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 29.047 N,1 19.099 W (50.484117, -1.318317)

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 88.4 meter, width: 13 meter, draught: 5.9, tonnage 2123 ton
Load: coal

Cause: built in 1911 by sunderland sb co ltd, sunderland. owned at time of loss by h r greenhalgh (bromport ss co ltd). two boilers, triple expansion engine of 226nhp, single shaft. passage barry for southampton. torpedoed by ub-40 and sank in 1.5 minutes. of crew of 25, 19 were lost. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1954

Water depth above wreck: 34 meter, Height above seabed: 80 cm

Known since: 1955, last detected: 2020

Details measurements/cartography: THOUGHT TO BE HMS CRESTFLOWER. SEE [57274]. H1259/19 WK IN 502936N, 011748W. (WRECKS OFFICERS RECORD CARDS). H1259/19 WK IN 502900N, 011612W. (WRECKS RECORDS NAMES INDEX BOOK). 24.5.54 NOW CHARTED AS NDW PA IN 502936N, 011748W. NC 2450. H6896/55 16.12.55 WK IN 502902N, 011853W USING DECCA. LEAST E/S DEPTH 15 IN GEN DEPTH 19FMS. A/S RESPONSE POOR. SEABED HARD SAND. (HMS SCOTT, WK REPORT 1.11.55). AMEND TO WK 15FMS [27MTRS] IN REVISED POSN. ORIGINALLY THOUGHT TO BE HMS CRESTFLOWER. SEE [57274]. HH090/962/01 5.12.02 EXAM'D 5029.046N, 0119.102E [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 27.5, FOUL 27.6MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 27.4 IN GEN DEPTH 33MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 46MTRS, WIDTH 15MTRS. DCS3 HT 6.1MTRS. LIES 085/265 DEGS. POOR MAGNETIC ANOMALY. APPEARS INTACT AND ON ITS SIDE. (GARDLINE, HI 962). AMEND TO SW 27.5MTRS. BR STD. SEP 2020/000123102 4.10.21 EXAM’D 3.10.20 IN 5029.047N, 0119.099W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 29.1MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 34MTRS. LENGTH 44MTRS, WIDTH 9MTRS, HT 4.8MTRS. ORIENTATION 080/260 DEGS. (CLINTON MARINE SURVEY AB, HI 1586). AMEND DW 29MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, ON ITS SIDE

Position: 50 29.047 N,1 19.099 W

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