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