This is the information page about the shipwreck Winga, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 41.72 N,1 2.497 W (54.93705, -1.1630333333333)
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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: WINGA
Length 76.2 meter, width: 11.3 meter, draught: 5, tonnage 1478 ton
Load: ferrous elements and ores: unrefined and refined,ore
Cause: built in 1924 by new waterway sb co ltd, schiedam. owned at time of loss by clydesdale shipowners ltd. one boiler, triple expansion engine of 144hp, single shaft. passage santander for the tyne. foundered following collision with norwegian ss jerland. (sibi).
Year of registration: 1949
Water depth above wreck: 35 meter, Height above seabed: 120 cm
Known since: 1949, last detected: 20161215
Details measurements/cartography: H438/40 11.12.49 EXAM'D IN 544130N, 010245E. SWEPT CLEAR BY OROPESA AT 50FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 99 IN GEN DEPTH 120FT. (HMS SHARPSHOOTER, 8.12.49). INS AS NDW. 1.11.67 AMEND TO WK 16FMS. NC 2567. 15.5.73 AMEND TO WK 30MTRS. NC 2567. H6331/87 16.1.89 EXAM'D 7.8.89 IN 544141N, 010218W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [4 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR AT 26.5, FOUL AT 26.9MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 27.0 IN GEN DEPTH 33MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 1.5MTRS. DCS3 HT 6.0MTRS, LENGTH 120MTRS, BREADTH 12MTRS. LARGE, INTACT BUT DISINTEGRATING WK, LYING 114/294 DEG WITH BOW TO WNW. UPRIGHT AND WITH CENTRAL PORTION COLLAPSED. (LAND & MARINE, HI 414B). AMEND TO SW 26.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. HH100/351/06 13.4.93 DIVED ON 12.9.92 IN 544142.5N, 010227.5W [WGD] USING GPS. LARGE WK. UPRIGHT AND COMPLETE. CARGO OF IRON ORE. NAME ON BELL - WINGA. (G WADSWORTH, 1.3.93). HH100/351/145 24.9.99 FO'C'SLE COMPLETE WITH ANCHOR WINDLASS. STERN SECTION MOSTLY INTACT. TIMBER DECKING HAS LONG GONE BUT INGOTS CAN BE SEEN ALONG WITH MORE DECK WINCHES. STEEL PLATES COMING OFF THE BRIDGE SUPERSTRUCTURE. (R YOUNG). SEP 2017/000002822 24.5.17 EXAM'D 15.12.16 IN 5441.720N, 0102.497W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 30.02MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 35MTRS, LENGTH 113.0MTRS, WIDTH 22.5MTRS, HEIGHT 5.3MTRS, ORIENTATION 120/300 DEGS. WRECK APPEARS UPRIGHT AND INTACT BUT IS SEVERELY DISINTEGRATED, MAIN SUPERSTRUCTURE COLLAPSING TO THE PORT SIDE. A LARGE PORTION OF THE MIDSHIPS STRUCTURE IS STILL EVIDENT, THERE APPEARS TO BE TWO BOILERS PRESENT. (MMT, HI 1491). AMEND NDW 30MTRS IN REVISED POSITION.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, COLLAPSING, BOW TO WNW
Position: 54 41.72 N,1 2.497 W