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 (53.56915, 0.0936)

 

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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. Airdrie (possibly)
2. Amelie-mathilde
3. Amenity
4. Avalon
5. B o borjesson
6. Breitenburg
7. British councillor
8. British prince
9. Cadmus
10. Canada
11. Carson
12. Chloris (possibly)
13. City of birmingham
14. Cook s26
15. Corhampton
16. Corinth (possibly)
17. Cramlington (possibly)
18. Dana (possibly)
19. Daphne ii
20. Dayrian
21. Deerpool (after section)
22. Diana
23. Dido
24. Dryburgh (part of)(possibly)
25. Dunsany
26. Empress (probably)
27. Ethel (possibly)
28. Exmoor
29. Faunus
30. Femke
31. Fermo
32. Fowberry tower (part)
33. Francis
34. Fryken
35. Georgie
36. Georgios
37. Gerhardt (possibly)
38. Girl kitty (possibly)
39. Giuseppe
40. Gladeto
41. Gothic
42. Grangemouth
43. Harlech
44. Hms benvolio
45. Hms botanic
46. Hms calverton
47. Hms corfield
48. Hms egret
49. Hms mistletoe
50. Hms othello
51. Hms princess victoria
52. Hms remillo
53. Hms silicia
54. Hms strathborve (part)
55. Hms susarion
56. Hms yorkshire belle
57. Hvitveis
58. Ightham (possibly)
59. Ionic (probably)
60. Janet helen (possibly)
61. John and thomas
62. John mowlem
63. John rettig (probably)
64. Kalo (probably)
65. Kimberley (possibly)
66. Kyma
67. Ladas (possibly)
68. Lifeguard (possibly)
69. Lincolnshire time and tide bell
70. Lord haig (possibly)
71. Lord haig (possibly)
72. Lottie (possibly)
73. Lucerne
74. Lutha
75. Lyra (bow section)
76. Magdalyn ann
77. Maggie
78. Marian francis
79. Marie l
80. Meeuw
81. Modig
82. Modiva (possibly)
83. Monimia (possibly)
84. Nar
85. Nimrod
86. Odessa
87. Ophir ii (possibly)
88. Orsa
89. Otis tetrax
90. Paraciers
91. Portia
92. Ravonia (part)
93. Ravonia (part) (possibly)
94. Rayford
95. Reculver
96. Retriever
97. Revi
98. Rhuys
99. Rievaulx abbey
100. Rivaulx
101. River don (part of)(probably)
102. River witham
103. Sagacity
104. Salacon
105. Salmondby
106. Saltoun
107. Sarah visholm 2 (probably)
108. Sergei
109. Sota eduardo
110. Thessaly
111. Thomas deas
112. Triton
113. Umbe
114. Upminster (possibly)
115. Uralar segundo (cargo debris)
116. Venture (possibly)
117. Violet (probably)
118. Whitemantle (possibly)
119. William hanson
120. Windsor (part of)
121. Winga
122. Xavier
123. 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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