This is the information page about the shipwreck Trajan, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 11.008 N,1 11.569 E (53.3729833, 1.0462167)

 

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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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36. Hms cap d'antifer
37. Hms caroline moller
38. Hms cloughton wyke
39. Hms cobra
40. Hms fleet tender c (ex-mamari iii)
41. Hms kylemore
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45. Hmsm umpire
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48. Jevington court
49. Kenton
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69. St thomas (possibly)
70. Tayjack 1 (part of)
71. Tayjack 1 (part of)
72. Teddington
73. Thursonian
74. Trajan
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76. Trelissick
77. Tyneford
78. Upminster
79. Varoy
80. Vera (probably)
81. Virgin de lourdres
82. Welholme (possibly)
83. Welsh prince
84. Western mist (possibly)
85. Westland
86. Wimbledon
87. Winhill or whinhill
88. Zephyr
89. Zor

 

Name: TRAJAN

Length 75.3 meter, width: 11.6 meter, draught: 4.9, tonnage 1347 ton
Load: coal

Cause: Ex-doris, ex-yague. built by the great lakes engineering works, ecorse, michigan. owned at time of loss by skibs a/s trajan. one boiler, triple expansion engine of 200hp, single shaft. machinery by the great lakes engineering co, detroit. passage blyth for london. cargo 1744 tons coal. bombed and sunk by german aircraft.

Year of registration: 1941

Water depth above wreck: 18 meter, Height above seabed: 12 cm

Known since: 1941, last detected: 2018

Details measurements/cartography: H1708/41 9.6.41 LOCATED IN 531056N, 011148E. (HMS FRANKLIN). - PFNM 1328/41. H1708/41 9.6.41 INS G SPH BUOY, FL G 10S, 325 DEG, 1C FROM WK. - TFNM 1329/41. H1708/41 14.6.41 SWEPT FOUL AT 11FT [LWS] IN GEN DEPTH 62FT. LIES 340/160 DEG IN 531056N, 011148E. (HMS FRANKLIN, 28.5.41). INS AS DW.

- NM 1450/41. H1708/41 23.8.49 OREPESA SWEEP AFTER DISPERSAL CLEAR AT 49FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 50 IN GEN DEPTH 60FT. (HMS SHARPSHOOTER, 30.8.49). AMEND TO WK 8FMS 1FT. DELETE BUOY.

- NM 1700/49. 2.11.71 COVERED BY WK 7FMS 5FT ON NE 1408. 26.11.74 AMEND TO WK 14.6MTRS [LAT]. NC 108. HH090/593/01 6.1.94 EXAM'D 9.8.93 IN 501049.1N, 011154.1E [OGB] USING SYLEDIS [3 LOPS]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 17.2 IN GEN DEPTH 17.8MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 17.9MTRS. DCS3 HT 0.5MTR, LENGTH 69MTRS, BREADTH 35MTRS. PARTIALLY BROKEN WK LYING 110/290DEG. (OCEONICS (UK) LTD., HI 593). BR STD. SEP 2018/000159338 10.7.18 EXAM'D 26.3.18 IN 5311.008N, 0111.568E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 16.34MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 17MTRS, LENGTH 79.5MTRS, WIDTH 20MTRS, HEIGHT 2.3MTRS, ORIENTATION 012/192 DEGS. BROKEN AND PARTIALLY BURIED. (GARDLINE, HI 1515_H102_002_18). AMEND DW 16.3MTRS IN REVISED POSN. SEP 2018/000212985 10.9.18 EXAM'D 26.3.18 IN 5311.008N, 0111.569E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 16.34MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 18MTRS, LENGTH 79.5MTRS, WIDTH 23.5MTRS, HEIGHT 2.3MTRS, ORIENTATION 012/192 DEGS. SCOUR DIMENSIONS LENGTH 157.4MTRS, 0.9MTRS DEEP, TOWARD 132 DEGS. BROKEN AND PARTIALLY BURIED. (GARDLINE, HI 1515). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: PARTIALLY BROKEN WK

Position: 53 11.008 N,1 11.569 E

 

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