This is the information page about the shipwreck Welholme (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 1.84 N,1 25.204 E (53.0506667, 1.1718667)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐ฌ๐ง, 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: WELHOLME (POSSIBLY)
Length 31.4 meter, width: 5.8 meter, draught: 2.5, tonnage 179 ton
Load: wood: unprocessed and products
Cause: Ex-fairmaid. built in 1903 by scott of kinghorne ltd, kinghorne. owned at time of loss by w marshall & sons ltd. one boiler, compound expansion engine of 33hp, single shaft. passage burghead for great yarmouth. cargo wood. foundered 7 miles nne of cromer.
Year of registration: 1933
Water depth above wreck: 26 meter, Height above seabed: 161 cm
Known since: 1933, last detected: 2018
Details measurements/cartography: SANK 7 MILES NNE OF CROMER. (GRIMSBY LOSS LIST). POSN 530209N, 012350E APPROX. H3894/33 10.6.33 OBSTN, LEAST DEPTH 10FMS, LOCATED IN POSN 030.5 DEG, 7.378 MILES FROM CROMER LTHO, OR 530148N, 012520E, DURING AREA SEARCH, RADIUS 2 MILES, CENTRED ON 530400N, 012500E. MAY BE WK OF SS MARDEN OR UNKNOWN PREVIOUSLY REPD IN 530330N, 912530E. (HMS FITZROY, 31.5.33). INS AS WK 10FMS.
- NM 874/33. H953/40 20.2.40 NOT LOCATED DURING A/S SEARCH. (HMS FRANKLIN, SEPT/OCT 1940). DELETE.
- NM 350/41. HH090/561/01 4.1.93 WK EXAM'D 20.9.92 IN 530149.3N, 012518.6E [OGB] USING SYLEDIS. SWEPT CLEAR AT 23.4, FOUL AT 23.6MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 23.4 IN GEN DEPTH 25MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 0.4MTR. DCS3 HT 2.6MTRS, LENGTH 30MTRS, WIDTH 10MTRS. LIES 135/315 DEG. (SEATEAM, HI 561). INS AS SW 23MTRS. BR STD. SEP 2018/000212985 10.9.18 EXAM'D 31.3.18 IN 5301.840N, 0125.204E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 22.85MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 26MTRS, LENGTH 20.7MTRS, WIDTH 9.2MTRS, HEIGHT 3.2MTRS, ORIENTATION 161/341 DEGS. SCOUR DIMENSIONS LENGTH 33.4MTRS, 0.5MTRS DEEP, TOWARD 120 DEGS. DEGRADED AND PARTIALLY BURIED.(GARDLINE, HI 1515). AMEND TO DW 22.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: SEE [9200]
Position: 53 1.84 N,1 25.204 E