This is the information page about the shipwreck Bamse (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 26.147 N,3 3.47 W (50.302916666667, -3.1211333333333)

 

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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. 20
2. Ailsa craig (probably)
3. Aleyna
4. Algarve
5. Angelena bm 271
6. Avalanche
7. Bamse (probably)
8. Baygitano
9. Bayonne
10. Berar
11. Bokn (possibly)
12. Boma
13. Borgund i (possibly)
14. Broomhill (probably)
15. Chateau yqem
16. Chorley
17. Christoffel colombus (possibly)
18. City of swansea (probably)
19. Gefion
20. General leman (possibly)
21. Gibel-hamam
22. Glocliffe
23. Gorizia
24. Greleen
25. Greta c
26. Heroine (probably)
27. Hms amazon
28. Hms bittern
29. Hms bittern (parts of)(probably)
30. Hms boadicea
31. Hms empress of india (ex renown)
32. Hms formidable
33. Hms harstad
34. Hms hickory
35. Hms loch erinboll (stern part)(probably)
36. Hms lord hailsham
37. Hms manor
38. Isbjorn
39. Karen marie (probably)
40. Kongshaug (probably)
41. L h carl
42. La blanca (possibly)
43. Lct 381
44. Lofoten (probably)
45. Lord stewart
46. Lucinda (possibly)
47. Majorca
48. Marguerite (possibly)
49. Marie des isles
50. Marjolene
51. Minerva (probably)
52. Modavia
53. Moidart
54. Motano (probably)
55. Nil desperandum (probably)
56. Nyasaland
57. Ocean vagabond
58. Osprey (bow section) (possibly)
59. Pergo
60. Pomella
61. Quest
62. Radaas (probably)
63. Reggestroom (probably)
64. Renilde
65. Rosten (possibly)
66. Rota
67. Rotorua
68. Sarah jayne
69. Siren
70. Sparkling foam (possibly)
71. Ster de zee (possibly)
72. Tandil (probably)
73. Ull (probably)
74. Ursa (probably)
75. W h dwyer
76. Westergate (probably)

 

Name: BAMSE (PROBABLY)

Length 68.6 meter, width: 9.7 meter, draught: 4.9, tonnage 958 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: ex-klondyke, ex-syra. built in 1875 by t turnbull & son, whitby. owned at time of loss by fred olsen. compound expansion engine of 106nhp, single shaft. machinery by blair & co, stockton. passage rouen for swansea.. 1 x 18 pdr gun. torpedoed by ub 80. (n r chipchase).

Year of registration: 1944

Water depth above wreck: 48 meter, Height above seabed: 90 cm

Known since: 1944, last detected: 2013

Details measurements/cartography: 30.5.18 SUNK ABOUT 10M OFF LAND & 15M FROM PORTLAND BILL. (BOT MASTER). GOOD SONAR CONTACT IN 502700N, 030300W. (C IN C, PLYMOUTH). H2502/51 24.5.51 WK IN 502606N, 030333W. DEPTH OVER WK 21FMS, HEIGHT ABOVE SEA BED 34FT. A/S CONTACT. (HMS SEAGULL, 1950) H3971/52 8.10.52 WK IN 502606N, 030329W USING HSA. SWEPT CLEAR AT 21FMS, FOUL AT 22FMS. GENERAL DEPTH 26-27FMS, LEAST DEPTH 132FT. SCOUR 3FT. SEA BED HARD. LENGTH 250FT, LYING NW/SE. THE SHALLOWEST PART IS ROUGHLY IN THE CENTRE. STRONG A/S CONTACT. (HMS SCOTT, SCES, 18.9.52). CHART AS WK 21FMS. BR STD. H5982/82 11.1.83 WK SHOWN IN 502609N, 030328W [OGB] ON KINGFISHER CHARTS K(SW) 1 & 2 [1982]. NCA. H2923/83 27.9.84 EXAM'D 16.5.84 IN 502607N, 030326W [OGB] USING SYLEDIS. SWEPT CLEAR AT 40MTRS, FOUL AT 42MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 40MTRS. NO SCOUR. GEN DEPTH 48MTRS. LENGTH 90MTRS, BEAM 12MTRS. LYING 090/270DEGS. (GARDLINE SURVEY LTD, HI 202). AMEND TO SW 40MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. HH100/351/10 14.8.95 WK REPORTED TO BE IN THREE PIECES, THUS GIVING SURVEYED LENGTH. (N R CHIPCHASE). NCA. HH100/351/12 9.10.96 DIVED IN 502607N, 030324W USING DECCA. LIES E/W. VESSEL IS ON PORT SIDE & WELL COLLAPSED. SHE IS APPROX 160FT IN LENGTH. SOME 90FT FROM ANCHOR TO BOILER. MACHINERY MIDSHIPS & A GUN ON THE STERN. WK IS FAIRLY CLEAN WITH LITTLE ROPE OR NETS. SONAR PROFILE GIVES THREE DISTINCT PEAKS AT BOW, MIDSHIPS & STERN. (N R CHIPCHASE). NCA. 8.10.08 CONSIDER THIS TO BE BAMSE (PROBABLY). (N R CHIPCHASE). 2.5.13 EXAM'D 17.1.13 IN 5026.147N, 0303.470W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 41.0 IN GEN DEPTH 48.5MTRS. SCOUR 0.9MTR DEEP EXTENDS 250MTRS TOWARDS 255 DEGS. LENGTH 97MTRS, WIDTH 20MTRS, HT 7.5MTRS. LIES 090/270 DEGS. UPRIGHT, INTACT. (NETSURVEY, HI 1369). AMEND WK 41MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: ON PORT SIDE, COLLAPSED,

Position: 50 26.147 N,3 3.47 W

 

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