Dit is de informatiepagina over het scheepswrak Mira, op de waterkaart hieronder zie je het wrak in zijn directe omgeving. De positie van dit wrak is 50 41.228 N,0 8.304 E (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: MIRA
Lengte 105.2 meter, breedte: 14.3 meter, diepgang: 6.4, tonnage 3700 ton
Lading: flammable liquids and gases,oil
Oorzaak: Sunk by mine 4m sw 0.5 w of beachy head whilst en-route port arthur to dover. (ll ww1). one deck steel vessel, built 1901 sunk by mine whilst en-route port arthur to dover.
Jaar registratie: 1917
Waterdiepte boven wrak: 26 meter, hoogte boven zeebodem: 20 cm
Bekend sinds: 1917, laatst gedetecteerd: 20150716
Details metingen/cartografie: H6148/17 22.1.18 WK IN 504115N, 000910E. (ADMIRALTY). CHART AS WK [OLD SYMBOL].
- NM 111/18. H1656/24 5.3.24 AMENDED TO DW. SQ. DATE. H7386/36 12.11.36 WK 8FMS 3FT LOCATED IN 504108N, 000820E OR 234.5DEGS, 4.85M FROM BEACHY HEAD LT. (HMS FLINDERS, HN DTD 7.11.36). AMEND TO WK 8FMS 3FT [15.5MTRS] IN REVISED POSN.
- NM 2261/36. H1268/66 18.5.66 LEAST DEPTH OVER WK 55FT IN GEN DEPTH 90-95FT. HULL LARGELY INTACT BUT SHOWING EXTENSIVE CORROSION LIES APPROX NE/SW ON ITS SIDE WITH SUPERSTRUCTURE FACING SOUTH. (DOLPHINS UNDERWATER DIVE CLUB, LTR REC'D 18.5.66). 1.8.69 REPD THAT BOWS POINT TO SOUTH ON HER SIDE IN THE SAND. GENERAL DEPTH BEING 100FT. THE 16FT PROPELLER STILL INTACT. MADE OF STEEL. CARGO HOLDS OPEN WITH LOTS OF FISH INSIDE. (TRITON MAGAZINE ARTICLE BY J WARTON, P.107, AUGUST 1969). 7.4.72 NOW CHARTED AS WK 15.1MTRS [LAT]. NC 536 & NC 1652. 19.8.77 NOW CHARTED AS WK 13.4MTRS. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NC 2451. H1309/79 24.9.79 BOWS POINT TO BEACHY HEAD LIGHT, ON ITS STBD SIDE. 17MTRS MAX DEPTH IN 24MTRS TO SCOURED SEA BED. HOLDS OPEN. BRIDGE AMIDSHIPS BROKEN BUT RECOGNISABLE. STERN BLOWN UP - TWISTED METAL. COVERED IN MUSSELS. CORDITE SHELL CASES HAVE BEEN FOUND. (J SALSBURY, 7.8.79). H1965/76 2.12.80 EXAM'D 18.4.80 IN 504111N, 000824E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER. LEAST E/S DEPTH 14.4MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 25MTRS. DEPTH OF SCOUR 4MTRS. HYDROSEARCH LENGTH 121.5MTRS, BEAM 8.3MTRS, HT 11.6MTRS. LYING ON SAND 043/223DEGS. BOWS SW, AGAINST SANDWAVE ON SE SIDE & PARTIALLY COVERED BY SANDWAVE. ON ITS STBD SIDE. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 37A/77). CHART AS WK 13.4MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
- NM 2795/80. DIFFERS MARKEDLY FROM 1979 REPORT. NAVAREA I 315/80 ISSUED. H1310/83/4 19.1.83 DIVED ON. EASY TO LOCATE DUE TO SURFACE DISTURBANCE OVER WK. LIES APPROX NE/SW, BOWS NE ON STBD BEAM-END, WITH DECK VERTICAL. HULL COMPLETELY SEVERED IN TWO ABOUT THIRD OF LENGTH FROM STEM, OTHERWISE INTACT, BUT IN DANGEROUS CONDITION - CORRODED, SHAKY AND HAS SHARP PLATES. (T W BENNETTO, 4.1.83). NCA. SEP 2015/000083466 8.2.16 EXAM'D 16.07.15 IN 5041.228N, 0008.304E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 16.89MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 26.89MTRS. LENGTH 110MTRS, HT 10MTRS, WIDTH 15MTRS,SCOUR 130MTRS TOWARDS 070, SCOUR DEPTH 4MTRS . LARGELY INTACT WK, SPLIT IN TWO, STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (GARDLINE GEOSURVEY, HI 1477). AMEND DW 16.8MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Bron: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: HULL SEVERED IN TWO, OTHERWISE INTACT
Positie: 50 41.228 N,0 8.304 E