This is the information page about the shipwreck Arduity, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 15.62 N,0 24.413 E (53.556, 0.1333)

 

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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. Amelie-mathilde
2. Anonity
3. Arduity
4. Argo
5. Avalon
6. Bogatyr
7. Capitaine edmond laborie
8. City of birmingham
9. Clavis
10. Cramlington (possibly)
11. Dayrian
12. Deerpool (after section)
13. Deodata
14. Dunsany
15. Dusty miller
16. Egret
17. Ethel (possibly)
18. Fair maid
19. Fane
20. Faunus
21. Fertility
22. Fowberry tower (part)
23. Freidig (possibly)
24. Fryken
25. Georgie
26. Girl kitty (possibly)
27. Gladeto
28. Gothic
29. Heimland
30. Hms calverton
31. Hms corfield
32. Hms princess victoria
33. Hms strathborve (part)
34. Hms susarion
35. Ightham (possibly)
36. John and thomas
37. Kings cruiser
38. Konstantinos hadjipateras
39. Kyma
40. Lady marieke
41. Lancaster (possibly)
42. Lct(4) 1029
43. Lincolnshire time and tide bell
44. Lindy sue
45. Lord haig (possibly)
46. Lord haig (possibly)
47. Lottie (possibly)
48. Lucerne
49. Lutha
50. Marie dawn
51. Matanuska (probably)
52. Mick sam (probably)
53. Myndroom
54. Nimrod
55. Onesta
56. Petroswift
57. Polzella (possibly)
58. Ravonia (part)
59. Ravonia (part) (possibly)
60. Rhuys
61. Rievaulx abbey
62. Rivaulx
63. River witham
64. Rivergate
65. Rosebud (possibly)
66. Salacon
67. Salmondby
68. Sarah visholm 2 (probably)
69. Schieland (possibly)
70. Strumpet
71. Stylianos chandris
72. Thessaly
73. Tunis
74. Venture (possibly)
75. Vina
76. Windsor (part of)
77. Xavier

 

Name: ARDUITY

Length 35.4 meter, width: 7.9 meter, draught: 2.7, tonnage 304 ton
Load: coal

Cause: Built in 1935 by g brown & co, greenock. owned at time of loss by f t everard & sons ltd. three cylinder oil engine of 84hp, single shaft. machinery aft by newbury diesel co. newbury. passage keadby for cantley. cargo coal. mined.

Year of registration: 1942

Water depth above wreck: 8 meter

Known since: 1942, last detected: 1954

Details measurements/cartography: MINED IN POSN 532200N, 003000E. (WW2SL). H01844/42 28.5.42 LOCATED IN 531544N, 002438E. LYING ON HER SIDE. (CAPT M/S HUMBER, 28.5.42). - PFNM 1122/42. H01844/42 16.7.42 INS AS DW.

- NM 1452/42. H01844/42 4.6.43 G CON BUOY CLOSE E OF WK.

- NM 1175/43. H01844/42 28.1.45 G CON BUOY, GPFL(3)G 10S, IN PLACE OF G CON BUOY.

- NM 291/46. H01884/42 23.7.50 SURVEYED AFTER DISPERSAL IN 531536N, 002437E USING HSA. SWEPT CLEAR AT 23 FT, FOUL AT 24FT. SEABED 29 TO 32FT. (SML 324 FOR HMS SHARPSHOOTER, 9.7.50). H01884/42 20.11.52 DIVED IN 8.1952. WRECKAGE SCATTERED OVER A FAIRLY WIDE AREA. SEABED VERY UNEVEN. (BDV BARGLOW 6.11.52). H01884/42 28.9.54 SURVEY AFTER DISPERSAL IN 531536N, 002431E. SWEPT CLEAR 25FT, FOUL 26FT. GEN DEPTH 30-32 FT. SCOUR 36FT. SEABED STONES. SURFACE SWIRL EVEN IN CALM WEATHER. (HMS SHACKLETON, 3.8.54). AMEND TO WK 4FMS 1FT WITH G CON BUOY, GPFL(3) G 10SEC, CLOSE E.

- NM 2084/54. H01844/42 16.11.54 DELETE BUOY. (TH).

- NM 2564/54. H1519/58 31.1.62 CAUSED FISHING GEAR LOSSES OVER SEVERAL YEARS. (DISTRICT INSPECTION OF FISHERIES GRIMSBY). H332 1.2.63 H332 & 4729/62 1.2.63 NOT FOUND. (HMS SCOTT 1962). 26.11.74 26.11.74 AMEND TO SW 7.3MTRS [LAT]. NC 108.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 53 15.62 N,0 24.413 E

 

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