This is the information page about the shipwreck Aulton (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 55 46.847 N,1 43.794 W (55.5, -11)

 

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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. Accra
2. Aepos
3. Aikaterini
4. Alert (possibly)
5. Anchises
6. Arbutus
7. Athelduke
8. Auckland castle
9. Aulton (possibly)
10. Auriac (probably)
11. Baltanglia
12. Baron stjernblad
13. Borgland
14. Botlea
15. Buka
16. Calabria
17. Calafatis
18. Centaruo i
19. Choice
20. Chris christenson
21. Conch
22. Coryton
23. Dione ii
24. Diplomat
25. Efploia
26. Eglinton
27. Emily reaich
28. Emma
29. Empire cormorant
30. Empire simba
31. Everene (possibly)
32. Ex-hmsm h 11
33. Fanefjeld
34. Florence dombey (possibly)
35. Frederick s fales
36. George and mary (possibly)
37. Gyda
38. Havilde
39. Hms ascot
40. Hms fortuna
41. Hms kopanes
42. Hms patia
43. Hooghammen
44. Igor
45. Isbul & margarit
46. Jan van ryswyck
47. King robert
48. Leise maersk (probably)
49. Loch lomond
50. Mandros
51. Martin goldschmidt
52. Maystone (possibly)
53. Merwede
54. Nerissa
55. Nidelven
56. Olympier
57. Onoba
58. Pluto
59. Rushpool
60. Sesostris
61. Shadwan
62. Sitala
63. Skovdal (probably)
64. Snowdonia
65. Somali
66. St andre
67. St fergus
68. Stirlingshire
69. Tempo (possibly)
70. Thistle
71. Thomas jackson (possibly)
72. Thornlea
73. Tillycorthie
74. Tortuguero
75. U 1103
76. U 1194
77. U 1274
78. U 2354
79. U 3514
80. U 714
81. Ulva (possibly)
82. Vale (possibly)
83. Venus
84. Victor ross
85. Vinemoor
86. Vingaland
87. Wairuna

 

Name: AULTON (POSSIBLY)

Length 55.7 meter, width: 8.4 meter, draught: 3.4, tonnage 634 ton
Load: coal

Cause: ex-gypsy, ex-ardenze, ex- melford. built in 1899 by r williamson & son, workington. owned at time of loss by adam bros, aberdeen. one boilers, single shaft. passage seaham for aberdeen. torpedoed by ub 83.

Year of registration: 1945

Water depth above wreck: 78 meter, Height above seabed: 116 cm

Known since: 1945, last detected: 20190605

Details measurements/cartography: SINKING POSN APPROX 9 M SE BY E 0.5 E FROM BERWICK HR. GIVES POSN 554430N, 014300W. (MASTER B.O.T). H066/45 7.4.45 RAUM 22 (?) IN POSN 554700N, 014400W. (ROSYTH LIST). AUBD 311/9 LENGTH 150FT, BREADTH 35FT, DIRECTION 045/225 DEGS. (C IN C ROSYTH). 6.6.72 INS AS NDWPA. LC 1192. H4622/71 14.9.72 AMEND TO USCPA 28MTRS. NC 160. H4271/71 17.2.78 AMEND TO NDWPA. NC 1407. 18.6.01 LOCATED IN 5546.845N, 0147.792W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 71.1 IN GEN DEPTH 78MTRS. HT 7.3MTRS. (GARDLINE, HN DTD 16.6.01). AMEND TO WK 71MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. HH090/915/01 17.1.02 EXAM'D 22.4.01 IN 5546.842N, 0143.792E [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 71.1 IN GEN DEPTH 78.6MTRS. SCOUR 0.5MTRS EXTENDS 3MTRS TOWARDS 295 DEGS. LENGTH 60MTRS, WIDTH 9MTRS. DCS3 HT 7.3MTRS. NO DEBRIS. LIES 115/295 DEGS WITH BOWS 115 DEGS. POOR MAGNETIC ANOMALY. INTACT AND UPRIGHT. (GARDLINE, HI 915).

- NM 1098/02. 18.10.13 UPRIGHT. FWD HOLD AND BOW COLLAPSED OUTWARDS. (DIVER MAGAZINE, NOV 2013). NCA. SEP 2021/000090526 1.4.21 EXAM'D 5.6.19 IN 5546.847N, 0143.794W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 71.78MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 78MTRS, LENGTH 58MTRS, WIDTH 9MTRS, HT 6.3MTRS, ORIENTATION 116/296 DEGS. SCOUR DIMENTIONS LENGTH 49MTRS, WIDTH 12MTRS, 78.9MTRS DEEP, TOWARDS 124 DEGS. WK UPRIGHT, INTACT AND ITS FORWARD PARTIALLY COLLAPSED AND BURIED. (MERITAITO, HI1591). AMEND NDW 71MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, UPRIGHT, FWD PART COLLAPSED OUTWARDS, BOWS ESE

Position: 55 46.847 N,1 43.794 W

 

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