This is the information page about the shipwreck Sioux (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 36.602 N,1 0.54 E (53.3729833, 1.0462167)
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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: SIOUX (PROBABLY)
Length 20.7 meter, tonnage 116 ton
Cause: Built of steel in 1973 by p lindenau, kiel. owned at time of loss by partenreederie mc 'sioux'. eight cylinder oil engine. single shaft. sprang a leak and sank in rough seas.
Year of registration: 1977
Water depth above wreck: 21 meter, Height above seabed: 130 cm
Known since: 1977, last detected: 1992
Details measurements/cartography: 29.3.77 SANK IN 533448N, 010000E APPROX. (LL 29.3.77). NCA. H4465/81 22.11.83 EXAM'D 1.3.83 IN 533635N, 010039E [OGB] USING HYPERFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 12.2 IN GEN DEPTH 21MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 7.4MTRS, LENGTH 12MTRS. LYING 130/310 DEG. GIVES GOOD SONAR RETURNS. (HMS BEAGLE, HI 74).
- NM 910/83. HH100/351/05 12.6.92 DIVED ON. SMALL DIESEL-POWERED TRAWLER WITH KEYS STILL IN IGNITION. LIES ON KEEL, VIRTUALLY INTACT. DIMENSIONS AND STATE OF PRESERVATION INDICATE THAT THIS COULD WELL BE 'SIOUX'. (R J COLLINSON, 8.6.92).
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT & UPRIGHT
Position: 53 36.602 N,1 0.54 E