This is the information page about the shipwreck Selma (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 23.067 N,1 34.311 E (51.6597, 1.3079833)
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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: SELMA (POSSIBLY)
Length 82.3 meter, width: 11.9 meter, draught: 5.5, tonnage 1654 ton
Load: coal
Cause: Mined. (ww1sl).
Year of registration: 1915
Water depth above wreck: 17 meter, Height above seabed: 81 cm
Known since: 1915, last detected: 20171220
Details measurements/cartography: H6391/19 SANK IN APPROX POSN 512400N, 013000E. NCA. DEC 1922 OBSOLETE WK SYMBOL IN 512400N, 013000E AMENDED TO DW. H4606/28 12.2.29 AMEND TO NDW (1915).
- NM ACTION. H2540/32 29.4.32 DELETED. (HMS KELLETT). H2347/85 20.1.87 EXAM'D 7.9.86 IN 512302N, 013425E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [3 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 17 IN GEN DEPTH 17 TO 17.5MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 19MTRS. LYING IN SCOUR AND DIFFICULT TO ORIENTATE. ABOUT 75MTRS LONG FROM DCS3 TRACE. VERY BROKEN UP. (NP 1016, HI 314A). BR STD. HH090/770/01 18.9.98 EXAM'D 11.7.98 IN 512302.3N, 013424.4E [OGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 16.8 IN GEN DEPTH 17MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 2MTRS. NO DCS3 HT. LENGTH 60MTRS, WIDTH 45MTRS. LIES 080/260 DEGS. SMALL MAGNETIC ANOMALY. AREA OF SCATTERED, BROKEN DEBRIS. SCOUR EXTENDS 40MTRS TOWARDS 260 DEGS. (NP 1016, HI 770). BR STD. 23.4.13 [WGD] POSN: 5123.072N, 0134.302E. SEP 2018/000061842 19.7.18 EXAM'D 20.12.17; WK LOCATED IN 5123.067N, 0134.311E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 16.74MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 17MTRS, LENGTH 23.30MTRS, WIDTH 30MTRS, HEIGHT 0.8MTRS, ORIENTATION 081/261DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 93MTRS, 2.3MTRS DEEP. WRECK CONSISTS OF BROKEN AND DISPERSED DEBRIS IN SCOUR. (GARDLINE, HI 1519). AMEND DW 16.7MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 51 23.067 N,1 34.311 E