This is the information page about the shipwreck Spray, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 55 4.059 N,1 19.049 W (55.067650, -1.317483)

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: SPRAY

Length 68.6 meter, width: 10.1 meter, draught: 4.3, tonnage 1072 ton

Cause: mined 3.5m ne tyne pier.

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 46 meter, Height above seabed: 76 cm

Known since: 1917, last detected: 2019

Details measurements/cartography: 14.4.17 POSN 550400N, 011730W. H4212/26 1.7.26 NDWPA (1917) IN 550400N, 011730W. BR STD. H7018/58 12.11.59 EXAM'D IN 550402N, 011856W [OGB]. SWEPT CLEAR BY OROPESA 78FT. LEAST E.S DEPTH 135FT IN GEN DEPTH 156FT. NO SCOUR. (HMS SCOTT, SWEEP REPORT DTD 26.8.59). AMENDED TO NDW IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. H4871/68 3.7.68 EXAM'D 27.10.67 IN 550403N, 011856W [OGB] USING HSA. LEAST E/S DEPTH 132FT IN GEN DEPTH 154FT. SCOUR DEPTH 155FT. HAS PERHAPS PARTLY BROKEN UP. LENGTH ABOUT 350FT. LIES NE/SW. (HMS MYRMIDON, HI 348/67). AMENDED TO WK 22FMS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. H2433/71 22.4.71 NOT FOUND DURING AREA SONAR SEARCH. (ISS, HI 9/70). 15.5.73 AMENDED TO WK 40MTRS. NC 152. HH090/796/01 7.1.99 EXAM'D 10.7.98 IN 550403.6N, 011900.9W [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 38.9, FOUL 39.3MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 39 IN GEN DEPTH 46MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 7.1MTRS. LENGTH 86MTRS, WIDTH 20MTRS. LIES 080/260 DEGS. BADLY BROKEN UP. SUPERSTRUCTURE VISIBLE. N SIDE OF WK OUTLINE NOT CLEARLY VISIBLE. DEBRIS ALONG THE S SIDE OF THE WK. (GARDLINE, HI 796). AMEND TO SW 38MTRS. BR STD. SEP 2019/000043627 27.2.19 EXAM’D 27.2.19 IN 5504.059N, 0119.049W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 38.88MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 46MTRS. LENGTH 74.9MTRS, WIDTH 15.8MTRS, HT 7.3MTRS, ORIENTATION 076/256DEGS. BROKEN UP INTO 3 SECTIONS, SCATTERED WRECKAGE AND DEBRIS TO S. (MERITAITO, HI 1513). AMEND NDW 38MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: BROKEN UP INTO 3 SECTIONS

Position: 55 4.059 N,1 19.049 W

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