Maritime record TR 22 SW 5 - Nunima

Summary

REMAINS OF BRITISH MERCHANT VESSEL, 1918

Location

Grid reference TR 20816 23818 (point) FCE
Map sheet TR22SW
District FOLKESTONE AND HYTHE, KENT

Map

Type and Period (2)

Full Description

Vertical Datum: LAT Sank, following a collision, while en route Bilbao to Middlesbrough. (2) 11-APR-1918 51 00 00N, 001 07 00E 1-OCT-1959 In 46ft least depth 68 in general depth 103ft. 16-NOV-1961 Foul 59ft in 114ft, scour 118ft 26-SEP-1977 in 50 58 15N, 001 08 44E Depth 19.4 in general depth 33m, length 95m, lying 045/225 deg 09-AUG-1983 Positively identified as the NUNIMA, she lies upright on seabed and is fairly intact.


<1> Hydrographic Office wreck index, Extracted 20-JAN-1993, Page Nos. N/a (Bibliographic reference). SKE6339.

<2> Eric McKee, 1983, Working boats of Britain, Page Nos. N/a (Bibliographic reference). SKE6350.

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <1> Bibliographic reference: Hydrographic Office wreck index. Extracted 20-JAN-1993, Page Nos. N/a.
  • <2> Bibliographic reference: Eric McKee. 1983. Working boats of Britain. Page Nos. N/a.

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Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

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Record last edited

Oct 5 1993 12:00AM