This is the information page about the shipwreck Sumus (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 21.16 N,0 22.491 W (54.3460667, -0.1270833)
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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: SUMUS (PROBABLY)
Length 40.5 meter, width: 6.1 meter, draught: 3.4, tonnage 223 ton
Load: minerals
Year of registration: 1986
Water depth above wreck: 38 meter, Height above seabed: 206 cm
Known since: 1986, last detected: 20160219
Details measurements/cartography: H1310/86/34 15.12.86 LOCATED AND POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED IN 542106N, 002233W. BOWS FLAT ON SEABED. ENGINE STANDS 2.5MTRS HIGH. LEAST DEPTH 38MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 41MTRS [MHWS]. (G. WADSWORTH, 13.11.86). TIDAL REDUCTION 6MTRS. INS AS WK 32MTRS. BR STD. H1310/87/15 20.5.87 IDENTIFICATION OF THIS WK NOT NOW CERTAIN, BUT ITS GENERAL DETAILS DO FIT THE SUMUS. (A GODFREY, 11.3.87). HH100/351/06 25.2.93 KNOWN LOCALLY AS 'SLAG WRECK'. (A C JACKSON, 9.2.93). LIES ON ROCKY SEABED IN 542106N, 002235W WITH CARGO SCATTERED AROUND. (DIVE YORKSHIRE). HH090/730/01 NOT FULLY SURVEYED AS LIES WITHIN FISHING AREA EXCLUSION ZONE. FROM MAIN DCS3 SEARCH POSN IS: 542109.5N, 002228.4W [WGD]. DCS3 HT 3MTRS. LENGTH 35MTRS, WIDTH 8MTRS. LIES 015/195 DEGS. WELL DEFINED WK. (GARDLINE, HI 730). BR STD FOR POSN CHANGE. SEP 2016/000007250 15.06.16 EXAM'D 19.02.16 IN 5421.160N, 0022.491W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 33.8MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 38MTRS. LENGTH 34.3MTRS, WIDTH 6.7MTRS, HT 4.7MTRS, ORIENTATION 206/026. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. WRECK IS MAINLY INTACT, BUT THERE IS SIGNS OF STRUCTURAL COLLAPSE. (EGS, HI 1472). AMEND NDW 33MTRS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: Mainly intact
Position: 54 21.16 N,0 22.491 W