Dit is de informatiepagina over het scheepswrak Arctic viking, op de waterkaart hieronder zie je het wrak in zijn directe omgeving. De positie van dit wrak is 54 18.51 N,0 21.552 E (54.0297, 0.0496833)
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De teksten bij dit scheepswrak zijn in het engels 🇬🇧, omdat deze worden opgesteld door het UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) op basis van de gegevens van de hydrografische diensten van onder meer Nederland, België en Duitsland. Ze bevatten de bekende details van het wrak en de opmerkingen van de cartografen die in de loop der tijden de positie en de toestand van het wrak hebben gecontroleerd.
Naam: ARCTIC VIKING
Lengte 50.9 meter, breedte: 8.5 meter, tonnage 533 ton
Lading: fish
Oorzaak: Ex- arctic pioneer '46. built of steel by cochrane & sons in 1937, with one boiler, single shaft, triple expansion engine of 132nhp by c.d. holmes & co ltd., hull. machinery by amor & smith, hull. registered in hull & owned at time of loss by boyd line. struck by two huge waves in 50 knot gale from astern. keeled over & capsized in two minutes. floated bottom upwards for some 2 hours and then sank by the stern. 5 of 19 crew were lost, the rest being recovered by the polish trawler derkacz. (dods & sibi).
Jaar registratie: 1961
Waterdiepte boven wrak: 62 meter, hoogte boven zeebodem: 110 cm
Bekend sinds: 1961, laatst gedetecteerd: 2009
Details metingen/cartografie: H4593/59 3.12.68 SANK ABOUT 20M NE OF FLAMBOROUGH HD. (COURT OF ENQUIRY REPORT NO S459). H1310/80/44 3.12.80 DISC FROM MASTHEAD LT NAMING THIS WK RECOVERED IN 541824N, 002130E. (K HERRON). INS AS WK USC 50MTRS. BR STD. HH090/801/01 6.11.98 EXAM'D 3.6.98 IN 541830.6N, 002133.1E [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 56.1 IN GEN DEPTH 62MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 1.5MTRS. DCS3 HT 7.8MTRS. LENGTH 60MTRS, WIDTH 16MTRS. LIES 110/290DEGS. INTACT, LYING ON ITS SIDE. THERE APPEARS TO BE SUPERSTRUCTURE STANDING PROUD OF THE DECK, INDICATING THAT THE DECK AREA LIES TO THE SOUTHERN SIDE OF THE WK. LIES IN A MINOR NNW/SSE TRENDING DEPRESSION. BOTTOM OF GRAVELLY SAND. (GARDLINE, HI 801). GOOD SONAR CONTACT, PLATING STRAKES APPEAR TO BE ON DCS3 RECORD. AMEND TO WK 56MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 30.6.09 WK DIVED ON 29.6.09. A CHADBOURN'S TELEGRAPH & ELECTRIC LOG INDICATOR RECOVERED FROM THE WHEELHOUSE WHICH IS WELL DECAYED AND BROKEN OPEN. (C RACEY, E-MAIL 30.6.09) NCA. 2.7.09 WK DIVED ON 29.6.09 IN GOOD, +15MTRS VISIBILITY. INTACT TRAWLER LYING COMPLETELY ON PORT SIDE ON SEABED OF FINE SILT/MUD AND SHELLS. NO SIGNS OF A SCOUR, WK IS SILTED UP ON STARBOARD SIDE AND STANDS 4-5MTRS HIGH. KEEL TO N, DECKS TO S. LARGE WINCH IN FRONT OF WHEELHOUSE, THE TOP PART OF WHICH IS DECAYED AWAY. THE CHADBOURNS TELEGRAPH RECOVED FROM STARBOARD SIDE OF WHEELHOUSE. FUNNEL LIES ON SEABED JUST AFT OF THE BRIDGE. WK HAS A 4 BLADE PROP COVERED IN ANENOMIES. THE RUDDER POITS UPWARDS AND IS HARD TO STARBOARD. DRAWING SUPPLIED. (A DOWSLAND, E-MAIL 1.7.09) NCA.
Bron: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, ON ITS SIDE
Positie: 54 18.51 N,0 21.552 E