This is the information page about the shipwreck Sixty-six, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 18.279 N,0 16.867 W (54.30465, -0.2811167)

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: SIXTY-SIX

Length 38.7 meter, width: 6.1 meter, draught: 3.4, tonnage 214 ton
Load: cement

Cause: Torpedoed and sunk by german submarine ub 88 while on passage london to middlesborough.

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 44 meter, Height above seabed: 313 cm

Known since: 1918, last detected: 20160220

Details measurements/cartography: H4221/18 1.7.18 SANK OFF SCARBOROUGH. (SHIPS I.O., MIDDLESBOROUGH. IDSA M31441). H4368/18 3.7.18 IN 541800N, 001900W, APPROX IN 17FMS. (VAEC). 6.7.18 ABOUT 14M N OF FLAMBOROUGH HEAD AND 2 TO 3 MILES FROM LAND. (B OF T). 3 MILES E FROM SCARBOROUGH. (BMVS). HH100/351/06 3.3.93 WK, KNOWN LOCALLY AS 'CEMENT', LOCATED IN 541816N, 001651.5W. RADAR RANGES - 3.75 MILES FROM SCARBOROUGH CASTLE ROCK, 4.20 MILES FROM 'RC'. STANDS 2 MTRS HIGH. (A C JACKSON, 9.2.93). INS AS WK 38MTRS. BR STD. HH090/730/01 18.11.97 EXAM'D 7.7.97 IN 541817.4N, 001653.2W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 42 IN GEN DEPTH 44MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 3.0MTRS. LENGTH 30MTRS, WIDTH 25MTRS. LIES 135/315 DEGS. MAIN AREA IS WELL BROKEN AND DECOMPOSED WK. TEN METRES SE LIES A SMALL CONTACT, POSSIBLY EITHER MINOR DEBRIS OR PART OF THE WK. SIXTY METRES NW LIES WHAT IS PROBABLY THE BOW OF THE VESSEL WITH ASSOCIATED MINOR DEBRIS. (GARDLINE, HI 730). BR STD. SEP 2016/000007250 15.06.16 EXAM'D 20.02.16 IN 5418.279N, 0016.867W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 41.4MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 44MTRS. LENGTH 102.4MTRS, WIDTH 32.8MTRS, HT 3.2MTRS, ORIENTATION 313/133. THE WRECK IS PARTIALLY INTACT, WITH ONLY A FEW FEATURES REMAINING FROM THE ORIGINAL STRUCTURE. THE WRECK HAS EITHER COLLAPSED OR HAS BEEN BURIED. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (EGS, HI 1472). AMEND NDW 41MTRS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: Partially intact

Position: 54 18.279 N,0 16.867 W

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