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 (52.4370167, 1.7918333)

 

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