This is the information page about the shipwreck Ambient (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 7.89 N,1 45.487 E (52.4370167, 1.7918333)

 

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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. Aduatiek (possibly)
2. Alastair
3. Alto (possibly)
4. Ambient (probably)
5. Angelus
6. Astrologer
7. Axminster (probably)
8. Batavier 5
9. Bonnington court
10. British captain
11. British fortune (probably)
12. Brixton
13. Burtonia (possibly)
14. Bygdo (possibly)
15. Cairnside
16. Carica milica
17. Cd 14 (probably)
18. Cedarwood (possibly)
19. Churston
20. Clan monroe
21. Claudia (possibly)
22. Coalgas
23. Corcrest
24. Cormorant
25. Cormount (probably)
26. Cressdene (possibly)
27. Cresta
28. Dagmar (probably)
29. Denewood
30. Disa (possibly)
31. Dronning maud (possibly)
32. Dulwich
33. Dunwich bank wk
34. Dynamo
35. Edernian
36. El argentino
37. Empire bridge
38. Erna boldt (probably)
39. Estrella (possibly)
40. Eva witte
41. F stobart (probably)
42. Faithful star
43. Farmatyr
44. Firth
45. Fort massac
46. Forth
47. Friargate (possibly)
48. Friargate (possibly)
49. Frumenton
50. Gannet (possibly)
51. Gasfire
52. Gena
53. Gerhard
54. Gipsy (possibly)
55. Golconda (possibly)
56. Grantleyhall (possibly)
57. Grenadier (probably)
58. Grisdeale
59. Groenlo
60. Groeswen (probably)
61. Gulf breaker
62. H h petersen
63. Harlington (probably)
64. Harlyn (probably)
65. Harriet
66. Hebe
67. Hendon hall
68. Hillglen
69. Hm mgb 76 (possibly)
70. Hms adonis (possibly)
71. Hms arethusa
72. Hms christopher (possibly)
73. Hms donna nook
74. Hms donside (possibly)
75. Hms eros (possibly)
76. Hms evesham (possibly)
77. Hms forward iii
78. Hms franc tireur
79. Hms hastfen
80. Hms hirose (probably)
81. Hms holdene
82. Hms japan
83. Hms jessie nutten
84. Hms john e lewis (possibly)
85. Hms lord airedale
86. Hms ludlow
87. Hms marconi
88. Hms monarch
89. Hms moravia (possibly)
90. Hms nadine
91. Hms new comet (possibly)
92. Hms orthos (probably)
93. Hms resono (possibly)
94. Hms river clyde (possibly)
95. Hms river clyde (possibly)
96. Hms sisters melville
97. Hms tervani
98. Hms tugela
99. Hms waveflower
100. Hms whooper
101. Hms william wesney
102. Hmsm e6
103. Hmtb 10
104. Hnlms 227
105. Hornchurch
106. Ignis (possibly)
107. Ionian (possibly)
108. J c dalble
109. Jim
110. Kenneth hawksfield
111. Khartoum (possibly)
112. Knarsdale
113. Koningen emma (part of)(probably)
114. Koningen emma (possibly)
115. Kwasind
116. Lady salisbury
117. Lapwing
118. Lincairn (possibly)
119. Lisette
120. Lodewijk van nassau (probably)
121. Lonhelen (possibly)
122. Lord bute
123. Lowland
124. Magdapur
125. Mangara
126. Maria rosa
127. Marie leonhardt (probably)
128. Mascotte
129. Mendibil mendi (possibly)
130. Mercurius
131. Mexico
132. Michail ontchoukoff (possibly)
133. Moidart
134. Morar
135. Nereus
136. Newhaven (possibly)
137. Nicolaos piangos
138. Nominoe
139. Norhauk
140. Norwich trader
141. Novocastrian
142. Ocean pride
143. Old charlton
144. Ostprussen (possibly)
145. Palembang (probably)
146. Pescado
147. Petshenga (possibly)
148. Phryne
149. Plawsworth (possibly)
150. Polgarth
151. Protinus (possibly)
152. Ravenscraig (possibly)
153. Ren
154. Rhenas (possibly)
155. Rhineland
156. Rochester city
157. Savona (probably)
158. Scimitar
159. Second chance (possibly)
160. Skodsburg (possibly)
161. Southford
162. St patrick
163. Stad alkmaar
164. Storm
165. Sunniside (probably)
166. Taber park
167. Tergestea
168. Terukuni maru
169. Thornaby (possibly)
170. Thyra
171. Tidal (possibly)
172. Torchbearer
173. Uc 11 (possibly)
174. Vae victis
175. Vancouver
176. Victorious
177. Warrenpoint
178. Wearside
179. White ghost
180. White lady
181. Wychwood (possibly)
182. Wyetown
183. Yarmouth
184. Yewkyle (possibly)
185. Yucca (possibly)

 

Name: AMBIENT (PROBABLY)

Length 75.6 meter, width: 11 meter, draught: 4.9, tonnage 1517 ton
Load: coal

Cause: Built in 1904 by s p austin & son, sunderland. owned at time of loss by james westoll. one boiler, triple expansion engine of 166 nhp, single shaft. machinery by ne marine eng co ltd. passage sunderland for dunkerque. mined. no lives lost. (ww1sl, sibi).

Year of registration: 1916

Water depth above wreck: 21 meter, Height above seabed: 124 cm

Known since: 1916, last detected: 20161214

Details measurements/cartography: H4501/18 9.8.18 SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 520745N, 014630E. TENDER LET FOR DISPERSAL. (TH). CLEARED TO 50FT. H3052/31 13.3.59 EXAM'D 3.9.31 IN 520752N, 014542E USING HSA. SWEPT CLEAR 54FT, FOUL 55FT. GEN DEPTH 75FT. (HMS KELLETT, 1931). INS AS SW 54FT. BA 102. HH090/616/01 6.1.95 EXAMINED 3.8.94. NOT LOCATED, DISPROVED. CONSIDERED TO BE A NATURAL FEATRUE. A SMALL SANDWAVE, APPROX 1.2MTRS HIGH, OCCURS CLOSE BY. (GARDLINE, HI 616). ?BURIED. AMEND DEAD. BR STD. SEP 2016/000091759 1.9.17 EXAM'D 14.12.16; IN 5207.890N, 0145.487E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 20.84MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 21MTRS, LENGTH 20MTRS, WIDTH 4MTRS, HEIGHT 0.4MTRS, ORIENTATION 124/304 DEGS. WRECK IS ALMOST ENTIRELY BURIED. (GARDLINE, HI 1495). AMEND DW 20.8MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 52 7.89 N,1 45.487 E

 

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