This is the information page about the shipwreck Shenandoah, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 1.825 N,1 12.227 E (51.0759833, 1.4147)
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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: SHENANDOAH
Length 112.8 meter, width: 13.4 meter, draught: 8.7, tonnage 3886 ton
Load: general and mixed goods
Cause: Built of steel in 1893 by a stephen & sons of glasgow. owned at time of loss by furness withy & co. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 491hp, single screw. struck a mine laid by uc-6 and sank. 2 crew lost. passage halifax, nova scotia, for london. general cargo.
Year of registration: 1916
Water depth above wreck: 21 meter, Height above seabed: 22 cm
Known since: 1916, last detected: 20160720
Details measurements/cartography: H3197/17 WRECK, 7FMS OVER, 1.5M WEST FROM FOLKESTONE GATE. (WW1SL). H6345/26 4.11.26 INS WK 7FMS ON CHARTS. H2760/49 18.5.49 LOCATED IN 510148N, 011212E. (HMS SHARPSHOOTER, 27.4.49). BR STD. H2760/49 2.3.61 LOCATED IN 510147N, 011219E USING DECCA. DRIFT SWEPT CLEAR AT 42FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 43FT IN GENERAL DEPTH 71FT. SCOUR DEPTH 2FT. (HMS SCOTT, 18.5.60). BR STD. H2118/61 26.6.63 DISPERSAL CONTRACT PLACED. (TH, 19.6.63). NCA. H2760/49 15.1.64 DISPERSED TO LEAST DEPTH 47FT [MLWS]. (TH, 9.12.63). AMEND TO WK 7FMS 5FT.
- NM 53/64. 10.9.73 NOW CHARTED AS SW 13.6MTRS [LAT]. NC 1892. H4199/78 31.8.78 LOCATED 19.10.77 IN 510147N, 011218E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 15.3 IN GEN DEPTH 22.5MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 7MTRS, LENGTH 100MTRS. COMPLETE WK, PROBABLY UPRIGHT, LYING 030/210 DEGS. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 35/77). AMEND TO WK 15.3MTRS IN REVISED POSN. H1310/87/35 21.9.87 DIVED ON 28.8.87 IN 510147N, 011219E. LYING UPRIGHT WITH DAMAGE TO PORT SIDE. 4 HOLDS - 2 FOR'D AND 2 AFT OF CENTRE 'CASTLE'. PACKING CASES FOUND IN FOR'D 2. DECK COLLAPSED TO BETWEEN DECK LEVEL. PROPELLER MISSING. INTEND FURTHER INVESTIGATION. (C-LIFT DIVING CONTRACTS LTD., WK REPORT). HH242/400/12 9.11.00 EXAM'D IN 5101.837N, 012.228E [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 13.9 IN GEN DEPTH 21MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 82MTRS, WIDTH 8MTRS. NO DCS3 HT. LIES 049/229 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. A LARGE, PARTIALLY BURIED WK WITH NO SCOUR AND NO DEBRIS FIELD. NOT SWEPT DUE TO POOR WEATHER. (NP 1016, HN FOR HI 921).
- NM 4759/00. HH090/921/01 29.11.00 ABOVE DETAILS CONFIRMED. (NP 1016, HI 921). NFA. SEP 2016/000091764 19.4.17 EXAM'D 20.7.16 IN 5101.825N, 0112.227E [WGD]. LEAST W/C DEPTH 13.37MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 21MTRS, LENGTH 113MTRS, WIDTH 21MTRS, HEIGHT 8.7MTRS, ORIENTATION 022/202 DEGS. WK INTACT & UPRIGHT. (GARDLINE, HI 1497). AMEND DW 13.3MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, UPRIGHT
Position: 51 1.825 N,1 12.227 E