This is the information page about the shipwreck Tunis, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 8.988 N,0 30.196 E (52.98535, 0.6546833)
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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: TUNIS
Year of registration: 1944
Water depth above wreck: 14 meter
Known since: 1944, last detected: 1974
Details measurements/cartography: H0401/44 14.6.44 SANK WHILE AT ANCHOR. LOCATED 530915N, 003012E. CLEAR AT 46FT. (FOIC YARMOUTH, 14.1.44). INS AS NDWPA. LC 1190. H0401/44 2.11.56 EXAM'D IN 530858N, 003018E USING DECCA. OROPESA CLEAR AT 39FT, NOT FOULED. LEAST E/S DEPTH 42 IN GEN DEPTH 47FT. SEABED SAND. (HMS SCOTT, 24.8.56). AMEND TO WK 39FT IN REVISED POSN.
- NM 2667/56. H1519/58 31.1.62 WK HAS CAUSED FISHING GEAR LOSSES OVER SEVERAL YEARS. (DISTRICT INSPECTION OF FISHERIES GRIMSBY). 26.11.74 AMEND TO WK 11.2MTRS [LAT]. NC 108.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: STEEL HULL
Position: 53 8.988 N,0 30.196 E