This is the information page about the shipwreck Sierra umbria, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 33.497 N,5 33.238 E (53.4482667, 5.2616667)

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: Sierra Umbria

Length 72.5 meter, width: 11 meter, draught: 3.7, tonnage 686 ton

Cause: Built 1959, owned at time of loss by maritima del norte, s.a. passage hamburg for morocco. capsized & sank following collision with swedish ss tauri in dense fog 6m n of texel ltv. (msd).

Year of registration: 1964

Water depth above wreck: 21 meter

Known since: 1964, last detected: 2022

Details measurements/cartography: H5412/60 21.4.64 DW IN 533305N, 053110E. MARKED BY G CAN LT BUOY, QG WITH TOPMARK CLOSE E. (HAGUE PNM 793/64).

- NM 773/64. H5412/60 19.5.64 POSN AMENDED TO 533346N, 053315E. (HAGUE NM 1233/64).

- NM 955/64. H5412/60 20.7.64 BUOY CHANGED TO G CONL LT BUOY, INTQG WITH TOPMARK CLOSE E. (HAMBURG NM 2807/64 & HAGUE NM 2063/64).

- NM 1402/64. H1547/65 15.3.68 RAREFL ADDED TO BUOY. (HAGUE NM 613/68).

- NM 579/68. H3150/69 10.2.70 AMENDED TO WK 16MTRS (8FMS 4FT), IN 533336N, 053315E. (NETH 1969 POST-NEW BROOM SURVEY). BR STD. H3150/69 4.3.70 POSN & DEPTH CONFIRMED. (NETH HYDRO LTR DTD 23.2.70). H3150/69 1.5.70 REPEAT OF ABOVE, STILL MARKED BY BUOY. (HAGUE NM 1093/70).

- NM 838/70. H3150/69 4.8.70 DELETE BUOY. (HAGUE NM 1943/70).

- NM 1348/70. H2062/71 1.11.78 AMENDED TO WK SW 16.5MTRS [9FMS]. (NETH NM 3191/78). BR STD. H4753/82 15.5.86 POSN NOW 533328N, 053320E. DEPTH UNCHANGED. (NETH NM 207/86). NCA. 23.8.89 WK SW 16.5MTRS IN 533328.3N, 053319.7E. (NETH WK RECORDS, JAN'88 EDN, NO.M8 535). BR STD. 13.10.05 SHOWN IN 5333.496N, 0533.251E [WGD] ON NETH 1633 [INT 1417] [OCT 05 EDN, CO-PRODUCTION]. NE 1633. 13.4.11 SHOWN AS SW 16.2MTRS [LAT] ON BA 1633 [EDN 2 DTD 23.12.10].
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 53 33.497 N,5 33.238 E

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