This is the information page about the shipwreck Bill (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 9.8 N,5 47.108 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. Austria (possibly)
12. Balbec
13. Bessemer city (probably)
14. Bill (part of)(possibly)
15. Bill (possibly)
16. Bolette (possibly)
17. Boynton (possibly)
18. Busby
19. Cato
20. Cheerful
21. Chimu
22. Christina
23. Christos markettos
24. City of cardiff
25. City of westminster (& kul)
26. Clan macnab
27. Conqueror
28. Courtown
29. Denebola
30. Depois
31. Devon
32. Dunaskin
33. Dundee (probably)
34. Dux (possibly)
35. Emblem
36. Empire flamingo (for'd section)
37. Empire kingsley
38. Enrico parodi
39. Facto
40. Fanny lambert
41. Gallier (possibly)
42. Garthclyde (possibly)
43. Gemini
44. Geopotes viii
45. Girl patricia
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. Primrose (remains of)(possibly)
89. Regency (probably)
90. Rms mulheim
91. Saint guenole
92. Saxon briton
93. Sea viper
94. Seapoint (possibly)
95. Setubel(probably)
96. Sirius (possibly)
97. St chamond
98. St george
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 (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: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 49 meter, Height above seabed: 133 cm

Known since: 1917, last detected: 2011

Details measurements/cartography: SONAR CONTACT IN 500942N, 054642W. (C-IN-C PLYMOUTH). ACCURATE TO WITHIN 200YDS. (AUBD 301/256, JULY 1945). H2613/78 10.3.78 H2613/78 10.3.78 SMALL WK OR WRECKAGE LOCATED IN 500947N, 054702W [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 44MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 49MTRS. DCS3 HT 3MTRS. SIZE & ORIENTATION DIFFICULT TO ASSESS. APPARENTLY LYING ON TOP OF A ROCK OUTCROP. (HMS FOX, HI 42A/78). CHART AS WK 44MTRS. BR STD. 13.12.11 13.12.11 LOCATED 11.10.09 IN 5009.800N, 0547.108W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 43.56 IN GEN DEPTH 49.1MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 21.5MTRS, WIDTH 10.2MTRS, HT 5.54MTRS. LIES 100/313 DEGS WITH BOWS SE. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (FUGRO OSAE, HI 1157). AMEND WK 43MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: ?WRECKAGE

Position: 50 9.8 N,5 47.108 W

 

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