This is the information page about the shipwreck Avoca, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 0.042 N,1 8.508 E (51.0759833, 1.4147)

 

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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. Afghanistan (probably)
2. Africa
3. Alcantara
4. Alice
5. Amplegarth
6. Angelus (possibly)
7. Argo
8. Argonaut
9. Atlantic (possibly)
10. Australier (probably)
11. Avoca
12. Bobby
13. Brandenburg
14. Cabo espartel
15. Ceta (stern section)
16. Charente
17. Christianssund
18. City of dresden (possibly)
19. Corhaven
20. De fontaine
21. Dinard
22. Durango
23. Efford
24. Eidsiva (probably)
25. Electra
26. Emma
27. Emma (possibly)
28. Empire lough (probably)
29. Empress of fort william (probably)
30. En avant
31. Enero (probably)
32. Eustratios (probably)
33. Excellence pleske
34. Falcon (probably)
35. Fearless
36. Flachsee
37. G-asad
38. Grit (probably)
39. Grosser kurfurst
40. Grosser kurfurst (possibly)
41. Gwendoline (part of)(possibly)
42. Halcyon
43. Henry moon
44. Heron
45. Hmhs anglia
46. Hms aragonite (part of)
47. Hms aries (possibly)
48. Hms blackwater
49. Hms brazen
50. Hms carlton
51. Hms city of dundee
52. Hms cleon
53. Hms drumtochty (possibly)
54. Hms falmouth iii (possibly)
55. Hms ghurka
56. Hms glen boyne
57. Hms kingston galena
58. Hms lydian
59. Hms marcella
60. Hms myrmidon
61. Hms napia
62. Hms niger (possibly)
63. Hms othello ii
64. Hms peridot
65. Hms rodino
66. Hms torbay ii (probably)
67. Hms war sepoy
68. Hms waterfly
69. Hmt gullfoss
70. Holland
71. Hydaspes (possibly)
72. Ilaro
73. Jacob luckenbach
74. James harrod
75. Jokai
76. Josephine willis
77. Kadru
78. Katharina kolkmann
79. Kielce
80. Kirsten skou
81. La somme (probably)
82. Lacer
83. Lady stella
84. Latona
85. Le tregor
86. Leicester
87. Leila najia
88. Leo
89. Lizzonia
90. Loanda
91. Lusitania
92. Maloja 1
93. Milbanke (probably)
94. Monarch
95. Morgenster
96. Mrav
97. Murillo
98. My astor
99. Naranco
100. Negrier
101. Newcastle
102. Niki
103. Norman
104. Northfleet
105. Nunima
106. Ousel (probably)
107. Polgrange
108. Portslade (possibly)
109. Preussen
110. Pulborough
111. River levan
112. Roode zee (possibly)
113. Roseburn
114. S.folkestone gate (ltv no.75)
115. Saint ronan (possibly)
116. Salbya (possibly)
117. Samida
118. Sea serpent
119. Seine
120. Shenandoah
121. Sierra bravia
122. Sir russell
123. St cecilia
124. Strathclyde
125. T s webb
126. Teeswood
127. Texaco caribbean (after section)
128. Texaco caribbean (forward section)
129. Tokufuku maru
130. Toward
131. Traquair (probably)
132. Trooper
133. U 8
134. Ub 103 (possibly)
135. Ub 108 (possibly)
136. Ub 109
137. Ub 31 ?
138. Ub 38
139. Ub 55 (probably)
140. Ub 56 (possibly)
141. Ub 58 (possibly)
142. Ub 78
143. Ub-33 (probably)
144. Uc 63
145. Uc 77 (possibly)
146. Unity
147. Vittoria claudia
148. W a scholten
149. Welsh belle
150. Wheatman (possibly)
151. Will and maggie (probably)

 

Name: AVOCA

Length 69.5 meter, width: 9.4 meter, draught: 4.9, tonnage 844 ton
Load: general and mixed goods

Cause: Built of iron in 1865 by g robinson & co, cork. owned at time of loss by the british & irish ss packet co ltd. two boilers, compound expansion engine of 150hp, single shaft. passage london for dublin. general cargo. sank following collision with ss north cambria in force 1 winds and fog.

Year of registration: 1895

Water depth above wreck: 23 meter, Height above seabed: 122 cm

Known since: 1895, last detected: 20160721

Details measurements/cartography: 12.1895 AMEND OBSOLETE WK SYMBOL TO DW PA ON CHART. (AUTHORITY NOT KNOWN). H603/31 6.2.31 AMEND TO NDW PA. SWEPT BY OROPESA. (HMS KELLETT, 1930). H2492/59 27.10.59 CONTACTED WHILST SEARCHING FOR 'DE FONTAINE'. STRONG A/S ECHOES. (HMS SHACKLETON, 17.4.59). H2492/59 27.10.59 SWEPT IN 510006N, 010836E. NOT FOULED. LEAST E/S DEPTH 63FT IN GEN DEPTH 80FT. SMALL OBSTN. (TH, 23.9.59). AMEND TO WK 10FMS 3FT IN REVISED POSN.

- NM 2536/59. H5824/60 2.3.61 LEAST E/S DEPTH 68FT. (HMS SCOTT, 10.5.60). 10.9.73 AMEND TO SW 18.5MTRS. NC 1892. H4199/78 29.9.78 LOCATED 27.9.77 IN 510000N, 010836E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 18.6MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 24MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 26MTRS. DCS3 HT 6.1MTRS. LENGTH 76MTRS, LYING 120/300DEGS. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 35/77). AMEND TO WK 17.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. H1310/86/15 24.6.86 DIVED ON IN 1985. SMALL SS IN UPRIGHT POSN AND WELL SUNK INTO SOFT SEABED. IN A VERY DECAYED STATE. STERN, WHICH IS SKELETON-LIKE FRAMEWORK, IS HIGHEST POINT, STANDING SOME 5MTRS HIGH. (P G WEATHERLEY, 9.6.86). NCA. HH090/921/01 18.9.01 EXAM'D 3.7.01 IN 5100.040N, 0108.507E [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 19.3, FOUL 19.6MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 19.6 IN GEN DEPTH 23MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 70MTRS, WIDTH 9MTRS. DCS3 HT 7MTRS. LIES 120/300 DEGS. SLIGHT MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (NP 1016, HI 921). UPRIGHT AND INTACT. BR STD. HH100/351/17 16.10.01 THIS IS THE 'AVOCA'. IDENTIFIED BY NAME ON SHIP'S CUTLERY. (T GOODFELLOW, EMAIL DTD 10.10.01). NCA. SEP 2016/000091764 18.4.17 EXAM'D 21.7.16 IN 5100.042N, 0108.508E [WGD]. LEAST W/C DEPTH 18.28MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 23MTRS, LENGTH 72.1MTRS, WIDTH 10.2MTRS, HEIGHT 5.4MTRS, ORIENTATION 122/302 DEGS. SCOUR DIMENSIONS LENGTH 143MTRS, 1.8MTRS DEEP TOWARD 045DEGS. WK INTACT AND UPRIGHT. (GARDLINE, HI 1497). AMEND DW 18.2MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT & INTACT

Position: 51 0.042 N,1 8.508 E

 

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