This is the information page about the shipwreck Adams (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 55.134 N,5 0.545 W (49.967, -5.1835166666667)

 

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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. Adams (possibly)
2. Adolf vinnen
3. Alexander kennedy
4. Almond branch (possibly)
5. Andola
6. Andromeda
7. Arab
8. Ardgarry
9. Arvor
10. Asaba (possibly)(part of)
11. Asaba (possibly)(part of)
12. Atlantis (possibly)
13. Atlantis (possibly)
14. Ballarat
15. Bamse (probably)
16. Bay of panama
17. Beatrice (possibly)
18. Bellucia
19. Ben asdale
20. Ben rein
21. Benito
22. Bjornvik (possibly)
23. Brest
24. Bretonne (probably)
25. Cape finisterre (probably)
26. Carmarthen
27. Caroline
28. Carolus
29. Caroni river
30. Caroni river (part of)(probably)
31. Centurion (possibly)
32. Cieszyn
33. Citrine
34. City of ghent
35. Clan apline
36. Clan malcolm
37. Cromdale
38. Cyrenian
39. Czar
40. Dionne marie
41. Dispatch (possibly)
42. Elisabeth (possibly)
43. Epsilon
44. Erato
45. Eric calvert (possibly)
46. Eskdale
47. Eva (possibly)
48. Forde
49. Friday (vrijdag) possibly
50. Ganymede
51. Gap
52. Godolphin
53. Grip (part of)
54. Gunvor
55. Hansy
56. Happy returns (possibly)
57. Hera
58. Hmcs trentonian
59. Hmml 380
60. Hms almond (after part)
61. Hms almond (bow part)
62. Hms anson
63. Hms brandlebas
64. Hms comet
65. Hms gloaming
66. Hms javelin (stern section)
67. Hms kurd
68. Hms lady of the isles
69. Hms primrose
70. Hms rinovia
71. Hms roche bonne
72. Hms torrent
73. Hmy sappho (possibly)
74. Hnlms brielle
75. Ilston
76. Jersey queen (possibly)
77. John
78. Jolie mouette
79. Julie anne ii (part of)(possibly)
80. Juno
81. Karen marie
82. Kerris reed
83. King harry (probably)
84. Kremsertor
85. Krosfond
86. Lady cory-wright
87. Lady dalhousie
88. Le vieux tigre
89. Leander
90. Leon martin (part of)
91. Libourne
92. Loe bar wk
93. Lord snowden (probably)
94. Lucent (possibly)
95. Lydie
96. Merle
97. Mina cantiquin
98. Mitera marigo
99. Mohegan
100. Mosel
101. Mountby
102. Mourne (probably)
103. N g petersen
104. Normand
105. Nyassa
106. Ocklinge
107. Omer denise
108. Ospra
109. Panamera
110. Pearl (possibly)
111. Penelope jane (possibly)
112. Pindos
113. Plantaganet
114. Poljames
115. Poljames
116. Ponus
117. Port chalmers
118. Queen (possibly)
119. Rigmor (possibly)
120. Robert
121. Rock island bridge
122. Royal anne galley
123. Santo christo de castello (possibly)
124. Schiedam
125. Shoal fisher
126. Spital
127. Spyridion vagliano
128. St anthony (possibly)
129. Stanwood
130. Twilight water
131. U 95
132. Ub 106 (possibly)
133. Ub 112 (possibly)
134. Ub 113
135. Ub 128 (possibly)
136. Ub 86 (possibly)
137. Ub 97 (possibly)
138. Uc 66
139. Ula
140. Veritas
141. Ville de thann (bow section)(possibly)
142. Ville de thann (stern section)(possibly)
143. Violet
144. Volnay
145. War tune
146. Wyndcliffe
147. Zebra

 

Name: ADAMS (POSSIBLY)

Length 88.4 meter, width: 11.6 meter, draught: 5.8, tonnage 2223 ton
Load: coal

Cause: ex-ethelburga. built in 1887 by j redhead & co, south shields. owned at time of loss by brand adams ss co ltd, newcastle. triple expansion engine of 251nhp, single shaft. passage the tyne for st naziare. torpedoed by u-62. no lives lost. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 79 meter, Height above seabed: 117 cm

Known since: 1917, last detected: 2005

Details measurements/cartography: SUNK 6M SE BY E FROM LIZARD. (WW1SL). GIVES POSN 495540N, 050320W. 8.5.78 8.5.78 INS AS USC PA 50MTRS. BR STD. HH091/059/01 1.4.05 HH091/059/01 1.4.05 EXAM'D 20.8.04 IN 4955.134N, 0500.545E [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 71.7 IN GEN DEPTH 79.3MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 67MTRS, WIDTH 15MTRS, HT 7.4MTRS. LIES 117/297 DEGS. MODERATE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. COLLAPSED. (GARDLINE, HI 1059). AMEND WK 71MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: COLLAPSED

Position: 49 55.134 N,5 0.545 W

 

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