This is the information page about the shipwreck Bill (part of)(possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 8.877 N,5 45.812 W (50.27365, -5.4894666666667)

 

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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. Acklington
2. Aida lauro
3. Alacrity
4. Alden gifford (possibly)
5. Alster (possibly)
6. Antwerpen
7. Arbel (probably)
8. Arnside (possibly)
9. Asia
10. Aud
11. Aurelien
12. Austria (possibly)
13. Balbec
14. Besse (probably)
15. Bessemer city (probably)
16. Bill (part of)(possibly)
17. Bill (possibly)
18. Boynton (possibly)
19. Busby
20. Cato
21. Cheerful
22. Chimu
23. Christina
24. Christos markettos
25. City of cardiff
26. City of westminster (& kul)
27. Clan macnab
28. Conqueror
29. Courtown
30. Denebola
31. Depois
32. Devon
33. Dunaskin
34. Dundee (probably)
35. Dux (possibly)
36. Emblem
37. Empire flamingo (for'd section)
38. Empire kingsley
39. Enrico parodi
40. Facto
41. Fanny lambert
42. Gallier (possibly)
43. Garthclyde (possibly)
44. Gemini
45. Geopotes viii
46. Glamorgan coast
47. Hampshire
48. Heathmore
49. Helene (probably)
50. Hellopes
51. Hms decoy (probably)
52. Hms pincher
53. Hms royalo
54. Hms warspite
55. Hms warspite (part of)
56. Holland xix
57. Hopeful (possibly)
58. Iona
59. J duncan
60. Jose de aramburu
61. Joshua nicholson
62. Juan ferrer
63. Juanita
64. Kate thomas (possibly)
65. Kildonan ?
66. Kintuck
67. Lake grafton
68. Lake grafton (possibly)
69. Liberty
70. Lincoln
71. Luna
72. Lutece (part of)(possibly)
73. Luxembourg (probably)
74. Lyminge
75. Maria de larrinaga
76. Marie roberts
77. Maroc
78. Moorview
79. Mystique (possibly)
80. New pioneer
81. Ocean harvest
82. Orion
83. Oriskany
84. Phoenix 202
85. Phoenix 203
86. Pioneer (possibly)
87. Polesley (possibly)
88. Primo ?
89. Primrose (remains of)(possibly)
90. Regency (probably)
91. Reidar (possibly)
92. Rms mulheim
93. Saint guenole
94. Saxon briton
95. Sea viper
96. Setubel(probably)
97. Sirius (possibly)
98. St chamond
99. Stabil (possibly)
100. Sten (possibly)
101. Sylvia-mary z-525
102. Thorsa (part of)(possibly)
103. Tralee trader
104. Traute sarnow
105. Tungufoss
106. Tyrhaug
107. U 1209 (possibly)
108. U 247 (possibly)
109. Umbre
110. Underwood
111. Union crystal (possibly)
112. Union star (parts of)(probably)
113. Veghtstroom (possibly)
114. Vine branch (possibly)
115. Vinovia
116. Wild boar
117. William cory
118. Zone (probably)

 

Name: BILL (PART OF)(POSSIBLY)

Length 70.1 meter, width: 10.7 meter, draught: 4.7, tonnage 1175 ton
Load: coal

Cause: built in 1913 by bremer vulkan, vegesack. owned at time of loss by a/s bill (s w) johannessen. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 191 nhp, single shaft. machinery aft. passage newport for rouen. sank following collision with ss dungeness of swansea. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1944

Water depth above wreck: 49 meter, Height above seabed: 127 cm

Known since: 1944, last detected: 2010

Details measurements/cartography: 29.12.44 GOOD SONAR CONTACT IN 500906N, 054548W [OGB]. LENGTH 81FT, HEIGHT 20FT. LYING 015/195DEGS. (AUBD 301/144, ESCORT GROUP 9, 29.12.44 & 25.1.45). 27.1.45 GOOD SONAR CONTACT. LENGTH 142FT HEIGHT 30FT. DIR. 015/195DEGS. (AUBD 301/146, ESCORT GROUP 30, 27.1.45) H0113/45 13.4.60 SONAR CONTACT IN 500850N, 054540W [OGB]. LENGTH 142FT, HEIGHT 30FT. LYING 015/195DEGS. (PLYMOUTH LIST, 25.3.45 & 4.7.45). H0113/45 13.4.60 SONAR CONTACT IN 500906N, 054548W [OGB]. LENGTH 81FT, HEIGHT 20FT. LYING 015/195DEGS. (PLYMOUTH LIST, 25.3.45, AUBD 301/144). 14.7.66 CHART AS NDW IN 500850N, 054540W [OGB]. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). R/S. H5051/70 13.11.70 NOW CHARTED IN 500906N, 054548W [OGB]. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NC 777. 6.6.75 NOW CHARTED AS USC 35MTRS. (TONNAGE KNOWN). NE 777. H2613/78 10.3.78 H2613/78 10.3.78 NOT FOUND DURING DCS3 AREA SEARCH. NOT SEARCHED FOR. (HMS FOX, HI 42A/77). NCA. 2.5.78 NOW CHARTED AS WK 35MTRS. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NE 1148. H3842/86 24.8.87 NO WRECK FOUND. ROCK OUTCROP 3.1MTRS HIGH IN GEN DEPTH 50MTRS, LOCATED IN 500850N, 054545W [OGB]. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 361). AMENDED TO DEAD.

- NM 2930/81. 13.12.11 LOCATED 14.3.10 IN 5008.877N, 0545.812W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 47.40 IN GEN DEPTH 49.5MTRS. SCOUR 0.25MTR DEEP. LENGTH 15.0MTRS, WIDTH 4.0MTRS, HT 2.4MTRS. LIES 127/307 DEGS. SEABED OF MEGARIPPLES. (FUGRO OSAE, HI 1157). ?WK DEBRIS, PROBABLE ROCK FEATURE. INS AS WK 47MTRS. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: ?DEBRIS IN AREA OF MEGARIPPLES

Position: 50 8.877 N,5 45.812 W

 

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