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 (52.437016666667, 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. 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. Bob read (probably)
13. Boulderpool (after part)
14. Bovey tracy
15. British captain
16. Burtonia (possibly)
17. Bygdo (possibly)
18. Castle galleon
19. Cd 14 (probably)
20. Cedarwood (possibly)
21. City of kobe
22. Claudia (possibly)
23. Cormead
24. Cresta
25. Crichtoun
26. Cross sand ltv
27. Daisy (possibly)
28. David b summers
29. Db 8 (possibly)
30. Denewood
31. Dronning maud (possibly)
32. Dulwich
33. Dunwich bank wk
34. Edernian
35. El argentino
36. El dorado
37. Elnet
38. Ethel radcliffe
39. Eva witte
40. Excellenz mehnert
41. F stobart (probably)
42. Farmatyr
43. Fidelio
44. Firth
45. Frumenton
46. G and e (possibly)
47. Gannet (possibly)
48. Gasfire
49. Gena
50. Geneva
51. George fisher
52. Gipsy (possibly)
53. Glen tilt (possibly)
54. Glynn
55. Grantleyhall (possibly)
56. Grenadier (probably)
57. Groenlo
58. Gulf breaker
59. H h petersen
60. Helena
61. Hms cantatrice
62. Hms christopher (possibly)
63. Hms condor (probably)
64. Hms dhoon (probably)
65. Hms donside (possibly)
66. Hms evesham (possibly)
67. Hms exmoor
68. Hms fontenoy
69. Hms glen prosen
70. Hms harvest gleaner
71. Hms hirose (probably)
72. Hms irvana (part of)
73. Hms jessie nutten
74. Hms kaphreda
75. Hms m a west (probably)
76. Hms new comet (possibly)
77. Hms ocean plough (possibly)
78. Hms orthos (probably)
79. Hms pelton (probably)
80. Hms river clyde (possibly)
81. Hms speeton (possibly)
82. Hms spider
83. Hms tettenhall
84. Hms tonbridge
85. Hms tugela
86. Hms washington (probably)
87. Hms whooper
88. Hmsm d5
89. Hornchurch
90. Ignis (possibly)
91. Impulsion
92. Jamesina
93. Jim
94. Kenneth hawksfield
95. Knitsley (part of)(probably)
96. Knitsley (possibly)
97. Kwasind
98. Langeli (possibly)
99. Lapwing
100. Lapwing (possibly)
101. Lincairn (possibly)
102. Lindisfarne (probably)
103. Lingfield
104. Lisette
105. Magdapur
106. Mangara
107. Mardyke
108. Maria rosa
109. Marianne (probably)
110. Mascota (possibly)
111. Mascotte
112. Memento (possibly)
113. Mendibil mendi (possibly)
114. Mercurius
115. Mirella
116. Mudo
117. Murdoch (probably)
118. Nadir
119. Navarra (possibly)
120. Nereus
121. Newhaven (possibly)
122. Nominoe
123. Nordborg (possibly)
124. Novocastrian
125. Ocean pride
126. Oil trader
127. Osprey
128. Petshenga (possibly)
129. Phryne
130. Pluton
131. Polaris
132. Prima
133. Regain
134. Ren
135. Reward (possibly)
136. Rhenas (possibly)
137. Rhineland
138. Robin iv
139. Rochester city
140. Rogate
141. Roxanna
142. Scimitar
143. Scotia
144. Sea king
145. Sea rhine
146. Silksworth hall (probably).
147. Sir william stephenson
148. Sirdar (part of)(possibly)
149. Skodsburg (possibly)
150. Southford
151. St patrick
152. Stad alkmaar
153. Stanmount
154. Sunniside (probably)
155. Taber park
156. Tergestea
157. Thomas m (possibly)
158. Tidal (possibly)
159. Tregantle (possibly)
160. Tunisiana
161. U 13 (probably)
162. Uc 62 (possibly)
163. Ui-001
164. Vanguard
165. Vigo
166. Viola (possibly)
167. War valley
168. White lady
169. White swan
170. White swan (possibly)
171. Wyetown
172. Yewkyle (possibly)
173. 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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