This is the information page about the shipwreck Amplegarth, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 5.37 N,1 20.217 E (51.075983333333, 1.4147)

 

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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. 150
2. Admiral gardner
3. Africa
4. Agen
5. Amplegarth
6. Andaman
7. Angelus (possibly)
8. Ashley
9. Atlantic (possibly)
10. Avoca
11. Blanc nez
12. Bobby
13. Brandenburg
14. Bravore
15. Brendonia
16. Cabo espartel
17. Carmen
18. Cathay (part of)
19. Cedrington court
20. Charente
21. Christianssund
22. City of dresden (possibly)
23. Colbert
24. Constanzia
25. Corhaven
26. Correct
27. D'artagnan
28. De fontaine
29. Dinard
30. Dorothy j (possibly)
31. Dotterel
32. Dunbar castle
33. E goodwin ltv
34. Efford
35. Eidsiva (probably)
36. Eleonora
37. Emma
38. Emma (possibly)
39. Empire lough (probably)
40. Empress of fort william (probably)
41. En avant
42. Eustratios (probably)
43. Falcon (probably)
44. Fearless
45. Flachsee
46. Flandres
47. Francesco ciampa
48. Frons olivae (probably)
49. G-42 (possibly)
50. G-asad
51. Gad 23
52. Gladys
53. Gloire a sainte therese
54. Grit (probably)
55. Grosser kurfurst
56. Grosser kurfurst (possibly)
57. Halcyon
58. Harcalo
59. Henry moon
60. Heron
61. Hm mgb 328 (possibly)
62. Hmhs anglia
63. Hms alert ?
64. Hms aragonite (part of)
65. Hms aragonite (part of)
66. Hms aries (possibly)
67. Hms artic trapper
68. Hms blackwater
69. Hms brazen
70. Hms carilon
71. Hms carlton
72. Hms cayton wyke (probably)
73. Hms city of dundee
74. Hms cleon
75. Hms drumtochty (possibly)
76. Hms falmouth iii (possibly)
77. Hms glen boyne
78. Hms kingston galena
79. Hms lord grey
80. Hms lydian
81. Hms marcella
82. Hms napia
83. Hms niger (possibly)
84. Hms northumberland (probably)
85. Hms othello ii
86. Hms peridot
87. Hms restoration (possibly)
88. Hms rodino
89. Hms stirling castle (probably)
90. Hms torbay ii (probably)
91. Hms tourmaline
92. Hms tranquil
93. Hms war sepoy
94. Hms weigelia
95. Hmsm b2
96. Holland
97. Hundvaag
98. Hydaspes (possibly)
99. Ilaro
100. Ira (possibly)
101. Jacob luckenbach
102. James harrod
103. Jokai
104. Josephine willis
105. Kabinda
106. Kadru
107. Katharina kolkmann
108. Kielce
109. Kirsten skou
110. Koenigshaven
111. L'armandeche
112. La fleche
113. Lady stella
114. Latona
115. Lcp(r) 1961 (possibly)
116. Le pelerin de la mer
117. Le tregor
118. Leicester
119. Leila najia
120. Leo
121. Lighter 83
122. Lizzonia
123. Loanda
124. Lolworth
125. Lord hamilton (possibly)
126. Luray victory
127. Lusitania
128. Mahratta
129. Mahratta ii
130. Maloja 1
131. Malta (probably)
132. Merel (part of)(possibly)
133. Mersey
134. Moise
135. Monarch
136. Mrav
137. Murillo
138. Nancy moran
139. Naranco
140. Negrier
141. Newcastle
142. Niki
143. Norman
144. North eastern victory
145. Notre dame des trois epis
146. Nunima
147. Ocean king (possibly)
148. Ousel (probably)
149. Phoenix
150. Polgrange
151. Portslade (possibly)
152. Preussen
153. Pulborough
154. Rio parana
155. River levan
156. Rochester castle (possibly)
157. Rooswijk
158. Rydal force
159. Rynanna
160. S goodwin ltv (lv 69)
161. S.folkestone gate (ltv no.75)
162. Sabac
163. Saint ronan (possibly)
164. Saint ronan (possibly)
165. Sambut
166. Samida
167. Santagata
168. Santagata (?part of)
169. Sea serpent
170. Seine
171. Selma (possibly)
172. Shenandoah
173. Sir russell
174. Spanish prince
175. St cecilia
176. St claire (possibly)
177. Strathclyde
178. Surrey
179. Teeswood
180. Texaco caribbean (after section)
181. Texaco caribbean (forward section)
182. The queen
183. Toromoree
184. Toward
185. Traquair (probably)
186. U 11 (possibly)
187. U 16 (possibly)
188. U 48
189. U 8
190. Ub 103 (possibly)
191. Ub 108 (possibly)
192. Ub 109
193. Ub 12 (possibly)
194. Ub 31 ?
195. Ub 38
196. Ub 55 (probably)
197. Ub 56 (possibly)
198. Ub 58 (possibly)
199. Ub 78
200. Ub-33 (probably)
201. Uc 46
202. Uc 46 (possibly)
203. Uc 63
204. Uc 77 (possibly)
205. Uc 78 or uc 79
206. Unity
207. Vittoria claudia
208. W a scholten
209. Wheatman (possibly)
210. Will and maggie (probably)

 

Name: AMPLEGARTH

Length 106.1 meter, width: 15.2 meter, draught: 7, tonnage 3707 ton
Load: coal

Cause: ex-denewell. built in 1910 by w pickersgill & sons ltd, sunderland. owned at the time of loss by ampleforth ss co ltd. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 307 nhp, single shaft. passage the downs for st naziare. struck a mine laid by uc-71 & sank. the explosion blew the gun and a winch clean off the poop deck. no lives lost. (ww1sl, der krieg zur zee & sibi).

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 31 meter, Height above seabed: 45 cm

Known since: 1918, last detected: 2011

Details measurements/cartography: H3046 31.5.18 H3046 31.5.18 SANK 1M W OF ADMIRALTY PIER, DOVER IN 10MINS IN 16FMS. (BOT, DOCKET M23918). H6391/19 5.9.19 H6391/19 5.9.19 SANK IN 510500N, 012000E APPROX. INS AS WK [OLD SYMBOL]. 12.12.22 12.12.22 AMEND TO DW PA. BR STD. H6345/26 4.11.26 H6345/26 4.11.26 AMEND TO NDW PA. BR STD. H998/37 8.10.37 H998/37 8.10.37 FOUND WHILE SOUNDING. LEAST DEPTH 11FMS IN 510521N, 012018E. (HMS KELLETT, 1936). AMEND TO WK 11FMS. BR STD. H5824/60 28.2.61 H5824/60 28.2.61 LEAST E/S DEPTH 60FT. (HMS SCOTT, 1960). AMEND TO WK 10FMS. BR STD. H998/37 13.11.61 H998/37 13.11.61 SWEPT CLEAR AT 58FT, FOUL AT 60FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 61 IN GEN DEPTH 107FT. POSN BY HSA. (HMS SCOTT, 28.4.61). AMEND TO SW 9FMS 4FT. BR STD. 4.3.69 4.3.69 NOW CHARTED AS SW 9FMS 2FT [LAT]. 7.9.73 7.9.73 NOW CHARTED AS WK 17.7MTRS. NC 1892. H4199/78 10.8.78 H4199/78 10.8.78 LOCATED ON 28.10.77 IN 510520N, 012021E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 19 IN GEN DEPTH 32MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 10.5MTRS. LENGTH 115MTRS. LYING 055/235DEGS. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 35/77). AMEND WK 19MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. HH090/606/01 13.9.94 HH090/606/01 13.9.94 EXAM'D 4.8.94 IN 510520.0N, 012019.2E [OGD] USING TRISPONDER [3 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR 19.2, FOUL 19.5MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 19.1 IN GEN DEPTH 30.5MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 14.5MTRS. COVERS 75X10MTRS. LIES 025/205DEGS. STRONG MAGNETOMETER DEFLECTION. GOOD DCS3 TRACE WHICH INDICATES A MAST ON THE NE END. (NP 1016, HI 606). AMEND TO SW 19.2MTRS IN 510520N, 012019E. BR STD. 1.2.11 1.2.11 LOCATED 2010 IN 5105.370N, 0120.217E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 19.32MTRS. LENGTH 112MTRS, WIDTH 14MTRS, HT 12.6MTRS. LYING ON ITS SIDE. DEBRIS AT BOTH ENDS OF WK. (NETSURVEY, HI 1342). INTACT, ON PORT SIDE WITH BOWS SW. CLEAR DAMAGE TO STERN. RETAIN SW 19.2MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, ON PORT BEAM WITH BOWS SW, STERN BROKEN

Position: 51 5.37 N,1 20.217 E

 

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