This is the information page about the shipwreck Supremity, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 28.732 N,0 59.832 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: SUPREMITY
Length 51.2 meter, width: 8.5 meter, draught: 3, tonnage 553 ton
Load: coal
Cause: mined while on passage blyth to london.
Year of registration: 1940
Water depth above wreck: 6 meter
Known since: 1940, last detected: 1968
Details measurements/cartography: H01111/40 22.1.41 H01111/40 22.1.41 LOCATED IN 512842N, 005956E USING HSA. (CAPT M/S, SHEERNESS, 13.12.40). INS AS DW.
- NM 94/41. H01111/40 21.8.43 H01111/40 21.8.43 POSN 356DEG, 1.76M FROM MIDDLE GROUND BN. MARKED BY G CAN BUOY. (TH). INS BUOY.
- NM 1778/43. H01111/40 9.8.46 H01111/40 9.8.46 AMEND WK 0FMS 2FT. (CAPT M/S SHEERNESS).
- NM 2773/46. H01111/40 19.1.47 H01111/40 19.1.47 DRIFT SWEEP 14.1.47 AFTER DISPERSAL. CLEAR TO SEABED AT 22FT. SURROUNDING SEABED EVEN. POSN 512842N, 005956E. (CAPT M/S SHEERNESS, 17.1.47). H01111/40 3.3.47 H01111/40 3.3.47 AMEND TO F. DELETE BUOY.
- NM 497/47. H1386/60 23.5.60 H1386/60 23.5.60 NOT LOCATED USING E/S AND SONAR. (HMS SCOTT, 1959). NCA. H6140/68 25.6.68 H6140/68 25.6.68 LOCATED AS FAR AS COULD BE DETERMINED IN CHARTED POSN USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. POOR SONAR CONTACT. PRESUMED TO BE DISPERSED WK LYING IN HOLLOW OF THE BANK ON WHICH RED SAND TOWERS STAND. COULD NOT BE LOCATED FROM EASTWARD. LEAST E/S DEPTH 24FT IN GEN DEPTHS 21-22FT. SCOUR DEPTH 27FT [LAT]. (HMS EGERIA, 27.3.68). NCA. H6140/68 19.1.79 H6140/68 19.1.79 AREA WAS CLOSELY EXAM'D USING E/S. NO WK FOUND. SEABED QUITE IRREGULAR IN VICINITY OF THIS POSN WITH GEN DEPTH 6-8.5MTRS. REMAIN CHARTED AS FOUL. (PLA WK REPORT, MAPLIN 8/78). NCA. 26.2.04 26.2.04 EUT POSN: 5128.732N, 0059.832E. NE 1609. HH244/420/06 14.6.05 HH244/420/06 14.6.05 NOT SHOWN ON PLA 201/23 DTD SEP'03-NOV'04. EXISTANCE QUERIED WITH PLA. PLA CHOSE NOT TO SHOW AS NOT FOUND ON 1978 SURVEY, HOWEVER A WRECK WAS DISPERSED HERE, SO NO HARM IN SHOWING FOUL. (J PINDER, PLA E-MAIL DTD 8.3.05) RETAIN F. NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 51 28.732 N,0 59.832 E