This is the information page about the shipwreck Aracataca, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 36.12 N,0 1.82 E (50.652366666667, -0.61618333333333)

 

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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. 025
2. 20
3. Aalesund (possibly)
4. Abel tasman (part of)(possibly)
5. Acadian
6. Addarwa
7. Advanti
8. Aeneas (probably)
9. Aeolian sky
10. Afon dulais
11. Ailsa craig (probably)
12. Ajax
13. Ala
14. Alaska
15. Albatros
16. Albert c field (probably)
17. Alcyon (possibly)
18. Alex van opstal
19. Alexandrovna
20. Aleyna
21. Algarve
22. Algerian
23. Algiers
24. Alison (possibly)
25. Amy
26. Angele (possibly)
27. Angelena bm 271
28. Angry fish
29. Ann marie (possibly)
30. Anna
31. Anna sophie
32. Antioche iii (probably)
33. Antoinette (probably)
34. Apache
35. Aparima
36. Aracataca
37. Arctic dawn
38. Arfon
39. Ariel
40. Armenian
41. Armenier
42. Arno (possibly)
43. Arthurtown
44. Asborg
45. Ashanti (possibly)
46. Ashford
47. Athen
48. Atlantico
49. Atlas (probably)
50. Aud
51. Avalanche
52. Avalon g ii
53. Axwell
54. Azemmour
55. Balmoralwood
56. Bamse (probably)
57. Bard (possibly)
58. Barn hill
59. Baron garioch
60. Baron herries
61. Barryman
62. Basil-2
63. Baygitano
64. Bayonne
65. Ben vrakie (possibly)
66. Berar
67. Betelgeuse (bow section)
68. Betsy anna
69. Bettann (bow section)
70. Bettann (stern section)
71. Binnendijk
72. Black hawk (aft section)
73. Black hawk (fwd section)
74. Blanefield
75. Bleamoor (probably)
76. Bobbyb
77. Bogstad
78. Bokn (possibly)
79. Bolette (possibly)
80. Boma
81. Borgny
82. Borgund i (possibly)
83. Braat ii
84. Brabant
85. Braedale (probably)
86. Branksome chine (possibly)
87. Braunton
88. Brava
89. Brestois
90. Bretagne
91. Bretagne
92. Bretton hall
93. Brialan
94. Brisk (probably)
95. Britannia (possibly)
96. Britannia (probably)
97. British inventor (bow section)
98. Broadmayne (part of)
99. Broomhill (probably)
100. Buesten
101. Bull steamer (possibly)
102. Cairndhu
103. Camberwell
104. Cambrian
105. Cambrian (part of)
106. Cambrian princess (probably)
107. Camelot challenger (possibly)
108. Campeador 5 (bow section)(probably)
109. Campen
110. Camswan
111. Candia
112. Capable
113. Carasa (possibly)
114. Carbineer
115. Carbon
116. Carentan
117. Carl
118. Carol anne
119. Castle crag
120. Castlereagh
121. Castor 1
122. Cato
123. Celtic
124. Ceres (possibly)
125. Chancellor
126. Charles m
127. Chasseur 6
128. Chasseur 7
129. Chateau yqem
130. Cheerful
131. Cheyenne
132. Chorley
133. Christoffel colombus (possibly)
134. City of brisbane
135. City of mexico
136. City of swansea (probably)
137. Clan macnab
138. Clan macvey
139. Clarinda
140. Cleddy (probably)
141. Constance
142. Coquetdale (probably)
143. Countess of erne
144. Cristina
145. Crown of india (possibly)
146. Cuba
147. Cuba
148. D144 (possibly).
149. Dagana
150. Dageid
151. Dagmar
152. Davenport
153. Daylesford
154. Del rio
155. Deputie gaston dumesnil (possibly)
156. Derna (probably)
157. Devon coast
158. Diadem of bursledon (probably)
159. Die frau metta catharina von flensburg
160. Diligent
161. Donegal (possibly)
162. Duddon (probably)
163. Dudley rose
164. Duke of buccleuch
165. Dulce t
166. Dumfries
167. Dumfries
168. Dundee (probably)
169. Dutton
170. Dux (possibly)
171. Earl of abergavenny
172. Edale
173. Eduard (possibly)
174. Elena r
175. Elford
176. Elna e
177. Elsa
178. Elsa (possibly)
179. Emma
180. Empire crusader
181. Empress queen
182. Emsstrom
183. Encourage
184. Enecuri
185. Erik boye
186. Ernest lagouve
187. Espagne
188. Ethel (probably)
189. Everleigh
190. Evertsen
191. Excelsior
192. Excelsior (possibly)
193. Ezra weston (bow section)
194. Ezra weston (stern section)
195. F/v joanna c
196. Faith
197. Fallodon
198. Fanny lambert
199. Fenna (probably)
200. Fife coast (possibly)
201. Flag theofano
202. Fleur de lys
203. Fluent
204. Forester (& pontoon)
205. Fort yale
206. Fpt iv
207. France aimee (part of)(possibly)
208. Franziska
209. Frode
210. Frogner ?
211. Fulham vii (probably)
212. Fylrix
213. G-cbpt
214. Galicia
215. Gartland
216. Gascony
217. Gefion
218. Gemini
219. General jackson
220. General leman (possibly)
221. Genevieve (possibly)
222. Geopotes viii
223. George sutton
224. Georgios kyriakides
225. Gerarda
226. Germa geisha
227. Germaine
228. Gibel-hamam
229. Girdleness
230. Girl barbara
231. Girl patricia
232. Giuseppina accame
233. Glen (possibly)
234. Glen strathallan
235. Glenlee
236. Gleno
237. Glocliffe
238. Glory
239. Goathland
240. Golfstrom
241. Gorizia
242. Grace dieu
243. Grane
244. Greatham
245. Gregynog
246. Greleen
247. Greta c
248. Grip fast
249. Gripfast
250. Halsewell
251. Hampshire
252. Hanover
253. Harry sharman
254. Hartburn (probably)
255. Hartlepool (part of)
256. Hartlepool (part of)
257. Hartley (possibly)
258. Hauler
259. Hedwig lunstedt
260. Hemsley 1
261. Heroine (probably)
262. Hesperian
263. Highland brigade
264. Highland corrie
265. Himalaya
266. Hm lct 427 (after part)
267. Hm lct 427 (fwd part)
268. Hmcs regina
269. Hms abelard
270. Hms acheron (bow section)
271. Hms acheron (stern section)
272. Hms albion ii
273. Hms apley (possibly)
274. Hms arfon
275. Hms assurance
276. Hms avanturine
277. Hms benton castle
278. Hms bittern
279. Hms bittern (parts of)(probably)
280. Hms boadicea
281. Hms borneo
282. Hms boxer
283. Hms buccaneer
284. Hms coronation (part)
285. Hms coronation (part)
286. Hms crestflower
287. Hms eleanor (probably)
288. Hms elk (probably)
289. Hms empress of india (ex renown)
290. Hms evadne (possibly)
291. Hms fame
292. Hms fisgard ii
293. Hms golden sunset (possibly)
294. Hms harstad
295. Hms hazard
296. Hms hazardous
297. Hms hickory
298. Hms implacable
299. Hms insolent
300. Hms invincible
301. Hms james fennel
302. Hms john mitchell
303. Hms kingston alalite (probably)
304. Hms kingston cairngorm (possibly)
305. Hms kingston jacinth (possibly)
306. Hms lancer ii
307. Hms landrail (probably)
308. Hms listrac (probably)
309. Hms lord hailsham
310. Hms manor
311. Hms marmora
312. Hms michael clements
313. Hms moldavia
314. Hms new dawn
315. Hms northcoates
316. Hms ocean sunlight
317. Hms p12 (stern section).
318. Hms picton castle
319. Hms pine
320. Hms pomone
321. Hms prince leopold
322. Hms recoil (bow section)(probably)
323. Hms recoil (stern section)(probably)
324. Hms remindo (possibly)
325. Hms sapper
326. Hms sargasso
327. Hms savage
328. Hms scylla
329. Hms taipo
330. Hms undine
331. Hms velox
332. Hms vernon ii (possibly)
333. Hms warrior ii
334. Hms warwick
335. Hms warwick deeping
336. Hms waterlily
337. Hmsm a1
338. Hmsm a3
339. Hmsm a7
340. Hmsm d1
341. Hmsm l24
342. Hmsm m2
343. Hmsm p555
344. Hmsm safari (ex p 211)
345. Hmsm sidon
346. Hmsm swordfish
347. Hmsm upstart
348. Hmy viva 2
349. Holme force (possibly)
350. Hopper barge no.42
351. Hugin
352. Humbergate (probably)
353. Hunsgrove
354. Iduna
355. Indiana
356. Indutionmare
357. Inger
358. Inger (possibly)
359. Ingrid frem
360. Inisinver
361. Iolanthe
362. Iona
363. Irex
364. Irishman
365. Isbjorn
366. Island maid
367. Island mist
368. Isleworth
369. Italia
370. Jade star gypsy
371. Jaffa
372. James eagan layne
373. Janna
374. Jgena (possibly)
375. Joannis millas
376. John taylor
377. Jordan a
378. Joseph roberts (possibly)
379. Juanita
380. Juno
381. Juvenile delinquent
382. Kai (possibly)
383. Kantoeng (part of)
384. Karen marie (probably)
385. Kazan
386. Kendal castle
387. Kensington court
388. Kishmul of ayr
389. Kongshaug (probably)
390. Kurland
391. Kyarra
392. Kynance (probably)
393. L c tower
394. L h carl
395. L'ebauche
396. Lady of avenel
397. Lake edon
398. Lake owens
399. Lalen mendi
400. Lancaster
401. Lapwing (possibly) or south western
402. Lct 1068
403. Lct 381
404. Lct 757 (possibly)
405. Lct 809
406. Lcvp 120
407. Leny (possibly)
408. Leon
409. Les mercenaires
410. Leven (possibly)
411. Lia'g
412. License to kill (possibly)
413. Lightfoot (possibly)
414. Lil boat
415. Lisa maria
416. Lochavon
417. Lola (possibly)
418. Lombard (possibly)
419. London trader (possibly)
420. Londonier
421. Longsand
422. Lord stewart
423. Lowmount
424. Lst 507 (bow section)
425. Lst 507 (stern section)
426. Lst 531
427. Lucinda (possibly)
428. Luciston
429. Luis
430. Lulonga (possibly)
431. Madeline
432. Madryn
433. Magog
434. Majorca
435. Mallard (possibly)
436. Marcelle
437. Marga
438. Margaret smith
439. Marguerite (possibly)
440. Marguerite pry
441. Maria asumpta
442. Marie des isles
443. Marie marguerite (possibly)
444. Marie therese
445. Marion lightbody
446. Martha
447. Mary
448. Mary rose
449. Mayflower
450. Meandros (possibly)
451. Mechanician
452. Mefjord (possibly)
453. Mendi
454. Merchant royal
455. Messina
456. Michelle
457. Midland queen
458. Mill gate (probably)
459. Millmer
460. Milly (possibly)
461. Milo
462. Minca 35
463. Minerva (possibly)
464. Minerva (probably)
465. Mira
466. Modavia
467. Mohlenpris (possibly)
468. Moidart
469. Molesey (possibly)
470. Molina
471. Montecrana (possibly)
472. Moonraker (probably)
473. Morning star
474. Mount stuart
475. Mv adur valley?
476. Myrtlegrove (probably)
477. N verberckmoes (possibly)
478. Nailsea lass
479. Navasota
480. Neath (possibly)
481. Neree (possibly)
482. Neree (possibly)
483. Neree (probably)
484. Nestlea
485. Newent
486. Nichola (probably)
487. Nidarholm
488. Nil desperandum (probably)
489. Noordster
490. Nord carperren
491. Norma (possibly)
492. Normandy
493. Northville (possibly)
494. Nw68
495. Nw96
496. Ny-eeasteyr
497. Nyasaland
498. Nyon
499. Onega
500. Onward (probably)
501. Orfordness
502. Oriflamme
503. Orion
504. Orne (possibly)
505. Pacific reliance
506. Par time and tide bell
507. Pas (c.182)
508. Pearl (probably)
509. Pearn pride (possibly)
510. Peer gynt (possibly)
511. Pegasus
512. Pelham (possibly)
513. Peronne
514. Pescalanza
515. Petersham
516. Petit forban
517. Phoenix
518. Piedras
519. Pitchipoy (possibly)
520. Polandia (possibly)
521. Pomella
522. Pomeranian
523. Pool fisher
524. Porthkerry
525. Portugal
526. Poulmic
527. Prestige
528. Princess royal
529. Prinses juliana (part of)(possibly)
530. Ps ryde
531. Quail
532. Quarnero
533. Quest
534. Radaas (probably)
535. Ramsgarth
536. Ramsholm (possibly)
537. Rapana
538. Rayder
539. Redesmere
540. Reggestroom (probably)
541. Reindeer
542. Reine des flots
543. Renilde
544. Rfa hungerford (possibly)
545. Risoy (probably)
546. Romsdalen (probably)
547. Rosehill
548. Rosehill (probably)
549. Rossmore (possibly)
550. Rosten (possibly)
551. Rota
552. Rotorua
553. Roway
554. Rowella
555. Royal adelaide
556. Rtc no.9
557. Runswick
558. Saint andre (probably)
559. Saint ronaig
560. Sally jane
561. Salsette ii
562. San fernando
563. San julian
564. Saphir
565. Sarah anderson (possibly)
566. Sarah jayne
567. Saratoga
568. Scaldis
569. Seahawk
570. Security (possibly)
571. Serrana (bow section)
572. Serrana (stern part)
573. Seven seas (possibly)
574. Sevilla
575. Shad thames
576. Shanes castle
577. Sheer grace
578. Shirala
579. Shoreham (probably)
580. Simla
581. Sinah
582. Sines (possibly)
583. Siracusa
584. Sissa norway
585. Sitakund (part of)(possibly)
586. Skopelos sky (after part)
587. Smyrna
588. Sna i (possibly)
589. Solstice ph199
590. Sonia (possibly)
591. Southampton
592. Sparkling foam (possibly)
593. Spearfish
594. Sphene (probably)
595. Spyros (possibly)
596. St dunstan
597. St george
598. St george (possibly)
599. St joseph
600. St olaf
601. St stanislas
602. Stabil (possibly)
603. Stancrest
604. Stanhope
605. Stanwold
606. Start
607. Stavros (possibly)
608. Sten (possibly)
609. Stokes bay pier (remains)
610. Sudon (possibly)
611. Surdelo
612. Svint
613. Syrinx (part of)(possibly)
614. T r thompson
615. Tagona
616. Tamele
617. Tampa (possibly)
618. Tandil (probably)
619. Teamwork
620. Teelin head
621. Terlings
622. Terrapin
623. Theotokos
624. Thera (possibly)
625. Thierry (possibly)
626. Tiiu
627. Tinker di
628. Togimo
629. Towneley
630. Tracy
631. Trafalgar (possibly)
632. Trito
633. Tweed
634. Two sisters
635. Tyrhaug
636. U 1021 (possibly)
637. U 1195
638. U 1200
639. U 275 (probably)
640. U 322 (possibly)
641. U 325 (possibly)
642. U 40 (possibly)
643. U 400 (possibly)
644. U 480
645. U 671
646. U 86 (formerly)
647. U 86 (possibly)
648. U 90
649. Ub 130
650. Ub 21
651. Ub 65
652. Ub 74
653. Ub 81
654. Uc 49 (probably)
655. Ull (probably)
656. Union crystal (possibly)
657. Ursa (probably)
658. Vadne
659. Valdes (probably)
660. Vanessa (probably)
661. Vari solo sailor
662. Varia
663. Varvassi
664. Vasco
665. Venezuela
666. Venus
667. Venus
668. Vera (probably)
669. Vesuvio (possibly)
670. Vesuvius
671. Vigda
672. Villasandino
673. Virgin atlantic challenger
674. Volkerak
675. Vosges
676. W h dwyer
677. Wapello
678. War baron (probably)
679. War helmet
680. War knight
681. Warnow (possibly)
682. Westergate (probably)
683. Weston maid (possibly)
684. Westville
685. Withern
686. Witte zee
687. Woodbury
688. Woodham
689. Zaanstroom

 

Name: ARACATACA

Length 114.6 meter, width: 14.6 meter, draught: 8.8, tonnage 4154 ton
Load: foodstuffs: preserved,foodstuffs: solid

Cause: vessel, built in 1911 by workman clark & co. and owned at the time of loss by elders & fyffes, sank following a collision with ss 'moliere' while on passage liverpool to dunkirk. (dods).

Year of registration: 1928

Water depth above wreck: 51 meter, Height above seabed: 135 cm

Known since: 1928, last detected: 20160921

Details measurements/cartography: H2537/28 17.8.28 SANK IN 503530N, 001130E, APPROX. NCA. H2979/74 11.5.76 WK IN 503552N, 000152E. POSN BY DECCA. (E GILES). H2326/75 3.6.76 LARGE WK LOCATED IN 503602N, 000150E. POSN BY DECCA. (E GILES, 25.5.76). 8.1.79 INS AS NDW IN 503602N, 000150E. NE 1652. H1965/76 26.11.80 EXAM'D 3.5.80 IN 503603N, 000155E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER. LEAST E/S DEPTH 42.4MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 54MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 1MTR. HYDROSEARCH LENGTH 106.7MTRS, BEAM 12.6MTRS, HT 12.2MTRS. LYING ON ITS SIDE, N/S, BOWS S. LONG SCOUR TO E OF WK. MAST SEEN LYING ALONGSIDE ON SEABED. (HMS BULLDOG HI 37A/77). AMEND TO WK 42MTRS. BR STD. H2350/85 16.2.87 EXAM'D 9.8.86 IN 503605N, 000157E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [4 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 41.6 IN GEN DEPTH 54MTRS. SCOUR 6.5MTRS DEEP. DCS3 HT 16MTRS, LENGTH 115MTRS, BEAM 16MTRS. LYING 121/301DEGS. (NP 1008, HI 317B). NCA. 16.9.91 HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS THE 'ARACATACA'. A PLATE BEARING THIS NAME RECOVERED FROM A DOOR. (C MARTIN, TELECON). COMMERCIAL GUARD REQUESTED. HH100/351/04 13.11.91 DIVED SEPT 1991. CHINA PLATE, ELDERS & FYFFES, RECOVERED. BONES SEEN IN HOLD. PRESUME THIS TO BE WK OF 'ARACATACA' WITH A CARGO OF FROZEN MEAT. LIES ON PORT SIDE WITH BOW N AND ABOUT ONE THIRD BURIED IN SEABED. (T W BENNETTO, 2.11.91). SEP 2015/000083466 5.2.16 EXAM'D 21.09.15 IN 5036.120N, 0001.820E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 40.93MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 51.83MTRS. LENGTH 115MTRS, HT 10.9MTRS, WIDTH 12MTRS, SCOUR LENGTH 275MTRS TOWARDS 090, SCOUR DEPTH 2MTRS. BROKEN UP WK, PARTIALLY BURIED, LYING ON ITS SIDE, STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (GARDLINE GEOSURVEY, HI 1477). AMEND NDW 40MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, ON PORT SIDE, BOWS N

Position: 50 36.12 N,0 1.82 E

 

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