This is the information page about the shipwreck Boma, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 32.163 N,3 14.33 W (50.302916666667, -3.1211333333333)

 

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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. Aldershot
2. Angelena bm 271
3. Ann marie (possibly)
4. Antonio (probably)
5. Avalon g ii
6. Bamse (probably)
7. Baygitano
8. Bayonne
9. Berar
10. Bleamoor (probably)
11. Blue marlin
12. Bokn (possibly)
13. Boma
14. Bretagne
15. Bretton hall
16. Brunhilda
17. Buesten
18. Bull steamer (possibly)
19. Chateau yqem
20. Chorley
21. Christoffel colombus (possibly)
22. City of swansea (probably)
23. Dudley rose
24. Elsa
25. Elsa (possibly)
26. Emma
27. Emsstrom
28. Farn
29. Galicia
30. Garm (possibly)
31. Gefion
32. General leman (possibly)
33. Girl barbara
34. Glocliffe
35. Greatham
36. Greleen
37. Greta c
38. Heroine (probably)
39. Hms amazon
40. Hms benton castle
41. Hms bittern
42. Hms bittern (parts of)(probably)
43. Hms empress of india (ex renown)
44. Hms harstad
45. Hms lord hailsham
46. Hms manor
47. Hms picton castle
48. Hmsm d1
49. Irma germaine (possibly)
50. Isbjorn
51. Jade star gypsy
52. Jordan a
53. Karen marie (probably)
54. Kendal castle
55. Kongshaug (probably)
56. Lct 381
57. Les mercenaires
58. Lord stewart
59. Majorca
60. Marguerite (possibly)
61. Marie des isles
62. Marjolene
63. Modavia
64. Motano (probably)
65. Nil desperandum (probably)
66. Northville (possibly)
67. Ocean vagabond
68. Pergo
69. Peronne
70. Pomella
71. Quest
72. Radaas (probably)
73. Rayder
74. Reggestroom (probably)
75. Renilde
76. Rosten (possibly)
77. Rota
78. Rotorua
79. Sarah jayne
80. Sevilla
81. Shirley betty
82. Sparkling foam (possibly)
83. Tandil (probably)
84. Two sisters
85. Uc 49 (probably)
86. Ursa (probably)
87. W h dwyer
88. Westergate (probably)

 

Name: BOMA

Length 95.1 meter, width: 11.9 meter, draught: 7.6, tonnage 2694 ton
Load: foodstuffs: solid

Cause: built in 1889 by naval construction & armament co ltd, barrow-in-furness. owned at time time of loss by f b garnham, ipswich. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 253 nhp, single shaft. passage belfast for st helens. torpedoed by ub-80. no lives lost. (der kreig zur see & sibi).

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 28 meter, Height above seabed: 60 cm

Known since: 1918, last detected: 2015

Details measurements/cartography: SANK 10M SW 0.75 W FROM BEER HEAD. (WW1SL). H8109/38 19.12.35 WK IN POSN 8.57M, 179DEGS 40MINS FROM SIDMOUTH CH. OROPESA SWEEP SET AT 11FMS RAN OVER POSN WITHOUT FOULING. LEAST E/S 12FMS, LIES IN 16FMS. (HMS GLEANER, 8.12.38). CHART AS WK 12FMS. BR STD. H3971/52 17.4.53 WK IN 503208N, 031412W USING HSA. SWEPT CLEAR AT 57FT FOUL AT 60FT. GENERAL DEPTH 16FMS, LEAST E/S 67FT. SEABED HARD WITH FINE SAND COVERING. LENGTH 300FT LYING ABOUT WNW/ESE WITH SHALLOWEST POINT SLIGHTLY TOWARDS THE EAST END FROM THE CENTRE. A VERY GOOD A/S RESPONSE FROM ALL DIRECTIONS. (HMS SCOTT, SCES, 11.9.52). AMEND TO WK 9FMS 3FT. BR STD. 22.4.70 CONFIRMED AS THE SS BOMA. VERY BADLY BROKEN UP. WRECKAGE TOGETHER. SALVAGE IN PROGRESS BY MR RUNDTREE. (VISIT TO DEPT BY MR RUNDTREE, 22.4.70). H3950/70 21.5.71 NOW CHARTED AS SW 17.0MTRS. NC 3315. 10.12.80 WK IN 503210N, 031410W [OGB] USING DECCA. (C. CURRIE, EXMOUTH). NCA. H5982/82 9.2.83 WK SHOWN IN 503210N, 031410W [OGB] USING DECCA. (KINGFISHER CHART K(SW)2, 1982). NCA. H2923/83 19.11.84 EXAM'D 21.5.84 IN 503209N, 031414W [OGB] USING SYLEDIS. SWEPT CLEAR AT 19.0MTRS, FOUL AT 20.5MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 19.4 IN GEN DEPTH 28MTRS. SCOUR 1MTR DEEP. DCS3 HT 8MTRS, LENGTH 100MTRS, BEAM 15MTRS. LYING 060/240DEGS WITH HIGHEST POINT NEAR ITS SW END. (GARDLINE SURVEY LTD, HI 202). AMEND TO SW 19MTRS IN REVISED POSN.

- NM 3214/84. [WGD] POSN: 5032.184N, 0314.307W. SEP 2015/000019320 7.7.15 EXAM'D 9.3.15 LEAST M/B DEPTH 22.04MTRS IN 5032.163N, 0314.330W [WGD], GEN DEPTHS 28MTRS. LENGTH 100MTRS, WIDTH 17.2MTRS, HEIGHT 6.4MTRS. ORIENTATION 060/240 DEGS. BROKEN UP. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (MMT, HI 1453). AMEND TO DW 22MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: BROKEN UP

Position: 50 32.163 N,3 14.33 W

 

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