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 8.551 N,3 55.632 W (50.207816666667, -3.7034)
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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: 1984
Water depth above wreck: 59 meter, Height above seabed: 60 cm
Known since: 1984, last detected: 2008
Details measurements/cartography: 31.5.84 31.5.84 WK LOCATED IN 500834N, 035530W [OGB] USING DECCA. STANDS QUITE HIGH OFF SEABED. (J BOWEN, TELECON). POSN FOR FILING ONLY. H1310/86/17 24.6.86 H1310/86/17 24.6.86 WK IN 500832N, 035533W [OGB] USING DECCA. (M HAWKINS). NCA. HH100/351/01 24.8.89 HH100/351/01 24.8.89 SMALL WK LOCATED IN 500834N, 035532W [OGB] USING DECCA. WELL BROKEN UP WITH STERN LIST 70DEGS TO PORT. IRON PROP AND PROPSHAFT TUNNEL FOUND. BOW BROKEN OFF AND LYING TO ONE SIDE. ABOUT 1200 GRT. GUN MOUNTING ON STERN IS UNUSUAL 10 PDR APPARENTLY PART OF UNFULFILLED RUSSIAN CONTRACT AND FITTED TO SOME MERCHANTMEN. POSSIBLY A REQUISITIONED OR INTERNED VESSEL. STANDS 5MTRS HIGH (MAX) IN GEN DEPTH 60MTRS (REDUCED). (A HILLGROVE, 19.7.89). POSN FOR FILING ONLY. HH091/059/01 4.5.05 HH091/059/01 4.5.05 EXAM'D 19.7.04 IN 5008.551N, 0355.632W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 56.0 IN GEN DEPTH 59.6MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 40MTRS, WIDTH 12MTRS, HT 3.7MTRS. LIES 060/240 DEGS. MODERATE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. SMALL, COLLAPSED AND BROKEN UP WK. (GARDLINE, HI 1059). INS WK 56MTRS. BR STD. 5.9.08 5.9.08 DIVED 28.7.08. WK IS VERY BROKEN AND THE TWO BOILERS SEEM TO BE DISPLACED FROM THE MAIN HULL. FOR A VESSEL OF THIS SIZE THIS WOULD SUGGEST A COMPOUND ENGINED SHIP, ALTHOUGH THE ENGINE WAS NOT SEEN. BOW LIES 45 DEGS TO STBD AND THE REMAINS OF THE STEMPOST STANDS 1MTR HIGH. THERE IS AN OLD PATTERN ANCHOR AT THE BOW. (N R CHIPCHASE).
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: COLLAPSED AND BROKEN UP
Position: 50 8.551 N,3 55.632 W