This is the information page about the shipwreck Bobby, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 52.65 N,1 2.62 E (50.8163, 0.959)

 

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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. Afghanistan (bow section)
2. Afghanistan (probably)
3. Albuera
4. Alcantara
5. Alice
6. Amplegarth
7. Angelus (possibly)
8. Argonaut
9. Ash
10. Atlantic (possibly)
11. Australier (probably)
12. Avoca
13. Bobby
14. Brandenburg
15. Cabo espartel
16. Ceta (stern section)
17. Charente
18. Christianssund
19. City of dresden (possibly)
20. Corhaven
21. Corinia (possibly)
22. De fontaine
23. Dorothy j (possibly)
24. Durango
25. Efford
26. Electra
27. Ella sayer
28. Empire lough (probably)
29. Empress of fort william (probably)
30. Enero (probably)
31. Euphorbia
32. Evg(no rx152)?
33. Excellence pleske
34. Express
35. Falcon (probably)
36. Flachsee
37. G-asad
38. Grit (probably)
39. Grosser kurfurst
40. Grosser kurfurst (possibly)
41. Gwendoline (part of)(possibly)
42. Halcyon
43. Henry moon
44. Heron
45. Hmhs anglia
46. Hms blackwater
47. Hms brazen
48. Hms carlton
49. Hms caulonia
50. Hms city of dundee
51. Hms cleon
52. Hms drumtochty (possibly)
53. Hms falmouth iii (possibly)
54. Hms ghurka
55. Hms myrmidon
56. Hms torbay ii (probably)
57. Hms war sepoy
58. Hms waterfly
59. Hmt gullfoss
60. Holland
61. Hydaspes (possibly)
62. Irene
63. Jokai
64. Josephine willis
65. Kadru
66. Katharina kolkmann
67. Kielce
68. La somme (probably)
69. Lacer
70. Lady stella
71. Latona
72. Leicester
73. Leila najia
74. Leo
75. Lepanto/le panto/panta/panto
76. Lighter 83
77. Lizzonia
78. Lusitania
79. Maloja 1
80. Maxwell
81. Milbanke (probably)
82. Mon bijou/fias
83. Monarch
84. Morgenster
85. Mrav
86. My astor
87. Naranco
88. Negrier
89. Newcastle
90. Niki
91. Norman
92. Northfleet
93. Nunima
94. Polgrange
95. Portslade (possibly)
96. Pulborough
97. River levan
98. Robin hood
99. Roode zee (possibly)
100. Roseburn
101. Rydal hall (possibly)
102. S.folkestone gate (ltv no.75)
103. Saint emilion (probably)
104. Saint jean pierre
105. Salbya (possibly)
106. Samida
107. Sea serpent
108. Seine
109. Shenandoah
110. Sierra bravia
111. Sir russell
112. Spanish prince
113. Sparta (possibly)
114. St cecilia
115. Strathclyde
116. Swale (probably)
117. T s webb
118. Teeswood
119. Texaco caribbean (after section)
120. Texaco caribbean (forward section)
121. Tokufuku maru
122. Traquair (probably)
123. Trooper
124. U 8
125. Ub 108 (possibly)
126. Ub 109
127. Ub 31 ?
128. Ub 55 (probably)
129. Ub 58 (possibly)
130. Ub 78
131. Ub-33 (probably)
132. Uc 63
133. Uc 77 (possibly)
134. Unity
135. Veerman
136. Vittoria claudia
137. War monarch
138. Waterland (possibly)
139. Welsh belle

 

Name: BOBBY

Length 99.1 meter, width: 14.3 meter, draught: 6.7, tonnage 2868 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: ex-harmonic, ex-eastbury-37, ex-lake geneva-40, ex-paris, ex-olaf l kongstead, ex-maindy house. built in 1905 by furness withy & co ltd, west hartlepool. owned at time of loss by cie belg d'armement et de gerance. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 304hp, single shaft. passage from saffi. ?general cargo. sank after collision whilst at anchor in thick fog with dutch ss midsland.

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 34 meter, Height above seabed: 33 cm

Known since: 1940, last detected: 2017

Details measurements/cartography: 25.4.40 SANK FOLLOWING COLLISION WITH DUTCH SS 'MIDSLAND' ABOUT 3M SE OF DUNGENESS. (N FORELAND RADIO, 25.4.40). H0418/40 14.6.40 SANK IN 505314N, 010040E, OR 140DEGS, 2.5M FROM DUNGENESS HIGH LT. (VA DOVER, 14.6.40). INS NDW IN 505254N, 010048E. - FNM 1673/40. H5824/60 3.3.61 3.3.61 POSN 505233N, 010248E. LEAST E/S DEPTH 70FT. (HMS SCOTT, 26.7.60). AMEND TO WK 11FMS. BR STD. H5824/60 16.11.61 POSN 505238N, 010238E. DRIFT SWEPT CLEAR AT 66, FOUL AT 67FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 74 IN 127FT. (HMS SCOTT, 8.3.61). AMEND TO SW 11FMS. NC 1892. H4890/55 9.10.68 INS ON 2451, 2675.

- NM 1760/68. 14.7.71 AMEND TO SW 20.1MTRS. NC 536. H4551/76 10.11.76 LARGE WK REPD IN 505235.6N, 010256.8W [EUR]. (RISDON BEAZLEY, SURVEYED IN 1956). NCA. H4199/78 12.10.78 LOCATED 3.8.77 IN 505236N, 010241E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 23.9 IN GEN DEPTH 32-34MTRS. SCOUR 38MTRS. DCS3 HT 12.7MTRS, LENGTH 105MTRS. LYING 030/210DEGS. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 35/78). RETAIN SW 20.1MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. H1310/82/25 9.9.82 DIVED ON RECENTLY. BELL FOUND WITH NAME 'EASTBURY'. (P E THOMAS, 31.8.82). HH090/711/01 28.1.97 EXAM'D 15.8.96 IN 505238N, 010235E [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 23.0, FOUL 23.3MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 24.0 IN GEN DEPTH 35MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 11.5MTRS. LENGTH 90MTRS, WIDTH 15MTRS. LIES 040/220DEGS. (NP 1016, HI 711). NOT FULLY SWEPT. RETAIN AS SW 20.1MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. HH090/921/01 18.9.01 EXAM'D 2.7.01 IN 5052.616N, 0102.575E [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 23.2, FOUL 23.7MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 23.3 IN GEN DEPTH 30MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 90MTRS, WIDTH 12MTRS. DCS3 HT 11MTRS. LIES 040/220 DEGS. SLIGHT MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (NP 1016, HI 921). INTACT, NO DEBRIS. AMEND TO SW 23MTRS.

- NM 4658/01. SEP2016/000091764 20.4.17 EXAM'D 24.7.16 IN 5052.650N, 0102.620E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 23.48MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 34.8MTRS, LENGTH 103.4MTRS, WIDTH 13.5MTRS, HEIGHT 11.7MTRS, ORIENTATION 33/213 DEGS. SCOUR DIMENSIONS LENGTH 130MTRS, DEPTH 1.5MTRS, TOWARDS 045/225 DEGS. WRECK IS INTACT AND UPRIGHT. (GARDLINE, HI 1497). AMEND DW 23.4MTRS IN REVISED POSITION.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT AND UPRIGHT

Position: 50 52.65 N,1 2.62 E

 

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