This is the information page about the shipwreck Waitara, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 14.547 N,1 54.408 W (50.242450, -1.906800)

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: WAITARA

Length 58.3 meter, width: 9.6 meter, draught: 6.4, tonnage 883 ton
Load: general and mixed goods

Cause: built in 1863 by j reid & co. owned at time of loss by the new zealand shipping co. passage gravesend for wellington with 16 passengers and 25 crew. sank after collision with sv 'hurunui', which was owned by the same company and had left gravesend the same day. no boats could be lowered due to the speed of the sinking. captain webster, 10 crew and 4 passengers saved. (dods).

Year of registration: 1955

Water depth above wreck: 53 meter, Height above seabed: 130 cm

Known since: 1955, last detected: 1996

Details measurements/cartography: H6887/55 19.12.55 H6887/55 19.12.55 WK LOCATED IN 501432N, 015414W [OGB]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 28 IN GEN DEPTH 31FMS. SCOUR DEPTH 32FMS. SEABED SAND AND SHELL. (HMS SCOTT, 30.9.55). BR STD. 11.8.77 11.8.77 AMEND TO WK 51MTRS. NC 2450. HH090/588/01 3.11.93 HH090/588/01 3.11.93 EXAM'D 1.7.93 IN 501432.8N, 015424.5W [WGD] USING PORTLAND HYPERFIX. LEAST E/S DEPTH 49.2 IN GEN DEPTH 52.5MTRS. SCOUR 1.4MTRS DEEP. DCS3 HT 3.0MTRS, LENGTH 60MTRS, BREADTH 16MTRS. INTACT, UPRIGHT WK LYING 130/310 DEGS. GOOD MAGNETOMETER RESPONSE. (NP 1008, HI 588). AMEND TO WK 49MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. HH100/351/15 29.9.99 HH100/351/15 29.9.99 DIVED IN 1996. CONFIRMED AS THE IRON SAILING BARQUE 'WAITARA' BY THE RECOVERY OF THE BELL. HULL IS LARGELY INTACT WITH A DEEP SCOUR UNDER THE BOWS. VIRTUALLY UPRIGHT. STERN IS MUCH LOWER TO THE SEABED AND IS COVERED IN LOST TRAWLS. SOME OF THE GENERAL CARGO (MOSTLY CERAMICS) HAS SPILLED ONTO THE SEABED ON THE STARBOARD SIDE. WK STANDS ABOUT 5MTRS HIGH. COMMERCIAL GUARD REQUESTED. (D C WENDES). NCA. 8.6.06 8.6.06 COMMERCIAL GUARD DELETED. (D C WENDES) NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: IRON HULL, UPRIGHT & INTACT

Position: 50 14.547 N,1 54.408 W

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