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 (50.7460167, 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 (fwd part)
17. D'artagnan
18. Dartmore
19. Dixie
20. Dotterel
21. Elizabeth and unknown
22. En avant
23. Eustratios (probably)
24. Evolution
25. Express
26. Flachsee
27. Gladys
28. Gloire a sainte therese
29. Harmatris
30. Hippocampe (?hypocampe)
31. Hmhs anglia
32. Hms brazen
33. Hms carlton
34. Hms drumtochty (possibly)
35. Hms falmouth iii (possibly)
36. Hms glen boyne
37. Hms lord grey
38. Hms wessex
39. Iltis (possibly)
40. Ines
41. Jupiter tr 1 (possibly)
42. Kadru
43. L'intrepide
44. La fleche
45. Le tregor
46. Leicester
47. Les aulnays
48. Loic
49. Lorraine
50. Lusitania
51. Marie-ange loic
52. Mariner moon
53. Mercator
54. Merida
55. Moise
56. Moorside (probably)
57. Munificent
58. Nicolaw
59. Niendorf (possibly)
60. Niki
61. Notre dame des trois epis
62. Ophelie
63. Pallieter
64. Petit antoine
65. Phoenix
66. Rhea
67. Rio parana
68. Rochester castle (possibly)
69. S.folkestone gate (ltv no.75)
70. Saint benoit labre
71. Sainte marie de la mer
72. Smarapaan
73. Sperrbrecher 171 (possibly)
74. Sultana
75. Tbd 317
76. Texaco caribbean (after section)
77. Texaco caribbean (forward section)
78. Tusnastabb (possibly)
79. U 8
80. U 93 (probably)
81. Ub 103 (possibly)
82. Ub 108 (possibly)
83. Ub 38
84. Ub 55 (probably)
85. Ub 56 (possibly)
86. Ub 78
87. Ub-33 (probably)
88. Uc 26
89. Uc 63
90. Uc 77 (possibly)
91. Uc 78 or uc 79
92. Vent arriere
93. 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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