This is the information page about the shipwreck Aridity (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 30.886 N,1 0.013 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. Alberta
5. Alf everard (part of)
6. Alf everard (part of)
7. Alice marie
8. Argus
9. Aridity (probably)
10. Astrologer
11. Atherton
12. Azariah (poss)
13. Baltrader
14. Beacon 'f'
15. Blue mermaid
16. Bolbec (possibly)
17. Bradglen
18. British oak
19. C 128
20. Chieftain
21. Daisy maud
22. Dela
23. Delce
24. Duluth
25. E oaze light vessel
26. East shoebury bn (remains of)
27. Empire ghyll
28. Enterprise ranger 2
29. Erins isle (possibly)
30. Explorer
31. Fox
32. Fred everard
33. Georgia
34. Ghc (possibly)
35. Gordon
36. Great nore tower (remains)
37. Great nore towers (remains)
38. Great nore towers (remains).
39. H k daniels
40. Harcourt
41. Hawnby
42. Herland (part of)
43. Herland (part of)
44. Hibernia
45. Hm mms 39 (part of)(possibly)
46. Hm mms 39 (part of)(probably)
47. Hmnls van meerlant (part of)
48. Hms aisha
49. Hms amethyst
50. Hms amethyst (part of)(possibly)
51. Hms ash
52. Hms beagle (re-named cgwv no 7 in 1851)
53. Hms capricornus
54. Hms conquistador
55. Hms danube 3
56. Hms desiree
57. Hms drummer
58. Hms kennymore (part of)(probably)
59. Hms london
60. Hms london
61. Hms myrtle
62. Hms new spray
63. Hms oriana
64. Hms princess irene
65. Hms receptive
66. Hms reed (possibly)
67. Hms resolvo (part of)
68. Hms restango
69. Hms stella orion
70. Hms venetia
71. Hms vimiera (bow section)
72. Hms vimiera (part of)
73. Hms vimiera (stern)
74. Holba
75. Honiton
76. Hopper number 19
77. Houston city
78. How (probably)
79. Intrepid
80. Janie b
81. Lady jane
82. Lca 551
83. Letchworth
84. Lion (part of)
85. Lowlands
86. Maitland
87. Malrix (possibly)
88. Maplin light house
89. Maplin survey platform
90. March
91. Margam abbey
92. Mercy
93. Mi amigo
94. Molliette
95. Mudlark
96. Nass beacon (ruins)
97. Neptune (possibly)
98. Norman
99. Nw shingles bn (remains of)
100. Old whitaker bn (remains of)
101. Pinto
102. Pisces
103. Radiant
104. Rd barge 59 (part of)(possibly)
105. Resolute
106. Restless wave (possibly)
107. Revenge
108. Richard montgomery
109. Rosme
110. Rover (possibly)
111. Ryal
112. Selnes
113. Sparsholt
114. Strathearn
115. Strom trooper
116. Sun vii
117. Sunrise (possibly)
118. Supremity
119. Tam o shanter (part)(possibly)
120. Tam o shanter (part)(possibly)
121. Thorvin karsven
122. Toreador
123. Treport
124. Uama
125. Van meerlant (part of)
126. Vera
127. Volante
128. Wardie
129. Warfleth
130. Warp
131. Westerley star
132. William j taylor (part of)
133. Winifred
134. Winkfield
135. Yassou
136. Zarga

 

Name: ARIDITY (PROBABLY)

Length 39.6 meter, width: 7.3 meter, draught: 2.4, tonnage 336 ton

Cause: passage hull for london. mined.

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 10 meter, Height above seabed: 0 cm

Known since: 1940, last detected: 2005

Details measurements/cartography: 5.9.72 5.9.72 SANK 40YDS NE OF E OAZE LTV. (WW2SL). POSN 513030N, 010030E APPROX FOR FILING. HH244/351/01 9.3.92 HH244/351/01 9.3.92 IN 513051N, 010006E. SWEPT CLEAR AT 8.4MTRS. WRECKAGE EXTENDING OVER A 50MTR RADIUS. (PLA NAV WARNING 3/92).

- NM 862/92. HH244/351/01 2.4.92 HH244/351/01 2.4.92 EXAM'D 5.3.92 IN 513051N, 010006 [OGB]. SWEPT CLEAT AT 8.4, FOUL AT 9.1MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 8.5 IN GEN DEPTHS 9.6-11MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 12.6MTRS. WRECKAGE COVERS AREA 76 X 32MTRS, ORIENTATED N/S. SWEEP PARTED ON FOULING WITH WHITE PAINT ON ONE SINKER AND RED PAINT ON THE OTHER. SCOUR MAILNLY TO S OF WK MOUND BUT WITH AN EXTENSION TO ENE FOR 100MTRS. COULD BE REMAINS OF MARCATO, DISPERSED IN 1926. LAUNCH OSPREY WAS ALSO LOST IN THIS VICINITY IN APRIL 1986 AND MAY HAVE LODGED IN THIS WRECKAGE. (PLA WK NO.201/114, CHARTWELL NO.2/92). NFA. HH244/420/03 8.6.98 HH244/420/03 8.6.98 EXAM'D 27.4.98 IN 513050.9N, 010006.5E [OGB] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 8.6 IN GEN DEPTH 10.5MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 13.1MTRS. COVERS 90MTRS IN N/S DIRECTION AND UP TO 110MTRS IN NE/SW DIRECTION. SCOURING DEEPER AND EXTENDS SOME 150MTRS BOTH E AND W OF THE WK. RETAIN AS SW 8.4MTRS. (PLA WK REPORT 15/98). BR STD. 13.6.05 13.6.05 SHOWN IN 5130.886N, 0100.013E [WGD] ON PLA 201/23 DTD SEP'03-NOV'04. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: BROKEN UP, SCOUR EXTENDS 150MTRS E & W

Position: 51 30.886 N,1 0.013 E

 

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