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 49 57.487 N,5 38.632 W (49.958117, -5.643867)

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

Year of registration: 1954

Water depth above wreck: 66 meter, Height above seabed: 107 cm

Known since: 1954, last detected: 2004

Details measurements/cartography: H2137/54 10.5.54 WK 36FMS LOCATED BY SV 'HELP' FEB/MAY 1954 IN 495730N, 053830W USING DECCA. DISCOVERED IN SEARCH FOR 'VINONIA'. HEIGHT ABOVE SEABED 32FT, BEAM 36FT. CARGO ORE. (RISDON BEAZLEY LTD., 23.5.54). CHART AS NDW. NC 777. H5051/70 13.11.70 NOW CHARTED AS NDW IN 495734N, 053833W [OGB] ON NC 777. H2590/76 19.3.76 NOT FOUND DURING SIDESCAN SWEEP. CLOSE TO EPSON SHOAL AND, IF IT EXISTS, LOST IN THE BOTTOM ECHOES. (HMS HECLA, HI 1A/75). NCA. RETAIN AS CHARTED IN VIEW OF 1954 SALVAGE SURVEY. 24.5.76 NOW CHARTED AS USC 50MTRS ON NE 777. H4551/76 6.10.76 CARGO VESSEL WITH MINERAL ORE [PROBABLY MAGNETITE] REPD 081DEGS, 6.5M FROM WOLF ROCK AND TO BE 32FT HIGH. (RISDON BEAZLEY, 17.9.76, SURVEYED IN 1954). NCA. H2979/74 24.2.77 FF REPD IN 495740N, 053835W [OGB] USING DECCA. (E GILES, 3.2.77). NCA. H2979/74 16.12.77 TWO FFS REPD IN 495745N, 053830W EXTENDING TO 495751N, 053831W AND 495757N, 053900W. POSNS BY DECCA. (E GILES, 16.5.77). NCA. H1310/82/7 11.3.82 POSITIVE WK LOCATED IN POSN BY DECCA. (A M JONES, 12.2.82). NCA. H5982/82 21.4.83 WK SHOWN IN 495740N, 053835W [OGB] ON KINGFISHER CHART K(SW)7 [1982 EDN]. POSN BY DECCA. NCA. HH091/059/01 8.4.05 EXAM'D 25.9.04 IN 4957.487N, 0538.632W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 60.3 IN GEN DEPTH 66MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 69MTRS, WIDTH 15MTRS, DCS3 HT 6.0MTRS. LIES 107/287 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. HIGHLY DEGRADED. (GARDLINE, HI 1059). AMEND WK 60MTRS. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: BROKEN DOWN

Position: 49 57.487 N,5 38.632 W

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