Dit is de informatiepagina over het scheepswrak Facto, op de waterkaart hieronder zie je het wrak in zijn directe omgeving. De positie van dit wrak is 49 57.206 N,5 29.836 W (49.953433, -5.497267)

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: FACTO

Lengte 89.9 meter, breedte: 13.8 meter, diepgang: 6.3, tonnage 2372 ton
Lading: ballast

Oorzaak: ex-hekla. built by short bros ltd, sunderland. owned at time of loss by a/s d/s facto. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 257nhp, single shaft. passage le havre for cardiff. torpedoed and sunk. (sibi).

Jaar registratie: 1945

Waterdiepte boven wrak: 63 meter, hoogte boven zeebodem: 55 cm

Bekend sinds: 1945, laatst gedetecteerd: 2004

Details metingen/cartografie: H0113/45 22.1.45 H0113/45 SONAR CONTACT IN 495700N, 052930W. LENGTH 67FT, HEIGHT 36FT. (PLYMOUTH LIST, 22.1.45). H0113/45 25.3.45 H0113/45 GOOD SONAR CONTACT IN 495700N, 052930W. LENGTH 300FT, HEIGHT 36FT. (PLYMOUTH LIST, 25.3.45). H0113/45 4.7.45 H0113/45 GOOD SONAR CONTACT IN 495702N, 052930W. LENGTH 300FT, HEIGHT 36FT. (PLYMOUTH LIST, 4.7.45). H2137/54 22.6.54 H2137/54 22.6.54 LOCATED FEB/MAY 1954 IN 495712N, 052945W USING DECCA OR 088DEGS, 12.2M FROM WOLF ROCK. DEPTH OVER WK 36FMS. HEIGHT ABOVE SEABED 28FT. (RISDON BEAZLEY, 23.5.54). CHART AS NDW. NC 777. H2979/74 14.2.75 H2979/74 14.2.75 FF BELIEVED WRECK IN 495724N, 052947W USING DECCA. (E GILES, 1975). 6.6.75 6.6.75 NOW CHARTED AS USC 28.0MTRS IN 495724N, 052947W. NE 777. H2979/74 17.2.76 H2979/74 17.2.76 FF IN 495720N, 052938W USING DECCA. (E GILES, HYDROSERVE LTD., 29.1.76). H2590/76 1.3.76 H2590/76 1.3.76 DEFINITE WRECK GIVING GOOD ECHO AND SONAR IN 495709.9N, 052947.6W [OGB] USING RO/RO HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 56MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 64MTRS. (HMS HECLA, HI 1A/75). AMEND TO WK 56MTRS IN REVISED POSN. NE 777. H1286/76/212 22.6.76 H1286/76/212 22.6.76 LEAST DEPTH 187FT AT LW 6.5.76. (T E CAKEBREAD, 11.5.76). NCA. H4551/76 6.10.76 H4551/76 6.10.76 REPD IN POSN 088DEGS, 12.2M FROM WOLF ROCK AND TO BE 28FT HIGH. (RISDON BEAZLEY, 17.9.76, SURVEYED IN 1954). NCA. H2979/74 15.3.77 H2979/74 15.3.77 FF REPD IN 495710N, 052945W [OGB] USING DECCA. (E GILES, 3.2.77). NCA. H2979/74 30.11.77 H2979/74 30.11.77 FF REPD IN 495729N, 053001W [OGB] USING DECCA. (E GILES, 16.5.77). NCA. H1310/82/7 8.3.82 H1310/82/7 8.3.82 POSITIVE WK IN POSN BY DECCA. (A M JONES, 12.2.82). NCA. H5982/82 14.4.83 H5982/82 14.4.83 WK SHOWN IN 495713N, 052948W [OGB] ON KINGFISHER CHART K(SW)6 [1982 EDN]. POSN BY DECCA. NCA. HH100/351/19 2.10.02 HH100/351/19 2.10.02 DIVED IN 1991 IN 4957.220N, 0529.845W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 62 IN GEN DEPTH 68MTRS AT HALF TIDE. NO SCOUR. BELL MARKED: 'HEKLA, CHRISTIANIA, 1904' FOUND BY M ETHRIDGE IN 9.2002. ?BOWS TOWARDS SE. NO CARGO. SEABED STONEY SAND. 3 BOILERS. (G POUND). NCA. HH100/351/20 20.8.04 HH100/351/20 20.8.04 WK IS UPRIGHT BUT HAS COLLAPSED INTERNALLY. THE ENGINE AND BOILERS FORM THE HIGHEST POINT. TWO MAIN BOILERS AND ONE SMALLER AUXILLARY BOILER IN LINE ACROSS THE BEAM. BEAM MEASURED AT 14.6MTRS. IN PLACES THE INTACT SIDES STAND 2-3MTRS HIGH. THIS IS 'FACTO'. (N R CHIPCHASE). NCA. HH091/059/01 14.4.05 HH091/059/01 14.4.05 EXAM'D 19.9.04 IN 4957.206N, 0529.843W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 56.7 IN GEN DEPTH 63.7MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 97MTRS, WIDTH 17MTRS, HT 7.0MTRS. LIES 055/235 DEGS. MODERATE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. DEGRADED WK. NFS. (GARDLINE, HI 1059). RETAIN WK 56MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. HH091/059/01 21.11.05 HH091/059/01 21.11.05 EXAM'D IN 4957.206N, 0529.836W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 56.9MTRS. HT 6.8MTRS. (GARDLINE, HI 1059). AMEND POSN. BR STD.
Bron: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, COLLAPSED INTERNALLY

Positie: 49 57.206 N,5 29.836 W

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