This is the information page about the shipwreck Azemmour, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 28.934 N,1 38.423 W (50.633333333333, -1.4166666666667)

 

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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. Aalesund (possibly)
2. Abel tasman (part of)(possibly)
3. Advanti
4. Ajax
5. Albert c field (probably)
6. Algerian
7. Aparima
8. Ashanti (possibly)
9. Ashmun j clough (possibly)
10. Azemmour
11. Baron garioch
12. Betsy anna
13. Bobbyb
14. Borgny
15. Borgsten (probably)
16. Braedale (probably)
17. Brestois
18. Britannia (probably)
19. Campen
20. Carbon
21. Carentan
22. Castle crag
23. Castlereagh
24. Ceres (possibly)
25. Clan macvey
26. Clarinda
27. Cleddy (probably)
28. Coquetdale (probably)
29. Dulce t
30. Dumfries
31. Dungrange
32. El kahira
33. Empire crusader
34. Ernest lagouve
35. Espagne
36. Everleigh
37. Excelsior (possibly)
38. Fenna (probably)
39. Fleur de lys
40. Fluent
41. Hartley (possibly)
42. Hms acheron (bow section)
43. Hms acheron (stern section)
44. Hms albion ii
45. Hms assurance
46. Hms eleanor (probably)
47. Hms fame
48. Hms john mitchell
49. Hms michael clements
50. Hms new dawn
51. Hms pomone
52. Hms sargasso
53. Hms tiger
54. Hms warwick deeping
55. Hms waterlily
56. Hmsm swordfish
57. Hmsm upstart
58. Iduna
59. Indutionmare
60. Iona
61. Irex
62. Jgena (possibly)
63. Joannis millas
64. Juno
65. Kong guttorm (probably)
66. Kyarra
67. Lapwing (possibly) or south western
68. Lct 809
69. Lcvp 120
70. Leny (possibly)
71. Lil boat
72. Londonier
73. Luxor
74. Margaret smith
75. Mechanician
76. Mendi
77. Messina
78. Michelle
79. Millmer
80. Molina
81. Myrtlegrove (probably)
82. Neath (possibly)
83. Neree (possibly)
84. Nichola (probably)
85. Normandy
86. Nw68
87. Nw96
88. Pool fisher
89. Prinses juliana (part of)(possibly)
90. Redesmere
91. Reindeer
92. Rosehill (probably)
93. Sally jane
94. Serrana (bow section)
95. Serrana (stern part)
96. Sheer grace
97. Simla
98. Smyrna
99. Spyros (possibly)
100. Start
101. Surdelo
102. Teamwork
103. Terlings
104. U 122 (possibly)
105. U 480
106. Vari solo sailor
107. Varvassi
108. Venezuela
109. Vikholmen
110. Waitara
111. War knight
112. Westville
113. Witte zee
114. Woodham

 

Name: AZEMMOUR

Length 62.5 meter, width: 10.1 meter, draught: 3.7, tonnage 897 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: ex-wistaria. built in 1909 by short bros & co, sunderland. owned at time of loss by cie generale transatlantique. one boiler, triple expansion engine of 143nhp, single shaft. passage london for nantes. torpedoed by ub-59. (ww1sl, ll & sibi).

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 37 meter, Height above seabed: 337 cm

Known since: 1918, last detected: 2020

Details measurements/cartography: 1.4.18 REPD SUNK 12 MILES W X S FROM ST CATHERINE'S PT IN APPROX 502800N, 013000W. (AP PORTSMOUTH). NCA. H6884/52 5.1.60 WK LOCATED IN 502852N, 013822W USING DECCA. LEAST DEPTH 17FMS IN GEN DEPTH 19FMS. SCOUR 21FMS. SEABED STONES. (HMS SCOTT, 31.8.55). CHART AS WK 17FMS. BR STD. H3950/70 6.10.71 NOW CHARTED WK 30MTRS [LAT -0.4MTRS]. NC 2615. HH100/351/08 8.9.94 REPORTED TO BE 'HARTBURN' BY LOCAL DIVEBOAT SKIPPER. (J WELCH, AUG '94). HH090/962/01 5.12.02 EXAM'D 6.7.02 IN 5028.934N, 0138.424W [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 32.1, FOUL 32.4MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 32.1 IN GEN DEPTH 37MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 60MTRS, WIDTH 11MTRS. DCS3 HT 4.4MTRS. LIES 163/343 DEGS. MODERATE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. INTACT, UPRIGHT. ?STERN BROKEN. (GARDLINE, HI 62). AMEND TO SW 32MTRS. BR STD. 28.4.05 CONFIRMED AS 'AZEMMOUR' BY RECOVERED CROCKERY. WRECK IS SEMI-BURIED. (D C WENDES, PERSONAL VISIT). NCA. SEP 2020/000123102 4.10.21 EXAM’D 29.9.20 IN 5028.934N, 0138.423W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 32.5MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 37MTRS. LENGTH 62MTRS, WIDTH 16MTRS, HT 5.5MTRS. ORIENTATION 337/157 DEGS. SCOUR DIMENSIONS LENGTH 30MTRS, WIDTH 30MTRS, 1.8MTRS DEEP, TOWARD 215 DEGS. DEBRIS FIELD LENGTH 10MTRS, TOWARD THE SOUTH (CLINTON MARINE SURVEY AB, HI 1679). UPRIGHT, INTACT. AMEND NDW 32MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, UPRIGHT, ?STERN BROKEN

Position: 50 28.934 N,1 38.423 W

 

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