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 (51.0759833, 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. Cabo espartel
16. Carmen
17. Cathay (part of)
18. Cedrington court
19. Charente
20. Christianssund
21. City of dresden (possibly)
22. Colbert
23. Constanzia
24. Corhaven
25. Correct
26. D'artagnan
27. De fontaine
28. Dinard
29. Dotterel
30. Dunbar castle
31. E goodwin ltv
32. Efford
33. Eidsiva (probably)
34. Eleonora
35. Emma
36. Emma (possibly)
37. Empire lough (probably)
38. Empress of fort william (probably)
39. En avant
40. Eustratios (probably)
41. Falcon (probably)
42. Fearless
43. Flachsee
44. Flandres
45. Francesco ciampa
46. Frons olivae (probably)
47. G-42 (possibly)
48. G-asad
49. Gad 23
50. Gladys
51. Gloire a sainte therese
52. Grit (probably)
53. Grosser kurfurst
54. Grosser kurfurst (possibly)
55. Halcyon
56. Harcalo
57. Henry moon
58. Heron
59. Hm mgb 328 (possibly)
60. Hmhs anglia
61. Hms alert ?
62. Hms aragonite (part of)
63. Hms aries (possibly)
64. Hms artic trapper
65. Hms blackwater
66. Hms brazen
67. Hms carilon
68. Hms carlton
69. Hms cayton wyke (probably)
70. Hms city of dundee
71. Hms cleon
72. Hms drumtochty (possibly)
73. Hms falmouth iii (possibly)
74. Hms glen boyne
75. Hms kingston galena
76. Hms lord grey
77. Hms lydian
78. Hms marcella
79. Hms napia
80. Hms niger (possibly)
81. Hms northumberland (probably)
82. Hms othello ii
83. Hms peridot
84. Hms restoration (possibly)
85. Hms rodino
86. Hms stirling castle (probably)
87. Hms torbay ii (probably)
88. Hms tourmaline
89. Hms tranquil
90. Hms war sepoy
91. Hms weigelia
92. Hmsm b2
93. Holland
94. Hundvaag
95. Hydaspes (possibly)
96. Ilaro
97. Ira (possibly)
98. Jacob luckenbach
99. James harrod
100. Jokai
101. Josephine willis
102. Kabinda
103. Kadru
104. Katharina kolkmann
105. Kielce
106. Kirsten skou
107. Koenigshaven
108. L'armandeche
109. La fleche
110. Lady stella
111. Latona
112. Le pelerin de la mer
113. Le tregor
114. Leicester
115. Leila najia
116. Leo
117. Lizzonia
118. Loanda
119. Lord hamilton (possibly)
120. Luray victory
121. Lusitania
122. Mahratta
123. Mahratta ii
124. Maloja 1
125. Malta (probably)
126. Merel (part of)(possibly)
127. Mersey
128. Moise
129. Monarch
130. Mrav
131. Murillo
132. Nancy moran
133. Naranco
134. Negrier
135. Newcastle
136. Niki
137. Norman
138. North eastern victory
139. Notre dame des trois epis
140. Nunima
141. Ousel (probably)
142. Phoenix
143. Polgrange
144. Portslade (possibly)
145. Preussen
146. Pulborough
147. Rio parana
148. River levan
149. Rochester castle (possibly)
150. Rydal force
151. Rynanna
152. S goodwin ltv (lv 69)
153. S.folkestone gate (ltv no.75)
154. Sabac
155. Saint ronan (possibly)
156. Saint ronan (possibly)
157. Sambut
158. Samida
159. Santagata
160. Santagata (?part of)
161. Sea serpent
162. Seine
163. Selma (possibly)
164. Shenandoah
165. Sir russell
166. St cecilia
167. Strathclyde
168. Surrey
169. Teeswood
170. Texaco caribbean (after section)
171. Texaco caribbean (forward section)
172. The queen
173. Toward
174. Traquair (probably)
175. U 11 (possibly)
176. U 16 (possibly)
177. U 48
178. U 8
179. Ub 103 (possibly)
180. Ub 108 (possibly)
181. Ub 109
182. Ub 31 ?
183. Ub 38
184. Ub 55 (probably)
185. Ub 56 (possibly)
186. Ub 58 (possibly)
187. Ub 78
188. Ub-33 (probably)
189. Uc 46
190. Uc 46 (possibly)
191. Uc 63
192. Uc 77 (possibly)
193. Uc 78 or uc 79
194. Unity
195. Vittoria claudia
196. W a scholten
197. Wheatman (possibly)
198. 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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