This is the information page about the shipwreck Sten (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 20.704 N,5 30.048 W (50.345067, -5.500800)

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: STEN (POSSIBLY)

Length 65.5 meter, width: 9.8 meter, draught: 4.9, tonnage 928 ton
Load: coal

Cause: ex-jan maun, ex-aarvak, ex-neva, ex-juana nancy. built in 1883 by pearce, dundee. owned at time of loss by the shipping controller. one boiler, compound expansion engine of 125 nhp, single shaft. machinery by pearce bros, dundee. passage barry for st malo. torpedoed by uc-64. 9 men lost. (sibi & ll ww1).

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 45 meter, Height above seabed: 106 cm

Known since: 1917, last detected: 2000

Details measurements/cartography: SUNK 5M N OF GODREVY LTHO. (LL WW1). H2959/73 23.5.74 H2959/73 23.5.74 WK FOUND USING MAGNETOMETER IN 502045N, 053006W. DECCA USED. STANDS APPROX 17-20FT HIGH. HAS CARGO OF COAL SO POSSIBLY THE STEN, BUT COULD BE THE PRINCE. BOILER AND COMPOUND ENGINE AMIDSHIPS STAND ABOUT 1FT HIGH. DONKEY BOILER RISING NEAR THE STERN STANDS 18FT HIGH. LIES N/S WITH BOW N. (E GILES, 23.5.74) - CHART AS USC 30MTRS [16FMS]. BR STD. H2959/73 23.7.74 H2959/73 23.7.74 WK IN 502045N, 053006W, USING DECCA, IS ESTIMATED AS ABOUT 1000GRT. OF WW1 VINTAGE. TORPEDOED OR BOMBED FOR'D. (E GILES, 1974). 4.5.78 4.5.78 NOW CHARTED AS WK 35MTRS. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED) - NC 1178. HH100/351/04 18.3.91 HH100/351/04 18.3.91 DIVED ON IN 502045N, 053006W USING DECCA. STANDS 8MTRS HIGH AT BOILERS IN GEN DEPTH 45MTRS [LW]. BOWS WITH ANCHORS, WINCH AND SPARE PROPELLER FOUND FOR'D. PROPELLER ON SHAFT, WITH 2 BLADES VISIBLE SIGHTED AT STERN. (R A MAPPLEBECK, 6.1.91). NCA. HH090/799/01 19.12.00 HH090/799/01 19.12.00 EXAM'D 23.7.00 IN 5020.738N, 0530.108W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 39.6 IN GEN DEPTH 45MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 64MTRS, WIDTH 13MTRS. DCS3 HT 6.2MTRS. LIES 106/286 DEGS. BOWS ?106 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. DEBRIS EXTENDS 24MTRS TOWARDS 015 DEGS. UPRIGHT, INTACT. (NP 1008, HI 799). AMEND TO WK 39MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT & INTACT, ROCK OUTCROPS NEARBY

Position: 50 20.704 N,5 30.048 W

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