Dit is de informatiepagina over het scheepswrak Ariel, op de waterkaart hieronder zie je het wrak in zijn directe omgeving. De positie van dit wrak is 50 38.931 N,0 24.892 W (50.6523667, -0.6161833)
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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: ARIEL
Lengte 91.4 meter, breedte: 12.8 meter, diepgang: 6.1, tonnage 2200 ton
Lading: grain
Oorzaak: Built in 1885 by earles co ltd, hull. owned at time of loss by edward leetham, hull. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 300hp, single shaft. passage varna for hamburg. cargo wheat. sank following collision with ss lancashire in light winds and fog. no loss of life.
Jaar registratie: 1918
Waterdiepte boven wrak: 28 meter, hoogte boven zeebodem: 132 cm
Bekend sinds: 1918, laatst gedetecteerd: 20180206
Details metingen/cartografie: H3211/17 24.1.18 WK, 2 MASTS SHOWING 10FT, IN 503830N, 002400W. TO BE DISPERSED. (ADMIRALTY). CHART AS WK [OLD SYMBOL], 2 MAST SHOWING 10FT.
- NM 127/18. H1656/24 5.3.24 AMEND TO DW (1917). BR STD. H7789/35 3.11.35 OROPESA SWEEP CARRIED OUT. CLEAR TO DEPTH OF 10FMS. (HMS FLINDERS). AMENDED TO NDWPA.
- NM 2138/35. 23.7.71 AMEND TO USC 18MTRS. NC 1652. H3958/73 15.8.73 NOT FOUND DURING TRANSIT SONAR AND E/S SURVEY. (KELVIN HUGHES). DELETED. BR STD. H4121/76 14.1.77 WK LOCATED 6.9.76 IN 503854N, 002448W [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 22.9 IN GEN DEPTH 28.5MTRS. SCOUR 2MTRS DEEP. DCS3 HT 6MTRS, LENGTH 90MTRS. LIES NW/SE. SONAR SHOWS HIGH POINTS AT EACH END, HIGHEST AT SE END. (HMS FOX, HI 52/76). CHART AS WK 22MTRS. BR STD. H1285/77/218 15.6.77 LIES N/S APPROX. BOWS S. HIGH POINT STERN. INTACT AND UPRIGHT. WRECKAGE REDUCED TO SEABED AMIDSHIPS, THEN BOWS INTACT. LIES 45DEGS ON PORT SIDE. NO SUPERSTRUCTURE. VERY OLD IRON PROPELLER. APPROX 150FT LONG. (D DILLINGHAM, 11.6.77). H2318/74 9.5.79 LOCATED AND EXAM'D 23.3.79 DURING HYDROSEARCH TRIALS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 24.5 IN GEN DEPTHS 29-32MTRS. SCOUR 2MTRS DEEP. SONAR HT 6.7MTRS, LENGTH 100MTRS, BEAM 12MTRS. LYING 325/145DEGS, BOWS SE. (HMS BULLDOG, 29.4.79). NCA. H1310/84/10 21.3.84 IDENTIFIED AS SS ARIEL. (J SALSBURY, 7.3.84). H1310/84/12 16.4.84 IDENTIFIED BY RECOVERY OF DINNER PLATES AND THE SHIPS BELL IN JULY, 1981. (I WARREN, 4.4.84). HH091/002/01 14.11.02 EXAM'D 18.8.02 IN 5038.930N, 0024.885W [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 22.5, FOUL 22.8MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 22.7 IN GEN DEPTH 27MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 1MTR. LENGTH 60MTRS, WIDTH 20MTRS. DCS3 HT 5MTRS. LIES 150/330 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. LARGE, WELL DEFINED WK. (NP 1016, HI 1002). BR STD. SEP 2018/000/198963 13.08.18 EXAM'D 06.02.18; IN 5038.931N, 0024.892W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 21.99MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 28MTRS, LENGTH 94.7MTRS, WIDTH 18MTRS, HEIGHT 6MTRS, ORIENTATION 132/312 DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 8MTRS, 3MTRS DEEP, TOWARDS 140 DEGS. SITS UPRIGHT BUT SEVERELY DECAYED. REMAINS CONSIST OF THE BASE OF THE HULL, PARTS OF THE STERN, A SINGLE BOILER, THE TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE, (WHEREIN THE THREE DIFFERENT SIZED CYLINDERS ARE VISIBLE), &SOME PARTS OF THE BOW, SE, WHICH IS SKEWED TOWARDS THE PORT SIDE. WCD SHOWED AN ADDITIONAL FEATURE WHICH HAD THE CURVING APPEARANCE OF A ROPE OR LINE ATTACHED TO THE WRECK BUT WAS NOT DEEMED TO BE A SOLID PART OF THE WRECK. (MMT, HI 1498). AMEND DW 21.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Bron: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: SITS UPRIGHT, SEVERELY DECAYED, BOW SE.
Positie: 50 38.931 N,0 24.892 W