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 50 5.803 N,3 59.241 W (50.096717, -3.987350)

The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English 🇬🇧, 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: 1973

Water depth above wreck: 69 meter, Height above seabed: 146 cm

Known since: 1973, last detected: 2007

Details measurements/cartography: H3110/72 8.1.73 WK IN 500546.1N, 035909.4W [OGB] USING HI-FIX [2 LOP]. NO SONAR CONTACT, SANDWAVE AREA. FAIRLY LARGE SHIP LYING E/W, GOOD FIRM ECHO TRACE. LEAST E/S DEPTH 60MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 67MTRS. SEABED OF MUD, SAND AND BROKEN SHELL. SCOUR 2MTRS DEEP EITHER SIDE. (HMS HECATE, 1972). CHART AS WK 60MTRS. BR STD. H1280/76/31 31.3.76 FISHERMENS FASTENER IN 500549N, 035907W [OGB] USING DECCA. (LTR DTD 29.1.76 REFERS). NCA. H4514/76 16.9.76 WK IN 500549.93N, 035911.44W [OGB] USING DECCA. WRECK DRIFTED OVER GOING SE TO NW ON 23.5.76 AT 11.24HRS. LEAST DEPTH BY E/S 34FMS IN GEN DEPTH 38FMS. FROM E/S DRIFT TRACE WRECK APPEARS TO HAVE HIGHEST PART ON SE END. (T ALLEN, 9.9.76). NCA. HH091/059/01 6.5.05 EXAM'D 25.7.04 IN 5005.803N, 0359.241W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 60.1 IN GEN DEPTH 69.6MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 89MTRS, WIDTH 19MTRS, HT 9.5MTRS. LIES 146/326 DEGS WITH BOWS TOWARDS 326 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. LARGE, PARTIALLY COLLAPSED WK. (GARDLINE, HI 1059). RETAIN WK 60MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 7.9.07 MIDSHIPS THE WK APPEARS TO BE WELL TIPPED OVER TO PORT. THE BOILER IS PARTLY COVERED BY THE STBD HULL PLATES. FWD OF THE BOILER THE WK IS BROKEN DOWN INTO LARGE PIECES WITH NO SIGN OF THE BOW. ABOUTH 20MTRS FROM THE BOILER, THE STERN IS THE HIGHEST PART. APPEARS TO HAVE HAD MACHINERY AFT AND BE ABOUT 1000GT. (N R CHIPCHASE).
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: ?BOW MISSING, MIDSHIPS OVER TO PORT, STERN IS HIGEST PART

Position: 50 5.803 N,3 59.241 W

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