This is the information page about the shipwreck Stanburn, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 59.683 N,0 8.525 E (53.7402833, 0.2099667)
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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: STANBURN
Length 101.8 meter, width: 13.7 meter, draught: 6.7, tonnage 2881 ton
Load: ballast
Cause: Ex-hebburn '38. built in 1924 by wood, skinner & co, newcastle-upon-tyne. owned at time of loss by the stanhope ss co (j a billmeir & co ltd, managers). two boilers, triple expansion engine of 359hp, single shaft. machinery by ne marine eng co ltd. passage zeebrugge for the tyne. in ballast. bombed and machine gunned by german aircraft. 25 men lost. (llww1 & sibi). was in convoy at time of loss. (s old).
Year of registration: 1980
Water depth above wreck: 38 meter, Height above seabed: 105 cm
Known since: 1980, last detected: 20160310
Details measurements/cartography: H5084/77 18.3.80 EXAMINED 24.9.79 IN 535940N, 000839E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 32.6 IN GEN DEPTH 39MTRS. DCS3 HT 6.8MTRS. LENGTH 110MTRS. LYING 130/310DEGS. PARTIALLY BURIED IN SAND. (HMS EGERIA, HI 64/79). BR STD. 5.8.94 KNOWN LOCALLY AS THE WRECK OF THE `BIG STACKS'. (S R WOOD, TELECON DTD 3.8.94). [NO DATE] WK [8977] PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT TO BE 'STANBURN'. HH100/351/18 8.4.02 POSN 5359.667N, 0008.530W [WGD]. VERY LARGE WRECK, STANDS HIGH OFF THE SANDY SEABED. THREE BOILERS AND ENGINE UPRIGHT. BOWS S. BELL RECOVERED WITH NAME 'HEBBURN'. (A C JACKSON & C A RACEY). NCA. HH100/351/20 5.9.03 VESSEL'S NAME CHANGED FROM HEBBURN TO STANBURN IN 1938. POSN GIVEN AS 5359.683N, 0008.437E [WGD] BY GPS. REPORTED BY S OLD, B WOOLFORD, D SMITH, B JOLLEY. (S OLD E-MAIL DTD 16.7.03) NCA. SEP 2016/000053291 5.10.16 EXAM'D 10.3.16; IN 5359.683N, 0008.525 [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 31.74MTRS, GEN DEPTH 38MTRS. LENGTH 111.7MTRS, WIDTH 36.9MTRS, HT 7.2MTRS, ORIENTATION 105/285 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY, WK CONSIDERABLY DEGRADED. (MMT, HI 1473, H525_8986). AMEND NDW 31MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: Wreck well degraded.
Position: 53 59.683 N,0 8.525 E