This is the information page about the shipwreck Sote (aft part), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 1.221 N,0 11.496 W (54.02035, -0.1916)
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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: SOTE (AFT PART)
Length 75.6 meter, width: 10.4 meter, draught: 5.8, tonnage 1353 ton
Load: timber,general and mixed goods,wood: unprocessed and products,ferrous elements and ores: unrefined and refined
Cause: ex-orion, ex-ellerker, ex-herleve, ex-ville de st naziare, ex-nantes hambourg. built in 1883 by kish, boolds & co, sunderland. owned at time of loss by angf aktieb, thule. one boiler, compound expansion engine of 192hp, single shaft. passage gothenburg for london. general cargo. torpedoed by uc-64. taken in tow and efforts made to beach but vessel sank. later dispersed. (sibi).
Year of registration: 1918
Water depth above wreck: 8 meter
Known since: 1918, last detected: 2011
Details measurements/cartography: H2473/18 2.5.18 WK IN 540000N, 000600E. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED).
- NM 356/18. H3151/18 12.6.18 WK IN POSITION 182DEGS 3.65MILES FROM BRIDLINGTON PIER LIGHT.(AUTHORITY NOT STATED). CHART IN 540110N, 001120W.
- NM 388/18. H3849/18 26.8.18 MAST SHOWING. (VAEC). H5839/23 24.8.23 DISPERSED TO LEAST DEPTH 28FT [LWST], 42DEGS 2.1M FROM ULROME CHURCH, OR 3.65MILES 182DEGS FROM BRIDLINGTON PIER LIGHT. (TH 22.8.23). CHART AS F 4FMS 3FT (1923) & DELETE BUOY.
- NM 1294/23. H5079/29 6.8.29 SWEPT TO LEAST DEPTH 29FT 123.5DEGS 2.1M FROM FRAISTHORPE CHURCH. (HMS FITZROY 1.8.29). AMEND TO 4FMS 4FT. BR STD. H2964/31 17.11.31 AN AREA OF 6.25 BY 6.75 CABLES WAS DRAG SWEPT BY TWO BOAT SWEEP. THE AREA WAS SWEPT WITHIN ONE FOOT OF THE BOTTOM NOTHING WAS FOUND. (HMS FITZROY 1931). DELETE.
- NM 2157/31. H6308/36 INS WK 4FMS 4FT (ADMIRALTY).
- NM BLOCK 2236/36. H2529/65 8.1.74 LOCATED IN 540113N, 001124W [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 9.1MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 8.8MTRS. SCOUR 9.5MTRS. UNDULATING SEABED. SMALL SCOUR WITH WRECKAGE IN TROUGH. (HMS EGERIA). CHART AS FOUL. BR STD. H4069/72 5.3.80 NOT LOCATED. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 47/79). NCA. SEP 2011/000131153 2.8.11 LOCATED IN 5401.221N, 0011.496W [WGD]. LEAST DEPTH 8.84MTRS. (NETSURVEY, HN DTD 12.7.11 FOR HI 1358). RETAIN FOUL IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: MINOR WRECKAGE, LIES WHOLLY IN SCOUR
Position: 54 1.221 N,0 11.496 W