This is the information page about the shipwreck Serrana (bow section), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 39.62 N,1 36.166 W (50.660333, -1.602767)

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.

Name: SERRANA (BOW SECTION)

Length 107.6 meter, width: 14.6 meter, draught: 4.6, tonnage 3677 ton
Load: general and mixed goods

Cause: vessel, built in 1905 by j redhead & sons & owned at the time of loss by scrutton & sons, was torpedoed & sunk by german s/m ub 35 when 10m w of s catherines point whilst en route from london to w. indies. eventually sank on the bridge of needles in two halves. 5 lives lost, the captain was among the survivors. (ww1sl, dods & der krieg zur see).

Year of registration: 1976

Water depth above wreck: 9 meter

Known since: 1976, last detected: 1999

Details measurements/cartography: H1720/65 7.9.76 BOWS AND HOLDS OF LARGE STEAM VESSEL LOCATED IN 503938N, 013606W [OGB]. HT ABOVE SEABED MOSTLY 5 TO 8FT, BUT PARTS RISING TO 12FT, IN GEN DEPTHS 30-35FT [NOT REDUCED]. THOUGHT TO BE WW1 WK FROM CONDITION AND PROBABLY BOWS OF SERRANA. LOCATED BY MAGNETOMETER & FIXED BY SEXTANT. ALSO TRANSIT RH SIDE OF NEEDLES LTHO WITH PEAK OF NEEDLES. DIFFICULT TO LOCATE WITH E/S. (M WALSH, 2.9.76). H1720/65 23.9.76 INS DW PA IN 503936N, 013606W [OGB].

- NM 1951(T)/76. H1288/76/327 4.10.76 BOW OF SERRANA REPD IN 503937N, 013554W. (M R HARKNETT, 24.8.76). H1720/65 12.9.78 LOCATED IN 503937N, 013606W [OGB]. DEPTH 40FT. DIFFICULT ROCKY AREA FOR E/S. MAX HT 15FT. A PIECE OF GIRDER WHICH STANDS VERTICAL NEAR BOWS. HOLDS VERY SILTED & CARGO APPEARS TO BE BRICKS, RAILWAY LINES & WAGON WHEELS. (M WALSH 20.8.78).H1720/65 6.11.78 INS WK 7.6MTRS IN 503937N, 013606W [OGB]. NM 1951(T)/76 CANCELLED. BR STD. H2356/84 21.9.87 EXAM'D 30.7.86 IN 503935N, 013605.5W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [4 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 4.8 IN GEN DEPTH 8.1 TO 8.5MTRS. NO SCOUR. LIES ON ROCKY LEDGE AND IS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO LOCATE DUE TO OVERFALLS. BEST EXAM'D AT SLACK WATER. RUNNING TRANSIT RIGHT SIDE NEEDLES LT HO WITH PEAK OF THE NEEDLES. (HMSML GLEANER, HI 266).

- NM 2859/87. H3846/86 17.10.88 EXAM'D 28.4.88 IN 503935N, 013604W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 5.2 IN GEN DEPTH 11MTRS. NO SCOUR. NOT DETECTED ON SONAR. RETAIN AS CHARTED. (HMSML GLEANER, HI 365). HH090/699/01 7.11.97 NOT LOCATED IN VICINITY OF CHARTED POSN. (NP 1016, HI 699). NCA. HH090/858/01 7.9.99 EXAM'D 12.8.99 IN 5039.620N, 0136.166W [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 5.2, FOUL 5.4MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 5.5 IN GEN DEPTH 9MTRS. NO SCOUR. NO DCS3 DIMENSIONS. MODERATE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. DIFFICULT TO LOCATE WITH DCS3 AND E/S. VERY NARROW E/S RETURN FOUND CLOSE TO THE LISTED POSN WHICH SUPPORTS THE PREVIOUS REPORT OF A GIRDER STANDING CLOSE TO THE BOWS. (NP 1016, HI 858). AMEND TO SW 5.2MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: See Also: 19061

Position: 50 39.62 N,1 36.166 W

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