This is the information page about the shipwreck Basil-2, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 35.026 N,0 40.986 W (50.583767, -0.683100)

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.

Name: BASIL-2

Length 103 meter, width: 13.4 meter, draught: 7.9, tonnage 3223 ton
Load: armament

Cause: 8.8.1917 ex-mourne. built in 1895 by workman clarke & co ltd, belfast for thomas dixon & sons ltd, belfast. sold in 1898 to the booth ss co and renamed basil-2, being the second ship in the fleet to bear that name. three boilers, triple expansion engine of 334nhp, single shaft. requisitioned from 8.8.1917 as expeditionary force transport no 0608. passage southampton for boulogne. sank following collision with french ss margaux, while steaming unescorted and without lights, before boats could be launched. 14 men lost. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1961

Water depth above wreck: 25 meter, Height above seabed: 42 cm

Known since: 1961, last detected: 20180207

Details measurements/cartography: SANK SE OF OWERS LIGHT. H6667/57 28.4.61 GOOD ASDIC CONTACT IN 503545N, 004030W. NEVER INVESTIGATED. (HMS DALRYMPLE, 1958). 7.4.72 NOW CHARTED AS USCPA 18MTRS. NC 1652 & 2045. H2318/74 26.8.75 EXAM'D 1.7.75 IN 503501N, 004055W [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 19.4 IN GEN DEPTH 25MTRS. SCOUR BY 25.6MTRS. (SCES, HI 102/75).

- NM BLOCK 980/76. H2979/74 30.11.76 WK LIES NE/SW & IS APPROX 200FT LONG. ENGINES, BOILERS & STERN ARE ALL ABOUT 20FT HIGH. THE WK IS VERY BROKEN UP AND HEAVILY SILTED. (E GILES, SUBSERVS, 13.11.76). H4121/76 13.1.77 EXAM'D 19.8.76 IN 503459N, 004052W [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 19.3MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 25MTRS. DCS3 HT 6MTRS, LENGTH 60MTRS. ORIENTATION 060/240DEGS. WRECK BROKEN UP WITH HIGHEST POINT TOWARDS EASTERN END. (HMS FOX, HI 52/76). AMEND TO WK 19MTRS IN REVISED POSN.

- NM 492/77. H2318/74 5.6.79 SWEPT CLEAR AT 18.9MTRS, FOUL AT 19.7MTRS IN 503500N, 004252W. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 37B/77).

- NM 1491/79. H4121/76 16.9.81 HULL INTACT AND UPRIGHT, LYING NE/SW, STERN NE. BOWS BROKEN FORWARD OF NO.1 HOLD AND LIES WITH 45DEG LIST TO PORT. IDENTIFIED AS THE BASIL FROM CARGO OF AMMUNITION, DATED 1917, AND WHICH IS WELL EXPOSED IN INTACT HOLDS EITHER SIDE OF AMIDSHIPS BRIDGE AREA. GUN ON STERN. (J SALISBURY 1.7.81 & 1.9.81, IN H1310/81/22). 22.7.82 SALVAGE CONTRACT FOR CARGO AWARDED BY SALVAGE ASSOCIATION TO P R EUROSALVE, WHO SUB-CONTRACTED TO SMITH MARINE (JERSEY) LTD. (PALMER, TREASURY SOLICITORS OFFICE, TELECON 22.7.82). 22.7.86 MR RIGGALL AWARDED CROWN CONTRACTS TO SALVAGE 'BASIL'. (TH TELECON 22.7.86). [SEE ALSO [19935] IN 503434N, 003809W]. HH100/351/08 16.2.94 'BASIL' REPORTED IN 503501N, 004105.5W. (J WELCH, WK LIST). NCA. 5.8.98 WK LIES UPRIGHT IN 38MTRS. HULL REASONABLY INTACT. FORWARD OF SUPERSTRUCTURE IS A HOLD STACKED WITH SHELLS. (DIVER MAGAZINE, AUG 1998). HH091/003/01 30.9.03 EXAM'D 12.6.03 IN 5035.027N, 0040.988W [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 18.9, FOUL 19.2MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 18.9 IN GEN DEPTH 25MTRS. SCOUR 0.7MTRS. LENGTH 65MTRS, WIDTH 30MTRS. DCS3 HT 5.3MTRS. LIES 020/200 DEGS WITH BOWS TOWARDS 200 DEGS. MODERATE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. UPRIGHT AND INTACT. (NP 1016, HI 1003A). BR STD. HH100/351/21 7.9.05 DIVED IN LISTED POSN. VERY BROKEN AND SILTED. STERN, ENGINE AND BOILERS ARE THE HIGHEST POINTS. CONSIDERED TO BE A 1917/1918 TYPE VESSEL. (P STREET, EMAIL DTD 1.9.05). NCA. SEP 2018/000198963 10.08.18 EXAM'D 07.02.18; IN 5035.026N, 0040.986W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 19MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 25MTRS, LENGTH 71MTRS, WIDTH 23MTRS, HEIGHT 6.5MTRS, ORIENTATION 042/222 DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 30MTRS, 1.5MTRS DEEP TOWARDS 045 DEGS. ONE BOILER AND TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE PRESENT. PARTIAL OUTLINE OF HULL AND SECTIONS OF VESSEL FRAME VISIBLE. (MMT, HI 1498). AMEND DW 19MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, BOWS SW, WELL BROKEN & SILTED. SMALL SCOUR AT NE END.

Position: 50 35.026 N,0 40.986 W

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