This is the information page about the shipwreck Avonwood, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 33.59 N,2 4.139 E (52.437016666667, 1.7918333333333)

 

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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. Abeona
2. Ala
3. Alto (possibly)
4. Astrologer
5. Atle
6. Avonwood
7. Axminster (probably)
8. Barkis
9. Barrhill
10. Begona no 5
11. Bob read (probably)
12. Boulderpool (after part)
13. Bovey tracy
14. Boy karl
15. Burtonia (possibly)
16. Bygdo (possibly)
17. Castle galleon
18. Cd 14 (probably)
19. City of kobe
20. Claudia (possibly)
21. Corbrook
22. Cormead
23. Crichtoun
24. Cross sand ltv
25. Db 8 (possibly)
26. Django
27. Dronning maud (possibly)
28. Edinardue antoinette (possibly)
29. El dorado
30. Elnet
31. Excellenz mehnert
32. Fidelio
33. Frumenton
34. G and e (possibly)
35. Gasfire
36. Geneva
37. George fisher
38. Girl linda
39. Glen derry (probably)
40. Glen tilt (possibly)
41. Glynn
42. Groenlo
43. Gulf breaker
44. H h petersen
45. Hamsterley
46. Helena
47. Hms agate
48. Hms bracklyn (possibly)
49. Hms cantatrice
50. Hms christopher (possibly)
51. Hms condor (probably)
52. Hms dhoon (probably)
53. Hms donside (possibly)
54. Hms evesham (possibly)
55. Hms exmoor
56. Hms fontenoy
57. Hms force
58. Hms glen prosen
59. Hms irvana (part of)
60. Hms jessie nutten
61. Hms kaphreda
62. Hms m a west (probably)
63. Hms ocean plough (possibly)
64. Hms orthos (probably)
65. Hms pelton (probably)
66. Hms speeton (possibly)
67. Hms spider
68. Hms tettenhall
69. Hms tonbridge
70. Hms tugela
71. Hmsm d5
72. Horseferry (probably)
73. Impulsion
74. Ionian (probably)
75. Kenneth hawksfield
76. Knitsley (part of)(probably)
77. Knitsley (possibly)
78. La perouse (possibly)
79. Langeli (possibly)
80. Liliane (possibly)
81. Lindisfarne (probably)
82. Lingfield
83. Mardyke
84. Maria rosa
85. Marianne (probably)
86. Mascota (possibly)
87. Mascotte
88. Memento (possibly)
89. Merchant
90. Mercurius
91. Meriones
92. Mirella
93. Montferland
94. Mudo
95. Murdoch (probably)
96. Navarra (possibly)
97. Nereus
98. Newland (possibly)
99. Nominoe
100. Nordborg (possibly)
101. Noreen
102. Novocastrian
103. Oil trader
104. Onto
105. Otis tarda
106. Philipp m
107. Pluton
108. Prima
109. Prosper
110. Quest
111. Regain
112. Ren
113. Reward (possibly)
114. Rhineland
115. Robin iv
116. Robrix
117. Rochester city
118. Rogate
119. Roine
120. Rye
121. Scotia
122. Sea rhine
123. Silksworth hall (probably).
124. Sirdar (part of)(possibly)
125. Skodsburg (possibly)
126. Southford
127. St patrick
128. Stad alkmaar
129. Stanmount
130. Strive
131. Sunniside (probably)
132. Taber park
133. Thomas m (possibly)
134. Tidal (possibly)
135. Togston
136. Tregantle (possibly)
137. Trevethoe
138. Tunisiana
139. U 13 (probably)
140. Uc 62 (possibly)
141. Vanguard
142. Viola (possibly)
143. Virgilia
144. War mehtar
145. War valley
146. Yewvalley (possibly)
147. Yucca (possibly)

 

Name: AVONWOOD

Length 60.9 meter, width: 10.1 meter, draught: 4.1, tonnage 1056 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: built in 1934 by burtisland sb co ltd, burntisland. owned at time of loss by joseph constantine ss line ltd. one boiler, triple expansion engine of 105 nhp, single shaft. passage london for the tyne. torpedoed by e boat. 13 killed. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1971

Water depth above wreck: 28 meter, Height above seabed: 149 cm

Known since: 1971, last detected: 20170315

Details measurements/cartography: H4398/71 15.9.71 LOCATED IN 523340N, 020407E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR 17.0, FOUL 22.0MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 21.6 IN GEN DEPTH 29.0METRES. NO SCOUR. COVERS AN AREA ABOUT 150FT BY 100FT. (HMS ENTERPRISE, 30.6.71). INS AS SW 9FMS 2FT. BR STD. 5.4.71 AMEND TO SW 17.0MTRS. NC 1543. 22.11.72 SHOWN IN 523342N, 020406E [EUR] ON NETHERLANDS FISHERIES 1954 [REC'D 7.11.72]. HH090/616/01 26.10.94 EXAM'D 30.6.94 IN 523333.7N, 020414.8E [OGB] USING SYLEDIS [3 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR 24.3, FOUL 24.5MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 24.5 IN GEN DEPTH 28.4MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 4.0MTRS. DCS3 HT 5.3MTRS. LENGTH 60MTRS, WIDTH 20MTRS. LIES 070/250 DEGS. UPRIGHT AND APPARENTLY INTACT. (GARDLINE, HI 616). BR STD. SEP 2017/000067039 15.3.17 EXAM'D 15.3.17. WRECK IN 5233.590N, 0204.139E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 25.4MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 28MTRS. LENGTH 11.5MTRS, WIDTH 5.5MTRS, HEIGHT 2.4MTRS, ORIENTATION 149/329 DEGS. (GARDLINE, HI 1516). AMEND DW 25MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: SMALL & INTACT

Position: 52 33.59 N,2 4.139 E

 

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