Wreck: Ursus (part) (Steam ship)

This is the information page about the shipwreck Ursus (part), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 33.12 N,1 29.777 E (51.761916666667, 1.5857333333333)


 

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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: URSUS (PART)

Length 79.6 meter, width: 11.3 meter, draught: 5.2, tonnage 1499 ton
Load: foodstuffs: solid,natural fibres and materials in general: unprocessed and products

Cause: ex-kathe christopherson, ex-irmgard horn. built in 1902 by akt. ges, 'neptun', rostock. owned at time of loss by rederi a/b ursus, gothenburg. one boiler, triple expansion engine of 136hp, single shaft. passage uddevalla for rochester, cargo vegetable pulp. mined. all crew of 9 lost. later dispersed.

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 16 meter, Height above seabed: 78 cm

Known since: 1940, last detected: 2017

Details measurements/cartography: H0102/40 12.1.40 SANK APPROX 5 MILES ENE OF TONGUE LTV. (SOI, CHATHAM - TELECON). H0102/40 23.8.42 WK, WITH MAST SHOWING, IN 513315N, 012830E, APPROX. (CAPT M/S, SHEERNESS). INS AS DWPA.

- NM 1502/40. H0102/40 10.8.43 AMEND POSN TO 513306N, 012946E. - FNM 1735/43. H0102/46 10.8.43 G CAN BUOY EST'D 0.5C N OF WK IN 513306N, 012946E. (TH, 9.8.43). H0102/40 12.8.46 INS ON 1607,1975,1610,1406. (CAPT M/S SHEERNESS).

- NM 2838/46. H0102/40 20.9.46 S PART WK DISPERSED TO 45FT. (SKOMER, 26.8.46). DRIFT SWEPT CLEAR AT 48, FOUL AT 49FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 48FT IN GEN DEPTH 56FT. POSN 513307N, 012953E. (CAPT M/S SHEERNESS, 18.9.46). AMEND TO WK 8FMS.

- NM 3347/46. H2132/70 23.1.70 EXAM'D 8.10.69 IN 513303N, 012949E [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR AT 14.2, FOUL AT 14.5MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 15.4 IN GEN DEPTH 16.3MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 17.8MTRS. (HMS ENTERPRISE, HI 43/69). H2132/70 6.2.70 AMEND TO SW 7FMS 5FT [LAT]. NE 1607. 27.9.73 AMEND TO SW 14.5MTRS. NC 1607. H6340/87 27.2.89 EXAM'D 9.9.88 IN 513305N, 012954E [OGB] USING HYPERFIX/TRISPONDER. SWEPT CLEAR AT 14.4, FOUL AT 14.8MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 14.4 IN GEN DEPTH 16MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 18MTRS. NO SONAR HT OBTAINED. LENGTH ABOUT 25MTRS. LYING 026/206 DEGS IN ITS OWN SCOUR. MAG ANOMALY EVIDENT. (NP 1016, HI 423). AMEND TO SW 14.4MTRS IN 513307N, 012954E (WITH WK CLOSE N - MEAN POSN). BR STD. HH090/693/01 26.11.97 EXAM'D 4.10.97 IN 513305.2N, 012952.8E [OGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 14.3MTRS, FOUL NOT OBTAINED. LEAST E/S DEPTH 14.6 IN GEN DEPTH 16MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 1.5MTRS. NO DCS3 HT. LENGTH 15MTRS, WIDTH 12MTRS. LIES 000/180 DEGS. SMALL MAGNETIC ANOMALY. ONE PIECE, NO DEBRIS. APPEARS TO HAVE TOPPLED INTO OWN SCOUR WHICH IS 1.5MTRS DEEP AND EXTENDS 50MTRS TOWARDS 190 DEGS. NOT FOULED AS SWEEP BOMBS STRUCK SEABED. (NP 1016, HI 693). BR STD. SEP 2017/000123580 12.9.17 EXAM'D 6.4.17 IN 5133.120N, 0129.777E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 14.37MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 16MTRS, LENGTH 13.2MTRS, WIDTH 8MTRS, HEIGHT 1.9MTRS, ORIENTATION 078/258 DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 18.6MTRS, 2.3MTRS DEEP, TOWARDS 240 DEGS. WRECK IS PARTIAL BROKEN AND UPRIGHT, WITH DEBRIS 12m TO THE SE. (GARDLINE, HI 1518). AMEND TO DW 14.3MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 51 33.12 N,1 29.777 E

 

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