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 (50.802333333333, -1.0303)

 

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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. Ala
2. Albatros
3. Algerian
4. Angry fish
5. Armenier
6. Arno (possibly)
7. Asborg
8. Ashanti (possibly)
9. Bettann (bow section)
10. Bettann (stern section)
11. Braat ii
12. Camberwell
13. Cambrian
14. Cambrian (part of)
15. Cambrian princess (probably)
16. Campeador 5 (bow section)(probably)
17. Camswan
18. Capable
19. Cuba
20. Cuba
21. Daylesford
22. Diadem of bursledon (probably)
23. Donegal (possibly)
24. Duddon (probably)
25. Elford
26. Empress queen
27. Excelsior
28. Faith
29. Fallodon
30. Flag theofano
31. Fort yale
32. Fpt iv
33. France aimee (part of)(possibly)
34. G-cbpt
35. Gerarda
36. Germa geisha
37. Glen (possibly)
38. Grace dieu
39. Grip fast
40. Harry sharman
41. Hauler
42. Highland brigade
43. Hilda lea (bow part)(probably)
44. Hilda lea (stern part)(probably)
45. Hm lct 427 (after part)
46. Hm lct 427 (fwd part)
47. Hmcs alberni
48. Hms apley (possibly)
49. Hms boxer
50. Hms crestflower
51. Hms hazard
52. Hms hazardous
53. Hms insolent
54. Hms invincible
55. Hms listrac (probably)
56. Hms p12 (stern section).
57. Hms prince leopold
58. Hms tiger
59. Hms undine
60. Hms velox
61. Hmsm a1
62. Inger
63. Irishman
64. Isleworth
65. Kurland
66. Lct 1068
67. Lct 757 (possibly)
68. Leon
69. Lowmount
70. Luciston
71. Luis
72. Mary rose
73. Meandros (possibly)
74. Mendi
75. Minerva (possibly)
76. Montecrana (possibly)
77. Moonraker (probably)
78. Neath (possibly)
79. Oriflamme
80. Orion
81. Pearl (probably)
82. Polandia (possibly)
83. Ps ryde
84. Redesmere
85. Roway
86. Rtc no.9
87. Simla
88. Sinah
89. Sines (possibly)
90. Spearfish
91. Stokes bay pier (remains)
92. Syrinx (part of)(possibly)
93. Teelin head
94. Tweed
95. U 1195
96. U 90
97. Ub 21
98. Ub 81
99. Vadne
100. Vanessa (probably)
101. Venus
102. Volkerak
103. Wapello
104. Weston maid (possibly)
105. Withern

 

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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