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 34.156 N,2 25.27 W (50.569267, -2.421167)

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

Length 115.8 meter, width: 22.9 meter, tonnage 14150 ton

Cause: built in 1891 by chatham dockyard. turbine engines of 144,000 bhp, quadruple shafts. 8 x 5 inch, 12 x 5.5 inch, 4 x 4 inch & 4 x 3 pdr guns. 4 torpedo tubes. removed from fleet list in march 1911 and placed in reserve. was used as target for torpedo tests. at the outbreak of ww1 was sunk in the south ship channel just outside the breakwaters as a blockship. (sibi & nhb).

Year of registration: 1914

Water depth above wreck: 10 meter, Height above seabed: 70 cm

Known since: 1914, last detected: 2008

Details measurements/cartography: H7758/19 25.10.19 DWP 'SUNKEN VESSEL, ENTRANCE CLOSED' IN 503407.5N, 022512W. (HYDRO DEPT).

- NM 1829/19. H2291/64 12.2.65 SHOWN AS DWP WITH BILGE KEEL DRYING 1FT ON SURVEY [K3772]. NE 2268. 13.7.67 WK REPORTED COVERED WITH WEED, WHICH PRESENTS A DANGEROUS HAZARD TO NOVICE DIVERS. (T SIMS, BSAC). NCA. H2928/83 8.10.85 WK LIES SW/NE ACROSS SOUTH SHIP CHANNEL, IN 503406.4N, 022513.2W [OGB]. NOT FULLY EXAM'D BUT LEAST E/S DEPTH OF 2MTRS OBTAINED. REASONABLE DEPTH OF WATER EXISTS BETWEEN WK AND "D" HEAD. THIS CHANNEL BEING REGULARLY USED BY SMALL BOATS THAT CAN PASS UNDER THE POWER CABLE THAT SPANS THE CHANNEL. (HMSML GLEANER, HI 207). BR STD. 31.8.99 WK IS INVERTED AND COLLAPSED. (DIVER MAGAZINE, SEP '99). NCA. 1.3.04 TEMPORARY DIVING BAN ON VESSEL IMPOSED BY PORTLAND HARBOUR AUTHORITY DUE TO ADVANCING DETERIORATION OF VESSEL. UNDERWATER PHOTOS. (DIVER MAGZINE MAR '04). 14.10.04 EUT POSN: 5034.141N, 0225.299W. NE 2268. HH091/217/01 / SEP 2009/000158351 2.11.09 EXAM'D 11.5.08 IN 5034.156N, 0225.270W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 3.48 IN GEN DEPTH 10.6MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 105.03MTRS, WIDTH 22.82MTRS, HT 7.18MTRS. LIES 070/250DEGS WITH BOWS SW. UPRIGHT, INVERTED. PROBABLE BOILERS EVIDENT THROUGH COLLAPSING HULL. MAN-MADE BOTTOM FEATURES TO S OF THE WRECK AND PARALLEL TO IT. POSSIBLY CONCRETE BLOCKS OR PILES. FULL DATA SET NOT GATHERED AS ABOVE WATER OBSTNS LIMITED ACCESS CAUSING A HOLE IN THE DATA AROUND THE STBD BOW SECTION. HOWEVER CONSIDERED FULLY SURVEYED. (HMSML GLEANER, HI 1217). AMEND DWP 3.4MTRS WITH LENGTH 105MTRS, WIDTH 23MTRS, LYING 070/250DEGS CENTRED ON REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INVERTED, COLLAPSED, ?BLOCKS CLOSE TO SE SIDE

Position: 50 34.156 N,2 25.27 W

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