This is the information page about the shipwreck Belle ile (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 0.765 N,3 42.811 W (50.207816666667, -3.7034)

 

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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. Aldershot
2. Ambassador
3. Amelie (probably)
4. Amelie-suzanne
5. Antonio (probably)
6. Baychattan
7. Belle ile (possibly)
8. Benin
9. Blue marlin
10. Brenda
11. Brunhilda
12. Cantabria
13. Catherine allen
14. Cheapside (possibly)
15. Chloe t
16. Claverley (possibly)
17. Claverley (possibly)
18. Colorado (possibly)
19. Demetrios
20. Eagle
21. East point
22. Edam ii
23. Elizabeth caroline
24. Elsa
25. Emma
26. Empire harry
27. Farn
28. Fiona mary
29. Flourish
30. Garm (possibly)
31. Greatham
32. Grelhame (probably)
33. Gro
34. Halloween
35. Haugastol (possibly)
36. Havbris (probably)
37. Hazelpark (possibly)
38. Herzogin cecilie
39. Heye p
40. Hildegard (possibly)
41. Hms benton castle
42. Hms chorley (possibly)
43. Hms crocodile
44. Hms jasper (possibly)
45. Hms newbridge (probably)
46. Hms penylan (e part)
47. Hms penylan (w part)
48. Hms picton castle
49. Hms ramillies
50. Hms stockforce (possibly)
51. Hms transvaal (possibly)
52. Hmsm m1
53. Hmsm untiring
54. Juno
55. Koningin der engelen (probably)
56. La negra
57. Laertes
58. Lb 332 or lb 362 (possibly)
59. Liberta
60. Louis shied
61. Maine
62. Marana (bow section)
63. Marie
64. Medina
65. Mudstomper (probably)
66. Neches (probably)
67. Newholm
68. North sea (probably)
69. Oregon
70. Perm (possibly)
71. Persier
72. Pietje antje
73. Placidas faroult
74. Riversdale
75. Shirley betty
76. Skaala
77. Soudan
78. St katharine (probably)
79. Stanhope
80. Talvaldis (possibly)
81. Tasmania (possibly)
82. Ternefjell
83. Totnes castle
84. U 1063
85. U 214 (probably)
86. Uc 51
87. Uskmoor (probably)
88. W.s.w. one
89. Waikawa (possibly)
90. Warsaw
91. Wreathier
92. Yvette bm217

 

Name: BELLE ILE (POSSIBLY)

Length 56.7 meter, width: 8.8 meter, draught: 3.7, tonnage 1883 ton
Load: ferrous elements and ores: unrefined and refined,ore

Cause: built in 1908 by osbourne, graham & co, sunderland. three boilers, triple expansion engine of 175nhp, single shaft. passage bilbao for middlesbrough. torpedoed by ub-19. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1953

Water depth above wreck: 68 meter, Height above seabed: 170 cm

Known since: 1953, last detected: 2005

Details measurements/cartography: H7317/53 19.11.53 H7317/53 19.11.53 WRECK LOCATED IN 500040N, 034300W. (RISDON BEASLEY). INS AS NDW. BR STD. 6.3.73 6.3.73 AMENDED TO USC 40MTRS. NC 2519. H3110/72 14.3.75 H3110/72 14.3.75 WRECK LOCATED IN 500052N, 034242W [OGB] USING DECCA. REPORTED TO BE 36FT HIGH ON SEABED. (S BARRETT, VISIT DTD 11.3.75). AMEND TO WK 58MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. H4551/76 5.1.77 H4551/76 5.1.77 REPD IN POSN 500040N, 034300W [OGB] OR 192DEGS 13M FROM START POINT LT. LIES CAPSIZED 150DEGS ON A BOTTOM OF FAIRLY HARD SAND IN 38FMS.THE HULL IS HEAVILY OVERGROWN AND ENCRUSTED. EXTENSIVE DAMAGE EXISTS IN THE AREA OF THE FWD HOLD AND THE BOWS OF THE VESSEL ARE TURNED AWAY 090DEGS. INITIAL RECOVERIES INCLUDED PIECES OF SHELL PLATING, DECK BEAMS, KEDGE ANCHOR AND CABLE FROM THE CHAIN LOCKER. LATER A SECTION OF NO.2 HOLD WAS REMOVED AND SOME QUANTITIES OF COAL OBTAINED. THE VESSEL WAS THOUGHT TO BE PROBABLY SUNK BY TORPEDO DAMAGE OR MINED FORWARD. (RISDON BEAZLEY, 30.11.76. SURVEYED IN 1953). NCA. H4514/76 28.4.77 H4514/76 28.4.77 WK LOCATED BY E/S USING DECCA. (T ALLEN, 13.4.77). H1936/80 2.10.81 H1936/80 2.10.81 EXAM'D 19.3.81 IN 500043N, 034245W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 60 IN GEN DEPTH 68MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 7MTRS. ABOUT 40MTRS LONG, LYING N/S. (HMS BEAGLE, HI 5/81). AMEND TO WK 60MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. HH100/351/17 18.7.01 HH100/351/17 18.7.01 DIVED IN JULY 01. INTACT STERN LIES TO THE N. MUCH OF THE MIDSHIPS AREA APPEARS TO BE TWISTED OVER WITH LITTLE OF THE BOW REMAINING. (N R CHIPCHASE). NCA. HH100/351/20 6.8.03 HH100/351/20 6.8.03 DIVED IN LISTED POSN. STANDS 5MTRS HIGH BY DIVE COMPUTER. MODERATE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. NO SCOUR. SEABED GRAVEL AND SAND. INVERTED BUT FOR BOW SECTION, WHICH IS BROKEN OPEN AND TWISTED TO THE STBD SIDE. MIDSHIPS A SCOTCH BOILER VISIBLE THROUGH THE BROKEN KEEL. KEEL BROKEN IN SEVERAL PLACES. RUDDER AND SINGLE IRON PROP IN PLACE. (L BISHOP). NCA. HH091/059/01 19.4.05 HH091/059/01 19.4.05 EXAM'D 7.7.04 IN 5000.765N, 0342.811W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 60.1 IN GEN DEPTH 68.4MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 85MTRS, WIDTH 19MTRS, HT 8.3MTRS. LIES 170/350 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. DEBRIS EXTENDS 40MTRS TOWARDS 080 DEGS. COLLAPSED. (GARDLINE, HI 1059). RETAIN WK 60MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, STERN TO THE N, REMAINDER FLATTENED

Position: 50 0.765 N,3 42.811 W

 

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