This is the information page about the shipwreck Sines (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 26.225 N,0 46.257 W (50.6523667, -0.6161833)

 

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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.

 

1. Afon dulais
2. Alaska
3. Albert
4. Algiers
5. Angry fish
6. Arno (possibly)
7. Asger ryg
8. Atlas (probably)
9. Axwell
10. Basil-2
11. Bettann (bow section)
12. British commerce
13. Cambrian princess (probably)
14. Candia
15. Carbineer
16. City of mexico
17. Coral
18. Cuba
19. Donegal (possibly)
20. Elford
21. Flag theofano
22. Fort yale
23. Fpt iv
24. Gartland
25. Gascony
26. Gerarda
27. Germa geisha
28. Glenlee
29. Hedwig lunstedt
30. Highland corrie
31. Hilda lea (bow part)(probably)
32. Hilda lea (stern part)(probably)
33. Hmcs alberni
34. Hms apley (possibly)
35. Hms evadne (possibly)
36. Hms implacable
37. Hms loyalty
38. Hms moldavia
39. Hms northcoates
40. Hms pine
41. Hms prince leopold
42. Hms sapper
43. Hms vernon ii (possibly)
44. Hmsm a1
45. Hooness
46. Lightfoot (possibly)
47. Lola (possibly)
48. Lowmount
49. Maid of orleans
50. Orminster
51. Plm 4 (possibly)
52. Polandia (possibly)
53. Ramsholm (possibly)
54. Rfa hungerford (possibly)
55. Ringen
56. Saint andre (probably)
57. Saint enogat
58. Shirala
59. Sines (possibly)
60. Spearfish
61. Teelin head
62. U 1195
63. U 86 (formerly)
64. U 86 (possibly)
65. Ub 81
66. Uss osprey
67. Vesuvio (possibly)
68. Vigda
69. War helmet
70. Whale unit 552 (possibly)
71. Zaanstroom

 

Name: SINES (POSSIBLY)

Length 94.5 meter, width: 13.1 meter, draught: 5.8, tonnage 2975 ton

Cause: Built in 1896 by bartram, haswell & co. owned at time of loss by f de melo rego. triple expansion engine of 245nhp. passage setubal for hamburg. sank following collision. (dods).

Year of registration: 1976

Water depth above wreck: 63 meter, Height above seabed: 40 cm

Known since: 1976, last detected: 20180113

Details measurements/cartography: H4121/76 11.1.77 WRECK LOCATED 26.6.76 IN 502611N, 004609W [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 46.8MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 64MTRS. SEA BED REGULAR AND SEDIMENTARY. DEFINITE WRECK. DCS3 HEIGHT 16.3,14.0 AND 16.7MTRS, LENGTH 130MTRS. ORIENTATION NE/SW. VESSEL APPEARS TO BE LYING ON ITS SIDE WITH SUPERSTRUCTURE AMIDSHIPS. (HMS FOX, HI 52/76). CHART AS WK 47MTRS.

- NM 492/77. H4121/76 20.6.79 DIVED 12.6.78 LARGE WRECK POSSIBLY WORLD WAR 2 CARGO VESSEL. FAIRLY INTACT WITH SUPERSTRUCTURE MIDSHIPS LYING ON STARBOARD SIDE WITH BOWS TO SOUTH WEST. 20FT BRONZE PROPELLER WITH BOLT-ON BLADES, MASTS LYING ALONG SEABED. BELL SEARCHED FOR BUT NOT FOUND. (SUBSERVS, 16.6.79). NCA. HH100/351/20 28.8.03 DIVED 9.7.03 IN POSN 5026.205N, 0046.228W [WGD]. LEAST DEPTH BY GAUGE 56MTRS AT LOW WATER. STERN UPRIGHT AND 10MTRS HIGH, REST OF WRECKS 4-5MTRS AND FAIRLY BROKEN UP, SINGLE PROP. POSSIBLY THE 'SINES', SEE ALSO 19872. (G GOOCH, FAX DTD 14.8.03). NCA. HH090/952/01 30.10.03 EXAM'D 23.3.03 IN 5026.229N, 0046.248W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 48.5 IN GEN DEPTH 64MTRS. SCOUR 1MTR DEEP EXTENDS 100MTRS TOWARDS 040 DEGS. LENGTH 120MTRS, WIDTH 19MTRS. DCS3 HT 16.0MTRS. LIES 040/220 DEGS WITH BOWS TOWARDS 220 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. INTACT, ON ITS STBD SIDE. (GARDLINE, HI 952). AMEND TO WK 48MTRS. BR STD. SEP 2018/000198963 09.08.18 EXAM'D 13.01.18; IN 5026.225N, 0046.257W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 52.50MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 63MTRS, LENGTH 148MTRS, WIDTH 45.1MTRS, HEIGHT 11MTRS, ORIENTATION 040/220 DEGS. HULL PLATE APPEARS TO BE LYING FLAT ON SEABED WITH PROP SHAFT VISIBLE WITHIN IT. REST OF WRECK APPEARS TO HAVE COLLAPSED TOWARDS THE NORTHWEST, AND IS WELL BROKEN UP.(MMT, HI 1498). AMEND NDW 52MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: ON STBD SIDE, BOW SW, BROKEN UP.

Position: 50 26.225 N,0 46.257 W

 

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