This is the information page about the shipwreck Wapello, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 31.919 N,1 2.908 W (50.531983, -1.048467)

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: WAPELLO

Length 120.7 meter, width: 15.8 meter, draught: 7.6, tonnage 5576 ton
Load: flammable liquids and gases,oil

Cause: built in 1912 by armstrong whitworth & co ltd, newcastle. owned at time of loss by the tank storage co ltd. three boilers, quadruple expansion engine of 505hp, single shaft. passage philadelphia for thameshaven. cargo oil fuel. torpedoed by uc 71. two men lost.

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 27 meter, Height above seabed: 209 cm

Known since: 1917, last detected: 20161113

Details measurements/cartography: SANK APPROX 7M SE BY E FROM DUNNOSE PT. (WW1SL). H6667/57 WK IN 503157N, 010248W IS PROBABLY THE 'CAMBERWELL'. H5808/55 10.5.60 NOW CHARTED AS WK 10FMS 3FT (19.2MTRS) IN 503157N, 010248W. (SURVEY [K2007]). NE 2045. H4756/63 21.1.64 GOOD A/S CONTACT IN 503157N, 010248W. GOOD A/S CONTACT AT 1500YDS ON BRG 320DEGS. CLASSIFIED WK, LENGTH 300FT, IN GEN DEPTH 16FMS. (HMS JAGUAR, 11.7.63). H6667/57 LEAST E/S DEPTH 63 IN GEN DEPTH 90FT. (HMS DALRYMPLE, 1958). NCA. H4613/73 16.10.73 LIES ON STARBOARD SIDE AND STANDS 30FT HIGH. LENGTH APPROX 400FT. LIES NE/SW WITH BOWS NE. DAMAGE TO BOW & STERN. BRIDGE SUPERSTRUCTURE MISSING. 6 HOLDS, NO CARGO. SEABED GRAVEL. LARGE IRON PROPELLER. (R J TODD, MV 'REGENT SWIFT'). 28.1.74 NOW CHARTED AS WK 18.4MTRS [LAT]. NC 2045. H1310/87/9 6.3.87 DIVED ON IN 1986. 1973 REPORT CONFIRMED. WK WELL DEFINED - BOWS FAIRLY INTACT WITH BOTH ANCHORS STOWED. HULL SPLIT OPEN AMIDSHIPS, PROBABLY BY AN EXPLOSION. THIS COULD BE WK OF 'WAPELLO'. (M PRITCHARD, 16.2.87). HH100/351/07 8.11.93 CONFIRMED AS WK OF 'WAPELLO' IN 503155N, 010248.5W USING DECCA. (M WOODWARD, 13.10.93). NCA. HH090/962/01 3.12.02 EXAM'D 13.8.02 IN 5031.939N, 0102.891W [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 18.9, FOUL 19.2MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 18.9 IN GEN DEPTH 26MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 130MTRS, WIDTH 18MTRS. DCS3 HT 8MTRS. LIES 032/121 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. NO DEBRIS. INTACT. (GARDLINE, HI 962). AMEND TO SW 18.9MTRS. BR STD. 9.7.08 FOUND IN 5141.9241N, 0102.9209W [WGD], DCS3 IMAGE CONFIRMS WK AS LYING ON ITS SIDE. (EMU LTD, EMAIL DTD 26.6.08). DATE OF SURVEY UNKNOWN BUT RECENT. RETAIN IN EXISTING POSN. NCA. SEP 2016/000165703 2.5.17 EXAM'D 13.11.16 IN 5031.919N, 0102.908W [WGD]. LEAST W/C DEPTH 19.73MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 27MTRS. LENGTH 123MTRS, WIDTH 16.5MTRS, HT 9.18MTRS. ORIENTATION 029/209 DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 130MTRS, 3MTRS DEEP, TOWARDS 209 DEGS. APPROX HALFWAY DOWN EASTERN SIDE OF WRECK A SECTION OF HULL MEASURING 8.5MTRS BY 12MTRS HAS BECOME DETACHED AND FALLEN ON ITS SIDE.(MMT UK, HI1499). AMEND TO DW 19.7MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: WELL DEGRADED, ON STBD SIDE, BOWS NE

Position: 50 31.919 N,1 2.908 W

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