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