Dit is de informatiepagina over het scheepswrak Wittering, op de waterkaart hieronder zie je het wrak in zijn directe omgeving. De positie van dit wrak is 50 43.04 N,0 36.527 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: WITTERING
Lengte 85.6 meter, breedte: 12.8 meter, diepgang: 5.2, tonnage 1599 ton
Lading: grain
Oorzaak: Ex-framptondyke. built in 1964 by goole shipbuilding and repair co ltd. owned at time of loss by stephenson clarke shipping ltd. passage rotterdam for cork. sank 11.5m off beachy head, 2m ne of the royal sovereign ltv, after being in collision with german motor vessel 'odin' (999 gt). (msd).
Jaar registratie: 1976
Waterdiepte boven wrak: 40 meter, hoogte boven zeebodem: 244 cm
Bekend sinds: 1976, laatst gedetecteerd: 20200602
Details metingen/cartografie: 1.3.76 IN COLLISION 290DEGS, 11.5M FROM BEACHY HEAD. VESSEL LATER CAPSIZED AFTER ALL CREW TAKEN OFF. TUG LOST CONTACT WITH 'WITTERING' IN LAST KNOWN POSN OF 504300N, 003700E. DIVERS GIVE DEPTH OVER WK AS 27MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 40MTRS. LYING 080260DEGS. (LL, 27.2.76). POSN OF WK NOT GIVEN. H3051/75 15.3.76 LOCATED IN 504254N, 003636E. LYING ON PORT SIDE. LYING 080/260DEGS. SWEPT CLEAR 29MTRS, FOUL 30MTRS. GEN DEPTH 48MTRS. (TH HARWICH, TLX DTD 26.2.76). INS AS SW 27MTRS.
- NM 645/76. H3051/75 15.3.76 REPORTED THAT BOWS APPEAR HIGHEST POINT WITH APPROX LEAST DEPTH 26MTRS IN SURROUNDING DEPTHS 42MTRS. (DIVERS REPORTS, HMS SHERITON. 26.2.76). H4121/76 3.8.76 EXAM'D 5.5.76 IN 504301N, 003636E [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 26.4 IN GEN DEPTH 40M. HT BY DIVER 13.4M. LENGTH 95MTRS. LIES 065/245DEGS. DIVERS REPORT WK IS ALMOST UPSIDE DOWN WITH BOWS SOUTH. A NUMBER OF BUOYANT TOW LINES ARE ATTACHED TO BOWS MAKING ATTEMPTS AT DRIFT SWEEPING MISLEADING. (HMS ENTERPRISE, HI 41/76). AMEND TO WK 26MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. [WGD] POSN: 5043.053N, 0036.503E. SEP 2013/000030456 4.3.13 LOCATED 5.2012 IN 5043.0396N, 0036.5266E [WGD]. LENGTH 85MTRS, HT 8.0MTRS. (GARDLINE ENVIRONMENTAL, S HASTINGS LICENCE AREA 460 SURVEY DTD 5.2012). AMEND POSN. SEP 2015/000083464 11.2.16 EXAM'D 7.6.15; IN 5043.041N, 0036.530E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 28.14MTRS, GEN DEPTH 39MTRS. LENGTH 85MTRS, WIDTH 16MTRS, HT 10MTRS, ORIENTATION 067/247. SCOUR 112MTRS TOWARDS 045, SCOUR DEPTH 3MTRS. WK INTACT, LYING ON SIDE, STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (HI 1475, GARDLINE GEOSURVEY). AMEND DW 28MTRS IN REVISED POSN. SEP 2022/000014872 03.03.2022 EXAM'D 2.6.20; IN 5043.043N, 0036.526E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 29.1MTRS, GEN DEPTH 40MTRS. LENGTH 81MTRS, WIDTH 16MTRS, HT 10.9MTRS, ORIENTATION 064/244. (ABPMER, HASTINGS LICENCE AREA 460 SURVEY DTD 2.6.20). RETAIN DW 28.14 MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Bron: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, ON ITS SIDE
Positie: 50 43.04 N,0 36.527 E