This is the information page about the shipwreck Aparima, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 29.408 N,1 55.11 W (50.766666666667, -13.933333333333)

 

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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. Abel tasman (part of)(possibly)
2. Advanti
3. Aeolian sky
4. Albert c field (probably)
5. Alexandrovna
6. Aparima
7. Arctic dawn
8. Arfon
9. Ashmun j clough (possibly)
10. Azemmour
11. Balmoralwood
12. Baron garioch
13. Barryman
14. Betelgeuse (bow section)
15. Betsy anna
16. Black hawk (fwd section)
17. Bobbyb
18. Borgny
19. Braedale (probably)
20. Bretagne
21. Britannia (probably)
22. Carentan
23. Castlereagh
24. Chasseur 6
25. Chasseur 7
26. Cheyenne
27. Clan macvey
28. Clarinda
29. Coquetdale (probably)
30. Dagmar
31. Derna (probably)
32. Dumfries
33. Dungrange
34. El kahira
35. Emile miguet
36. Everleigh
37. Excelsior (possibly)
38. Fenna (probably)
39. Finn
40. Fleur de lys
41. Fluent
42. General jackson
43. Georgios kyriakides
44. Goathland
45. Halsewell
46. Hartburn (probably)
47. Hartley (possibly)
48. Heronspool
49. Hms arfon
50. Hms eleanor (probably)
51. Hms fame
52. Hms john mitchell
53. Hms sargasso
54. Hms warrior ii
55. Hms waterlily
56. Hmsm a3
57. Hmsm safari (ex p 211)
58. Iolanthe
59. Iona
60. Janna
61. Jgena (possibly)
62. Kafiristan
63. Kolga
64. Kong guttorm (probably)
65. Kyarra
66. Lady of avenel
67. Lcvp 120
68. Leny (possibly)
69. Leticia
70. License to kill (possibly)
71. Lil boat
72. Lochavon
73. Louisiane
74. Luxor
75. Magog
76. Mayflower
77. Messina
78. Michelle
79. Midland queen
80. Miefield
81. Milo
82. Myrtlegrove (probably)
83. Nailsea lass
84. Navasota
85. Neree (possibly)
86. Neree (probably)
87. Nestlea
88. Normandy
89. Pescalanza
90. Piedras
91. Prinses juliana (part of)(possibly)
92. Rapana
93. Sally jane
94. San fernando
95. Seahawk
96. Security (possibly)
97. Sheer grace
98. Snowdrop
99. Southampton
100. Start
101. Surdelo
102. Tiiu
103. Togimo
104. U 480
105. Vari solo sailor
106. Venezuela
107. Vera (probably)
108. Vikholmen
109. Waitara
110. Woodbury

 

Name: APARIMA

Length 131.1 meter, width: 16.5 meter, draught: 8.5, tonnage 5704 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: built in 1902 by w denny & bros, dumbarton. owned at the time of loss by union steamship co, new zealand. three boilers, twin triple expansion engines of 389 nhp, twin shaft. passage london for barry roads. torpedoed by ub 40. 56 lives lost. (dods, ww1sl, lloyds war losses).

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 38 meter, Height above seabed: 120 cm

Known since: 1917, last detected: 2009

Details measurements/cartography: H7172/17 SUNK 6M SW 0.75 W FROM ANVIL POINT. NO DANGER TO SURFACE NAVIGATION. H4940/18 2.9.18 SUNK IN 502900N, 015400W. NO LONGER DANGEROUS TO NAVIGATION - HAS AT LEAST 12FMS OVER IT. CHART AS WK 12FMS. - FNM 589/18. H3950/70 6.10.71 NOW CHARTED AS WK 21.5MTRS [LAT]. NC 2615. H1968/77 14.8.81 EXAM'D 23.1.81 IN 502922.5N, 015451W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 34.9 IN GEN DEPTH 41MTRS. SCOUR 1.4MTRS. DCS3 HT 4.5MTRS. LYING 135/315DEGS. ABOUT 80MTRS LONG. WK OWNED BY P BARRETT AND KNOWN TO BE THE 'APARIMA'. (SCESU, HI 81/80). AMENDED TO WK 34MTRS IN 502923N, 015451W. BR STD. H1310/88/35 30.6.88 LOCATED USING DCS3 IN 502927N, 015458W [EUR]. STANDS 5MTRS HIGH AND LIES 115/295DEGS. LENGTH 140MTRS. (GARDLINE SURVEYS, 24.6.88). NCA. 2.2.07 WK LIES IN 5029.41N, 0155.10W [WGD] IN 40MTRS OF WATER. LISTS TO PORT. BOILERS AND ENGINES ARE THE HIGHEST PARTS. BOWS ARE BROKEN OFF. GUN IS ON THE SEABED OFF THE STBD SIDE AT THE STERN. STBD PROP AND CONDENSERS WERE SALVAGED IN THE 1970S. (D C WENDES, SOUTH COAST SHIPWRECKS). NCA. HH091/154/01 & SEP 2009/000108988 22.7.09 LOCATED 14.2.09 IN 5029.408N, 0155.110W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 32.13 IN GEN DEPTH 38.9MTRS. MINOR SCOUR EXTENDS 140 DEGS TOWARDS 260 DEGS. LENGTH 146.7MTRS, WIDTH 38.6MTRS, HT 6.8MTRS. LIES 120/300 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (FUGRO OSAE, HI 1154). AMEND WK 32MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: LISTS TO PORT, BOILERS/ENGINES ARE HIGHEST PARTS

Position: 50 29.408 N,1 55.11 W

 

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