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 33.626 N,2 4.894 E (52.4370167, 1.7918333)
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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
Year of registration: 1941
Water depth above wreck: 30 meter, Height above seabed: 173 cm
Known since: 1941, last detected: 20170316
Details measurements/cartography: THOUGHT TO BE HMS EXMOOR. SEE [11016]. H01158/40 8.6.41 SWEPT CLEAR AT 37FT. POSN 523345N, 020448E. (FOIC YARMOUTH, 8.6.41). INS AS WK 6FMS.
- NM 1411/41. H0853/41 18.8.49 LEAST DEPTH BY E/S 72FT AFTER DISPERSAL. OROPESA SWEEP CLEAR AT 48FT. GENERAL DEPTH 100FT. (HMS SHARPSHOOTER 18.8.49). AMEND TO WK 8FMS.
- NM 1603/49. H3730/69 30.5.69 EXAM'D IN 523338N, 020457E [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 90FT IN GEN DEPTH 103FT. SCOUR 105FT. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 38/68). AMEND TO WK 15FMS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. H4398/71 15.9.71 EXAM'D IN 523338N, 020500E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 22.1 IN GEN DEPTH 32.0 MTRS. NO SCOUR. WRECK LIES N/S. 300FT LONG. (HMS ENTERPRISE, 20 1.6.71). 5.4.72 AMEND TO WK 22.0MTRS . NC 1543. H4004/73 11.9.73 SWEPT CLEAR 19.9MTRS, FOUL 20.8MTRS . LEAST E/S DEPTH 22.1MTRS IN 32.0MTRS. (HMS ENTERPRISE). AMEND TO SW 19.9MTRS.
- NM ACTION. HH090/616/01 26.10.94 EXAM'D 3.7.94 IN 523335.95N, 020500.26E [OGB] USING SYLEDIS [3 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR 20.2, FOUL 20.5MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 20.8 IN GEN DEPTH 30.0MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 0.5MTR. DCS3 HT 8.5MTRS. LENGTH 90MTRS, WIDTH 16MTRS. LIES 165/345 DEGS. UPRIGHT AND APPEARS TO BE INTACT. (GARDLINE, HI 616). BR STD. HH100/351/20 30.7.03 DIVED IN LISTED POSN. THIS IS NOT HMS EXMOOR, BUT IS A LARGE FREIGHTER, UPRIGHT WITH A SPARE 4 BLADED STEEL PROP ON THE STERN DECK. TWO PLATES RECOVERED HAVE THE CREST OF A SAILING SHIP AND 'K-N_S-M' ON THE FRONT AND THE NAME 'VAN ZWENBERG' AND 'ROTTERDAM' ON THE REAR. VESSEL ESTIMATED TO BE WW1 VINTAGE. (D RONNAN, LTR DTD 27.7.03). NCA. 19.4.10 WK FOUND IN 5233.629N, 0204.896E [WGD]. IMAGES SUPPLIED FROM DCS3 BEING APPROX 4MTRS ABOVE WK. (EMU LTD, EMAIL DTD 15.4.10). NCA. 20.4.10 [WGD] POSN: 5233.627N, 0204.888E. SEP 2017/000067039 9.8.17 EXAM'D 16.03.17; IN 5233.626N, 0204.894E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 22.12MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 30MTRS, LENGTH 80.3MTRS, WIDTH 14.5MTRS, HEIGHT 8.6MTRS, ORIENTATION 173/353 DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 19.4MTRS, 2.2MTRS DEEP, TOWARDS 005 DEGS. WRECK IS LARGELY INTACT AND PARTIALLY BURIED. (GARDLINE, HI 1516). AMEND DW 22MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 52 33.626 N,2 4.894 E