This is the information page about the shipwreck Actuosity (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 57.161 N,1 30.426 E (52.7959833, 1.6965)

 

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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English 🇬🇧, as they are prepared by the UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) based on data from UKHO and the hydrographic services of the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany, among others. They include the known details of the wreck and the comments of the cartographers who have checked the position and condition of the wreck over time.

 

1. Aberhill
2. Actuosity (possibly)
3. Afon towy and deerwood (possibly)
4. Algarve
5. Alice taylor
6. Alster
7. Alston
8. Artemisia
9. Asteria
10. Barrhill
11. Bertha
12. Birtley
13. Boulderpool (fwd part)
14. British triumph
15. Camilla weston
16. Cantabria (probably)
17. Cardanel
18. Clan morrison
19. Clansman (possibly)
20. Continental (possibly)
21. Corchester
22. Corduff
23. Courier (probably)
24. Duncarron
25. Efos
26. Eikhaug
27. Empress
28. Ems
29. Ethel
30. Friesland
31. Fulgens
32. Gallois and oxshott (possibly)
33. Gardenia
34. Georgia (for'd part)
35. Georgia (stern section)
36. Glen derry (probably)
37. Granta
38. Hauxley (possibly)
39. Hms agate
40. Hms arley
41. Hms caroline moller
42. Hms cloughton wyke
43. Hms dhoon (probably)
44. Hms dungeness
45. Hms force
46. Hms francolin
47. Hms kylemore
48. Hms vortigern
49. Hms washington (probably)
50. Hms william stephen
51. Hmsm c 11
52. Homefire
53. I t l anna b
54. Ilse
55. Jessie maersk
56. Jevington court
57. Kenton
58. Keymun
59. King egbert
60. Lanterna (probably)
61. Leelite
62. Londoner (probably)
63. Marden
64. Marsworth
65. Minorca
66. Murdoch (probably)
67. Norman queen
68. Oakgrove
69. Ole bull
70. Osprey
71. Ottar jarl
72. Otter
73. Oxshott (possibly)
74. Pacific (possibly)
75. Pacific (possibly)
76. Pegrix
77. Pontfield (forepart)
78. Regain
79. Rimac
80. Rose marie
81. Salvus ii
82. Seagull
83. Seaham
84. Sheaf water
85. Sitona
86. St mark
87. Tayjack 1 (part of)
88. Tayjack 1 (part of)
89. Teddington
90. Thursonian
91. Traviata (possibly)
92. Trelissick
93. Tyneford
94. Upminster
95. Varoy
96. Viola (possibly)
97. Walkure
98. War valley
99. Welholme (possibly)
100. Western mist (possibly)
101. Westland
102. Whintown (possibly)
103. Winhill or whinhill
104. Xanthe

 

Name: ACTUOSITY (POSSIBLY)

Length 57.9 meter, tonnage 359 ton

Cause: Struck submerged object. no explosion but pronounced smell of gas was detected. sank within 5 minutes.

Year of registration: 1945

Water depth above wreck: 21 meter, Height above seabed: 60 cm

Known since: 1945, last detected: 2014

Details measurements/cartography: H03210/45 15.6.45 NSC REPD IN 525718N, 013012E. WEAK ECHO - PROBABLE WK. (NORE LIST). H1952/80 26.1.83 EXAM'D 14.7.82 IN 525708N, 013034E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 16.8 IN GEN DEPTH 21MTRS. SCOUR 3.5MTRS DEEP. DCS3 HT 7MTRS, LENGTH 60MTRS, WIDTH 20MTRS. APPARENTLY INTACT, LYING 050/230 DEGS. CHART AS WK 14MTRS. (SOISS, HI 22).

- NM 708/83. 16.7.84 LEAST E/S DEPTH OBTAINED 15.8MTRS. (B CALDERMAN, TELECON). H1952/80 15.8.84 LOCATED 10.7.84 IN 525712N, 013031E [EUR] USING HYPERFIX. LEAST E/S DEPTH 15.8MTRS. (BROWN & ROOT (WK) LTD, 3.8.84). HH090/543/01 10.2.92 EXAM'D 28.10.91 IN 525708.1N, 013032.3E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [4 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR AT 17.1, FOUL AT 17.4MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 17.3 IN GEN DEPTH 21MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 22.5MTRS. DCS3 HT 3.7MTRS. LARGE WK, PARTIALLY BURIED AND SHOWING PART OF HULL OUTLINE ABOVE SEABED LEVEL, LYING 040/220 DEG. (NP 1016, HI 543). BR STD. 22.5.15 WK 18.78MTRS IN 5257.153N, 0130.401E [WGD], LENGTH 15MTRS, WIDTH 12MTRS, HT 2.8MTRS, ORIENTATION 040. BDC EXAMINATION OF CEFAS DS20/DS21). NCA, NFS. SEP 2015/000041896 26.5.15 EXAM'D 17.10.14 IN 5257.161N, 0130.426E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 17.8MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 1MTRS. LENGTH 66MTRS, WIDTH 12MTRS, HT 4.2MTRS. LIES 060/240 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. LARGELY INTACT, PARTIALLY BURIED. (GARDLINE GEOSURVEY HI 1427). AMEND DW 17.8MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: LARGELY INTACT, PARTIALLY BURIED, HULL SHOWS ABOVE SEABED

Position: 52 57.161 N,1 30.426 E

 

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