This is the information page about the shipwreck Begona no 5, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 36.14 N,1 59.774 E (52.4370167, 1.7918333)

 

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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. Afon towy and deerwood (possibly)
3. Ala
4. Alto (possibly)
5. Astrologer
6. Atle
7. Avonwood
8. Axminster (probably)
9. Barkis
10. Barrhill
11. Begona no 5
12. Blacktoft (possibly)
13. Boulderpool (after part)
14. Bovey tracy
15. Boy karl
16. Burtonia (possibly)
17. Bygdo (possibly)
18. Castle galleon
19. Cd 14 (probably)
20. City of kobe
21. Claudia (possibly)
22. Corbrook
23. Cormead
24. Crichtoun
25. Cross sand ltv
26. David b summers
27. Django
28. Dronning maud (possibly)
29. El dorado
30. English trader
31. Ethel radcliffe
32. Excellenz mehnert
33. Fidelio
34. Frumenton
35. Galatea (possibly)
36. Gallois and oxshott (possibly)
37. Gasfire
38. Geneva
39. George fisher
40. Georgia (for'd part)
41. Glen derry (probably)
42. Glen tilt (possibly)
43. Glynn
44. Goodwood (possibly)
45. Groenlo
46. Gulf breaker
47. H h petersen
48. Hamsterley
49. Helena
50. Hms agate
51. Hms bracklyn (possibly)
52. Hms christopher (possibly)
53. Hms condor (probably)
54. Hms dhoon (probably)
55. Hms donside (possibly)
56. Hms evesham (possibly)
57. Hms exmoor
58. Hms fontenoy
59. Hms force
60. Hms glen prosen
61. Hms irvana (part of)
62. Hms jessie nutten
63. Hms kaphreda
64. Hms m a west (probably)
65. Hms ocean plough (possibly)
66. Hms orthos (probably)
67. Hms pelton (probably)
68. Hms speeton (possibly)
69. Hms spider
70. Hms tettenhall
71. Hms tonbridge
72. Hms tugela
73. Hms washington (probably)
74. Hmsm d5
75. Horseferry (probably)
76. Impulsion
77. Ionian (probably)
78. Kenneth hawksfield
79. Kentwood (probably)
80. Knitsley (part of)(probably)
81. Knitsley (possibly)
82. La perouse (possibly)
83. Langeli (possibly)
84. Leelite
85. Leopold ii
86. Liliane (possibly)
87. Lindisfarne (probably)
88. Lingfield
89. Mardyke
90. Maria rosa
91. Marianne (probably)
92. Marsworth
93. Mascota (possibly)
94. Memento (possibly)
95. Merchant
96. Mercurius
97. Mirella
98. Montferland
99. Mudo
100. Murdoch (probably)
101. Nadir
102. Navarra (possibly)
103. Nereus
104. Newland (possibly)
105. Nominoe
106. Nordborg (possibly)
107. Novocastrian
108. Oil trader
109. Onto
110. Osprey
111. Otis tarda
112. Oxshott (possibly)
113. Philipp m
114. Pluton
115. Polaris
116. Prima
117. Regain
118. Ren
119. Reward (possibly)
120. Rhineland
121. Robin iv
122. Robrix
123. Rochester city
124. Rogate
125. Roine
126. Rokos vergottis
127. Roxanna
128. Rye
129. Scotia
130. Sea rhine
131. Seagull
132. Silksworth hall (probably).
133. Sirdar (part of)(possibly)
134. Skodsburg (possibly)
135. Southford
136. St patrick
137. Stad alkmaar
138. Stanmount
139. Sunniside (probably)
140. Taber park
141. Thomas m (possibly)
142. Tidal (possibly)
143. Togston
144. Tregantle (possibly)
145. Trevethoe
146. U 13 (probably)
147. Ui-001
148. Vanguard
149. Viola (possibly)
150. Virgilia
151. War mehtar
152. War valley
153. White swan
154. White swan (possibly)
155. Willowpool
156. Xanthe
157. Yewvalley (possibly)
158. Yucca (possibly)

 

Name: BEGONA NO 5

Length 87.2 meter, width: 11 meter, draught: 7.9, tonnage 1967 ton
Load: coal

Cause: Ex-teodore, ex-vincente, ex-carise, ex-carmen roca, ex-emma k, ex-gambia, ex-shieik. built in 1880 by c mitchess & co, newcastle-upon-tyne. owned at time of loss by j m & g a de urquijo. two boilers, compound expansion engine of 214hp, single shaft. machinery by the wallsend slipway co. passage blyth for marseille. cargo coal. sank on fire after collision with 'el dorado'.

Year of registration: 1923

Water depth above wreck: 27 meter, Height above seabed: 45 cm

Known since: 1923, last detected: 2015

Details measurements/cartography: H4989/23 20.7.23 INS DW AND BUOY IN 523618N, 015910E. (TH NM 47). H4989/23 17.9.23 PRESUMED TO BE BEGONA IN 523610N, 015930. GORLESTON CHURCH 260.5 DEGS 9.85M. (YARMOUTH AND TH 68/23). H7769/23 12.11.23 LT BUOY WITHDRAWN. LEAST DEPTH 50FT [LWST]. 3.5M SSE OF CROSS SAND LT VESSEL. (TH, 16.11.23). AMEND TO WK 8.25FMS & DELETE BUOY. (TH). H336/31 27.8.51 EXAM'D IN 523608N, 015945E USING HSA. SWEPT CLEAR 47FT, FOUL 49FT. LEAST E/S 61FT. HEIGHT ABOVE SEABED 37FT. SEABED 84FT. LYING 050/230 DEGS BETWEEN TWO BANKS. (HMS SHARPSHOOTER, 20.8.51). AMEND TO SW 7FMS 5FT. BR STD. H6285/69 26.1.70 LOCATED IN 523615N, 015955E USING DECCA. (KELVIN HUGHES). H4629/71 22.12.71 EYE-WITNESS STATES THAT SHIP SANK ON FIRE FROM STEM TO STERN. EXTENSIVE DAMAGE & APPEARS TO HAVE HAD SERIES OF EXPLOSIONS. SCOUR LESS THAN 4FT ON BOTH SIDES OF WRECK WHICH APPEARS TO BE SLOWLY SINKING IN LARGE DEPRESSION. (E GILES, 22.11.71). H4629/71 24.4.72 POSN 523612N, 015953E USING TRANSPONDER. LEAST DEPTH 18.7MTRS. (NETH HO, 14.4.72). NCA. 30.7.74 AMEND TO SW 14MTRS [LAT]. NC 1543. H1942/80 6.9.82 EXAM'D 27.2.82 IN 523607N, 015955E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 18.5 IN GEN DEPTH 24MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 0.5MTRS. HYDROSEARCH VERTICAL HT 10.3MTRS, LENGTH 90.9 MTRS, BEAM 13MTRS. LYING WITH LIST TO STBD. GANTRIES VISIBLE ON SONAR FOR'D. BOWS NE. MAST LIES ALONGSIDE AND CABLE IS STREWN ON SEABED TO NE OF WK. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 11). RETAIN SWEPT DEPTH. NCA. HH090/616/01 24.10.94 EXAM'D 8.7.94 IN 523606.8N, 015953.0E [OGB] USING SYLEDIS [3 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR 19.3, FOUL 19.6MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 19.7 IN GEN DEPTH 26.0MTRS. SCOUR 1-3MTRS. DCS3 HT 7.3MTRS. LENGTH 90MTRS, WIDTH 16MTRS. LIES 035/215 DEGS. APPEARS TO BE LYING ON SIDE. (GARDLINE, HI 616). BR STD. SEP 2014/000101130 2.1.15 EXAM'D 25.7.14 IN 5236.140N, 0159.774E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 19.29 IN GEN DEPTH 27MTRS. SCOUR 2.5MTRS DEEP EXTENDS 30MTRS TOWARDS 000 DEGS. LENGTH 86MTRS, WIDTH 12MTRS, HT 7.2MTRS. LIES 045/225 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. DEGRADED AND PARTIALLY BURIED. (GARDLINE GEOSURVEY, HI 1428). AMEND WK 19.2MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, BOWS NE, LIST TO STBD

Position: 52 36.14 N,1 59.774 E

 

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