This is the information page about the shipwreck Taber park, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 21.48 N,1 53.859 E (52.4370167, 1.7918333)
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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: TABER PARK
Length 96 meter, width: 14 meter, draught: 7, tonnage 2875 ton
Load: coal
Cause: Built in 1944 by foundation maritime ltd, pictou, nova scotia. owned at time of loss by the canadian government (park ss co). two boilers, triple expansion engine of 269hp, single shaft. machinery by canada iron foundries ltd. mined or sunk by midget submarine. all 28 crew lost.
Year of registration: 1945
Water depth above wreck: 32 meter, Height above seabed: 206 cm
Known since: 1945, last detected: 20161211
Details measurements/cartography: H01694/45 8.8.45 OROPESA SWEEP LEAST DEPTH 54FT. POSN 522134N, 015409E. (FOIC YARMOUTH 17.3.45). INS AS WK 54FT.
- NM 2337/45. H01694/45 18.9.51 EXAM'D 5.7.51 IN 522128N, 015400E USING HSA. SWEPT CLEAR 58FT, FOUL 60FT. LEAST E/S 61FT. HEIGHT ABOVE SEABED 42FT. SEABED 100FT. LENGTH 300FT. SCOUR 11FT. LIES 030/210 DEGS. (HMS SHARPSHOOTER, 31.8.51). AMEND TO WK 9FMS 4FT. BR STD. 1971 CONFIRMED BY NAME ON PROPELLOR AS TABER PARK. WRECK LIES ON HER SIDE. (UNDERMARINE OPS LTD, 1971). 31.7.74 AMEND TO SW 17.4MTRS [LAT]. NC 1543. H1942/80 20.8.82 EXAM'D 17.2.82 IN 522128N, 015357E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [3 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 21.8 IN GEN DEPTH 32MTRS. NO SCOUR. HYDROSEARCH VERTICAL HT 16.9MTRS, LENGTH 104MTRS, BEAM 14.5MTRS. LYING 030/210 DEGS. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 11). AMEND TO WK 15.1MTRS.
- NM 2403/82. SEP 2016/000091758 18.7.17 EXAM'D 11.12.16 IN 5221.480N, 0153.859E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 22.13MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 32MTRS, LENGTH 103.4MTRS, WIDTH 28.1MTRS, HEIGHT 9.7MTRS, ORIENTATION 206/026 DEGS. WRECK IS BROKEN, PARTIALLY BURIED AND LIES ON ITS SIDE. (GARDLINE, HI 1494). AMEND DW 22MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 52 21.48 N,1 53.859 E