This is the information page about the shipwreck Belford, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 45.221 N,1 33.873 E (50.746016666667, 1.54795)

 

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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. Acer
2. Acer
3. Advent
4. Aiglon
5. Alhama
6. Amandine
7. Argo
8. Atlantic (possibly)
9. Belford
10. Blanc nez
11. Brandenburg
12. Ca 4
13. Cachalot
14. Cap de la hague
15. Colbert
16. Costas michalos (aft section)
17. Costas michalos (fwd part)
18. D'artagnan
19. Dartmore
20. Dixie
21. Dotterel
22. Elizabeth and unknown
23. En avant
24. Eustratios (probably)
25. Evolution
26. Express
27. Flachsee
28. Gladys
29. Gloire a sainte therese
30. Harmatris
31. Hippocampe (?hypocampe)
32. Hmhs anglia
33. Hms brazen
34. Hms carlton
35. Hms drumtochty (possibly)
36. Hms falmouth iii (possibly)
37. Hms glen boyne
38. Hms lord grey
39. Hms wessex
40. Iltis (possibly)
41. Ines
42. Jupiter (probably)
43. Jupiter tr 1 (possibly)
44. Kadru
45. L'intrepide
46. La fleche
47. Le tregor
48. Leicester
49. Les aulnays
50. Loic
51. Lorraine
52. Lusitania
53. Marie-ange loic
54. Mariner moon
55. Mercator
56. Merida
57. Moise
58. Moorside (probably)
59. Munificent
60. Nicolaw
61. Niendorf (possibly)
62. Niki
63. Notre dame des trois epis
64. Ophelie
65. Pallieter
66. Petit antoine
67. Phoenix
68. Rhea
69. Rio parana
70. Rochester castle (possibly)
71. S.folkestone gate (ltv no.75)
72. Saint benoit labre
73. Sainte marie de la mer
74. Smarapaan
75. Sperrbrecher 171 (possibly)
76. St claire (possibly)
77. Sultana
78. Tbd 317
79. Texaco caribbean (after section)
80. Texaco caribbean (forward section)
81. Tusnastabb (possibly)
82. U 8
83. U 93 (probably)
84. Ub 103 (possibly)
85. Ub 108 (possibly)
86. Ub 38
87. Ub 55 (probably)
88. Ub 56 (possibly)
89. Ub 78
90. Ub-33 (probably)
91. Uc 26
92. Uc 63
93. Uc 77 (possibly)
94. Uc 78 or uc 79
95. Vent arriere
96. Virgo sancta

 

Name: BELFORD

Length 49.7 meter, width: 7.3 meter, draught: 4.3, tonnage 516 ton
Load: flammable liquids and gases

Cause: torpedoed & sunk by german submarine 1m ne of boulogne ltv whilst en route from cardiff to calais. (ll ww1 & ww1sl).

Year of registration: 1915

Water depth above wreck: 13 meter

Known since: 1915, last detected: 2016

Details measurements/cartography: WK OF SS 'BELFORD' IN POSN 1M NE OF BOULOGNE LTV. (LL WW1). H848/16 11.2.16 WK (1915) IN APPROX POSN 279DEGS, 1.25M FROM CRECHE POINT. (ADMIRALTY). - FNM 71/16 ISSUED. H7386/18 16.12.18 DW IN 504515N, 013350E. (FR WK LIST). H7143/19 17.9.19 WK 2FMS 4FT IN 504518N, 013348E. (PARIS). H4325/22 12.7.22 NOT DANGEROUS TO NAVIGATION. (PARIS NM 26/851/22). H1283/76 1.4.76 REPORTED TO BE THE WRECK OF BRITISH SS 'BELFORD'. (R A LEE, 12.3.76). REFERRED TO AS 'BEDFORD' IN FRENCH WK LIST [1976]. H4984/74 13.2.78 WK 11.7MTRS IN 504513N, 013355.5E. (BREST NM 77 53 16). R/S. H1271/75 18.3.80 WK 11.4MTRS SHOWN IN 504513N, 013356E ON FR 6795. R/P. 9.4.81 WK 11.2MTRS SHOWN IN 504516.2N, 013357E ON FR 6436 [1981 EDN]. NE 438. H1271/82 10.6.85 WK 11.5MTRS SHOWN ON FR 6682 [1985 EDN]. R/P. 11.11.92 WK 11.5MTRS SHOWN IN 504516N, 013357E [EUR] ON FR 7247 [INT 1743] [1991 EDN]. 12.11.92 WK OF 'BEDFORD' IN 504516.2N, 013357.2E [+/-20MTRS]. LEAST DEPTH 11.5 IN GEN DEPTH 13MTRS. HT 1.2MTRS ABOVE SEABED. (FR WK RECORDS [1987] NO.21601077). BR STD. [WGD] POSN: 5045.221N, 0133.873. 17.2.12 SHOWN AS WK PA 11.5MTRS ON FRENCH 438 [EDN 3 DTD 2011].
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 50 45.221 N,1 33.873 E

 

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