This is the information page about the shipwreck Suavity, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 44.174 N,1 5.832 W (54.93705, -1.1630333333333)
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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: SUAVITY
Length 53.3 meter, width: 8.5 meter, draught: 2.9, tonnage 634 ton
Load: grain
Cause: built in g brown & co (marine) ltd, greenock. owned at time of loss by f t everard & sons ltd. 6 cylinder oil engine of 86hp, single shaft. machinery aft by newbury diesel co, newbury. passage sunderland for london. cargo 760 tons wheat. mined.
Year of registration: 1940
Water depth above wreck: 38 meter, Height above seabed: 0 cm
Known since: 1940, last detected: 1988
Details measurements/cartography: H01039/40 4.1.41 H01039/40 4.1.41 SANK 1 MILE N OF NO 20 BUOY IN 544400N, 010400W. (NOIC HARTLEPOOL, 28.10.40). INS AS NDWPA.
- NM 3034/40. H460/67 29.3.67 H460/67 29.3.67 NOT FOUND. SEARCH BY E/S AND A/S AT 3 CABLE INTERVALS IN TWO DIRNS TO 2 MILES FROM REPD POSN. (HMS ENTERPRISE, ROS DTD 13.6.66). DELETED. BR STD. H6330/87 14.11.88 H6330/87 14.11.88 EXAM'D 28.8.88 IN 544410N, 010544W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [4 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR AT 33.4, FOUL AT 33.9MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 33.5 IN GEN DEPTH 37.7MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 38.4MTRS. DCS3 HT 2.9MTRS, LENGTH 74MTRS, BEAM 9MTRS. LIES VIRTUALLY INTACT AND UPRIGHT WITH EVIDENCE OF SOME SUPERSTRUCTURE AND POSSIBLY A MAST STILL STANDING. LIES 000/180 DEG. (GARDLINE SURVEYS, HI 414A).
- NM 3636/88.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT & UPRIGHT, SOME SUPERSTRUCTURE & ?MAST STANDING
Position: 54 44.174 N,1 5.832 W