Wreck: Thomas hankins (possibly) (Trawler)
This is the information page about the shipwreck Thomas hankins (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 55 23.159 N,8 32.906 W (55.383583333333, -8.5494166666667)
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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: THOMAS HANKINS (POSSIBLY)
Length 38 meter, width: 7 meter, draught: 4, tonnage 276 ton
Cause: built in 1918 by j p reynoldson & sons ltd, south shields. owned at time of loss by the boston deep sea fishing & ice co, fleetwood. sunk by gunfire from german submarine u-33.
Year of registration: 1939
Water depth above wreck: 96 meter
Known since: 1939, last detected: 2005
Details measurements/cartography: H056/40 H056/40 SUNK IN POSN 14M MAG NW FROM TORY ISLAND. (TRADE DIVISION LIST). 18.11.40 18.11.40 CONTACT REPD IN 552200N, 083300W. (HMS WITHERINGTON, 17.11.40). H7723/69 6.3.69 H7723/69 6.3.69 LOCATED 1.8.68 IN 552340N, 083234W USING LAMBDA PARABOLIC. LEAST E/S DEPTH 280FT IN 314FT. SCOUR 316FT. SEABED FINE SAND. A GOOD SONAR CONTACT. (HMS HYDRA, ROS DTD 11.10.68). INS AS WK 46FMS. NC 2722. 16.8.79 16.8.79 AMEND TO WK 85MTRS. NC 2723. 26.4.07 26.4.07 WK LOCATED IN 5523.159N, 0832.906W [WGD] USING DGPS. GEN DEPTH 96MTRS. LENGTH 54MTRS, HT 6.8MTRS. (INSS SURVEY 1999-2005). ROUGHLY CIRCULAR AREA OF DEBRIS WITH MAJORITY AT NW SIDE. SOME SCOUR. POSSIBLY THIS ITEM. AMEND WK 88MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: ROUGHLY CIRCULAR AREA OF ?DEBRIS, MOST AT NW SIDE
Position: 55 23.159 N,8 32.906 W
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