This is the information page about the shipwreck Strathearn, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 45.065 N,1 9.563 E (51.4419333, 0.9285833)
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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: STRATHEARN
Length 53.6 meter, width: 10.1 meter, draught: 4.3, tonnage 683 ton
Cause: Built in 1935 by cammell laird & co ltd, birkenhead. owned at time of loss by trinity house corporation. eight cylinder oil engine of 250bhp, single shaft. passage from the knoll buoy for harwich. mined. sank on port beam and later broke in two. (sibi).
Year of registration: 1941
Water depth above wreck: 6 meter, Height above seabed: 151 cm
Known since: 1941, last detected: 20160901
Details measurements/cartography: H0329/41 28.3.41 INS ST. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED)
- NM 701/41. H0329/41 3.3.47 G CONL BUOY LAID 162DEG, 100YDS FROM WK. (TH NM 20/47).
- NM 496/47. H0329/41 7.11.49 SWEPT CLEAR 19FT, FOUL 20FT. SEABED 21-26FT. POSN 514510N, 011002E. (HMS SCOTT, 1.9.49). AMEND TO WK 3FMS 1FT.
- NM 2286/49. H2266/54 21.4.59 LOCATED IN 514510N, 010957E. (HMS SHACKLETON, NOV 1953). AMEND POSN. BR STD. 23.1.73 INS AS WK SW 5.5MTRS. NC 1975. H2918/83 22.10.85 LOCATED IN 514502N, 010940E [OGB]. LEAST DEPTH 5.1MTRS. NO WK FOUND IN 514510N, 010957E. (NP 1016, TELEX 9.10.85). H2918/83 24.4.86 EXAM'D 9.10.85 IN 514502N, 010940E [OGB] TRISPONDER [3 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 5.1 IN GEN DEPTH 7MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 8MTRS. BROKEN UP AND LYING APPROX N/S IN A SCOUR. LENGTH ABOUT 60MTRS. (NP 1016, HI 197).
- NM 2894/85. SEP 2016/000181430 1.9.16 EXAM'D 1.9.16: IN 5145.065N, 0109.563E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 4.35MTRS, GEN DEPTH 6MTRS. LENGTH 80.37MTRS, WIDTH 40.9MTRS, HT 2.6MTRS, ORIENTATION 151/331 DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 46.46MTRS, 8.2MTRS DEEP, TOWARDS 150 DEGS. DEBRIS FIELD TOAWRDS 148/328 DEGS, WK MAINLY BROKEN UP. (EGS, HI 1522, RRS TE10). AMEND DW 4.3MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: BROKEN UP, LIES IN A SCOUR
Position: 51 45.065 N,1 9.563 E