Wreck: Staithes (possibly) (Steam ship)
This is the information page about the shipwreck Staithes (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 54.149 N,1 19.723 W (54.902483, -1.328717)
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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.
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Shipwreck details
Name: STAITHES (POSSIBLY)
Length 44.2 meter, width: 7.9 meter, draught: 3, tonnage 336 ton
Load: ferrous elements and ores: unrefined and refined,ore
Cause: built of iron. torpedoed by submarine
Year of registration: 1918
Water depth above wreck: 14 meter, Height above seabed: 43 cm
Known since: 1918, last detected: 2019
Details measurements/cartography: H5639/18 28.9.18 100YDS E HENDON RK BUOY. 2 MASTS SHOWING LW. POSN 545410N, 011934W. (TH LETTER). - FNM 648/18. H7622/18 17.12.18 AREA CONSIDERED SAFE FOR NAVIGATION. (SNO TYNE). H7622/18 15.1.19 AMENDED TO DW.
- NM 118/19. H2189/71 22.5.72 NOT SEARCHED FOR 1971. (ISS 1971). H2433/71 25.9.74 AREA CLOSE SOUNDED BY E/S 772 AND INTENSIVELY EXAMINED BY SONAR. NOTHING FOUND. (HMS EGERIA 1974). DELETED. BR STD. HH090/796/01 22.12.98 EXAM'D 19.9.98 IN 545408.6N, 011944.1W [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 12.5, FOUL 12.9MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 13.2 IN GEN DEPTH 14MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 3.0MTRS. DEBRIS FIELD COVERS 90MTRS BY 27MTRS. ORIENTATED 043/223 DEGS. SWEEP INCOMPLETE DUE TO HITTING ROCK OUTCROP TO NW. HIGH POINT COVERED. CHART AS WK 12.5MTRS. (GARDLINE, HI 796). INS AS WK 12.5MTRS. BR STD. SEP 2019/000043627 20.3.19 EXAM’D 20.3.19 IN 5454.149N, 0119.723W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 12.96MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 14MTRS. LENGTH 4MTRS, WIDTH 4MTRS, HT 1.9MTRS. COMPLETELY BROKEN UP, BURIED OR SWEPT AWAY. 3 DISCERNIBLE ROUND DEBRIS VISIBLE, 4x4MTRS DIMENSIONS FOR 2 OF THEM, 2x2MTRS FOR THE OTHER, EACH SEPARATED BY 25MTRS. (MERITAITO, HI 1513). AMEND DW 12.9MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: COMPLETELY BROKEN UP, BURIED OR SWEPT AWAY. 3 DISCERNIBLE ROUND DEBRIS VISIBLE
Position: 54 54.149 N,1 19.723 W
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