This is the information page about the shipwreck Silvery sea, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 55 26.8 N,7 26.308 E (55.666, 7.282)

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: SILVERY SEA

Length 37.8 meter, width: 7.9 meter, draught: 4, tonnage 265 ton

Cause: Sank after collision with mv merkur. bound for esbjerg to discharge sand eels. crew of five all missing, presumed drowned.

Year of registration: 1998

Water depth above wreck: 28 meter

Known since: 1998, last detected: 2020

Details measurements/cartography: HH331/420/02 23.6.98 SANK IN 552512N, 072736E. (LL, 17.6.98). HH331/420/02 23.6.98 FV SUNK IN 552648N, 072618E [EUR]. MARKED BY W CARD LT BUOY, Q(9)15S, 100MTRS W. (LYNGBY NAV WARNING 192-98). INS AS DW WITH BUOY.

- NM 2640/98. HH331/420/02 9.7.98 'SILVERY SEA' SUNK IN APPROX 552648N, 072618E [EUR]. LEAST DEPTH NOT KNOWN. (DANISH NM 25/605(T)/98). NCA. HH331/420/02 17.7.98 SUNK IN APPROX 552648N, 072618E [EUR]. MARKED BY W CARD LT BUOY, Q(9)15S 100MTRS W OF THE WK. DEPTH OVER WK IS ABOUT 10MTRS. (DANISH NM 26/625(T)/98). NFA. HH331/420/02 7.7.01 W CARD BUOY NOT SEEN. (SBS CIRRUS, HN DTD 26.6.01). NCA. HH331/420/02 7.7.01 SHOWN AS WK PA 17MTRS ON DANISH 93 [INT 1044] [3RD EDN FEB'01, 1:375,000]. 2ND SCALE, QUERIED WITH DANISH HO. REPLY FROM DANISH HO STATES WRECK REMAINS, LT BUOY WITHDRAWN SEP'98, DANISH NM 36/835/98 REFERS. AMEND TO WKPA 17MTRS & DELETE BUOY.

- NM 3198/01.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 55 26.8 N,7 26.308 E

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