This is the information page about the shipwreck Axwell, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 38.826 N,0 40.672 W (50.652366666667, -0.61618333333333)

 

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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.

 

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4. Algiers
5. Alison (possibly)
6. Angry fish
7. Ariel
8. Armenier
9. Arno (possibly)
10. Atlas (probably)
11. Axwell
12. Basil-2
13. Bettann (bow section)
14. Cairndhu
15. Cambrian princess (probably)
16. Candia
17. Carbineer
18. City of mexico
19. Cuba
20. Donegal (possibly)
21. Duke of buccleuch
22. Elford
23. Fort yale
24. Fpt iv
25. Frode
26. Gartland
27. Gascony
28. Gerarda
29. Germa geisha
30. Glenlee
31. Hedwig lunstedt
32. Highland corrie
33. Hms apley (possibly)
34. Hms evadne (possibly)
35. Hms hazardous
36. Hms implacable
37. Hms kingston jacinth (possibly)
38. Hms moldavia
39. Hms northcoates
40. Hms pine
41. Hms prince leopold
42. Hms sapper
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44. Hmsm a1
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49. Lowmount
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54. Ramsgarth
55. Ramsholm (possibly)
56. Rfa hungerford (possibly)
57. Saint andre (probably)
58. Shirala
59. Sines (possibly)
60. Spearfish
61. Stavros (possibly)
62. Syrinx (part of)(possibly)
63. Teelin head
64. U 1195
65. U 86 (formerly)
66. U 86 (possibly)
67. Ub 81
68. Vesuvio (possibly)
69. Vigda
70. War helmet
71. Zaanstroom

 

Name: AXWELL

Length 73.2 meter, width: 11 meter, draught: 4.3, tonnage 1442 ton
Load: coal

Cause: built in 1909 by j crown & sons ltd, sunderland. owned at time of loss by broomhill collieries ltd. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 182nhp, single shaft. passage warkworth for rouen. cargo coal. torpedoed and sunk by german submarine. (ll ww1 & sibi).

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 45 meter, Height above seabed: 48 cm

Known since: 1917, last detected: 20180210

Details measurements/cartography: SUNK 3 MILES WSW FROM OWERS LTV. (WW1SL). H2318/74 18.3.74 WK LOCATED 000DEGS OWERS LIGHT BUOY 1.5M. BOWS 25DEGS. (HMS NURTON, HN). H2318/74 8.4.74 CONFIRMED POSN AS 000DEGS, 1.5M FROM OWERS LIGHT BUOY. (HMS NURTON, 21.3.74). CHART AS DW IN 503847N, 004035W.

- NM 807/74. H2318/74 2.9.75 WK EXAM'D 3.7.75 IN 503848N, 004035W [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 35.9MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 45.9MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 47.9MTRS. THOUGHT TO BE PROBABLY THE COLLIER 'AXWELL'. THIS WK IS APPROX 65MTRS IN LENGTH, LYING 050/230DEGS. (SCES, HI 62/75). AMEND TO WK 36MTRS [19FMS] IN REVISED POSN.

- NM BLOCK 980/76. H1285/76 14.6.76 MR P J SMITH HAS APPLIED ON BEHALF OF NEWHAM SUB-AQUA CLUB FOR EXPLOSIVES CERTIFICATE TO CARRY OUT SALVAGE WORK ON THE 'AXWELL'. (MET. POLICE OFFICE, 10.6.76).H2979/74 7.12.76 WK FIXED IN 503846.86N, 004034.45W [OGB] USING DECCA. IDENTIFIED AS 'AXWELL' BY THE SHIP'S BELL. UPRIGHT, LYING 050/230DEGS WITH BOWS TO EAST. HIGHEST POINT IS THE BRIDGE AT ABOUT 30FT. (E GILES, SUBSERVS, 13.11.76). NCA. H1310/84/6 9.3.84 STANDS UPRIGHT IN A DEPRESSION IN SEABED IN GEN DEPTH 50 TO 52MTRS (MLW). IN FAIRLY GOOD CONDITION. (M J BURPITT, 28.2.84). HH091/003/01 30.9.03 EXAM'D 13.6.03 IN 5038.812N, 0040.686W [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 37.5, FOUL 37.8MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 39.1 IN GEN DEPTH 46MTRS. SCOUR 4MTRS DEEP EXTENDS 40MTRS TOWARDS 160 DEGS. LENGTH 50MTRS, WIDTH 15MTRS. DCS3 HT 7MTRS. LIES 050/230 DEGS WITH BOWS TOWARDS 050 DEGS. POOR MAGNETIC ANOMALY. INTACT AND UPRIGHT. UPPERDECK DETAIL NOTED ON DCS3. (NP 1016, HI 1003A). AMEND TO SW 37MTRS. BR STD. SEP 2018/000198963 13.08.18 EXAM'D 10.02.18; IN 5038.826N, 0040.672W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 38MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 45MTRS, LENGTH 76MTRS, WIDTH 19MTRS, HEIGHT 7.5MTRS, ORIENTATION 048/228 DEGS. LISTS TO PORT. PARTLY BROKEN UP, WITH THE HULL OVER THE NE END, (PRESUMED TO BE THE BOW), OPENED OUT. THE STERN HULL IS MORE INTACT BUT HAS DECAYED TO REVEAL THE CARGO HOLDS. BOILERS VISIBLE IN MIDSHIPS. TOWARDS THE BOW &STERN, STAND THE REMAINS OF TWO MASTS. (MMT, HI 1498). AMEND NDW 38MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: LISTS TO PORT, PARTLY BROKEN UP, BOW NE.

Position: 50 38.826 N,0 40.672 W

 

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