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 58 13.418 N,2 43.067 W (58.43595, -2.5026666666667)
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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: 1945
Water depth above wreck: 47 meter, Height above seabed: 110 cm
Known since: 1945, last detected: 2020
Details measurements/cartography: C IN C ROSYTH REPD NSC IN 581348N, 024400W. ACCURATE TO WITHIN 200YDS. (AUBD 314/49). H3833/86 25.2.88 WK EXAM'D 10.7.87 IN 581327N, 024301W [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 40.3 IN GEN DEPTH 48MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 9.7MTRS, LENGTH APPROX 170MTRS. APPARENTLY UPRIGHT AND INTACT. ORIENTATED 120/300 DEG. SHADOW THOUGHT SLIGHTLY EXAGGERATED DUE SLOPING SEABED. ACCEPT E/S LEAST DEPTH. (HMS FAWN, HI 353).
- NM 833/88. HH100/351/14 5.8.99 DIVED IN 5813.40N, 0243.10W [WGD] USING GPS. A SS LYING UPRIGHT WITH TWO SIDE BY SIDE BOILERS STILL CONTAINED IN THE HULL. THE WK APPEARS TO BE OF FAIRLY BROAD BEAM WITH A SMALL FORWARD CABIN. THE DECKING ALMOST RESEMBLES A TANKER DECKING, BUT THERE WERE NO VISIBLE PIPES SO THIS WAS DISCOUNTED. JUST AFT OF THE BOILERS THERE IS A SHEER BREAK IN THE HULL AND IT IS ASSUMED TO BE IN TWO PIECES. STERN NOT SEEN BUT THERE WAS A SECOND CONTACT ON THE E/S SOME 50MTRS TO THE SE. HT 7MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 54MTRS. (J LEIGH/B HUMBY, LTR DTD 24.7.99). NCA. HH091/150/01 - SEP 2008/000007851 23.1.08 EXAM'D 25.6.06 IN 5813.418N, 0243.067W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 42.5 IN GEN DEPTH 47.0MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 165MTRS, WIDTH 48MTRS, HT 5.9MTRS. LIES 110/290 DEGS WITH BOWS WSW. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. UPRIGHT, BROKEN IN TWO. (GARDLINE, HI 1150). AMEND WK 42MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, BROKEN IN TWO, BOWS WSW
Position: 58 13.418 N,2 43.067 W