This is the information page about the shipwreck Agen, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 10.718 N,1 31.616 E (51.0898333, 1.7715833)

 

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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. 150
2. Acer
3. Acer
4. Admiral gardner
5. Advent
6. Africa
7. Agen
8. Algeria
9. Amplegarth
10. Andaman
11. Angelus (possibly)
12. Archon
13. Ashley
14. Atlantic (possibly)
15. Avon
16. Brandenburg
17. Bravore
18. Ca 4
19. Camisard
20. Cap de la hague
21. Carmen
22. Cathay (part of)
23. Cedrington court
24. Colbert
25. Colbert (possibly)
26. Constanzia
27. Corhaven
28. Correct
29. Costas michalos (fwd part)
30. D'artagnan
31. Dalryan
32. Dartmore
33. Diana
34. Dinard
35. Dixie
36. Dolcoath (part)
37. Dolcoath (part)
38. Dunbar castle
39. E goodwin ltv
40. Efford
41. Eidsiva (probably)
42. Eleonora
43. Emile deschamps
44. Emma
45. Emma (possibly)
46. Empire lough (probably)
47. Empress of fort william (probably)
48. Empress of midland (possibly)
49. En avant
50. Falcon (probably)
51. Fearless
52. Filleigh
53. Flachsee
54. Flandres
55. Francesco ciampa
56. Fred everard
57. Frons olivae (probably)
58. G 85 (possibly)
59. G-42 (possibly)
60. Gad 23
61. Genimar
62. Halcyon
63. Harcalo
64. Henry b plant
65. Hm mgb 328 (possibly)
66. Hmhs anglia
67. Hms alert ?
68. Hms aragonite (part of)
69. Hms aries (possibly)
70. Hms artic trapper
71. Hms brazen
72. Hms carilon
73. Hms carlton
74. Hms cayton wyke (probably)
75. Hms city of dundee
76. Hms drumtochty (possibly)
77. Hms falmouth iii (possibly)
78. Hms fauvette
79. Hms flirt
80. Hms glen boyne
81. Hms guardsman
82. Hms kingston galena
83. Hms lord grey
84. Hms lydian
85. Hms marcella
86. Hms myrtle
87. Hms napia
88. Hms niger (possibly)
89. Hms northumberland (probably)
90. Hms othello ii
91. Hms peridot
92. Hms pyrope
93. Hms restoration (possibly)
94. Hms rodino
95. Hms stirling castle (probably)
96. Hms tamarisk
97. Hms torbay ii (probably)
98. Hms tourmaline
99. Hms tranquil
100. Hms war sepoy
101. Hms weigelia
102. Hms wessex
103. Hmsm b2
104. Hundvaag
105. Ilaro
106. Ira (possibly)
107. Jacob luckenbach
108. James harrod
109. Jupiter tr 1 (possibly)
110. Kabinda
111. Kadru
112. Karmt
113. Katharina kolkmann
114. Kielce
115. Kirsten skou
116. Koenigshaven
117. L'armandeche
118. La fleche
119. Lady stella
120. Latona
121. Laurl coin
122. Lbv (m)396
123. Le pelerin de la mer
124. Leicester
125. Leo
126. Lisbeth m
127. Loanda
128. Lord hamilton (possibly)
129. Luray victory
130. Lusitania
131. Mahratta
132. Mahratta ii
133. Maloja 1
134. Malta (probably)
135. Mariner moon
136. Menapier
137. Merel (part of)(possibly)
138. Mersey
139. Monarch
140. Munificent
141. Murillo
142. Nancy moran
143. Newlands
144. Niendorf (possibly)
145. Niki
146. Norman
147. North eastern victory
148. Notre dame des trois epis
149. Ocean hound
150. Opal
151. Ousel (probably)
152. Pallieter
153. Paros isle
154. Phoenix
155. Polgrange
156. Ponzano
157. Preussen
158. Pulborough
159. Quentovic
160. Rio parana
161. Rydal force
162. Rynanna
163. S goodwin ltv (lv 69)
164. S.folkestone gate (ltv no.75)
165. Sabac
166. Saidieh
167. Saint michael veillez sur nous
168. Saint ronan (possibly)
169. Saint ronan (possibly)
170. Sambut
171. Santagata
172. Santagata (?part of)
173. Selma (possibly)
174. Smarapaan
175. Sperrbrecher 171 (possibly)
176. Strathclyde
177. Surrey
178. Tbd 317
179. Teeswood
180. Texaco caribbean (after section)
181. Texaco caribbean (forward section)
182. The queen
183. Tina primo
184. Toornvliet (probably)
185. Toward
186. Traquair (probably)
187. U 11 (possibly)
188. U 16 (possibly)
189. U 48
190. U 8
191. Ub 103 (possibly)
192. Ub 108 (possibly)
193. Ub 109
194. Ub 38
195. Ub 55 (probably)
196. Ub 56 (possibly)
197. Ub 78
198. Ub-33 (probably)
199. Uc 26
200. Uc 46
201. Uc 46 (possibly)
202. Uc 77 (possibly)
203. Uc 78 or uc 79
204. Unity
205. Velocitas
206. Virginie
207. W a scholten
208. Westerley star
209. Wheatman (possibly)
210. Will and maggie (probably)
211. Woodtown (possibly)
212. Xanthence

 

Name: AGEN

Length 110.9 meter, width: 15.8 meter, draught: 7.3, tonnage 4186 ton
Load: wood: unprocessed and products,general and mixed goods

Cause: Built in france registered in rochelle. passage sassandra for rotterdam. stranded on goodwin sands during a gale and broke in two. crew recovered by walmar lifeboat. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1952

Water depth above wreck: 25 meter, Height above seabed: 178 cm

Known since: 1952, last detected: 20210921

Details measurements/cartography: H463/52 27.2.52 NOT CONSIDERED A DANGER TO NAVIGATION. (TH). NCA. H927/59 3.10.60 NOT FOUND DURING THOROUGH SEARCH. (ECES, DTD 1959). H1889/66 7.12.67 LOCATED SEPT '67. LEAST E/S DEPTH 41FT. (HMS ENTERPRISE, HN 1/67). H3890/68 19.3.68 EXAM'D IN 511041N, 013144E. FIXED BY DECCA. LEAST E/S DEPTH 41 IN GEN DEPTH 85FT. SCOUR DEPTH 92FT. VERY STRONG EDDIES & DISCOLOURED WATER OBSERVED IN VICINITY. (HMS ENTERPRISE, HI 34.67). [+2FT TO SOUNDINGS FOR LAT DATUM]. CHART AS WK 7FMS 1FT. BR STD. H8033/68 6.12.68 EXAM'D 25.9.68 IN 511042N, 013144E USING HSA. SWEPT CLEAR 32, FOUL 34FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 34 IN GEN DEPTH 67-85FT. LIES NW/SE PRODUCING NOTICEABLE SURFACE SWIRLS. (HMS EGERIA, HI 9B/68). AMEND TO WK SW 5FMS 2FT. NE 1828. H4667/70 31.12.70 EXAM'D IN 511047N, 013141E [EUR] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 14 IN GEN DEPTH 25MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 30MTRS. LARGE WK, APPARENTLY IN TWO PARTS, ONE PART SOME 800FT SE OF THE OTHER. LIES NW/SE. (HMS BULLDOG, H525 NO 23/70, DTD 21.9.70). 15.6.72 NOW CHARTED AS WK SW 9.7MTRS. NC 1828. H2100/74 30.1.74 LOCATED IN 511040N, 013143E USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 12.4 IN GEN DEPTH 14-24MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 28.4MTRS [LAT]. LIES APPROX E/W ON A STEEP SLOPE. LENGTH ABOUT 90MTRS. (HMS ECHO). NCA. H1938/78 19.3.81 EXAM'D 2.12.80 USING DCS3 IN 511042N, 013144E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. NOT SOUNDED. DCS3 GAVE NO SHADOW. APPARENTLY 2-ISLAND SHIP, LYING ON ITS SIDE AND PARTLY COVERED BY SAND. LENGTH 60MTRS, BEAM 18MTRS APPROX. HEADING 010/190DEGS. GENERAL DEPTH LESS THAN ON PREVIOUS SURVEY. SMALL OBSTN LIES 135DEGS, 100MTRS FROM WK. NFS. RETAIN AS CHARTED. (HMS ENTERPRISE, HI 61B/80). NCA. H1951/80 1.6.81 EXAM'D 9.4.81 IN 511042N, 013144E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6. SWEPT CLEAR AT 10.6, FOUL AT 10.9MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 11.5MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 11-15MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 20MTRS. NO DCS3 HT OBTAINED. LYING APPARENTLY INTACT, 000/180DEGS WITH BOWS N. NO SURFACE DISTURBANCE. LENGTH ABOUT 68MTRS, BEAM 18MTRS. AN AREA OF SCATTERED WRECKAGE COVERING 35 X 17MTRS, WHICH DOES NOT PROTRUDE ABOVE SEABED, LIES 50-70MTRS SE OF MAIN WK. (HMS ENTERPRISE, HI 61B/80). AMEND TO WK SW 10.6MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. H1310/84/23 12.9.84 WK NOW IN TWO PIECES AND BEGINNING TO BREAK UP. (EAST KENT MARITIME TRUST, DTD 23.7.84). H2336/85 23.10.86 EXAM'D 19.6.86 IN 511041N, 013144E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [3 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 14.1 IN GEN DEPTH 12-18MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 26.2MTRS. APPARENTLY IN TWO PARTS GENERALLY ORIENTATED 165/345DEGS, LYING WITHIN ITS SCOUR. RETAIN SWEPT DEPTH. (NP 1016, HI 300B). NCA. H090/511/01 2.11.90 EXAM'D 2.11.90. NOW APPEARS AS SMALL LUMP OF WRECKAGE MOSTLY BURIED IN SAND & NOT PROJECTING ABOVE SEABED. NOT FOUND WITH E/S. LARGE MAGNETIC ANOMALY OBSERVED. CHART AS FOUL. (NP 1016, HI 511). AMEND TO FOUL. BR STD. HH090/738/01 22.7.97 LOCATED BY MAGNETOMETER ONLY. CONSIDERED TO BE BURIED. (NP 1016, HI 738). NCA. 19.9.07 EXAM'D IN 5110.729N, 0131.623E [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 12.8 IN GEN DEPTH 21MTRS. SCOUR 4MTRS DEEP. UPRIGHT, IN TWO PARTS. BOW SECTION LENGTH 60MTRS, WIDTH 18MTRS. LIES 000/180 DEGS WITH BOW S. STERN SECTION LIES CLOSE NW WITH LENGTH 60MTRS, WIDTH 18MTRS. LIES 130/210 DEGS WITH STERN NW. GAP OF 30MTRS BETWEEN SECTIONS. (PLA, GOODWIN SANDS SURVEY FOR DOVER PORT). AMEND WK 12.8MTRS. SEP 2007/000068210 20.9.07 DATA HAS BEEN REPROCESSED WITH REVISED LEAST DEPTH 11.5MTRS OBTAINED. (J PINDER, PLA, EMAIL DTD 20.9.07). AMEND WK 11.5MTRS.

- NM 4754/07. HH091/294/01 / SEP 2010/000060716 23.2.10 EXAM'D 10.8.09 IN CENTRAL POSN 5110.712N, 0131.620E [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 11.93 IN GEN DEPTH 26.5MTRS. NO SCOUR. IN TWO PARTS. BOW SECTION: LENGTH 56MTRS, WIDTH 20MTRS, HT 12.2MTRS, LIES 120/300 DEGS. STERN SECTION: LENGTH 62MTRS, WIDTH 18MTRS, HT14.6MTRS, LIES 000/180 DEGS. (MARIN MATTEKNIK, HI 1294). RETAIN WK 11.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 26.2.13 NOT SURVEYED 12.2012. NOT IN SURVEY AREA. (NETSURVEY, HI 1399). RSDRA2022000003820 21.03.22 EXAM'D 21.09.2021; IN 5110.718N, 0131.616E [WGD]. LEAST W/C DEPTH 12.98MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 25MTRS. LENGTH 116.09MTRS, WIDTH 24.15MTRS, HEIGHT 11.94MTRS, ORIENTATION 178/358 DEGS. UPRIGHT, 2 PARTS, BOW 55 X 22 & SREN 61 X 24MTRS, 30MTRS APART, SCOUR TO SW. (A-2-SEA SOLUTIONS LTD, HI1743, H525-WI-13716). AMEND DW 12.9MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, 2 PARTS, BOW 55 X 22 & SREN 61 X 24MTRS, 30MTRS APART, SCOUR TO SW

Position: 51 10.718 N,1 31.616 E

 

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