This is the information page about the shipwreck Triton, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 34.312 N,0 8.73 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: TRITON
Year of registration: 1851
Water depth above wreck: 5 meter, Height above seabed: 82 cm
Known since: 1851, last detected: 20200515
Details measurements/cartography: H6252/49 24.10.49 WOODEN FISHING BOAT [?SCHOONER] TRITON LOCATED 112DEG, 11C FROM SPURN LTHO. MAST SHOWS ABOUT 10FT AT LW ON HIGH PART OF THE BINKS. (HM COASTGUARD FILEY YORKS 12.10.49). CHART AS DW IN 533418N, 000858E. NOTE. 4.2.57 NOW CHARTED IN 533418N, 000855E. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED) NE 1188. H6450/68 5.12.68 MAST NOT SIGHTED AT ANY STATE OF THE TIDE DURING SURVEY. SEARCHED FOR BY BOAT UNSUCCESSFULLY AND SEARCH ABANDONED IN VIEW OF POSN AND GENERAL DEPTHS IN THE AREA. SEABED OF SAND. GENERAL DEPTH OF SEABED BY ECHO 7FT TO DRIES 1FT. (HMS ENTERPRISE, HI 39/68). DELETE. BR STD. 7.10.11 NOT LOCATED BY M/B. (NETSURVEY, HI 1358). NCA. SEP 2021/000067871 21.5.20 EXAM'D 21.05.20 IN 5334.312N, 0008.730E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 4.00MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 5MTRS, LENGTH 2.37MTRS, WIDTH 1.50MTRS, HEIGHT 1.10MTRS, ORIENTATION 082 DEGS. DEBRIS FIELD LENGTH 50.74MTRS, TOWARDS 081 DEGS. POSSIBLY THE SMALL SAILING VESSEL. OFF POSITION. CONTACT APPEARS TO BE AN ANCHOR/SMALLER OBJECT WITH A ROPE OR CHAIN TRAILING OFF TOWARDS E/NE, WITH ANOTHER ANCHOR ~50M NE FROM THE MAIN CONTACT (~16M N FROM THE END OF THE ROPE). DEBRIS FIELD HAS BEEN COUNTED AS THE LENGTH OF THE ROPE/CHAIN THAT STRETCHED AWAY FROM THE MAIN CONTACT E/NE. ANOTHER ANCHOR IS ABOVE THE END OF THIS ROPE. (CLINTON MARINE SURVEY, HI 1683). AMEND DW 4.0MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: POSSIBLY THE SMALL SAILING VESSEL. OFF POSITION. CONTACT APPEARS TO BE AN ANCHOR/SMALLER OBJECT WITH A ROPE OR CHAIN TRAILING OFF TOWARDS E/NE, WITH ANOTHER ANCHOR ~50M NE FROM THE MAIN CONTACT (~16M N FROM THE END OF THE ROPE).
Position: 53 34.312 N,0 8.73 E