N, 0008.658W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 24.0MTRS IN GEN DEPTHS 27.3MTRS. LENGTH 117.8MTRS, WIDTH 36.8MTRS, HEIGHT 4.4MTRS, OREIENTATION 102DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. PARTIALLY INTACT. (EGS PIONEER, HI1472). AMEND TO DW 24MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: PARTIALLY INTACT
Position: 54 10.408 N,0 8.658 W
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