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 31.872 N,0 24.999 W (50.6523667, -0.6161833)

 

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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.

 

1. 010
2. Afon dulais
3. Alaska
4. Algiers
5. Alison (possibly)
6. Ariel
7. Atlas (probably)
8. Axwell
9. Basil-2
10. Broadhurst (probably)
11. Cairndhu
12. Candia
13. Carbineer
14. City of mexico
15. City of waterford
16. Clan macmillan
17. Del rio
18. Duke of buccleuch
19. Frode
20. Gartland
21. Gascony
22. Gerlen (possibly)
23. Giuseppina accame
24. Glenarm head (possibly)
25. Glenarm head (possibly)
26. Glendinning (possibly)
27. Glenlee
28. Hedwig lunstedt
29. Highland corrie
30. Hms evadne (possibly)
31. Hms implacable
32. Hms minion
33. Hms moldavia
34. Hms northcoates
35. Hms pine
36. Hms sapper
37. Hms vernon ii (possibly)
38. Huntsmoor
39. Hush wing
40. Ikeda (possibly)
41. Indiana
42. Ingo
43. Jaffa
44. Lass o'doune (probably)
45. Lightfoot (possibly)
46. Lola (possibly)
47. London trader (possibly)
48. Lulonga (possibly)
49. Maaslust
50. Marga
51. Marie marguerite (possibly)
52. Miown
53. Molesey (possibly)
54. Northlands (possibly)
55. Ny-eeasteyr
56. Pagenturm
57. Patrice didier (probably)
58. Pentyrch
59. Porthkerry
60. Quail
61. Ramsgarth
62. Ramsholm (possibly)
63. Rfa hungerford (possibly)
64. Saint andre (probably)
65. Shirala
66. Stanwold
67. Stavros (possibly)
68. U 212 (probably)
69. U 86 (formerly)
70. U 86 (possibly)
71. Ub 86 (possibly)
72. Vesuvio (possibly)
73. Vigda
74. War helmet
75. Zaanstroom

 

Name: Name nicht bekannt

Year of registration: 1945

Water depth above wreck: 64 meter, Height above seabed: 137 cm

Known since: 1945, last detected: 2003

Details measurements/cartography: H0150/39 5.3.45 NDW IN 503212N, 002454W. THIS WAS THOUGHT TO BE AT FIRST THE 'ALASKA' BUT WAS LATER DISPROVED. FOUND TO BE AN UNKNOWN SHIP OF 5000 TONS. (COM SURVEY OFFICE, PORTSMOUTH). BR STD. 22.3.45 SONAR CONTACT REPD. (C-IN-C PORTSMOUTH). H0150/39 4.6.47 DEPTH OVER WRECK BY E/S 28FMS 3FT IN GEN DEPTH OF 34FMS 3FT [MLWS]. (HMS STEEPHOLM, 31.5.47). 23.7.71 NOW CHARTED AS WK 51MTRS. NC 1652. 18.12.73 NOW CHARTED AS WK 50MTRS [LAT]. NC 1652. H4121/76 14.1.77 WK EXAM'D 28.6.76 IN 503151N, 002454W [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 56.8 IN GEN DEPTH 64MTRS. SCOUR 0.4MTR DEEP. DCS3 HT 12MTRS, LENGTH 61MTRS. ORIENTATION 110/290DEGS. GOOD SONAR CONTACT WITH DEFINITE SHIP SHAPE. 'ON TOP' SONAR HT WAS 7.8MTRS. LEAST DEPTH FROM SONAR SHADOW WAS 52MTRS. (HMS FOX, HI 52/76). CHART AS WK 52MTRS IN REVISED POSN. HH090/952/01 28.10.03 EXAM'D 11.4.03 IN 5031.872N, 0024.999W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 57.3 IN GEN DEPTH 64MTRS. SCOUR 1MTR DEEP EXTENDS 122MTRS TOWARDS 090 DEGS. LENGTH 87MTRS, WIDTH 18MTRS. DCS3 HT 8.0MTRS. LIES 137/317 DEGS. MODERATE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. PARTIALLY BURIED. (GARDLINE, HI 952). BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT

Position: 50 31.872 N,0 24.999 W

 

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