This is the information page about the shipwreck Tringa, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 21.217 N,2 26.287 E (51.1325, 2.5103667)
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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: TRINGA
Length 88.7 meter, width: 13.1 meter, draught: 5.8, tonnage 1930 ton
Cause: Built in 1925 by van der giesson & zonen. owned at time of loss by british & continental ss co. triple expansion engine of 335nhp for 11 knots. passage antwerp for glasgow. mined. (dods). sunk, according to some sources, by u9 by torpedo. (r verpoorte).
Year of registration: 1940
Water depth above wreck: 30 meter
Known since: 1940, last detected: 2018
Details measurements/cartography: H0452/40 31.5.40 POSN 175.5 DEG, 1.4M FROM W HINDER LT BUOY. POSN ESTD FROM FLOATING WRECKAGE 290 DEG 1C FROM W HINDER LT BUOY 005 DEG 315 YDS BY RANGEFINDER, DYCK WHISTLE BUOY 084 DEG 5775 YDS BY RANGEFINDER. POSN FROM FLOATING WRECKAGE WITH BEARING BY ASDIC 058 DEG DISTANCE 1500 YDS W HINDER LT BUOY 015 DEG 3930 YDS, BY RANGEFINDER DYCK LT & WHISTLE BUOY 075 DEG. (HMS MALCOLM 11.5.40). INS AS DW IN 512110N, 022626E. - PFNM 1256/40 & FNM 1348/40. H04073/44 27.10.44 DRIFT SWEEP CLEAR AT 42 FT, FOUL AT 44FT. IN POSN 512109N, 022630E. (FOIC YARMOUTH 4.10.44). AMEND WK 7FMS.
- NM 2318/44. H2119/58 18.7.69 NOW SW 23.7 MTRS IN 512106N, 022620E [EUR]. (OSTEND NM 114/69). AMEND SW 13FMS.
- NM 1185/69. H2119/58 27.10.69 AMEND TO SW 13FMS ON 1406.
- NM 1728/69. 11.9.72 AMEND SW 23.3MTRS IN 512116N, 022620E [EUR]. NC 323. 6.11.81 SW 23.6 MTRS IN 512115N, 022636E SHOWN ON BELGIAN 102. BR STD. 17.6.93 SW 23.5MTRS SHOWN IN 512116N, 022622E [EUR] ON BELGIUM 102 [1992 EDN]. BR STD. SEP 2010/000138707 15.10.10 SHOWN AS SW 23MTRS IN 5121.217N, 0226.287E [WGD] ON BELGIAN 102 [NE 6.10, 1:60,000].
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 51 21.217 N,2 26.287 E