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 52.029 N,0 58.141 E (50.8163, 0.959)
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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
Length 42.8 meter, width: 7.6 meter, draught: 4, tonnage 730 ton
Cause: Built of steel in 1929 by cochrane & sons ltd of selby. originally registered at grimsby and owned by consolidated fisheries ltd. single boiler, triple expansion engine of 103 hp, single screw. purchased by the adimralty as a minesweeper in 8.1939. sank after detonating a german mine.
Year of registration: 1941
Water depth above wreck: 33 meter, Height above seabed: 30 cm
Known since: 1941, last detected: 20150618
Details measurements/cartography: H1057/41 23.4.41 SANK IN 505106N, 005742E. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). H4959/73 2.5.75 WK EXAM'D 31.5.74 IN 505200N, 005813E [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. DRIFT SWEPT CLEAR AT 23.5, FOUL AT 24.0MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 25.3 IN GEN DEPTH 32MTRS. SCOUR 2.5MTRS DEEP. DCS3 LENGTH 70FT. (HMS BEAGLE, HI 55/74).
- NM 1531/75. 7.4.93 DIVED ON SEVERAL TIMES IN 505142N, 005718E AND IDENTIFIED BY BUILDER'S PLATE. LIES UPRIGHT ON SW'LY HEADING. INTACT WITH 4" GUN MOUNTED ON BOW. STANDS 9MTRS ABOVE GRAVEL SEABED. (B J WATKINS, 4.4.93). NCA. HH100/351/20 9.7.03 DIVED IN LISTED POSN. A LARGE WK, INTACT & UPRIGHT. ENGINE MIDSHIPS. AN OLD SS. WOODEN DEADEYES SEEN ON THE FOREDECK. TOO BIG FOR A TRAWLER. (D BARBER, EMAIL DTD 7.7.03). NCA. SEP 2015/000083464 13.2.16 EXAM'D 18.6.15; IN 5052.029N, 0058.141E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 23.9MTRS, GEN DEPTH 33MTRS. LENGTH 77MTRS, WIDTH 15MTRS, HT 8.5MTRS, ORIENTATION 030/210. WK PARTLY BROKEN, PARTIALLY BURIED, STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (HI 1475, GARDLINE GEOSURVEY). AMEND DW 23.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 50 52.029 N,0 58.141 E