This is the information page about the shipwreck Beninin (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 29.556 N,4 4.116 W (51.292766666667, -4.0713)

 

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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. Antwerpen (probably)
2. Bengrove (probably)
3. Beninin (possibly)
4. Cabenda
5. Carnsew
6. Creag mhor
7. Eldon park
8. Fagernes (probably)
9. Fort medine
10. G a savage (possibly)
11. Harvester
12. Hms princess
13. Inverdargle (bow section) (probably)
14. Inverdargle (stern section) (probably)
15. London ii (possibly)
16. Madjoe
17. Marianela santander
18. Paul
19. Pen-y-mor (possibly)
20. Prince ivanhoe
21. Riptide
22. Riverton (stern portion) (possibly)
23. Scarweather ltv
24. Shane
25. Sirdar
26. Solor (stern part) (probably)
27. Springtide
28. Ss hornet
29. Stalheim
30. Stan woolaway
31. Strombus (part of)
32. Strombus (part of)
33. Strombus (part of)
34. Strombus (part of)(probably)
35. Trevessa
36. Yesso

 

Name: BENININ (POSSIBLY)

Length 45.1 meter
Load: construction materials,non-ferrous elements and ores: unrefined and refined,metal: concentrate and products

Cause: repd as submarine sunk by gunfire from rnr patrol vessel on easter monday, 1940. (nautical mag.). salvage divers state that this is not a submarine.

Year of registration: 1987

Water depth above wreck: 27 meter, Height above seabed: 265 cm

Known since: 1987, last detected: 20170826

Details measurements/cartography: 26.8.87 WK OF SUBMARINE REPD LOCATED IN APPROX POSN 4.5 MILES SE OF OXWICH POINT BY CHARTERED FV PAUL RADFORD. STANDS 20FT HIGH IN GEN DEPTH 95FT. (NAUTICAL MAGAZINE, VOL 238 NO.1, JULY 1987). NCA. H3840/86 16.2.89 EXAM'D 5.6.88 IN 512932N, 040403W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [4 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 23.1 IN GEN DEPTH 26-27MTRS. SCOUR 0.5MTR DEEP. DCS3 HT 3.0MTRS, LENGTH APPROX 45MTRS. LIES 030/210 DEG. NOT FULLY SURVEYED. (HMS BEAGLE, HI 359). INS AS WK 23MTRS.

- NM 683/89. HH090/478/01 6.7.89 EXAM'D 16.6.89 IN 512932N, 040403W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [4 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR AT 22.8, FOUL AT 23.0MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 23.2MTRS. SCOUR 0.5MTR DEEP. CHART AS SW 22.5MTRS. (HMS FAWN, HI 478). AMEND TO SW 22.5MTRS.

- NM 2149/89. 21.6.93 DIVED ON 20.6.93 IN 512933N, 040406.5W AND FOUND TO BE WK OF CARGO VESSEL CARRYING FIRE BRICKS, TIN PLATE AND COPPER. WELL SUNK INTO THE MUD WITH ONLY WHEELHOUSE SHOWING ABOVE SEABED. THOUGHT PROBABLY WK OF SS FRISK BUT FURTHER ENQUIRIES BEING MADE. (CAPT J W PITTMAN, TELECON). HH214/450/01 5.10.93 POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED BY SALVORS AS WK OF THE BENININ. SEVERAL SPELLING VARIATIONS REFERRED TO. SALVAGE WORK, BY MARINE SALVAGE SERVICES, IN HAND. (TH, LONDON 15.10.93). SEP 2017/000199013 12.1.18 EXAM'D 26.08.17; IN 5129.556N, 0404.116W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 23.28MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 27MTRS, LENGTH 45MTRS, WIDTH 11.4MTRS, HEIGHT 3.7MTRS, ORIENTATION 265/085 DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 2.3MTRS, 0.4MTRS DEEP. WRECK IS DEFINED AND INTACT WITH TWO SMALL AREAS OF DEBRIS TO THE NW AND NE. (MCA, HI 1502). AMEND DW 23MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, WELL BURIED

Position: 51 29.556 N,4 4.116 W

 

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