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 (52.7959833, 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. Barrhill
12. Bertha
13. Birtley
14. Boulderpool (fwd part)
15. British triumph
16. Camilla weston
17. Cantabria (probably)
18. Cardanel
19. Chevychase
20. Clan morrison
21. Clansman (possibly)
22. Continental (possibly)
23. Corchester
24. Corduff
25. Courier (probably)
26. Duncarron
27. Efos
28. Eikhaug
29. Empress
30. Ems
31. Ethel
32. Friesland
33. Fulgens
34. Gallois and oxshott (possibly)
35. Gardenia
36. Georgia (for'd part)
37. Georgia (stern section)
38. Glen derry (probably)
39. Granta
40. Hauxley (possibly)
41. Hms agate
42. Hms arley
43. Hms caroline moller
44. Hms cloughton wyke
45. Hms dhoon (probably)
46. Hms dungeness
47. Hms force
48. Hms francolin
49. Hms kylemore
50. Hms vortigern
51. Hms william stephen
52. Hmsm c 11
53. Homefire
54. I t l anna b
55. Ilse
56. Jessie maersk
57. Jevington court
58. Kenton
59. Keymun
60. King egbert
61. Lanterna (probably)
62. Leelite
63. Londoner (probably)
64. Marden
65. Marsworth
66. Minorca
67. Norman queen
68. Oakgrove
69. Ole bull
70. Osprey
71. Ottar jarl
72. Otter
73. Oxshott (possibly)
74. Pacific (possibly)
75. Pacific (possibly)
76. Pegrix
77. Pontfield (forepart)
78. Rimac
79. Rose marie
80. Salvus ii
81. Seagull
82. Seaham
83. Sheaf water
84. Sitona
85. St mark
86. St thomas (possibly)
87. Tayjack 1 (part of)
88. Tayjack 1 (part of)
89. Teddington
90. Thursonian
91. Traviata (possibly)
92. Trelissick
93. Tyneford
94. Upminster
95. Varoy
96. Walkure
97. Welholme (possibly)
98. Western mist (possibly)
99. Westland
100. Whintown (possibly)
101. Winhill or whinhill
102. 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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