This is the information page about the shipwreck Cabo espartel, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 55.197 N,1 3.657 E (50.8163, 0.959)

 

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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. Afghanistan (bow section)
2. Afghanistan (probably)
3. Albuera
4. Alcantara
5. Alice
6. Amplegarth
7. Angelus (possibly)
8. Argonaut
9. Atlantic (possibly)
10. Australier (probably)
11. Avoca
12. Bobby
13. Brandenburg
14. Cabo espartel
15. Ceta (stern section)
16. Charente
17. Christianssund
18. City of dresden (possibly)
19. Corhaven
20. Corinia (possibly)
21. De fontaine
22. Dorothy j (possibly)
23. Durango
24. Efford
25. Electra
26. Ella sayer
27. Empire lough (probably)
28. Empress of fort william (probably)
29. Enero (probably)
30. Euphorbia
31. Evg(no rx152)?
32. Excellence pleske
33. Express
34. Falcon (probably)
35. Flachsee
36. G-asad
37. Grit (probably)
38. Grosser kurfurst
39. Grosser kurfurst (possibly)
40. Gwendoline (part of)(possibly)
41. Halcyon
42. Henry moon
43. Heron
44. Hmhs anglia
45. Hms blackwater
46. Hms brazen
47. Hms carlton
48. Hms caulonia
49. Hms city of dundee
50. Hms cleon
51. Hms drumtochty (possibly)
52. Hms falmouth iii (possibly)
53. Hms ghurka
54. Hms myrmidon
55. Hms torbay ii (probably)
56. Hms war sepoy
57. Hms waterfly
58. Hmt gullfoss
59. Holland
60. Hydaspes (possibly)
61. Jokai
62. Josephine willis
63. Kadru
64. Katharina kolkmann
65. Kielce
66. La somme (probably)
67. Lacer
68. Lady stella
69. Latona
70. Leicester
71. Leila najia
72. Leo
73. Lepanto/le panto/panta/panto
74. Lighter 83
75. Lizzonia
76. Lusitania
77. Maloja 1
78. Maxwell
79. Milbanke (probably)
80. Monarch
81. Morgenster
82. Mrav
83. My astor
84. Naranco
85. Negrier
86. Newcastle
87. Niki
88. Norman
89. Northfleet
90. Nunima
91. Ousel (probably)
92. Polgrange
93. Portslade (possibly)
94. Preussen
95. Pulborough
96. River levan
97. Robin hood
98. Roode zee (possibly)
99. Roseburn
100. Rydal hall (possibly)
101. S.folkestone gate (ltv no.75)
102. Saint emilion (probably)
103. Saint jean pierre
104. Salbya (possibly)
105. Samida
106. Sea serpent
107. Seine
108. Shenandoah
109. Sierra bravia
110. Sir russell
111. Spanish prince
112. Sparta (possibly)
113. St cecilia
114. Strathclyde
115. Swale (probably)
116. T s webb
117. Teeswood
118. Texaco caribbean (after section)
119. Texaco caribbean (forward section)
120. Tokufuku maru
121. Traquair (probably)
122. Trooper
123. U 8
124. U 93 (probably)
125. Ub 108 (possibly)
126. Ub 109
127. Ub 31 ?
128. Ub 55 (probably)
129. Ub 58 (possibly)
130. Ub 78
131. Ub-33 (probably)
132. Uc 63
133. Uc 77 (possibly)
134. Unity
135. Veerman
136. Vittoria claudia
137. Waterland (possibly)
138. Welsh belle

 

Name: CABO ESPARTEL

Year of registration: 1950

Water depth above wreck: 31 meter, Height above seabed: 52 cm

Known since: 1950, last detected: 2017

Details measurements/cartography: H3721/50 23.6.50 DW IN 505518N, 010346E. G SPH LT BUOY, FLG.10S CLOSE W. (THNM 45/50 & 50/50).

- NM 1171/50. H3721/50 13.1.51 AMENDED TO WK 11FMS. LIGHT BUOY DELETED. (HMSML 322 & TH).

- NM 18/51. H3721/50 28.9.50 DISPERSED TO MORE THAN 46FT. (C-IN-C NORE, 28.9.50). H3721/50 13.10.50 OROPESA SWEEP FOUL AT 23FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 14FT IN GEN DEPTH 109FT. (HMS SHARPSHOOTER, 13.10.50) H3721/50 27.10.50 FOUL AT 13FT, CLEAR AT 12FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 28FT IN GEN DEPTH 100FT. (HMS SCOTT, 27.10.50). H3721/50 10.11.50 DISPERSED CLEAR TO 50FT. (C-IN-C NORE, 10.11.50). H3721/50 16.11.50 EXAM'D IN 505516N, 010350E. SWEPT CLEAR AT 69FT, FOUL AT 70FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 84FT IN GEN DEPTH 100FT. (HMSML 322 & 323, 16.11.50). H3721/50 16.11.61 SWEPT CLEAR AT 69FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 79FT IN GEN DEPTH 115FT. SCOUR DEPTH 10FT. (HMS SCOTT, 8.3.61). 14.7.71 AMENDED TO SW 21MTRS. NC 536. H4551/76 10.11.76 REP'D HT OF 33FT IN 505513N, 010349E. (RISDON BEAZLEY, REF 4/76 DTD 27.10.76, SURVEYED 1956). NCA. H4199/78 9.10.78 LOCATED 18.9.77 IN 505510N, 010346E USING TRISPONDER [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 23.8MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 33-35MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 34MTRS. DCS3 HT 11.6MTRS. LENGTH 106MTRS. LYING 0501230DEGS. HIGHEST POINT APPARENTLY A MAST.(HMS BULLDOG, HI 35/77). RETAIN SWEPT DEPTH. HH090/711/01 29.1.97 EXAM'D 9.8.96 IN 505511N, 010338E [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR AT 23.5, FOUL AT 23.7MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 23.9 IN GEN DEPTH 32MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 8MTRS. LENGTH 90MTRS, WIDTH 15MTRS. LIES 060/240DEGS. BROKEN AND PARTIALLY BURIED. (NP 1016, HI 711). AMEND TO SW 23.5MTRS IN 505508.9N, 010344.04E [OGB]. BR STD. SEP 2016/000091764 20.04.17 EXAM'D 26.07.16; IN 5055.197N, 0103.657E [WGD]. LEAST W/C DEPTH 24.17MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 31MTRS, LENGTH 104.5MTRS, WIDTH 23.5MTRS, HEIGHT 8.1MTRS, ORIENTATION 052/232 DEGS. WRECK IS BROKEN AND PARTIALLY BURIED. (GARDLINE, HI 1497). AMEND DW 24MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 50 55.197 N,1 3.657 E

 

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