Dit is de informatiepagina over het scheepswrak Naam onbekend, op de waterkaart hieronder zie je het wrak in zijn directe omgeving. De positie van dit wrak is 56 25.187 N,3 0.657 W (56.2088, -2.724)
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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: Naam onbekend
Lengte 19.7 meter, breedte: 5.7 meter, diepgang: 1.8, tonnage 7234 ton
Oorzaak: built in the usa. 6 cylinder oil engine of 225bhp, single shaft. fitted with 2.5 ton crane.
Jaar registratie: 2006
Waterdiepte boven wrak: 2 meter, hoogte boven zeebodem: 90 cm
Bekend sinds: 2006, laatst gedetecteerd: 2011
Details metingen/cartografie: 18.12.06 WK LOCATED IN 5625.196N, 0300.697E [WGD]. LENGTH 19.7MTRS, WIDTH 5.77MTRS. STANDS 0.4MTR HIGH BY DEPTH GAUGE. LIES E/W WITH BOWS E. UPRIGHT AND SUNK INTO SAND. HULL & RUDDER INTACT. NO PROPS, SUPERSTRUCURE OR ANCHOR. (R G ROSS, EMAIL DTD 6.12.06). NO SOUNDINGS SHOWN ON BA 1481. NCA. 15.3.07 THIS WAS ONE OF 40 US BUILT 'DISTRIBUTION BOX (TYPE L)' BOATS BUILT BETWEEN 1940 AND 1942. SIDE NUMBERS WERE L64-L101, VESSELS WERE UNNAMED. THEY WERE SPECIFICALLY FOR MAINTENANCE OF CABLES AND DISTRIBUTION BOXES ASSOCIATED WITH COMMMAND DETONATED BOTTOM MINES, BUT THIS USE WAS NOT EXCLUSIVE. LATER WAS DAMAGED AND WAS PURCHASED IN 1980 BY A CRAWFORD, KILBURN SALVAGE LTD, AND MODIFIED WITH A WINCH AND CRANE TO BE USED IN THE FURTHER SALVAGE OF ARMOUR PLATE FROM HMS ARGYLL (QV). ENGINE AND SHAFT REPAIRS PROVED FRUITLESS AND WAS MODIFIED WITH A SPONSON AND USED AS A DUMB BARGE IN THE SALVAGE. AT THE COMPLETION OF WORK WAS MOORED IN JOCK'S HOLE, ADJACENT TO MR CRAWFORD'S FARM, WAS DAMAGED BY ICE AND SANK. DIVED 9.06 AND FOUND TO BE A STEEL HULL, MODERATELY DECAYED. PLATES BADLY CORRODED AND NO IDENTIFICATION MARKS LOCATED. CONSIDERED THAT WK WOULD BE EXPOSED AT LAT. (R G ROSS, NAUTICAL ARCHEOLOGICAL SOCIETY, REPORT DTD 1.07). ALTHOUGH NO SOUNDINGS SHOWN ON BA 1481, INS AS ST. BR STD. SEP 2009/000106307 10.2.11 ST SHOWN IN 5625.187N, 0300.657W [WGD] ON PHOTOPLOT PG 2489/1. PROBABLY THIS WK. AMEND POSN. NC 1479 .
Bron: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, SUNK INTO SAND, BOWS E
Positie: 56 25.187 N,3 0.657 W