This is the information page about the shipwreck Amenity, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 34.585 N,0 10.713 E (53.569150, 0.093600)

 

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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. Ac 9
2. Airdrie (possibly)
3. Amelie-mathilde
4. Amenity
5. Arcona champion
6. Audacity
7. Avalon
8. B o borjesson
9. Beaconsfield
10. Box hill
11. Breitenburg
12. British councillor
13. British prince
14. Cadmus
15. Canada
16. Chloris (possibly)
17. City of birmingham
18. Coastal fort no 1 (part of)(possibly)
19. Coastal fort no-1
20. Corhampton
21. Corinth (possibly)
22. Cramlington (possibly)
23. Dana (possibly)
24. Daphne ii
25. Dayrian
26. Deerpool (after section)
27. Deerpool (for'd section)
28. Diana
29. Dido
30. Dryburgh (part of)(possibly)
31. Dunsany
32. Empress (probably)
33. Ethel (possibly)
34. Exmoor
35. Faunus
36. Femke
37. Fermo
38. Fowberry tower (part)
39. Fowberry tower (part)
40. Francis
41. Fryken
42. Georgie
43. Georgios
44. Gerhardt (possibly)
45. Girl kitty (possibly)
46. Giuseppe
47. Gladeto
48. Gothic
49. Grangemouth
50. Harlech
51. Hms benvolio
52. Hms botanic
53. Hms calverton
54. Hms corfield
55. Hms cortina
56. Hms dervish
57. Hms egret
58. Hms lormont
59. Hms mistletoe
60. Hms othello
61. Hms princess victoria
62. Hms remillo
63. Hms st cyrus
64. Hms strathborve (part)
65. Hms susarion
66. Hms yorkshire belle
67. Ightham (possibly)
68. Ionic (probably)
69. Janet helen (possibly)
70. John and thomas
71. John mowlem
72. John rettig (probably)
73. Kalo (probably)
74. Kimberley (possibly)
75. Kyma
76. Ladas (possibly)
77. Lady dinah
78. Lifeguard (possibly)
79. Lincolnshire time and tide bell
80. Longbenton (probably)
81. Lord haig (possibly)
82. Lord haig (possibly)
83. Lord selborne
84. Lottie (possibly)
85. Lucerne
86. Lutha
87. Lyra (bow section)
88. Magdalyn ann
89. Maggie
90. Magnolia (probably)
91. Mangalore (part of)(possibly)
92. Marian francis
93. Marshall (probably)
94. Modig
95. Modiva (possibly)
96. Monimia (possibly)
97. Nadod (possibly)
98. Nautilus
99. Nimrod
100. Odessa
101. Ophir ii (possibly)
102. Orsa
103. Otis tetrax
104. Paraciers
105. Peggotty
106. Portia
107. Ravonia (part)
108. Ravonia (part) (possibly)
109. Rayford
110. Reculver
111. Retriever
112. Revi
113. Rhuys
114. Rievaulx abbey
115. Rivaulx
116. River don (part of)(probably)
117. River witham
118. Sagacity
119. Salacon
120. Salmondby
121. Saltoun
122. Sandra glen
123. Sarah visholm 2 (probably)
124. Sota eduardo
125. Teano
126. Thessaly
127. Thomas deas
128. Triton
129. Umbe
130. Upminster (possibly)
131. Venture (possibly)
132. Whitemantle (possibly)
133. William hanson
134. Windsor (part of)
135. Windsor (part of)
136. Winga
137. Xavier
138. Xavier
139. Zeemermin

 

Name: AMENITY

Length 41.2 meter, width: 7.1 meter, draught: 2.6, tonnage 297 ton

Cause: built by fellows & co ltd, gt yarmouth. owned at time of loss by f t everard & sons ltd. 3 cylinder oil engine of 84hp, single shaft. machinery aft by newbury diesel co ltd, newbury. passage goole for margate. 291 tons cargo. mined. subsequently sunk by gunfire from british warship.

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 8 meter

Known since: 1940, last detected: 1974

Details measurements/cartography: H01049/40 6.7.60 H01049/40 6.7.60 MINED IN 533412N, 001000E. (FO HUMBER, 15.11.40). INS AS DWPA.

- NM 179/41. H0273/41 6.7.60 H0273/41 6.7.60 NOTHING VISIBLE IN 533430N, 001000E. (H14, 30.12.40). H6450/68 5.12.68 H6450/68 5.12.68 LOCATED 21.5.68 IN 533434N, 001049E [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP] DURING SEARCH FOR ML 111 & ASSUMED TO BE AMENITY. LEAST E/S DEPTH 21FT IN GEN DEPTH 18-35FT. SCOUR 43FT. (HMS ENTERPRISE, HI 39/68). AMEND TO WK 3FTS 4FT IN REVISED POSN.

- NM 232/69. H2395/73 9.1.74 H2395/73 9.1.74 AMEND TO WK 6.4MTRS. NCS 107 & 109.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 53 34.585 N,0 10.713 E

 

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