This is the information page about the shipwreck British triumph, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 1.579 N,1 30.408 E (52.795983333333, 1.6965)

 

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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. Aberhill
2. Actuosity (possibly)
3. Afon towy and deerwood (possibly)
4. Algarve
5. Alice taylor
6. Alster
7. Alston
8. Aquarius (possibly)
9. Artemisia
10. Asteria
11. Ayrshire (possibly)
12. Barrhill
13. Bertha
14. Birtley
15. Boulderpool (fwd part)
16. British triumph
17. Camilla weston
18. Cantabria (probably)
19. Cardanel
20. Chevychase
21. Clan morrison
22. Clansman (possibly)
23. Continental (possibly)
24. Corchester
25. Corduff
26. Corea
27. Courier (probably)
28. Duncarron
29. Efos
30. Eikhaug
31. Empress
32. Ems
33. Ethel
34. Friesland
35. Fulgens
36. Gallois and oxshott (possibly)
37. Gardenia
38. Georgia (for'd part)
39. Georgia (stern section)
40. Glen derry (probably)
41. Granta
42. Hauxley (possibly)
43. Hms agate
44. Hms arley
45. Hms caroline moller
46. Hms cloughton wyke
47. Hms dhoon (probably)
48. Hms dungeness
49. Hms force
50. Hms francolin
51. Hms kylemore
52. Hms nogi
53. Hms vortigern
54. Hms william stephen
55. Hmsm c 11
56. Homefire
57. Hull trader
58. I t l anna b
59. Ilse
60. Jessie maersk
61. Jevington court
62. Kenton
63. Keymun
64. King egbert
65. Lanterna (probably)
66. Leelite
67. Londoner (probably)
68. Marden
69. Marsworth
70. Meriones
71. Minorca
72. Norman queen
73. Oakgrove
74. Ole bull
75. Osprey
76. Ottar jarl
77. Otter
78. Oxshott (possibly)
79. Pacific (possibly)
80. Pacific (possibly)
81. Pegrix
82. Pontfield (forepart)
83. Rimac
84. Rose marie
85. Salvus ii
86. Seagull
87. Seaham
88. Sheaf water
89. Sitona
90. St mark
91. St thomas (possibly)
92. Tayjack 1 (part of)
93. Tayjack 1 (part of)
94. Tayjack 1 (part of)
95. Teddington
96. Thursonian
97. Traviata (possibly)
98. Trelissick
99. Tyneford
100. Upminster
101. Varoy
102. Walkure
103. Welholme (possibly)
104. Western mist (possibly)
105. Westland
106. Whintown (possibly)
107. Winhill or whinhill
108. Xanthe

 

Name: BRITISH TRIUMPH

Length 142.6 meter, width: 18.9 meter, draught: 10.4, tonnage 8501 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: mined while on passage hull to aruba.

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 28 meter, Height above seabed: 126 cm

Known since: 1940, last detected: 2018

Details measurements/cartography: H213/40 27.2.40 SUNK IN POSN CROMER LT HO BEARING 228 DEG, 9.1MILES. TWO DERRICKS SHOW 8FT AT LWST. SEABED DEPTH 90FT. (TRINITY HOUSE, 28.9.41). - PFNM508/40. H259/40 14.5.40 INS DW PA IN 530200N, 013000E.

- NM 1179/40. H953/40 20.2.41 AMEND TO WK 2FMS IN 530136N, 013018E.

- NM 350/41. 1941 INS GREEN CAN CLOSE W OF WK. - FNM 2415/41. H213/40 5.10.48 OROPESA SWEEP - CLEAR AT 46FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 52 IN GEN DEPTH 84FT. POSN 530135N, 013031E. (HMS SHARPSHOOTER, SEPT 1948 - SURVEY FOLLOWING DISPERSAL OF WK). AMEND TO WK 7FMS 4FT. DELETE BUOY.

- NM 2170/48. 11.5.72 AMEND TO WK 13.7MTRS. NC 106. 29.11.77 AMEND TO SW 13.7MTRS. NE 10. HH090/524/01 7.1.92 EXAM'D 20.7.91 IN 530133.6N, 013029.8E [OGB] USING SYLEDIS. SWEPT CLEAR AT 17.9, FOUL AT 18.2MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 18.3 IN GEN DEPTH 28MTRS. SCOUR 0.5MTR DEEP. DCS3 HT 8.5MTRS, LENGTH 105MTRS, WIDTH 30MTRS. LIES 345/165DEG, V CLOSE NE OF ANOTHER WK. (LAND & MARINE, HI 531).

- NM 387/92. SEP 2018/000212985 10.9.18 EXAM'D 31.3.18 IN 5301.579N, 0130.408E [WGD]. LEAST W/C DEPTH 18.95MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 28MTRS, LENGTH 69.2MTRS, WIDTH 22MTRS, HEIGHT 9.8MTRS, ORIENTATION 126/306 DEGS. SCOUR DIMENSIONS LENGTH 33MTRS, 1.3MTRS DEEP, TOWARD 112 DEGS. SPLIT ON TWO WITH DIFFERENT ORIENTAIONS.(GARDLINE, HI 1515). AMEND TO DW 18.9MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT

Position: 53 1.579 N,1 30.408 E

 

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