Wreck: Taurus (probably) (Steam ship)
This is the information page about the shipwreck Taurus (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 20.733 N,0 22.627 W (54.345550, -0.377117)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English 🇬🇧, 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.
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Shipwreck details
Name: TAURUS (PROBABLY)
Length 70.1 meter, width: 10.1 meter, draught: 4.9, tonnage 1238 ton
Load: ballast
Cause: torpedoed by german submarine ub 80 while on passage rouen to tyne and bergen.
Year of registration: 1919
Water depth above wreck: 33 meter, Height above seabed: 311 cm
Known since: 1919, last detected: 20160219
Details measurements/cartography: 9.9.18 SUNK CLOSE TO R BUOY IN 542200N, 002230W. (SIO, NEWCASTLE, 9.9.18 - M42113). H6391/19 21.9.18 SUNK IN 542100N, 002300W. (VAEC - AP REPORT). SUNK IN 542010N, 002200W. (CAPT (D)). THIS LATTER POSN TO BE ACCEPTED. INS WK (PA) IN 542010N, 002200W. H3752/26 11.6.26 AMEND TO NDW (PA) (1918). BR STD. 5.12.74 AMEND TO USCPA 20MTRS. NC 129. H1310/84/22 1.8.84 LOCATED IN 522047N, 002230W USING RADAR RANGES. STANDS 4MTRS HIGH IN GEN DEPTH 36MTRS [HWS]. (P J LASSEY, 19.7.84). AMEND TO WKPA 26MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. HH100/351/06 25.2.93 LOCATED IN 542040.5N, 002226W USING GPS. (A C JACKSON, 9.2.93). AMEND TO WK 26MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. HH090/730/01 17.11.97 NOT SURVEYED AS LIES WITHIN FISHING AREA EXCLUSION ZONE. (GARDLINE, HI 730). NCA. SEP 2016/000007250 09.06.16 EXAM'D 19.02.16 IN 5420.733N, 0022.627W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 28.1MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 33MTRS. LENGTH 74.5MTRS, WIDTH 22.8MTRS, HT4.9MTRS, ORIENTATION 311/131. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY, PARTIALLY INTACT WITH LARGE DEBRIS FIELD. (EGS, HI 1472). AMEND DW 28MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: Partially intact, parts buried
Position: 54 20.733 N,0 22.627 W
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