This is the information page about the shipwreck Ajax, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 30.498 N,1 32.643 W (50.508300, -1.544050)

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.

Name: AJAX

Length 67.4 meter, width: 10.5 meter, draught: 4.1, tonnage 942 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: ex-ceuts, ex-elbe. built in 1923 by hamburger-elbe schiffsw. owned at the time of loss by koninkl. nederl. stoomb. maats nv. one boiler, triple expansion engine of 126nhp, single shaft. passage southampton for falmouth. in ballast. was sunk by air attack while part of convoy cw9. four men lost. (dods, d c wendes, ll ww2 losses & sibi).

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 37 meter, Height above seabed: 357 cm

Known since: 1940, last detected: 2020

Details measurements/cartography: SUNK 10 MILES W OF ST CATHERINE'S POINT. (LLOYDS WAR LOSSES). SUNK 15 MILES W OF ST CATHERINE'S POINT. (WW2SL). 17.12.40 WRECK IN POSN 165DEGS, 8.5M, FROM NEEDLES, OR 503130N, 013200W. (C-IN-C PLYMOUTH). H0121/45 29.1.45 INCLUDES A NON SUB BY 30TH ESCORT GROUP IN 503124N, 013148W. (PLYMOUTH LIST). 7.8.53 INS AS NDWPA IN 503150N, 013200W. BR STD. H6882/55 4.1.60 LOCATED IN 503030N, 013228W USING DECCA. LEAST E/S DEPTH 16 IN GEN DEPTH 19FMS. SCOUR 20FMS. (HMS SCOTT, 15.10.55). AMEND TO WK 16FMS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. H525 9.3.74 LOCATED IN 503028N, 013233W. SWEPT PARTIALLY CLEAR AT 30MTRS. NOT FOULED. LEAST E/S DEPTH 30.8 IN GEN DEPTH 37MTRS. SCOUR 39.5MTRS ON W.SIDE. LIES 020/200DEGS AND IS ABOUT 100MTRS LONG. STILL GIVES GOOD SONAR RESPONSE FROM NW & W, BUT MODERATE TO POOR FROM SW & NE. (SCES, H525 NO 6/73). AMENDED TO SW 30MTRS. BR STD. H1285/74/210 12.8.74 REPORTED BY R TODD, OF MV 'REGENT SWIFT', AS A LARGE TRAWLER, OR SIMILAR, LYING ON ITS PORT SIDE. ORIENTATED ROUGHLY E/W. STANDS 20FT HIGH IN 115FT. LARGE SCOUR ON NORTH SIDE. H2555/74 12.2.79 IDENTIFIED AS SMALL COASTER OR LARGE TRAWLER, LYING ON SIDE IN N/S DIRN, ACROSS THE TIDE. (J JAMES, 27.1.79). H1310/88/4 12.1.88 WK RECENTLY DIVED IN 503033N, 013236W [OGB]. SMALL STEEL VESSEL WITH WOODEN DECKING. (S SHOVLAR, 4.1.88). 26.2.97 AMENDED TO WK 30MTRS AS LAST SWEEP IN 1960 WAS ONLY PARTIALLY CLEARED. BR STD. HH100/351/13 30.1.98 HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS THE DUTCH STEAMER 'AJAX'. BELL HAS BEEN RECOVERED. (D C WENDES). HH090/962/01 4.12.02 EXAM'D 10.8.02 IN 5030.497N, 0132.643W [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 30.5, FOUL 31.0MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 30.9 IN GEN DEPTH 35MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 70MTRS, WIDTH 10MTRS. DCS3 HT 4.5MTRS. LIES 000/180 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. HULL APPEARS BROKEN AND PARTLY BURIED. (GARDLINE, HI 962). AMEND TO SW 30.5MTRS. BR STD. SEP 2020/000123102 5.10.21 EXAM’D 29.9.20 IN 5030.498N, 0132.643W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 31.24MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 37MTRS. LENGTH 75MTRS, WIDTH 20MTRS, HT 5.5MTRS. ORIENTATION 357/177 DEGS. SCOUR DIMENSIONS LENGTH 90MTRS, WIDTH 80MTRS, 2MTRS DEEP, TOWARDS 271 DEGS. (CLINTON MARINE SURVEY AB, HI 1586). AMEND DW 31MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: WELL BROKEN, PARTLY BURIED

Position: 50 30.498 N,1 32.643 W

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