This is the information page about the shipwreck Ambassador, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 11.528 N,3 49.777 W (50.207816666667, -3.7034)

 

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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. Ambassador
2. Amelie (probably)
3. Amelie-suzanne
4. Anna
5. Arandora star
6. August conseil (possibly)
7. Australbush (possibly)
8. Baychattan
9. Bell virtue
10. Belle ile (possibly)
11. Brenda
12. Broadmayne (part of)
13. Cantabria
14. Carol anne
15. Catherine allen
16. Cheapside (possibly)
17. Chelydra (possibly)
18. Chloe t
19. City of antwerp
20. Claverley (possibly)
21. Constance
22. Dartmeet
23. Demetrios
24. Dutton
25. Eagle
26. East point
27. Edam ii
28. Elizabeth caroline
29. Empire harry
30. Exploiter
31. Fiona mary
32. Fylrix
33. Glen strathallan
34. Glory
35. Grelhame (probably)
36. Gro
37. Halfdan (possibly)
38. Halloween
39. Haugastol (possibly)
40. Havbris (probably)
41. Hazel claire (possibly)
42. Hazelpark (possibly)
43. Heron i
44. Herzogin cecilie
45. Heye p
46. Hms benton castle
47. Hms chorley (possibly)
48. Hms crocodile
49. Hms jasper (possibly)
50. Hms newbridge (probably)
51. Hms penylan (e part)
52. Hms penylan (w part)
53. Hms picton castle
54. Hms ramillies
55. Hms savage
56. Hms stockforce (possibly)
57. Hmsm m1
58. Hmsm untiring
59. Kazan
60. Kishmul of ayr
61. Koningin der engelen (probably)
62. Laertes
63. Lb 332 or lb 362 (possibly)
64. Liberta
65. Lochwood
66. Louis shied
67. Maine
68. Marana (bow section)
69. Marie
70. Medina
71. Merc enterprise (probably)
72. Neches (probably)
73. Newholm
74. North sea (probably)
75. Oregon
76. Perm (possibly)
77. Persier
78. Phoenix
79. Placidas faroult
80. Reine des flots
81. Riversdale
82. Skaala
83. Soudan
84. St katharine (probably)
85. Stanhope
86. Talvaldis (possibly)
87. Tasmania (possibly)
88. Ternefjell
89. Totnes castle
90. U 1063
91. U 214 (probably)
92. Uc 51
93. Uskmoor (probably)
94. W.s.w. one
95. Waikawa (possibly)
96. Warsaw
97. Wreathier
98. Yvette bm217

 

Name: AMBASSADOR

Length 91.4 meter, width: 11.9 meter, draught: 7.3, tonnage 2573 ton
Load: grain,animals (land & sea) and birds

Cause: vessel, on passage from odessa for hamburg. struck either sunken wreckage, a floating derelict, or the ham stone, & sank.

Year of registration: 1987

Water depth above wreck: 45 meter, Height above seabed: 279 cm

Known since: 1987, last detected: 2020

Details measurements/cartography: H1310/87/19 29.5.87 LOCATED BY KINGSTON & ELMBRIDGE SAC IN 501131N, 034942W [OGB]. (A DUNSTER, 4.5.87). CHART AS WK 42MTRS. G/S. H1310/87/19 9.6.87 WK WAS POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED BY RECOVERED BELL, BUILDERS PLATE, & CROCKERY. (A DUNSTER, 4.6.87). NCA. HH100/351/01 25.8.89 LOCATED IN 501130N, 034941W [OGB] USING DECCA. COMPLETELY COLLAPSED FLAT & STANDING ONLY 2 TO 4MTRS HIGH, BOILERS HIGHEST PART. (A HILLGROVE, 19.7.89). NCA. HH090/596 16.12.93 EXAM'D 3.7.93 IN 501130N, 034944W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [3 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 40.7 IN GEN DEPTH 46MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 5.2MTRS, LENGTH 102MTRS, WIDTH 43MTRS. LIES 100/280DEGS WITH ROCKS & PINNACLES CLOSE W. (HMS ROEBUCK, HI 596). AMEND TO WK 40MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. SEP 2021/000052671 7.10.20 EXAM’D 2020; IN 5011.528N, 0349.777W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 40.43MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 45MTRS. LENGTH 97.4MTRS, WIDTH 21.1MTRS, HT 5.4MTRS. ORIENTATION 279/099 DEGS. COLLASPED FLAT, BOILERS HIGHEST POINT. (CLINTON MARINE SURVEY AB, HI 1679 - H525-18382). RETAIN NDW 40MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: COLLAPSED, BOILERS HIGHEST PART

Position: 50 11.528 N,3 49.777 W

 

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