This is the information page about the shipwreck Name nicht bekannt, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 7.488 N,1 49.482 E (52.1500167, 1.8159667)
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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: Name nicht bekannt
Length 110.3 meter, width: 14.3 meter, draught: 7.6, tonnage 4308 ton
Load: coal
Cause: Built in 1911 by cant. nav. triestino, monfalcone. originally a n austro-hungarian vessel, but requisitioned and owned at time of loss by the admiralty. managers everett & newbigin. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 390hp, single shaft. machinery by d rowan & co, glasgow. passage the tyne for london. cargo coal. struck a mine and commenced to sink rapidly. was taken in tow but sank. crew recovered.
Year of registration: 1945
Water depth above wreck: 30 meter, Height above seabed: 162 cm
Known since: 1945, last detected: 20161214
Details measurements/cartography: H03210/45 15.6.45 PROBABLE WRECK, STRONG ECHO. (C IN C NORE, CHATHAM 15.6.45). H3273/61 10.9.62 WRECK LOCATED IN 520728N, 014926E. LEAST E/S 80FT IN 101FT. (HMS SCOTT 1962). INS AS NDW. LC 1543. 7.5.68 AMEND TO WK 13FMS. LC1610, 1543. 31.7.74 AMEND TO WK 24.5MTRS. NC 1543. HH090/616/01 - *HH100/351/17 23. 6.1.95 EXAM'D 13.8.94 IN 520727.80N, 014935.37E [OGB] USING SYLEDIS [3 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR 22.1, FOUL 22.4MTRS.LEAST E/S DEPTH 22.5 IN GEN DEPTH 30MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 0.5MTRS. DCS3 HT 7.5MTRS. LENGTH 55MTRS, WIDTH 15MTRS. LIES 160/340 DEGS. APPEARS TO BE INTACT AND UPRIGHT. (GARDLINE, HI 616). AMEND TO SW 22MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
- NM 685/95.DIVED IN LISTED POSN. THE WK OF A STEEL CARGO SHIP ON ITS SIDE. SUPERSTRUCTURE STILL INTACT. STANDS 6MTRS FROM THE SEABED AND SHOWS NO SIGN OF COLLAPSING. HAS A CENTRE BRIDGE. STERN MAY HAVE HAD A GUN PLATFORM AS ANTI-AIRCRAFT SHELL CASES FOUND NEAR A STERN PLATFORM. NO GUN LOCATED. (B HICKINBOTTOM, LTR DTD 18.7.01). NCA. SEP 2012/000212161 16.1.12 LOCATED IN 5207.494N, 0149.481E [WGD]. HT 7.8MTRS. MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (EAST ANGLIA OFFSHORE WIND LTD, REPORT BY EMU LTD DTD 12.6.12). DEPTH 25MTRS SHOWN IN DIGITAL DATA. NCA. SEP 2017/000091759 5.9.17 EXAM'D 14.12.16; IN 5207.488N, 0149.482E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 23.78MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 30MTRS, LENGTH 61.4MTRS, WIDTH 14.3MTRS, HEIGHT 6.2MTRS, ORIENTATION 162/342 DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 101.7MTRS, 1.78MTRS DEEP, TOWARDS 009DEGS. WRECK IS INTACT AND UPRIGHT. (GARDLINE, HI 1495). AMEND DW 23.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 52 7.488 N,1 49.482 E