This is the information page about the shipwreck Sunrise (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 30.982 N,1 1.848 E (51.441933333333, 0.92858333333333)
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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: SUNRISE (POSSIBLY)
Length 25.5 meter, width: 6.6 meter, draught: 2.6, tonnage 100 ton
Load: clay products
Cause: a ketch built of wood in 1899 by f j carver & son. owned at time of loss by goerge watson & gill. passage george town for gravesend. cargo china clay. stranded.
Year of registration: 1918
Water depth above wreck: 4 meter
Known since: 1918, last detected: 1978
Details measurements/cartography: H1283/18 FNM 178/18. H2730/18 FNM 352/18. H5179/19 17.7.19 WRECK DISPERSED TO DEPTH OF 38FT AT LWST. BUOY REMOVED. (TH). AMEND WK 33FT TO WK 38FT.
- NM 1368/19. H6997/19 11.9.19 WRECK DISPERSED TO 41FT. (TH). H5491/25 18.8.25 AMEND TO WK 30FT.
- NM 1284/25. H5491/25 14.9.25 AMEND TO WK 39FT. (TH 3779/25). H4090/30 7.7.30 SWEPT BY KELLETT MAY 1930 AND AS CHARTED. H4915/29 AMEND POSN TO 513057N, 010157E & DEPTH TO 34 FT. (HMS KELLET, HN 5/29).
- NM 1279/29 H5491/25 18.9.25 DISPERSED AS NEARLY AS POSSIBLE LEVEL WITH THE GROUND. DEPTH OVER WRECK 38FT. DEPTH IN THE VICINITY VARIES FROM 38FT TO 42FT. (TH 14.9.25). H4915/29 27.7.29 LEAST DEPTH 34FT IN 513452N, 010405E. POSN BY HSA. (HMS KELLETT 25.7.29). AMEND TO FOUL IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. H6140/68 27.6.68 NOT FOUND AFTER CLOSE SOUNDING IN AREA OF 2CABLES RADIUS AROUND THE CHARTED POSITION WITH SOUNDING LINES 60YDS APART. THE TOP OF THE BANK HAS SEVERAL ROUGH PARTS TO IT. RECOMMEND THAT THE WRECK BE SHOWN AS FOUL. (HMS EGERIA, 28.3.68). H6140/68 22.1.79 NOT FOUND DURING CLOSE E/S SEARCH. RETAIN AS FOUL IN 513057N, 010157E. (PLA WK REPORT - MAPLIN 15/78).
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: WOODEN HULL, DISPERSED
Position: 51 30.982 N,1 1.848 E