This is the information page about the shipwreck Argus, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 29.307 N,0 58.592 E (51.441933333333, 0.92858333333333)

 

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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. Ability
2. Actuality
3. Airston (probably)
4. Alf everard (part of)
5. Alf everard (part of)
6. Alice marie
7. Argus
8. Aridity (probably)
9. Astrologer
10. Atherton
11. Azariah (poss)
12. Beacon 'f'
13. Blue mermaid
14. Bolbec (possibly)
15. Bradglen
16. British oak
17. C 128
18. Chieftain
19. Daisy maud
20. Dela
21. Delce
22. Duluth
23. E oaze light vessel
24. East shoebury bn (remains of)
25. Enterprise ranger 2
26. Erins isle (possibly)
27. Explorer
28. Fox
29. Fred everard
30. Georgia
31. Gordon
32. Great nore tower (remains)
33. Great nore towers (remains)
34. Great nore towers (remains).
35. H k daniels
36. Harcourt
37. Hawnby
38. Herland (part of)
39. Herland (part of)
40. Hibernia
41. Hm mms 39 (part of)(possibly)
42. Hm mms 39 (part of)(probably)
43. Hmnls van meerlant (part of)
44. Hms aisha
45. Hms amethyst
46. Hms amethyst (part of)(possibly)
47. Hms ash
48. Hms beagle (re-named cgwv no 7 in 1851)
49. Hms capricornus
50. Hms conquistador
51. Hms danube 3
52. Hms desiree
53. Hms drummer
54. Hms kennymore (part of)(probably)
55. Hms london
56. Hms london
57. Hms new spray
58. Hms oriana
59. Hms princess irene
60. Hms receptive
61. Hms reed (possibly)
62. Hms resolvo (part of)
63. Hms restango
64. Hms stella orion
65. Hms venetia
66. Hms vimiera (bow section)
67. Hms vimiera (part of)
68. Hms vimiera (stern)
69. Holba
70. Honiton
71. Hopper number 19
72. Houston city
73. How (probably)
74. Intrepid
75. Janie b
76. Lady jane
77. Lca 551
78. Letchworth
79. Lion (part of)
80. Maitland
81. Malrix (possibly)
82. Maplin light house
83. Maplin survey platform
84. March
85. Margam abbey
86. Mercy
87. Molliette
88. Mudlark
89. Nass beacon (ruins)
90. Neptune (possibly)
91. Nw shingles bn (remains of)
92. Old whitaker bn (remains of)
93. Pinto
94. Pisces
95. Radiant
96. Rd barge 59 (part of)(possibly)
97. Resolute
98. Restless wave (possibly)
99. Revenge
100. Richard montgomery
101. Rosme
102. Rover (possibly)
103. Ryal
104. Selnes
105. Sparsholt
106. Strathearn
107. Strom trooper
108. Sun vii
109. Sunrise (possibly)
110. Supremity
111. Tam o shanter (part)(possibly)
112. Tam o shanter (part)(possibly)
113. Thorvin karsven
114. Toreador
115. Treport
116. Uama
117. Van meerlant (part of)
118. Vera
119. Wardie
120. Warp
121. Westerley star
122. William j taylor (part of)
123. Winifred
124. Winkfield
125. Zarga

 

Name: ARGUS

Length 52.1 meter, width: 9.1 meter, draught: 4, tonnage 661 ton

Cause: built in 1909 by ramage & ferguson ltd, leith. owned at time of loss by trinity house corporation. one boiler, twin triple expansion engines of 93nhp. mined. 34 men lost. (th, sibi & ww2sl).

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 17 meter, Height above seabed: 112 cm

Known since: 1940, last detected: 2007

Details measurements/cartography: H01025/40 12.11.40 H01025/40 12.11.40 DW IN 512920N, 005855E, OR 199DEGS, 3C FROM S OAZE BUOY. TOP OF FOREMAST JUST SHOWING ABOVE LW. (CINC NORE, 12.11.40). H01025/40 21.12.40 H01025/40 21.12.40 SUNK IN 512914N, 005844E. POSN BY HSA. 5FT OF MAST ABOVE MHWS ON 15.11.40. MARKED BY BUOY. LYING HEADING ESE. (CAPT M/S SHEERNESS, 16.11.40).

- NM 3021/40. H01025/40 31.12.40 H01025/40 31.12.40 G SPH LT BUOY, FL.G.5S LAID 245DEGS, 150YDS FROM WK. (TH, 14.11.40). - TFNM 3023/40. H01025/40 24.9.42 H01025/40 24.9.42 DRIFT SWEEP CLEAR AT 32FT, FOUL AT 33.5FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 33.5FT. POSN 512913N, 005842E. BUOY WITHDRAWN. (CAPT M/S SHEERNESS, 11.9.42, ST TUDNO, HN DTD 13.9.42 & TH, 15.9.42). H01025/40 27.7.45 H01025/40 27.7.45 EXAM'D IN 512912N, 005843E AFTER DISPERSAL. DRIFT SWEPT CLEAR AT 45FT, FOUL AT 46FT. (COMMODORE SHEERNESS, 1.3.45, CAPT M/S SHEERNESS, 9.3.45 & 8.5.45).

- NM 2210/45. H01025/40 31.7.48 H01025/40 31.7.48 DRIFT SWEPT IN 512913N, 005846E. CLEAR AT 48FT, FOUL AT 49FT. (HMS SEAGULL, 16.7.48).

- NM 1711/48. H01025/40 8.12.61 H01025/40 8.12.61 EXAM'D IN 512917N, 005841E USING HSA. SWEPT CLEAR AT 46FT, FOUL AT 47FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 50 IN GEN DEPTH 57-59FT. SCOUR DEPTH 63FT. (HMS ENTERPRISE, 10.11.61). BR STD. H3161/69 26.11.71 H3161/69 26.11.71 EXAM'D IN 512917N, 005840E [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR AT 45FT, FOUL AT 46.5FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 48 IN GEN DEPTH 56FT. SCOUR DEPTH 59FT. LARGE WK, EASY TO FIND. (PLA WK REPORT, MAPLIN NO.11/71). NCA. H6140/68 19.1.79 H6140/68 19.1.79 EXAM'D 23.9.78. SWEPT CLEAR AT 13.8MTRS, FOUL AT 14.2MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 15MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 17MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 18MTRS. LARGE WK, LYING NW/SE AND EASY TO FIND. (PLA WK REPORT, MAPLIN 7/78). NCA. HH244/420/02 1.3.93 HH244/420/02 1.3.93 EXAM'D 18.1.93 IN 512916N, 005841E [OGB] USING MICROFIX. LEAST E/S DEPTH 14.5MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 17MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 18.4MTRS. SUBSTANTIAL WK, SOME 70 X 20MTRS, LYING APPROX E/W WITH SCOUR TO THE S. RETAIN AS CHARTED. (PLA WK REPORT 201/44, CHARTWELL NO.8/93). NCA. HH244/420/03 28.4.97 HH244/420/03 28.4.97 EXAM'D 13.1.97 IN 512915.5N, 005841E [OGB] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 14.5MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 16.5MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 18.4MTRS. FRAGMENTS TO W AND SW OF MAIN AREA. WK COVERS 115 BY 40MTRS. RETAIN AS CHARTED. (PLA WK REPORT 1/97). NCA. 14.6.05 14.6.05 SHOWN IN 5129.307N, 0058.592E [WGD] ON PLA 201/23 DTD SEP'03-NOV'04. BR STD. 23.2.07 23.2.07 EXAM'D 2005. LEAST M/B DEPTH 15.1 IN GEN DEPTH 17.5MTRS. SCOUR 2MTRS DEEP. LIES WNW/ESE. AREA OF DEBRIS. RETAIN AS SW 13.8MTRS. (PLA WK REPORT DTD 2.2.05, REC JAN 2007). NCA. 2021\000074222 16.3.21 EXAM'D 4.8.06. LEAST M/B DEPTH 15.1MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 17.5MTRS. LIES WNW/ESW. AREA OF DEBRIS. RETAIN AS DW 13.8MTRS. (PLA AND WESSEX ARCHAEOLOGY WK REPORT DTD 4.8.06, REC MAR 2021, AS PART OF ARCHIVING PROJECT). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: AREA OF DEBRIS

Position: 51 29.307 N,0 58.592 E

 

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