Wreck: Tekla (part of) (Steam ship)
This is the information page about the shipwreck Tekla (part of), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 58 16.457 N,2 26.586 W (58.43595, -2.5026666666667)
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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: TEKLA (PART OF)
Length 75.9 meter, width: 11.6 meter, draught: 4.6, tonnage 1469 ton
Cause: built in 1920 by helsingors jernsk & msk, elsinore. owned at time of loss by dmpsk, torm a/s. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 158nhp, single shaft. passage burntisland for aarhus. torpedoed by u-55. 9 men lost. (sibi).
Year of registration: 1940
Water depth above wreck: 54 meter, Height above seabed: 30 cm
Known since: 1940, last detected: 2020
Details measurements/cartography: H0143/40 31.1.40 SANK IN 581800N, 022500W, APPROX. (RA (D), HOME FLEET). NCA. 29.8.78 INS AS USCPA 30MTRS. NC 115. 20.8.93 SHOWN AS USCPA 40MTRS ON NE 115 [EDN DTD 20.8.93]. HH100/351/17 2.7.01 DIVED IN 5816.473N, 0226.550W [WGD]. (K HEATH, EMAIL DTD 2.7.01). HH091/150/01 - SEP 2008/000007851 23.1.08 EXAM'D 6.06 IN 5816.457N, 0226.586W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 50.4 IN GEN DEPTH 54.9MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 79MTRS, WIDTH 40MTRS, HT 3.4MTRS. LIES 030/210 DEGS. NO MAGNETIC ANOMALY. HIGHLY DEGRADED WK, BROKEN IN TWO. (GARDLINE, HI 1150). AMEND WK 50MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 8.10.12 EXAM'D 22.5.12 IN 5816.459N, 0226.587W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 50.64 IN GEN DEPTH 54MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 58MTRS, WIDTH 18.3MTRS, HT 3.36MTRS. LIES 030/210 DEGS. STONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (NETSURVEY, HI 1372). APPARENTLY ONLY PART OF WK. NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: HIGHLY DEGRADED, BROKEN INTO TWO SECTIONS
Position: 58 16.457 N,2 26.586 W
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