Dit is de informatiepagina over het scheepswrak Durango, op de waterkaart hieronder zie je het wrak in zijn directe omgeving. De positie van dit wrak is 50 50.865 N,0 53.454 E (50.7173333, 0.6087833)
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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: DURANGO
Lengte 70.1 meter, breedte: 10.4 meter, diepgang: 5.2, tonnage 3352 ton
Lading: railway: stock and construction materials
Oorzaak: Built in 1884 by osbourne graham & co, sunderland. owned at time of loss by r w jones, newport. two boilers, compound inverted engine, single shaft. passage dunkirk for genoa. sank follwing collision with barque3 luke bruce in nw force 5. (sibi).
Jaar registratie: 1970
Waterdiepte boven wrak: 33 meter, hoogte boven zeebodem: 45 cm
Bekend sinds: 1970, laatst gedetecteerd: 20150608
Details metingen/cartografie: 21.8.70 WRECK LOCATED. STANDS 28FT HIGH IN GEN DEPTH 18FMS. (FSL WATERWITCH, 20.8.70). NCA YET. H3950/70 15.12.70 EXAM'D IN 505050N, 005333E [OGB] USING HSA. DRIFT SWEPT CLEAR AT 25.0, FOUL AT 25.3MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 25.5 IN GEN DEPTH 34MTRS. NO SCOUR. KNOWN LOCALLY AS THE 'BOTTLE SHIP' AS LARGE NUMBERS WASHED ASHORE AFTER SHE SANK. (FSL WATERWITCH, 7.10.70). SWEEP TRACING INDICATES LENGTH ABOUT 350FT, LYING NE/SW.
- NM 45/71. H4959/73 25.3.75 EXAM'D IN 505048N, 005330E [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 26.2 IN GEN DEPTH 33MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 LENGTH 140FT. (HMS BEAGLE, HI 55/74). BR STD. H4121/76 30.7.76 EXAM'D 29.4.76. HMS BEAGLE'S 1974 POSN CONFIRMED USING DECCA. LEAST E/S DEPTH 25.3 IN GEN DEPTH 33MTRS. DCS3 LENGTH ABOUT 90MTRS. LIES 051/231DEGS. VERY PROMINENT WK ON FLAT SEABED GIVING GOOD DCS3 SHADOW. RETAIN AS SW 25MTRS. (HMS ENTERPRISE, HI 41/76). DCS3 TRACE INDICATES WK COULD STAND 13 TO 14MTRS HIGH. H4121/76 13.10.76 SWEPT CLEAR 23.0, FOUL 23.7MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 24.2 IN GEN DEPTH 33MTRS. OTHER DETAILS SUPPLIED BY HMS ENTERPRISE STILL APPLY. (HMS BEAGLE, 22.11.76). AMEND TO SW 23.0MTRS.
- NM 205/77. H3823/78 15.7.78 DIVED ON. STANDS 25-30FT HIGH, IN 110FT, WITH SLIGHT LIST TO STBD. STERN COLLAPSED - PROP INACCESSIBLE. ENGINE ROOM VERY SILTED UP. BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN PREVIOUSLY SUBJECT TO SALVAGE WORK. (E GILES, 28.6.78). 11.6.08 HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED BY RECOVERY OF NAMED CHINA. BELL HAS NOT BEEN FOUND. STEERING HELM HAS BEEN RECOVERED, THE DATE OF WHICH FITS IN PERFECTLY. (D RONNAN, EMAIL DTD 10.6.08). NCA. SEP 2015/000083464 13.2.16 EXAM'D 8.6.15; IN 5050.865N, 0053.454E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 24.47MTRS, GEN DEPTH 33MTRS. LENGTH 75MTRS, WIDTH 15MTRS, HT 7.6MTRS, ORIENTATION 045/225. SCOUR 175MTRS TOWARDS 045, SCOUR DEPTH 0.8MTRS. WK INTACT, UPRIGHT, STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (HI 1475, GARDLINE GEOSURVEY). AMEND DW 24MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Bron: UK Hydrographic Office
Positie: 50 50.865 N,0 53.454 E