Wreck: Name nicht bekannt (Steam ship)

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 54 16.408 N,0 28.085 E (54.0074833, 0.3929333)


 

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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง, 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.

 

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Shipwreck details

Name: Name nicht bekannt

Year of registration: 1981

Water depth above wreck: 62 meter, Height above seabed: 155 cm

Known since: 1981, last detected: 2009

Details measurements/cartography: H1310/81/14 30.6.81 H1310/81/14 30.6.81 WK IN 541627N, 002800E, FIXED BY DECCA. (K. HERRON). HH090/801/01 6.11.98 HH090/801/01 6.11.98 EXAM'D 15.5.98 IN 541624.5N, 002805.1E [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 58 IN GEN DEPTH 62MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 3.1MTRS. LENGTH 45MTRS, WIDTH 10MTRS. LIES 155/335DEGS. APPEARS PARTIALLY INTACT WITH DAMAGE TO STERN, WHICH LIES TO THE NW. DEBRIS NEAR STERN ON SURROUNDING SEABED. POSSIBLE SCOUR TO NW. SEABED OF RIPPLED SAND AND SANDWAVES. (GARDLINE, HI 801). BR STD. 28.7.05 28.7.05 EUT POSN: 5416.408N, 0028.085E. NE 1191. 27.5.09 27.5.09 LOCATED AND DIVED IN 5416.406N, 0028.098E [WGD] AT LW ON 24.5.09. FOUND TO THE FORE SECTION OF AN OLD SS, NOT HOLMAR I AS PREVIOUSLY RECORDED [SEE 73566]. LIES UPRIGHT IN 66MTRS ON SAND. BOWS NW, INTACT WITH SOME MINOR COLLISION DAMAGE, AND FORM THE HIGHEST PART OF THE WK AT ABOUT 5-6MTRS OFF THE SEABED. REST OF WK STANDS 3-4MTRS HIGH. VESSEL HAS ONE BOILER, AND ENDS ABRUPTLY JUST AFT OF BOILER, NO ENGINE OR STERN WAS SEEN. LENGTH 25-30MTRS, BEAM 6-7MTRS. SMALL PIECE OF WRECKAGE LIES 10MTRS AFT OF MAIN PART. AN ANCHOR & CHAIN LIES ON FORWARD DECK. THERE ARE NO ANCHORS OR CHAIN IN THE HAWSER HOLES AT THE BOW. A DECAYED ENGINE TELEGRAPH HEAD WAS RECOVERED FROM THE AREA JUST AFT OF THE BOILER. NOTHING WAS FOUND TO IDENTIFY THE WK, WHICH IS POSSIBLY A WW2 CASUALTY FROM THE STATE OF THE HULL, HAVING BEEN TORPEDOED IN AREA OF ENGINE ROOM/STERN. VESSEL HAD NO FORWARD HOLD HATCH. BOW DAMAGE DOES NOT APPEAR SUFFICIENT TO HAVE CAUSED SINKING. (ANDY DOWSLAND, E-MAIL DTD 26.5.09) IDENTITY AMENDED HOLMAR I DETAILS TRANSFERRED TO [73566]. NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: FWD PART ONLY, STERN NW.

Position: 54 16.408 N,0 28.085 E

 

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