This is the information page about the shipwreck Camberwell, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 35.524 N,1 3.205 W (50.592067, -1.053417)

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.

Name: CAMBERWELL

Length 112.2 meter, width: 15.2 meter, draught: 5.8, tonnage 4078 ton
Load: general and mixed goods

Cause: built in 1903 by j l thompson & sons ltd, sunderland. owned at time of loss by well line ltd. three boilers, triple expansion engine of 409nhp, single shaft. passage the tees & london for calcutta. general cargo. struck mine laid by uc-36. seven men lost. (lloyds war losses & sibi).

Year of registration: 1986

Water depth above wreck: 27 meter, Height above seabed: 319 cm

Known since: 1986, last detected: 20161114

Details measurements/cartography: SUNK 6 MILES SE BY E OF DUNNOSE HEAD. (LLOYDS WAR LOSSES). H1310/86/1 23.1.86 LARGE WK, POSSIBLY WWI CASUALTY, LOCATED IN 503524N, 010310W [OGB] USING DECCA. IN GEN DEPTH 32MTRS. STANDS APPROX 8MTRS HIGH AT STERN AND BOW WITH CENTRE SECTION BROKEN UP. (M PRITCHARD, 3.1.86). INS AS WK 18MTRS. BR STD. HH100/351/08 10.12.93 IDENTIFIED AS THE CAMBERWELL. WRECK AND CARGO OWNED BY OFFSHORE MARINE SERVICES LTD. COMMERCIAL GUARD REQUESTED. (M WOODWARD, 3.12.93). 25.2.99 CINC DELETED. MORE THAN FIVE YEARS. HH090/962/01 3.12.02 LOCATED IN 5035.507N, 0103.189E [WGD] USING DGPS. E/S GIVES APPARENT HT OF 4MTRS. LEAST DEPTH NOT OBTAINED. SCOUR APPROX 1MTR DEEP. NOT INVESTIGATED WITH DCS3. LIES WITHIN AREA NOT FULLY SURVEYED DUE TO FISHING GEAR. (GARDLINE, HI 962). RETAIN AS WK 18MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. SEP 2016/000165703 14.11.16 EXAM'D 14.11.16 IN 5035.524N, 0103.205W [WGD]. LEAST M\B DEPTH 21.09MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 27MTRS. LENGTH 122MTRS, WIDTH 39MTRS, HT 6.4MTRS,ORIENTATION 319/139 DEGS. SUBSTANTIALLY BROKEN UP WITH FEW COLLAPSED HULL PLATES. SHALLOW-MOST POINT IS NEAR THE BOW. REMAINS OF THREE BOILERS ARE VISIBLE NEAR THE CENTRE OF THE WRECK. SCOUR 150MTRS, 1.7MTRS DEEP TOWARDS 065 DEGS. (MMT UK, HI 1499). AMEND DW 21MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: SUBSTANTIALLY BROKEN UP

Position: 50 35.524 N,1 3.205 W

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