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 (51.075983333333, 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. Dorothy j (possibly)
23. Durango
24. Efford
25. Eidsiva (probably)
26. Electra
27. Emma
28. Emma (possibly)
29. Empire lough (probably)
30. Empress of fort william (probably)
31. En avant
32. Enero (probably)
33. Eustratios (probably)
34. Excellence pleske
35. Falcon (probably)
36. Fearless
37. Flachsee
38. G-asad
39. Grit (probably)
40. Grosser kurfurst
41. Grosser kurfurst (possibly)
42. Gwendoline (part of)(possibly)
43. Halcyon
44. Henry moon
45. Heron
46. Hmhs anglia
47. Hms aragonite (part of)
48. Hms aragonite (part of)
49. Hms aries (possibly)
50. Hms blackwater
51. Hms brazen
52. Hms carlton
53. Hms city of dundee
54. Hms cleon
55. Hms drumtochty (possibly)
56. Hms falmouth iii (possibly)
57. Hms ghurka
58. Hms glen boyne
59. Hms kingston galena
60. Hms lydian
61. Hms marcella
62. Hms myrmidon
63. Hms napia
64. Hms niger (possibly)
65. Hms othello ii
66. Hms peridot
67. Hms rodino
68. Hms torbay ii (probably)
69. Hms war sepoy
70. Hms waterfly
71. Hmt gullfoss
72. Holland
73. Hydaspes (possibly)
74. Ilaro
75. Jacob luckenbach
76. James harrod
77. Jokai
78. Josephine willis
79. Kadru
80. Katharina kolkmann
81. Kielce
82. Kirsten skou
83. La somme (probably)
84. Lacer
85. Lady stella
86. Latona
87. Lcp(r) 1961 (possibly)
88. Le tregor
89. Leicester
90. Leila najia
91. Leo
92. Lighter 83
93. Lizzonia
94. Loanda
95. Lusitania
96. Maloja 1
97. Milbanke (probably)
98. Monarch
99. Morgenster
100. Mrav
101. Murillo
102. My astor
103. Naranco
104. Negrier
105. Newcastle
106. Niki
107. Norman
108. Northfleet
109. Nunima
110. Ocean king (possibly)
111. Ousel (probably)
112. Polgrange
113. Portslade (possibly)
114. Preussen
115. Pulborough
116. River levan
117. Roode zee (possibly)
118. Roseburn
119. S.folkestone gate (ltv no.75)
120. Saint ronan (possibly)
121. Salbya (possibly)
122. Samida
123. Sea serpent
124. Seine
125. Shenandoah
126. Sierra bravia
127. Sir russell
128. Spanish prince
129. St cecilia
130. St claire (possibly)
131. Strathclyde
132. T s webb
133. Teeswood
134. Texaco caribbean (after section)
135. Texaco caribbean (forward section)
136. Tokufuku maru
137. Toward
138. Traquair (probably)
139. Trooper
140. U 8
141. Ub 103 (possibly)
142. Ub 108 (possibly)
143. Ub 109
144. Ub 31 ?
145. Ub 38
146. Ub 55 (probably)
147. Ub 56 (possibly)
148. Ub 58 (possibly)
149. Ub 78
150. Ub-33 (probably)
151. Uc 63
152. Uc 77 (possibly)
153. Unity
154. Vittoria claudia
155. W a scholten
156. Welsh belle
157. Wheatman (possibly)
158. 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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