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 40.573 N,2 11.764 E (52.7504, 2.0371)
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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: 1968
Water depth above wreck: 37 meter, Height above seabed: 67 cm
Known since: 1968, last detected: 20170318
Details measurements/cartography: H3730/69 12.12.68 WK LOCATED IN 524039N, 021157E [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 93FT. GENERAL DEPTH 115FT. SCOUR 140FT. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 38/68). INS AS WK 15FMS. BR STD. H6285/69 26.1.70 FOUND BY KH DURING PIPE TOWING SURVEY USING MAGNETOMETER. E/S & DCS3. FIXED BY DECCA IN 524026N, 021135E. (K5733/3) H2233/71 25.1.70 LOCATED IN 524036N, 021154E [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. (HMS ECHO, HI 12/70). AMEND POSN. BR STD. H4398/71 16.9.71 EXAM'D IN 524036N, 021152E [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR AT 21.2MTRS, FOUL AT 23.3MTRS. LEAST DEPTH BY E/S 28.0MTRS IN 33.0MTRS. SCOUR 43.0MTRS. LARGE WK WITH DOUBLE SCOUR. ABOUT 430FT. OBVIOUS SWIRL & DISCOLOURATION ON SURFACE. (HMS ENTERPRISE, 9.6.71). AMEND TO SW 11FMS 3FT IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. H1282/72 7.2.72 SEEMS PARTIALLY COLLAPSED RECENTLY IN VICINITY OF BRIDGE, BUT LITTLE CHANCE OF FURTHER COLLAPSE. LYING 10DEGS OVER ON STBD SIDE. STERN CRUSHED. LIES SW/NE, BOWS NE. BRIDGE & BOWS SAME HT. SIZE OF SHIP ABOUT 1500TONS. (UNDERMARINE OPERATIONS, LTR 3.2.72). 5.4.72 AMEND TO SW 21MTRS. NC 1543. H2496/72 26.6.72 LIES NNE/SSW WITH BOWS NNE. SCOUR MERGING INTO LARGE SANDBANKS EITHER SIDE. SAND PILING UP ON STERN. CONSIDERABLE OVERFALL. (UNDERMARINE OPERATIONS, 10.6.72). HH090/616/01 15.9.94 EXAM'D 5.7.94 IN 524033.1N, 021154.0E [OGB] USING SYLEDIS. SWEPT CLEAR 28.4, FOUL 28.7MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 30.6 IN GEN DEPTH 37.0MTRS. SCOUR 8MTRS. DCS3 HT 7.0MTRS. LENGTH 100MTRS, WIDTH 18MTRS. LIES 106/240 DEGS. WK IS INTACT, UPRIGHT WITH THE HATCHES VISIBLE ON THE SONAR RECORD. SUPPORTED ON RIDGE OF SAND WITH EXTENSIVE SCOURING EITHER SIDE OF THE WK. (GARDLINE, HI 616). AMEND TO SW 28MTRS. BR STD. HH100/351/17 25.7.01 DIVED IN LISTED POSN. THIS IS THE WK OF A STEEL CARGO VESSEL. SITS UPRIGHT ON THE SEABED. HIGHEST POINT IS MIDSHIPS WHERE THE BRIDGE WAS, BUT MOST OF THE SUPERSTRUCTURE HAS GONE. IT WAS POSSIBLY WOODEN CONSTRUCTION. (B HICKINBOTTOM, LTR DTD 18.7.01). NCA. SEP 2017/000067039 7.8.17 EXAM'D 18.3.17 IN 5240.573N, 0211.764E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 29.94MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 37MTRS, LENGTH 92.9MTRS, WIDTH 22.4MTRS, HEIGHT 10.7MTRS, ORIENTATION 067/247 DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 395.6MTRS, 12.1MTRS DEEP, TOWARDS 169 DEGS. WRECK IS LARGELY INTACT AND PARTIALLY BURIED. (GARDLINE, HI 1516). AMEND NDW 29.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 52 40.573 N,2 11.764 E