This is the information page about the shipwreck Soudan, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 12.54 N,3 46.595 W (50.209000, -3.776583)

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: SOUDAN

Year of registration: 1964

Water depth above wreck: 18 meter, Height above seabed: 130 cm

Known since: 1964, last detected: 2011

Details measurements/cartography: H5413/60 19.1.65 H5413/60 19.1.65 WK, KNOWN LOCALLY AS 'SOUDAN', REPD LOCATED IN SALCOMBE APPS IN APPROX 501227N, 034638W USING DECCA, BUT UNCONFIRMED. APPROX 200FT LONG, LYING NW/SE. HAS BEEN DISPERSED TO A HEIGHT OF 2-3FT EXCEPT FOR THE STERN:- 8FT, TWIN BOILERS: 13FT, & BOWS: 15FT, ABOVE SEABED. (BSAC, 17.11.64). CHART AS NDW PA. R/S. 9.9.71 9.9.71 ABOVE REPORT INDICATES LEAST DEPTH IS 12.5MTRS, GEN DEPTH FROM SURVEY 56FT [17MTRS]. (WKS OFFICER). NC 28. H5413/60 5.10.78 H5413/60 5.10.78 LOCATED 28.4.78 IN 501230N, 034633W [ESTIMATED BY REF TO E/S TRACE & SOUNDING LINE FIXES]. DECCA USED. NOT FULLY EXAM'D. LEAST E/S DEPTH 13.5 IN GEN DEPTH 17MTRS. (HMS HECLA, HI 6/78). RETAIN PREVIOUS CHARTED DEPTH IN NEW POSN.

- NM 2895/78. H1941/79 1.4.81 H1941/79 1.4.81 EXAM'D 12.11.80 IN 501229.7, 034631.6W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 15.3 IN GEN DEPTH 18MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT UNRELIABLE DUE TO SLOPING SEABED. SEVERAL PIECES OF SMALL WKGE SCATTERED IN VICINITY. (HMS FOX, HI 54B/79). AMEND TO WK 13.5MTRS IN NEW POSN. R/P. HH090/596/01 16.12.93 HH090/596/01 16.12.93 EXAM'D 4.7.93 IN 501230.2N, 034631.2W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 15.2 IN GEN DEPTH 19MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 4MTRS, LENGTH 60MTRS. LIES NW/SE WITH SHOALEST PARTS AT EITHER EXTREMITY. SMALL PIECES OF WKGE ARE SCATTERED IN VICINITY. (HMS ROEBUCK, HI 596). AMEND TO WK 15.2MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 2.9.98 2.9.98 BROKEN BUT WITH STERN INTACT. IRON PROPELLER WITH BRASS BOSS. (DIVER MAGAZINE SEPT '98). 16.8.11 16.8.11 EXAM'D 22.1.11 IN 5012.540N, 0346.595W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 14.92 IN GEN DEPTH 18.3MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 78MTRS, WIDTH 12MTRS, HT 3.38MTRS. LIES 130/310 DEGS WITH BOWS NW. BROKEN WITH STERN INTACT. (MARIN MATTEKNIK, HI 1356). AMEND WK 14.9MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: BROKEN, BOWS NW, PARTIALLY COLLAPSED

Position: 50 12.54 N,3 46.595 W

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