This is the information page about the shipwreck British captain, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 11.867 N,1 53.361 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. Aduatiek (possibly)
2. Ala
3. Alastair
4. Alto (possibly)
5. Ambient (probably)
6. Astrologer
7. Axminster (probably)
8. Barkis
9. Batavier 5
10. Bob read (probably)
11. Bovey tracy
12. British captain
13. British fortune (probably)
14. Brixton
15. Burtonia (possibly)
16. Bygdo (possibly)
17. Cairnside
18. Carica milica
19. Cd 14 (probably)
20. Cedarwood (possibly)
21. Churston
22. Claudia (possibly)
23. Coalgas
24. Cormorant
25. Cormount (probably)
26. Cressdene (possibly)
27. Cresta
28. Dagmar (probably)
29. Db 8 (possibly)
30. Denewood
31. Disa (possibly)
32. Dronning maud (possibly)
33. Dulwich
34. Dunwich bank wk
35. Edernian
36. El argentino
37. Elnet
38. Estrella (possibly)
39. Eva witte
40. F stobart (probably)
41. Farmatyr
42. Fidelio
43. Firth
44. Forth
45. Friargate (possibly)
46. Friargate (possibly)
47. Frumenton
48. G and e (possibly)
49. Gannet (possibly)
50. Gasfire
51. Gena
52. Gerhard
53. Gipsy (possibly)
54. Golconda (possibly)
55. Grantleyhall (possibly)
56. Grenadier (probably)
57. Groenlo
58. Gulf breaker
59. H h petersen
60. Harlington (probably)
61. Harlyn (probably)
62. Harriet
63. Heworth
64. Hillglen
65. Hm mgb 76 (possibly)
66. Hms adonis (possibly)
67. Hms christopher (possibly)
68. Hms condor (probably)
69. Hms donna nook
70. Hms donside (possibly)
71. Hms eros (possibly)
72. Hms evesham (possibly)
73. Hms exmoor
74. Hms fontenoy
75. Hms forward iii
76. Hms franc tireur
77. Hms harvest gleaner
78. Hms hirose (probably)
79. Hms holdene
80. Hms jessie nutten
81. Hms monarch
82. Hms moravia (possibly)
83. Hms nadine
84. Hms new comet (possibly)
85. Hms ocean plough (possibly)
86. Hms orthos (probably)
87. Hms river clyde (possibly)
88. Hms river clyde (possibly)
89. Hms sisters melville
90. Hms spider
91. Hms st seiriol
92. Hms tervani
93. Hms tettenhall
94. Hms tugela
95. Hms waveflower
96. Hms whooper
97. Hornchurch
98. Ignis (possibly)
99. Impulsion
100. Ionian (possibly)
101. J c dalble
102. Jamesina
103. Jim
104. Kenneth hawksfield
105. Knarsdale
106. Kwasind
107. Lapwing
108. Lapwing (possibly)
109. Lincairn (possibly)
110. Lingfield
111. Lisette
112. Lonhelen (possibly)
113. Lord bute
114. Magdapur
115. Mangara
116. Mardyke
117. Maria rosa
118. Marianne (probably)
119. Mascota (possibly)
120. Mascotte
121. Memento (possibly)
122. Mendibil mendi (possibly)
123. Mercurius
124. Mexico
125. Mirella
126. Moidart
127. Mudo
128. Nadir
129. Nereus
130. Newhaven (possibly)
131. Nicolaos piangos
132. Nominoe
133. Novocastrian
134. Ocean pride
135. Old charlton
136. Ostprussen (possibly)
137. Pescado
138. Petshenga (possibly)
139. Phryne
140. Plawsworth (possibly)
141. Polgarth
142. Ravenscraig (possibly)
143. Ren
144. Reward (possibly)
145. Rhenas (possibly)
146. Rhineland
147. Robin iv
148. Rochester city
149. Savona (probably)
150. Scimitar
151. Scotia
152. Sea king
153. Sea rhine
154. Sirdar (part of)(possibly)
155. Skodsburg (possibly)
156. Southford
157. St patrick
158. Stad alkmaar
159. Sunniside (probably)
160. Taber park
161. Tergestea
162. Thornaby (possibly)
163. Thyra
164. Tidal (possibly)
165. Torchbearer
166. Tunisiana
167. U 13 (probably)
168. Uc 11 (possibly)
169. Uc 62 (possibly)
170. Ui-001
171. Vae victis
172. Victorious
173. Warrenpoint
174. White lady
175. Wychwood (possibly)
176. Wyetown
177. Yarmouth
178. Yewkyle (possibly)
179. Yucca (possibly)

 

Name: BRITISH CAPTAIN

Length 134.1 meter, width: 17.4 meter, draught: 10.3, tonnage 6968 ton
Load: flammable liquids and gases

Cause: built in 1923 by palmers co ltd, newcastle-upon-tyne. owned time of loss by the british taker co ltd. three boilers, twin turbines for 654hp, twin shaft. passage corpus christi for methil and shell haven. cargo 9000 tons petrol and diesel. struck a mine mear 54c buoy and sank. one man lost.

Year of registration: 1942

Water depth above wreck: 33 meter, Height above seabed: 90 cm

Known since: 1942, last detected: 20161216

Details measurements/cartography: H04161/41 14.2.42 INS NDW IN 521245N, 015154E.

- NM 353/42. H04161/41 7.9.42 AMEND POSN TO 521150N, 015330E.

- NM 1923/42. H4167/59 1.6.60 AMEND TO DW. NC 1543. H04161/41 9.11.61 SWEPT CLEAR 65FT, FOUL 68FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 67FT IN 102 TO 118FT. SCOUR 10 TO 26FT. (HMS SCOTT 12.9.61). AMEND TO WK 10FMS 5FT. LC 1543. 31.7.74 AMEND TO SW 19.8MTRS [LAT]. NC 1543. HH090/616/01 5.1.95 EXAM'D 12.6.95 IN 521150.22N, 015329.23E [OGB] USING SYLEDIS [3 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR 19.1, FOUL 19.4MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 19.3 IN GEN DEPTH 33.0MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 5MTRS. DCS3 HT 12MTRS. LENGTH 130MTRS, WIDTH 20MTRS. LIES 085/265 DEGS. APPEARS TO BE INTACT. (GARDLINE, HI 616).

- NM 685/95. SEP 2017/000091759 4.9.17 EXAM'D 16.12.16; IN 5211.867N, 0153.361E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 21.32MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 33MTRS, LENGTH 140MTRS, WIDTH 26.10MTRS, HEIGHT 14.50MTRS, ORIENTATION 090/270 DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 157.01MTRS, 4.65MTRS DEEP, TOWARDS 035DEGS. WRECK IS INTACT AND PARTIALLY BURIED. (GARDLINE, HI 1495). AMEND DW 21MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 52 11.867 N,1 53.361 E

 

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