This is the information page about the shipwreck C 128, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 30.467 N,0 45.963 E (51.4419333, 0.9285833)

 

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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. Actuality
2. Airston (probably)
3. Alberta
4. Alf everard (part of)
5. Alf everard (part of)
6. Alice marie
7. Argus
8. Aridity (probably)
9. Atherton
10. Beacon 'f'
11. Bolbec (possibly)
12. Bradglen
13. British oak
14. Duluth
15. E oaze light vessel
16. Explorer
17. Fox
18. Georgia
19. Great nore tower (remains)
20. Great nore towers (remains)
21. Great nore towers (remains).
22. H k daniels
23. Harcourt
24. Herland (part of)
25. Herland (part of)
26. Hmnls van meerlant (part of)
27. Hms aisha
28. Hms amethyst
29. Hms amethyst (part of)(possibly)
30. Hms ash
31. Hms beagle (re-named cgwv no 7 in 1851)
32. Hms bulwark
33. Hms capricornus
34. Hms conquistador
35. Hms danube 3
36. Hms kennymore (part of)(probably)
37. Hms london
38. Hms london
39. Hms receptive
40. Hms resolvo (part of)
41. Hms restango
42. Hms tyne
43. Hms vimiera (bow section)
44. Hms vimiera (part of)
45. Hms vimiera (stern)
46. Holba
47. Honiton
48. Hopper number 19
49. Houston city
50. Intrepid
51. Lady mine
52. Lca 551
53. Letchworth
54. Lion (part of)
55. Lowlands
56. Malrix (possibly)
57. Maplin light house
58. Molliette
59. Nass beacon (ruins)
60. Pinto
61. Pisces
62. Radiant
63. Revenge
64. Richard montgomery
65. Ryal
66. Selnes
67. Silverstone
68. Strom trooper
69. Toreador
70. Van meerlant (part of)
71. Vera
72. Wardie
73. Zarga

 

Name: C 128

Length 61 meter, width: 10.1 meter

Year of registration: 1946

Water depth above wreck: -1 meter, Height above seabed: 135 cm

Known since: 1946, last detected: 2006

Details measurements/cartography: H7801/46 4.12.46 H7801/46 4.12.46 STRANDED WK SHOWN IN 513026.5N, 004603E ON SURVEY [E7851/2]. BR STD. H3912/48 10.6.48 H3912/48 10.6.48 PHOENIX UNIT C.128 BEING SALVAGED IN 513015N, 004815E [SIC]. (PLA NM 35/48) NCA. H7391/51 12.12.51 H7391/51 12.12.51 CONFIRMATION OF WK POSN. (RIVER SUPERINTENDENT AND CHM PLA). H7391/51 1.11.55 H7391/51 1.11.55 LIGHT, INT.QKFL.G, ESTABLISHED ON WK MAST. (PLA NM 79/55).

- NM 2561/55. H1933/61 26.3.62 H1933/61 26.3.62 SHOWN ON SURVEY [K2356]. NCA H7391/51 20.3.63 H7391/51 20.3.63 LIGHT NOW QKFL.G. (WAR OFFICE, 24.11.61; TH).

- NM 548/63. 27.7.76 27.7.76 REPD TO BE A MULBERRY HARBOUR UNIT WHICH GROUNDED IN 1944. SEVERAL LIVES HAVE BEEN LOST ON WK WHEN FAST INCOMING TIDES HAVE TRAPPED NON-SWIMMERS. WK AT PRESENT IS THE SUBJECT OF AN ENQUIRY BY NAVAL LAW DIVISION. (N/NL 545/75: REF TO LTR 16.7.76 FROM SOUTHEND-ON-SEA BOROUGH COUNCIL). 17.11.78 17.11.78 CONSIDERATION BEING GIVEN TO POSSIBILITY OF DEMOLISHING WK. (O/NL/63/1/6). H7391/51 16.8.79 H7391/51 16.8.79 NOW AGREED BY PLA; T.H.; CHIEF INSPECTOR CG AND SOUTHEND-ON-SEA BOROUGH COUNCIL, THAT WK BEST LEFT IN PRESENT STATE. (D/NL/63/1/6, 2.8.79). 10.11.82 10.11.82 SHOWN AS ST FL(2)10S. NC 1183. H3492/81 18.2.85 H3492/81 18.2.85 REFERRED TO AS 'NO.C128'. (PSA WRECK AND HAZARD REGISTER). HH242/354/01 21.8.90 HH242/354/01 21.8.90 EXAM'D 17.7.90 IN 513026.1N, 004603.8E [OGB] USING INTERSECTION AND DISTANCE MEASUREMENTS. VISIBLE AT ALL STATES OF TIDE. LIES IN TWO PARTS: [A] 32.5MTRS LONG X 10MTRS WIDE, LYING 110/290DEG WITH LIGHT NEAR SE CORNER; [B] ABOUT 10MTRS SE OF [A], LYING ROUGHLY 145/325DEG SUBMERGED AT SE END BUT WITH 23.3MTRS SHOWING ABOVE WATER, WHEN MEASURED [STATE OF TIDE NOT INDICATED]. (PLA WK REPORT HAVENGORE 1/90, 20.7.90). NCA. HH246/400/04 4.6.98 HH246/400/04 4.6.98 POSITION CONFIRMED BY BOAT USING DGPS. (PLA WK REPORT 16/98). NCA. 27.3.03 27.3.03 SHOWN AS ST WITH LT, FL.5S, IN 5130467N, 0045.963E [EUT]. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED) NE 1185. 30.11.06 SEP 2006/000398456 30.11.06 LT ON ST CONFIRMED AS FL(2)10S. (J PINDER, PLA, E-MAIL DTD 15.11.06).

- NM 5698/06.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: IN TWO PARTS

Position: 51 30.467 N,0 45.963 E

 

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