This is the information page about the shipwreck Thessaly, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 31.009 N,0 23.106 E (53.56915, 0.0936)
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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: THESSALY
Length 88.7 meter, width: 10.4 meter, draught: 7.6, tonnage 1925 ton
Load: natural fibres and materials in general: unprocessed and products
Cause: Built of iron in 1877 by laird bros. owned at time of loss by birkenhead shipping co. one boiler, compound expansion engine of 220nhp, single shaft. passage new orleans for hamburg. cargo cotton and oil cake. caught fire off borkum on 29.12.1890 and was abandoned. drifted across north sea before sinking off the humber.
Year of registration: 1988
Water depth above wreck: 15 meter, Height above seabed: 165 cm
Known since: 1988, last detected: 2014
Details measurements/cartography: H1310/88/47 22.9.88 WK, IDENTIFIED BY BELL AS THE THESSALY, LOCATED IN 533100N, 002316E USING DECCA. LEAST E/S DEPTH 12 IN GEN DEPTH 13MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 16MTRS. (J M DAVIES). BR STD. HH090/593/01 5.1.94 EXAM'D 13.7.93 IN 533059.9N, 002312.7E [OGB] USING SYLEDIS [3 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 12.4 IN GEN DEPTH 11.0MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 14.0MTRS. DCS3 HT 1.6MTRS, LENGTH 200MTRS, BREADTH 120MTRS. BROKEN WRECKAGE, LYING 165/345 DEG ON FLAT GRAVELLY SAND. (OCEONICS (UK) LTD., HI 593). BR STD. SEP 2013/000180690 10.7.14 EXAM'D 2.1.14 IN 5331.009N, 0023.106E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 12.04 IN GEN DEPTH 15.3MTRS. SCOUR 0.8MTRS DEEP EXTENDS 90MTRS TOWARDS 190 DEGS. LENGTH 42MTRS, WIDTH 19MTRS, HT 1.8MTRS. LIES 165/345 DEGS. WELL BROKEN UP AND SCATTERED WK. (GARDLINE, HI 1419). AMEND WK 12MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: WRECKAGE IN LARGE SCOUR HOLE
Position: 53 31.009 N,0 23.106 E