This is the information page about the shipwreck Axminster (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 26.419 N,1 48.411 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. Aduatiek (possibly)
3. Ala
4. Alastair
5. Alto (possibly)
6. Ambient (probably)
7. Astrologer
8. Avonwood
9. Axminster (probably)
10. Barkis
11. Begona no 5
12. Boulderpool (after part)
13. Bovey tracy
14. British captain
15. Burtonia (possibly)
16. Bygdo (possibly)
17. Castle galleon
18. Cd 14 (probably)
19. Cedarwood (possibly)
20. City of kobe
21. Claudia (possibly)
22. Cormead
23. Cresta
24. Crichtoun
25. Cross sand ltv
26. David b summers
27. Denewood
28. Dronning maud (possibly)
29. Dulwich
30. Dunwich bank wk
31. Edernian
32. El argentino
33. El dorado
34. Ethel radcliffe
35. Eva witte
36. Excellenz mehnert
37. F stobart (probably)
38. Farmatyr
39. Fidelio
40. Firth
41. Frumenton
42. Gannet (possibly)
43. Gasfire
44. Gena
45. Geneva
46. George fisher
47. Gipsy (possibly)
48. Glen tilt (possibly)
49. Glynn
50. Grantleyhall (possibly)
51. Grenadier (probably)
52. Groenlo
53. Gulf breaker
54. H h petersen
55. Helena
56. Hms christopher (possibly)
57. Hms condor (probably)
58. Hms dhoon (probably)
59. Hms donside (possibly)
60. Hms evesham (possibly)
61. Hms exmoor
62. Hms fontenoy
63. Hms glen prosen
64. Hms hirose (probably)
65. Hms irvana (part of)
66. Hms jessie nutten
67. Hms kaphreda
68. Hms m a west (probably)
69. Hms new comet (possibly)
70. Hms ocean plough (possibly)
71. Hms orthos (probably)
72. Hms pelton (probably)
73. Hms river clyde (possibly)
74. Hms speeton (possibly)
75. Hms spider
76. Hms tettenhall
77. Hms tonbridge
78. Hms tugela
79. Hms washington (probably)
80. Hms whooper
81. Hmsm d5
82. Hornchurch
83. Ignis (possibly)
84. Impulsion
85. Jamesina
86. Jim
87. Kenneth hawksfield
88. Knitsley (part of)(probably)
89. Knitsley (possibly)
90. Kwasind
91. Langeli (possibly)
92. Lapwing
93. Lincairn (possibly)
94. Lindisfarne (probably)
95. Lingfield
96. Lisette
97. Magdapur
98. Mangara
99. Mardyke
100. Maria rosa
101. Marianne (probably)
102. Mascota (possibly)
103. Mascotte
104. Memento (possibly)
105. Mendibil mendi (possibly)
106. Mercurius
107. Mirella
108. Mudo
109. Murdoch (probably)
110. Nadir
111. Navarra (possibly)
112. Nereus
113. Newhaven (possibly)
114. Nominoe
115. Nordborg (possibly)
116. Novocastrian
117. Ocean pride
118. Oil trader
119. Osprey
120. Petshenga (possibly)
121. Phryne
122. Pluton
123. Polaris
124. Prima
125. Regain
126. Ren
127. Reward (possibly)
128. Rhenas (possibly)
129. Rhineland
130. Robin iv
131. Rochester city
132. Rogate
133. Roxanna
134. Scimitar
135. Scotia
136. Sea rhine
137. Silksworth hall (probably).
138. Sirdar (part of)(possibly)
139. Skodsburg (possibly)
140. Southford
141. St patrick
142. Stad alkmaar
143. Stanmount
144. Sunniside (probably)
145. Taber park
146. Tergestea
147. Thomas m (possibly)
148. Tidal (possibly)
149. Tregantle (possibly)
150. U 13 (probably)
151. Ui-001
152. Vanguard
153. Viola (possibly)
154. War valley
155. White lady
156. White swan
157. White swan (possibly)
158. Wyetown
159. Yewkyle (possibly)
160. Yucca (possibly)

 

Name: AXMINSTER (PROBABLY)

Length 82 meter, width: 11.3 meter, draught: 4.9, tonnage 1905 ton
Load: coal

Cause: Torpedoed by german submarine.

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 23 meter, Height above seabed: 190 cm

Known since: 1917, last detected: 20161214

Details measurements/cartography: H6801/17 WK IN 522606N, 014843E. - FNM 680/17. 1923 AMEND OBSOLETE WK SYMBOL TO DW. NE 1543. H2615/28 28.4.28 WRECK NOT FOUND. (TH L3552/23). DELETED. BR STD. H03774/45 1.4.46 NOW CHARTED AS WK 40FT [6FMS 4FT]. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). LC 1543. H2154/5813 13.5.58 TAUT WIRE SWEEP 2 SMLS AFTER DISPERSAL IN 522627N, 014834E USING HSA. CLEAR AT 47FT FOUL AT 48FT. LEAST DEPTH 52FT IN GEN DEPTH 66FT. SEA BED SAND. (ECES, 18.9.57). AMEND TO WK 7FMS 5FT IN REVISED POSN. LC 1543. H2351/65 3.1.67 LOCATED BY E/S. (HMS EGERIA, R-OF-S 1966). H8031/68 6.12.68 EXAM'D 19.6.68 IN 522624N, 014832E USING DECCA. LEAST E/S DEPTH 51FT IN GEN DEPTH 65-70FT. SCOUR DEPTH 72FT. A REASONABLY GOOD SONAR CONTACT 400YDS FROM WEST AND NORTH EAST. (HMS ENTERPRISE, HI 40/68). RETAIN AS SW 7FMS 5FT. BR STD.H7688/68 26.11.70 EXAM'D 15.570 IN 522629N, 014832E USING HSA. LEAST E/S DEPTH 16.2MTRS [53FT] IN GEN DEPTH 21.0MTRS [69FT]. SCOUR DEPTH 21.2MTRS [69.5FT]. SEABED FLAT. (HMS ECHO, HI 21 7B/70). NCA. CONSIDER FIX BY ECES IN 1957 WHILE SWEEPING TO BE BEST SWEPT DEPTH OF 1957. ALSO SHOALER NEEDS SWEEPING AT NEXT OPPORTUNITY. 31.7.74 NOW CHARTED AS SW 14.0MTRS [LAT]. NC 1543, NC 1504 & NE 1536. H4658/71 29.11.77 NOT FOUND USING DCS3 ON 500FT SCALE & CLOSE E/S. SMALL SAND WAVE FIELD IN VICINITY OF POSN. POSSIBLE WK NOW BURIED. (HMS ENTERPRISE, R-OF-S DTD 25.10.77). H1942/80 1.9.82 EXAM'D 1.3.82 IN 522623N, 014832E USING HIFIX/6 [3 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 14.5 IN GEN DEPTH 23MTRS. NO SCOUR. HYDROSEARCH VERTICAL HT 7.0MTRS, LENGTH 72.5MTRS, BEAM 11MTRS. LYING 016/196DEGS, WITH BOWS N, & IN AREA OF LARGE SAND WAVES. APPARENTLY A SMALL COASTER WITH LARGE SPILLAGE OF CARGO OUT OF STBD SIDE. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 11). RETAIN SWEPT DEPTH IN AMENDED POSN. R/P.POSITIONS BELOW THIS POINT ARE IN DEGREES, MINUTES AND DECIMALS OF A MINUTE SEP 2016/000091758 24.7.17 EXAM'D 14.12.16 IN 5226.419N, 0148.411E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 15.06MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 23MTRS, LENGTH 70MTRS, WIDTH 30.2MTRS, HEIGHT 8MTRS, ORIENTATION 190/010 DEGS. WRECK IS BROKEN AND PARTIALLY BURIED. (GARDLINE, HI 1494). AMEND DW 15MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 52 26.419 N,1 48.411 E

 

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