This is the information page about the shipwreck Bovey tracy, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 28.932 N,2 4.86 E (52.437016666667, 1.7918333333333)

 

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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. Abeona
2. Alto (possibly)
3. Astrologer
4. Atle
5. Avonwood
6. Axminster (probably)
7. Barkis
8. Begona no 5
9. Bob read (probably)
10. Boulderpool (after part)
11. Bovey tracy
12. Boy karl
13. British captain
14. Burtonia (possibly)
15. Bygdo (possibly)
16. Castle galleon
17. Cd 14 (probably)
18. City of kobe
19. Claudia (possibly)
20. Cormead
21. Crichtoun
22. Cross sand ltv
23. Django
24. Dronning maud (possibly)
25. Edernian
26. Edinardue antoinette (possibly)
27. El argentino
28. El dorado
29. Excellenz mehnert
30. Fidelio
31. Firth
32. Frumenton
33. Gasfire
34. George fisher
35. Gipsy (possibly)
36. Girl linda
37. Glen tilt (possibly)
38. Glynn
39. Groenlo
40. Gulf breaker
41. H h petersen
42. Helena
43. Hms bracklyn (possibly)
44. Hms cantatrice
45. Hms christopher (possibly)
46. Hms condor (probably)
47. Hms dhoon (probably)
48. Hms donside (possibly)
49. Hms evesham (possibly)
50. Hms exmoor
51. Hms fontenoy
52. Hms glen prosen
53. Hms irvana (part of)
54. Hms jessie nutten
55. Hms kaphreda
56. Hms ocean plough (possibly)
57. Hms orthos (probably)
58. Hms pelton (probably)
59. Hms speeton (possibly)
60. Hms tettenhall
61. Hms tugela
62. Hmsm d5
63. Hornchurch
64. Kenneth hawksfield
65. Knitsley (part of)(probably)
66. Knitsley (possibly)
67. La perouse (possibly)
68. Langeli (possibly)
69. Lapwing
70. Lapwing (possibly)
71. Liliane (possibly)
72. Lindisfarne (probably)
73. Lingfield
74. Mardyke
75. Maria rosa
76. Marianne (probably)
77. Mascota (possibly)
78. Mascotte
79. Memento (possibly)
80. Merchant
81. Mercurius
82. Mirella
83. Montferland
84. Mudo
85. Murdoch (probably)
86. Navarra (possibly)
87. Nereus
88. Newhaven (possibly)
89. Newland (possibly)
90. Nominoe
91. Nordborg (possibly)
92. Novocastrian
93. Oil trader
94. Otis tarda
95. Philipp m
96. Pluton
97. Quest
98. Ren
99. Rhineland
100. Robin iv
101. Robrix
102. Rochester city
103. Rogate
104. Rye
105. Scotia
106. Sea rhine
107. Silksworth hall (probably).
108. Sirdar (part of)(possibly)
109. Skodsburg (possibly)
110. Southford
111. St patrick
112. Stad alkmaar
113. Stanmount
114. Strive
115. Sunniside (probably)
116. Taber park
117. Thomas m (possibly)
118. Tidal (possibly)
119. Tregantle (possibly)
120. Trevethoe
121. Tunisiana
122. U 13 (probably)
123. Uc 62 (possibly)
124. Vanguard
125. Viola (possibly)
126. Virgilia
127. War mehtar
128. War valley
129. Wyetown
130. Yewvalley (possibly)
131. Yucca (possibly)

 

Name: BOVEY TRACY

Length 67.7 meter, width: 10.7 meter, draught: 4.6, tonnage 1212 ton

Cause: bombed by aircraft.

Year of registration: 1969

Water depth above wreck: 33 meter, Height above seabed: 120 cm

Known since: 1969, last detected: 20170314

Details measurements/cartography: H3730/69 8.8.69 LOCATED BY HIFIX. LARGE WRECK LYING E/W. LEAST DEPTH BY E/S 88FT IN 115FT. SCOUR 124FT. (HMS BULLDOG, 1969). INS AS WK 15FMS. NE1504.. H2233/71 27.1.71 EXAM'D IN 522900N, 020454E [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPT 26.2M IN GEN DEPTH 34.0MTRS. SCOUR 35.8MTRS. LYING 285/105 DEGS. ABOUT 180MTRS LONG. SCOUR ON NTH SIDE OF WRECK. (HMS ENTERPRISE, 30 2.9.70). AMEND TO WK 14FMS. BR STD. H4398/71 15.9.71 EXAM'D IN 522858N, 020452E [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR AT 23.0MTRS, FOUL AT 23.9MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 24.3MTRS IN 34.0MTRS. SCOUR 36.0MTRS. LENGTH 350FT. LIES WNW/ESE. (HMS ENTERPRISE, 1.7.71). AMEND TO SW 12FMS 3FT IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. H4629/71 21.12.71 IDENTIFIED AS 'BOVEY TRACEY' FROM SHIP'S BELL. HEAVILY FESTOONED WITH NETS. (E GILES). 5.4.72 AMEND TO SW 23.0MTRS. NC 1543. HH090/616/01 26.10.94 EXAM'D 30.6.94 IN 522854.4N, 020458.3E [OGB] USING SYLEDIS [3 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR 27.1, FOUL 27.3MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 27.8 IN GEN DEPTH 33.0MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 3.6MTRS. DCS3 HT 5.3MTRS. LENGTH 70MTRS, WIDTH 15MTRS. LIES 120/300 DEGS. IN ONE PIECE. (GARDLINE, HI 616). [WGD] POSN: 5228.936N, 0204.860E. SEP 2017/000067039 7.8.17 EXAM'D 14.3.17: IN 5228.932N, 0204.860E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 28.42MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 33MTRS, LENGTH 72.8MTRS, WIDTH 14.8MTRS, HEIGHT 5.4MTRS, ORIENTATION 120/300 DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 143.2MTRS, 3.9MTRS DEEP, TOWARDS 172 DEGS. WRECK IS LARGELY INTACT AND PARTIALLY BURIED. (GARDLINE, HI 1516). AMEND DW 28MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 52 28.932 N,2 4.86 E

 

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