This is the information page about the shipwreck British councillor, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 44.713 N,0 23.938 E (53.56915, 0.0936)

 

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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. Ac 9
2. Acklamd (possibly)
3. Airdrie (possibly)
4. Amenity
5. Audacity
6. Avalon
7. B o borjesson
8. Benmacdhui
9. Box hill
10. British councillor
11. British prince
12. Briton (possibly)
13. Cadmus
14. Canada
15. Catford
16. Cecil (possibly)
17. Chant 63
18. Chloris (possibly)
19. City of birmingham
20. Corhampton
21. Corinth (possibly)
22. Corland
23. Cramlington (possibly)
24. Cyclope
25. Dana (possibly)
26. Dayrian
27. Deerpool (after section)
28. Deerpool (for'd section)
29. Diana
30. Diana
31. Dido
32. Dryburgh (part of)(possibly)
33. Dunsany
34. Empress (probably)
35. Ethel (possibly)
36. Exmoor
37. Faunus
38. Fermo
39. Flourish
40. Forest queen
41. Fowberry tower (part)
42. Fowberry tower (part)
43. Francis
44. Fryken
45. Georgie
46. Georgios
47. Gerhardt (possibly)
48. Girl kitty (possibly)
49. Giuseppe
50. Gluckauf (possibly)
51. Gothic
52. Grangemouth
53. Harlech
54. Harnis (probably)
55. Helmsman (probably)
56. Hms benvolio
57. Hms botanic
58. Hms calverton
59. Hms corfield
60. Hms cortina
61. Hms dervish
62. Hms egret
63. Hms fairy
64. Hms falcon (stern section)
65. Hms kos xvi (probably)
66. Hms lormont
67. Hms princess victoria
68. Hms strathborve (part)
69. Hms susarion
70. Hms warland (possibly)
71. Homer
72. Horsted
73. Hugh taylor
74. Ida
75. Ightham (possibly)
76. Inge marguerite (possibly)
77. Ionic (probably)
78. J b paddon
79. Jane (possibly)
80. Janet helen (possibly)
81. Jersey (probably)
82. John and thomas
83. John rettig (probably)
84. Kalo (probably)
85. Katina bulgari
86. Kimberley (possibly)
87. Kingston cameo
88. Kyma
89. Ladas (possibly)
90. Lady anstruther (probably)
91. Lancaster (possibly)
92. Laurel (possibly)
93. Leonora
94. Lifeguard (possibly)
95. Lightship no 83
96. Lismore
97. Lord haig (possibly)
98. Lord haig (possibly)
99. Lord selborne
100. Lottie (possibly)
101. Lucerne
102. Lyra (bow section)
103. Maggie
104. Magnolia
105. Marian francis
106. Marie dawn
107. Markersdall (probably)
108. Marshall (probably)
109. Matanuska (probably)
110. Merchiston
111. Modig
112. Modiva (possibly)
113. Nautilus
114. Nimrod
115. Norfolk coast
116. Onward (possibly)
117. Ophir ii (possibly)
118. Orsa
119. Otis tetrax
120. Paraciers
121. Peebles (possibly)
122. Polzella (possibly)
123. Portia
124. Rado (possibly)
125. Ravonia (part)
126. Ravonia (part) (possibly)
127. Rayford
128. Realf
129. Reculver
130. Retriever
131. Revello
132. Revi
133. Revigo (possibly)
134. Rhuys
135. Rievaulx abbey
136. Rivaulx
137. River don (part of)(probably)
138. River witham
139. Rochester (possibly)
140. Royston
141. Salacon
142. Salmondby
143. Saltoun
144. Sarah visholm 2 (probably)
145. Schieland (possibly)
146. Sea pearl
147. Sna iii
148. Sota eduardo
149. Stanburn
150. Stylianos chandris
151. Tees
152. Thessaly
153. Togston (possibly)
154. Triton
155. Two brothers
156. Uc 47
157. Uc 75
158. Umbe
159. Upminster (possibly)
160. Varangmalm (possibly)
161. Vechstroom
162. Venture (possibly)
163. Wayside flower (possibly)
164. Whitemantle (possibly)
165. Windsor (part of)
166. Windsor (part of)
167. Winga
168. Xavier
169. Xavier
170. Zeemermin

 

Name: BRITISH COUNCILLOR

Length 134.1 meter, width: 17.4 meter, draught: 10.4, tonnage 7048 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: 2.2.1940 built in 1922 by sir john laing & son ltd, sunderland. owned at time of loss by the british tanker co. three boilers, 2 steam turbines of 642hp, single shaft. passage the tyne for aberdeen. in ballast. torpedoed by u-59 on 2.2.1940 sank on 3.2.1940. no men lost. later dispersed.

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 26 meter, Height above seabed: 93 cm

Known since: 1940, last detected: 20160409

Details measurements/cartography: H0202/40 19.2.40 PFNM 440/40 ISSUED. H0202/40 24.2.40 AMEND POSN TO 534440N, 002402E. - PFNM 498/40. H0202/40 2.7.40 LOCATED AFTER SINKING IN POSN 50 DEG SPURN PT 14.2 MILES. LYING WNW/ESE. (FO HUMBER, 15.2.40). INS AS DWPA.

- NM 1649/40. H01624/44 14.6.44 LOCATED IN 534446N, 002424E. SWEEP AFTER DISPERSAL CLEAR AT 38 FT, FOUL AT 42 FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 40FT. (CAPT M/S HUMBER, 14.4.44). AMEND TO WK 6FMS 2FT.

- NM 1213/44. H01624/44 22.3.47 G SPH BUOY, FLG5S, LAID CLOSE W OF WK. (TH).

- NM 2047/49. H0202/40 20.5.49 DISPERSED TO 45 FT. (C-IN-C NORE, 12.5.49). AMEND TO WK 8FMS 3FT. DELETE BUOY.

- NM 2047/49. H0202/40 7.10.49 EXAM'D JULY 1949 IN 534440N, 002402E. OROPESA SWEEP CLEAR AT 51FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 71 IN GEN DEPTH 86FT. (HMS SHARPSHOOTER, 30.8.49). 20.3.72 AMEND TO WK 14.8MTRS [LAT]. BR STD. H3805/72 28.2.78 LOCATED 8.9.77 IN 534442N, 002405.3E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 23MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 27MTRS. SONAR HT 2.4MTRS. LARGE WK PARTIALLY DISPERSED OVER AREA 400 SQ FT. MAIN BULK LIES NW/SE. (SOISS, HI 54/77). BR STD. SEP 2016/000053291 5.10.16 EXAM'D 9.4.16; IN 5344.713N, 0023.938E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 22.7MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 26MTRS, LENGTH 72.9MTRS, WIDTH 70.8MTRS, HEIGHT 3.3MTRS, ORIENTATION 093/273 DEGS. WRECK HAS BEEN DISPERSED OVER AREA 70MTRS IN DIAMETER. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (MMT, HI 1473). AMEND DW 22.5MTRS IN REVISED POSITION.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 53 44.713 N,0 23.938 E

 

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