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 (51.4419333, 0.9285833)

 

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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. Actuality
2. Airston (probably)
3. Alf everard (part of)
4. Alf everard (part of)
5. Alice marie
6. Argus
7. Aridity (probably)
8. Astrologer
9. Atherton
10. Beacon 'f'
11. Blue mermaid
12. Bolbec (possibly)
13. Bradglen
14. British oak
15. C 128
16. Dela
17. Delce
18. Duluth
19. E oaze light vessel
20. Erins isle (possibly)
21. Explorer
22. Fox
23. Fred everard
24. Georgia
25. Great nore tower (remains)
26. Great nore towers (remains)
27. Great nore towers (remains).
28. H k daniels
29. Harcourt
30. Hawnby
31. Herland (part of)
32. Herland (part of)
33. Hibernia
34. Hm mms 39 (part of)(probably)
35. Hmnls van meerlant (part of)
36. Hms aisha
37. Hms amethyst
38. Hms amethyst (part of)(possibly)
39. Hms ash
40. Hms beagle (re-named cgwv no 7 in 1851)
41. Hms capricornus
42. Hms conquistador
43. Hms danube 3
44. Hms desiree
45. Hms drummer
46. Hms kennymore (part of)(probably)
47. Hms london
48. Hms london
49. Hms oriana
50. Hms receptive
51. Hms reed (possibly)
52. Hms resolvo (part of)
53. Hms restango
54. Hms stella orion
55. Hms venetia
56. Hms vimiera (bow section)
57. Hms vimiera (part of)
58. Hms vimiera (stern)
59. Holba
60. Honiton
61. Hopper number 19
62. Houston city
63. Intrepid
64. Lady jane
65. Lca 551
66. Letchworth
67. Lion (part of)
68. Malrix (possibly)
69. Maplin light house
70. Margam abbey
71. Mercy
72. Molliette
73. Mudlark
74. Nass beacon (ruins)
75. Neptune (possibly)
76. Old whitaker bn (remains of)
77. Pinto
78. Pisces
79. Radiant
80. Restless wave (possibly)
81. Revenge
82. Richard montgomery
83. Ryal
84. Selnes
85. Strathearn
86. Strom trooper
87. Sun vii
88. Tam o shanter (part)(possibly)
89. Tam o shanter (part)(possibly)
90. Toreador
91. Treport
92. Uama
93. Van meerlant (part of)
94. Vera
95. Wardie
96. Westerley star
97. Winifred
98. Winkfield
99. 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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