Dies ist die Informationsseite über das Schiffswrack Mechanician, die folgende Wasserkarte zeigt das Wrack in seiner unmittelbaren Umgebung. Die Position des Wracks ist 50 40.251 N,1 36.417 W (50.633333333333, -1.4166666666667)
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Die Texte zu diesem Schiffswrack sind in englischer Sprache 🇬🇧, da sie vom Hydrographischen Amt des Vereinigten Königreichs (UKHO) auf der Grundlage von Daten u. a. der Hydrographischen Dienste von Deutschland, der Niederlande und Belgien erstellt wurden. Sie enthalten die bekannten Details des Wracks und die Kommentare der Kartographen, die die Position und den Zustand des Wracks im Laufe der Zeit überprüft haben.
Name: MECHANICIAN
Länge146.9 meter, Breite: 17.4 meter, Tiefgang: 9.4, Tonnage 9044 ton
Last: general and mixed goods,personnel
Ursache: built in 1900 by workman, clarke & co ltd, belfast. owned at time of loss by thomas & james harrison ltd. three boilers, two triple expansion engines of 604hp, twin shaft. two 6 inch qf & two 4 inch qf guns. passage london for plymouth. cargo govenment stores. torpedoed twice by ub-35 when 8m w of st catherine's pt. later put ashore on the shingles. thirteen men lost.
Jahr der Registrierung: 1918
Wassertiefe über dem Wrack: 2 meter
Bekannt seit: 1918, zuletzt detektiert: 2012
Detailmessungen/Kartographie: 26.1.18 ABANDONED AT ENTRANCE TO NEEDLES CHANNEL. 7.10.18 REPD IN TWO PARTS. WK & BUOY INS BY NM 935/19. H5442/22 25.8.22 DISPERSED. AMEND TO WK 35FT. DELETE BUOY. H4890/45 15.10.48 INS WK 4FMS.
- NM 2065/48. (SCES). H4890/45 10.12.59 LEAST DEPTH OBTAINED BY SWEEPING 24FT. POSN 311 DEG, 7.8 CABLES FROM NEEDLES LTHO. (SCES, 2.9.48). H1720/65 12.7.65 EXAM'D IN 504013N, 013620W [OGB] USING HSA, 311.5DEGS, 7.8 CABLES FROM NEEDLES LT HO. SWEPT CLEAR 23FT, FOUL 24FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 24.5 IN 31 TO 33FT. SCOUR 1.5FT. SEABED GRAVEL AND SHINGLE. WK IS OF VERY SMALL EXTENT AND MAY BE AIRCRAFT. (MEDA, 26.5.64). 5.2.69 SHOWN AS WK 3FMS 4FT [LAT]. NE 2219. H5808/55 22.1.71 AMEND TO WK 6.7MTRS. NC 2219. H3950/70 6.10.71 AMEND TO SW 6.7MTRS. NC 2615. H1283/75 15.5.75 WRECK DIVED ON AND REMAINS FROM A STEAMSHIP LOCATED. OBVIOUSLY NOT AIRCRAFT WRECKAGE. (M WALSH, 12.5.75). H2356/84 22.9.87 NOT FOUND. DIVERS REPORT NOTHING SEEN WITHIN 30MTRS OF MEDA'S DATUM. VISIBILITY IS 3MTRS. CONSIDER DISPERSED AND BROKEN UP. (HMSML GLEANER, HI 266). MORE LIKELY TO BE BURIED, GEN DEPTH NOW ONLY ABOUT 2MTRS IN WK POSN. DELETED.
- NM 2859/87. H3846/86 17.10.88 NOT FOUND DURING E/S EXAMINATION AT 10MTRS SPACING ON 7 & 26.4.88. (HMSML GLEANER, HI 365). HH090/658/01 14.11.94 LOCATED BY DCS3 AND MAGNETOMETER. NO HEIGHT. NOT FULLY EXAMINED. (NP 1016, HI 658). REINSERTED AS FOUL, RECORD AMENDED TO LIVE. HH090/858/01 7.9.99 LOCATED, NOT EXAMINED. (NP 1016, HI 858). NCA. HH090/894/01 11.7.00 LOCATED BY MAGNETOMETER ONLY. (NP 1016, HI 894). NCA. HH090/943/01 1.10.01 LOCATED BY MAGNETOMETER ONLY. GEN DEPTH 2MTRS. (NP 1016, HI 943). NCA. HH090/990/01 10.10.02 LOCATED BY MAGNETOMETER ONLY. GEN DEPTH 8MTRS. (NP 1016, HI 990). NCA.BR STD. 25.10.12 LOCATED BY MAGNETOMETER. LARGE ANOMALY. NOT SEEN ON M/B. (EMU, HI 1366). NCA. SEP 2019/000066085 27.3.19 NOT LOCATED IN M/B DATASET (2019).(A-2-SEA SOLUTIONS LTD, HI 1631). NFA. RSDRA2022000323586 10.01.23 NOT LOCATED BY BDC IN M/B DATASET (2022) (TH SURVEY, H525.2 LITE). NFA.
Quelle: UK Hydrographic Office
Kommentar Forscher: NOW MAGENTIC ANOMALY ONLY
Position: 50 40.251 N,1 36.417 W