Dies ist die Informationsseite über das Schiffswrack Waikawa (possibly), die folgende Wasserkarte zeigt das Wrack in seiner unmittelbaren Umgebung. Die Position des Wracks ist 50 14.148 N,3 33.024 W (50.207816666667, -3.7034)
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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: WAIKAWA (POSSIBLY)
Länge128.4 meter, Breite: 16.8 meter, Tiefgang: 8.7, Tonnage 5666 ton
Last: ballast
Ursache: ex-maritime, ex-schlesien. built in 1907 by flensburgr schffsb, ges, flensburg. owned at time of loss by the union ss co of new zealand. three boilers, quadruple expansion engine of 507 nhp, single shaft. passage le havre for barry. torpedoed by ub-31. (ll ww1, sibi).
Jahr der Registrierung: 1917
Wassertiefe über dem Wrack: 53 meter, Höhe über dem Meeresboden: 157 cm
Bekannt seit: 1917, zuletzt detektiert: 2013
Detailmessungen/Kartographie: H6025/39 22.8.39 H6025/39 22.8.39 WK IN 501406N, 033258W. (HMS GLEANER). CHART AS NDWPA. - FNM. H2502/51 24.4.51 H2502/51 24.4.51 SUNK IN 501408N, 033251W. 22FMS OVER WRECK. HEIGHT ABOVE SEABED 44FT. (HMS SEAGULL, SURVEY [E8881]). AMEND TO WK SW 20FMS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. H2502/51 8.3.54 H2502/51 8.3.54 SALVAGE OPERATIONS IN THIS AREA. (NAVEAM 4884). POSSIBLY THIS WK. NCA. H2502/51 10.3.54 H2502/51 10.3.54 SALVAGE COMPLETED. (NAVEAM 4901). NCA. H2502/51 8.10.52 H2502/51 8.10.52 LOCATED IN 501406N, 033258W USING HSA. WIRE DRIFT SWEPT CLEAR AT 20FMS, FOUL AT 21FMS. GENERAL DEPTH 28FMS LEAST DEPTH BY E/S 23FMS. WRECK IS NOT OF VERY GREAT EXTENT. EXCELLENT A/S CONTACT. (HMS SCOTT, 6.5.52). AMEND TO WK 20FMS IN REVISED POSN. H2137/54 23.6.54 H2137/54 23.6.54 WK IN 501406N, 033254W USING DECCA. START PT 079DEGS, 3.7M. (RISDON BEAZLEY LTD., FEB/MAY 1954). NCA. H2137/54 21.7.70 H2137/54 21.7.70 NOW CHARTED AS SW 37MTRS. NC 1634. H2396/77 10.3.77 H2396/77 10.3.77 WK IN 501407N, 033256W USING DECCA. ABOUT 410FT LONG BY SONAR. LYING APPROX N/S, BOWS N. RIGHT OVER ON STARBOARD SIDE. RISE ABOUT 45FT. LEAST DEPTH BY E/S 133FT REDUCED. SEABED ABOUT 180FT. NOT MUCH SCOUR. ALL BUT ONE DIVE ON WK MADE IN POOR UNDERWATER VISIBILITY. STERN PART OF SHIP LIES OVER 90DEGS TO STARBOARD, CENTRE CASTLE PERHAPS MORE. SHIPS SIDE, BY 3 AND 4 HOLDS, COLLAPSED INWARDS AND LIES OVER MORE STILL. NEAR 1 AND 2 HOLDS SHIPS PORT SIDE HAS BROKEN OFF CLEANLY AND DROPPED DOWN INTO HOLDS. UPPER DECK HAS FALLEN TOWARDS SHIPS BOTTOM SO PORT DECK EDGE AND PORT BILGE KEEL RUN SIDE BY SIDE. FORECASTLE MAY BE LISTING TO STARBOARD AS LITTLE AS 25DEGS. WK IS MUCH BROKEN UP. THERE IS SOME TALK BY SUB-AQUA PEOPLE THAT THERE IS COAL LYING ON SEABED BY SOME OF HOLDS. NUMBER OF DIVERS SWIM LINES ON WK. SURVEY BY 'QUEEN MOTHER', MAY 1975, USING SONAR, E/S AND DIVERS. (RISDON BEAZLEY, 10.2.77). NCA.POSITIONS BELOW THIS POINT ARE IN DEGREES, MINUTES AND DECIMALS OF A MINUTE 7.5.13 7.5.13 EXAM'D 17.1.13 IN 5014.148N, 0333.024W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 41.6 IN GEN DEPTH 53MTRS. SCOUR 1.8MTRS DEEP EXTENDS 40MTRS TOWARDS 204 DEGS. LENGTH 133MTRS, WIDTH 22MTRS, HT 11.4MTRS. LIES 157/337 DEGS. INTACT, COLLAPSING. DEBRIS AROUND BOTH SIDES. (NETSURVEY, HI 1369). AMEND WK 41MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Quelle: UK Hydrographic Office
Kommentar Forscher: VERY BROKEN UP, LYING ON STARBOARD SIDE
Position: 50 14.148 N,3 33.024 W