This is the information page about the shipwreck Ydun, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 11.533 N,6 8.878 W (52.192216666667, -6.1479666666667)
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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: YDUN
Length 73.5 meter, width: 10.7 meter, draught: 5.3, tonnage 1266 ton
Load: timber,coal
Cause: built in 1899 by schiffsw v h koch, lubeck. owned at time of loss by rederis ydun. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 113nhp, single shaft. passage parrsborough, nova scotia, for glasgow. sank following collision with british ss isabella monks. (sibi).
Year of registration: 1968
Water depth above wreck: 70 meter, Height above seabed: 22 cm
Known since: 1968, last detected: 20120721
Details measurements/cartography: H6865/68 20.12.68 A LARGE CONTACT CLASSIFIED BY DIVERS AS A WRECK LYING IN A DEPTH OF 43FMS. LIES 110/290DEGS. LENGTH 300FT APPROX. HIGHEST POINT ABOVE SEABED 30FT. LIES 108DEGS, 2.35M FROM TUSKAR RK. (HMS SHOULTON, LTR DTD 12.12.68). INS AS WK 38FMS. BR STD. 19.3.75 CHARTED AS WK 69MTRS. NC 1772. H3919/75 22.7.75 WRECK IDENTIFIED AS SS 'YDUN'. STANDS 28FT HIGH ON SEABED. GEN DEPTH 240FT. (RISDON BEAZLEY, LTR DTD 18.7.75). AMEND TO WK 35FMS [64MTRS]. BR STD. H3140/69 13.5.77 LOCATED IN 521130.45N, 060849.45W [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 62 IN GEN DEPTH 71MTRS. DCS3 HEIGHT 17.5MTRS. LIES 030/210DEGS. APPROX LENGTH 110MTRS. (HMS FAWN, HI 55/76). AMEND TO WK 53MTRS.
- NM 1463/77. H2396/77 21.12.77 IDENTIFIED BY BELL. (R BEAZLEY, LTR DTD 16.12.77). 8.5.07 WK LOCATED IN 5211.537N, 0608.875W [WGD] USING DGPS. GEN DEPTH 73MTRS. LENGTH 73MTRS, WIDTH 16MTRS, HT 9.6MTRS. (INSS SURVEY 1999-2005). LIES 030/210 DEGS WITH BOWS ?SSW. INTACT. NO SCOUR. SMALL PORTION OF SW END DETACHED. AMEND WK 63MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 24.8.12 EXAM'D 18.7.12 IN 5211.5328N, 0608.8780W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 61.686 IN GEN DEPTH 70.4MTRS. SCOUR 1MTR DEEP. LENGTH 73.2MTRS, WIDTH 10.4MTRS, HT 9.1MTRS. LIES 022/202 DEGS. (INFOMAR CV 12_02, VIA K SHEEHAN, MARINE INSTITUTE, IRELAND, EMAIL DTD 23.8.12). INTACT, UPRIGHT, BOWS NNE. MINOR SCOUR AT BOW. AMEND WK 61MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, UPRIGHT, BOWS NNE
Position: 52 11.533 N,6 8.878 W