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 (52.4370167, 1.7918333)

 

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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. Boulderpool (after part)
12. Bovey tracy
13. Boy karl
14. Burtonia (possibly)
15. Bygdo (possibly)
16. Castle galleon
17. Cd 14 (probably)
18. City of kobe
19. Claudia (possibly)
20. Corbrook
21. Cormead
22. Crichtoun
23. Cross sand ltv
24. Django
25. Dronning maud (possibly)
26. Edinardue antoinette (possibly)
27. El dorado
28. Excellenz mehnert
29. Fidelio
30. Frumenton
31. Gasfire
32. Geneva
33. George fisher
34. Girl linda
35. Glen derry (probably)
36. Glen tilt (possibly)
37. Glynn
38. Groenlo
39. Gulf breaker
40. H h petersen
41. Hamsterley
42. Helena
43. Hms agate
44. Hms bracklyn (possibly)
45. Hms christopher (possibly)
46. Hms condor (probably)
47. Hms dhoon (probably)
48. Hms donside (possibly)
49. Hms evesham (possibly)
50. Hms exmoor
51. Hms fontenoy
52. Hms force
53. Hms glen prosen
54. Hms irvana (part of)
55. Hms jessie nutten
56. Hms kaphreda
57. Hms m a west (probably)
58. Hms ocean plough (possibly)
59. Hms orthos (probably)
60. Hms pelton (probably)
61. Hms speeton (possibly)
62. Hms spider
63. Hms tettenhall
64. Hms tonbridge
65. Hms tugela
66. Hmsm d5
67. Horseferry (probably)
68. Impulsion
69. Ionian (probably)
70. Kenneth hawksfield
71. Knitsley (part of)(probably)
72. Knitsley (possibly)
73. La perouse (possibly)
74. Langeli (possibly)
75. Liliane (possibly)
76. Lindisfarne (probably)
77. Lingfield
78. Mardyke
79. Maria rosa
80. Marianne (probably)
81. Mascota (possibly)
82. Mascotte
83. Memento (possibly)
84. Merchant
85. Mercurius
86. Mirella
87. Montferland
88. Mudo
89. Murdoch (probably)
90. Navarra (possibly)
91. Nereus
92. Newland (possibly)
93. Nominoe
94. Nordborg (possibly)
95. Noreen
96. Novocastrian
97. Oil trader
98. Onto
99. Otis tarda
100. Philipp m
101. Pluton
102. Prima
103. Prosper
104. Quest
105. Regain
106. Ren
107. Reward (possibly)
108. Rhineland
109. Robin iv
110. Robrix
111. Rochester city
112. Rogate
113. Roine
114. Rye
115. Scotia
116. Sea rhine
117. Silksworth hall (probably).
118. Sirdar (part of)(possibly)
119. Skodsburg (possibly)
120. Southford
121. St patrick
122. Stad alkmaar
123. Stanmount
124. Strive
125. Sunniside (probably)
126. Taber park
127. Thomas m (possibly)
128. Tidal (possibly)
129. Togston
130. Tregantle (possibly)
131. Trevethoe
132. U 13 (probably)
133. Vanguard
134. Viola (possibly)
135. Virgilia
136. War mehtar
137. War valley
138. Yewvalley (possibly)
139. 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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