This is the information page about the shipwreck Cambrian, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 44.506 N,1 3.397 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. Bettann (bow section)
9. Bettann (stern section)
10. Braat ii
11. Camberwell
12. Cambrian
13. Cambrian (part of)
14. Cambrian princess (probably)
15. Campeador 5 (bow section)(probably)
16. Camswan
17. Capable
18. Cuba
19. Cuba
20. Diadem of bursledon (probably)
21. Donegal (possibly)
22. Duddon (probably)
23. Elford
24. Empress queen
25. Excelsior
26. Faith
27. Fallodon
28. Flag theofano
29. Fpt iv
30. France aimee (part of)(possibly)
31. G-cbpt
32. Gerarda
33. Germa geisha
34. Glen (possibly)
35. Grace dieu
36. Grip fast
37. Harry sharman
38. Hauler
39. Highland brigade
40. Hm lct 427 (after part)
41. Hm lct 427 (fwd part)
42. Hms apley (possibly)
43. Hms boxer
44. Hms crestflower
45. Hms hazard
46. Hms hazardous
47. Hms insolent
48. Hms invincible
49. Hms p12 (stern section).
50. Hms prince leopold
51. Hms undine
52. Hms velox
53. Hmsm a1
54. Hmsm swordfish
55. Irishman
56. Isleworth
57. Kurland
58. Lct 1068
59. Leon
60. Lowmount
61. Luciston
62. Luis
63. Mary rose
64. Mendi
65. Minerva (possibly)
66. Montecrana (possibly)
67. Moonraker (probably)
68. Neath (possibly)
69. Oriflamme
70. Orion
71. Pearl (probably)
72. Ps ryde
73. Redesmere
74. Roway
75. Rtc no.9
76. Simla
77. Sinah
78. Sines (possibly)
79. Stokes bay pier (remains)
80. Syrinx (part of)(possibly)
81. Tweed
82. U 1195
83. U 90
84. Ub 21
85. Ub 81
86. Vadne
87. Vanessa (probably)
88. Venus
89. Volkerak
90. Wapello
91. Weston maid (possibly)
92. Withern

 

Name: CAMBRIAN

Length 42.3 meter, width: 7.3 meter, draught: 4.1, tonnage 338 ton

Cause: ex-stella procyon '39, ex-ocean knight '35, ex-lord derby '35. built in 1924 by cochrane & sons ltd, selby. one boiler, triple expansion engine of 96nhp, single shaft. requisitioned as boom defence vessel in 9.1939. struck a mine and foundered. dispersed with explosives in the late 1970s. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 4 meter, Height above seabed: 75 cm

Known since: 1940, last detected: 2013

Details measurements/cartography: H0521/40 5.9.40 H0521/40 5.9.40 BOOM DEFENCE VESSEL 130DEGS, 8.4C FROM HORSE SAND FORT LT. DRIES 8FT [MLWS]. (C-IN-C PORTSMOUTH, 11.7.40). CHART AS ST.

- NM 2200/40. H5136/45 29.10.45 H5136/45 29.10.45 REPD POSN 131DEGS, 7.4C FROM HORSE SAND FORT. (CSO VERNON). AMEND TO DW IN 504430N, 010322W.

- NM 3394/45. H5136/45 5.7.50 H5136/45 5.7.50 WK IN 3 PORTIONS CONSISTING OF JAGGED IRON PLATES, LARGEST AWASH AT LWST. 2 OTHER PARTS HAVE LEAST DEPTHS 2FT & 3FT IN 504430N, 010322W. (SCESU, 2.6.50). NCA. H5136/45 5.7.50 H5136/45 5.7.50 G CONL BUOY LAID CLOSE SE OF WK. (C-IN-C PORTSMOUTH & KHM PORTSMOUTH).

- NM 1277/50. H1181/51 5.7.50 H1181/51 5.7.50 NOT SWEPT, CLOSELY SOUNDED WITH E/S. MAIN PART OF WK DRIES WITH 2 PARTS WITHIN 140FT BEARING 074DEGS & 115DEGS FROM THE MAIN PART. POSN 504428N, 010321W OR 131.5DEGS, 7.55C FROM HORSE SAND FORT LT. (SCES, 9.5.50). NCA. H( H(W)0202/50 & H0434/53 CONFIRMED BY A/S. 318DEGS, 6M NAB TR. (HMS MARVEL). NCA. H3722/54 15.7.54 H3722/54 15.7.54 POSN OF BUOY NOW CLOSE S OF WK. (YACHT 'LUTINE').

- NM 1526/54. H3359/59 6.7.60 H3359/59 6.7.60 CENTRAL & LONGEST PART HAS 1FT OVER. EAST PART HAS 2FT OVER. WEST PART HAS 3FT OVER. (SCES, 1959). NCA. H4661/68 6.5.68 H4661/68 6.5.68 WK IS BEGINNING TO BREAK UP. THE HIGHEST POINT IS NOW THE EASTERN PART, WHERE THE TOP OF A RIB JUST DRIES [ALLOWING FOR THE CHANGE IN DATUM THIS PART IS THE SAME AS IT WAS IN 1959]. THE CENTRAL PART NOW HAS 9FT OF WATER OVER IT [10FT MORE THAN IN 1959] & THE WESTERN PART HAS 3FT OVER IT [2FT MORE THAN IN 1959]. (FSL WATERWITCH, R-OF-S, 1968). NCA. 23.10.68 23.10.68 A REQUEST TO PURCHASE FROM K J FRANCIS ESQ N/CP85/56423/68. (D OF C(N)). NCA. H1248/70 16.2.70 H1248/70 16.2.70 REPD THAT HIGHEST POINT OF WK IS ONLY 5FT BENEATH SURFACE ON A SPRING TIDE, THUS STILL VERY DANGEROUS TO NAVIGATION. (M R MASKNET, LTR REC'D 16.2.70). NCA. H2435/72 4.5.72 H2435/72 4.5.72 POSN VERIFIED ON SOUNDING LINES. E/S 2.0MTRS [6FT]. (SCES, ROS DTD 7.2.72). NCA. H2377/75 10.4.75 H2377/75 10.4.75 EXAMINED 21.5.74 USING HSA. LEAST DEPTH 0.6MTRS. (SCES, 1974). NCA. H2377/75 7.5.76 H2377/75 7.5.76 WK REPD TO BE MORE EXTENSIVE THAN PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT, TO BE IN TWO PARTS. LEAST DEPTH 0.9MTRS IN POSN 131.5DEGS(T), 1420MTRS FROM HORSE SAND FORT LT. WK BUOY MOVED TO 134.5DEGS, 1500MTRS FROM HORSE SAND FORT LT. (FSL WATERWITCH HN 1/76, 3.5.76). AMEND TO WK 0.9MTRS IN 504428N, 010321W & WK 2.7MTRS IN 504432N, 010320W (SEE [19475]). BUOY MOVED APPROX 100MTRS S.

- NM 990/76. H2377/75 13.7.76 H2377/75 13.7.76 MAIN WRECKAGE REPD NOW IN 4 PARTS: BOW 82FT LONG, STERN INCLUDING RUDDER & PROPELLER 48FT LONG, BOILER 15FT DIAMETER, MAST/DERRICK 40FT LONG. LEAST DEPTH NOW 0.1MTRS IN 504428N, 010320W, OVER BOW SECTION. MOVEMENT OF WK SINCE 1972 SURVEY IS PRESUMED TO BE DUE TO EXTENSIVE DREDGING OF S EXTREMITY OF BANK ON WHICH WK LIES, TO PROVIDE MATERIAL FOR CONSTRUCTION OF M27 MOTORWAY. WK BUOY MOVED TO NEW POSN 135DEGS, 7.8C APPROX FROM HORSE SAND FORT (QHM PORTSMOUTH, 2.7.76). SALVAGE OPS, TO REMOVE WK OR CUT DOWN TO SAFE DEPTH, COMMENCED 5.7.76 TO LAST 3 MONTHS APPROX. (PORTSMOUTH LOCAL NM 19/76).

- NM 1410T/76. H4824/75 7.2.78 H4824/75 7.2.78 NOT INVESTIGATED AS DEMOLITION OPS IN PROGRESS. MARKED BY MOORING BUOY. TEMPORARY, BUT HAS BEEN IN SITU FOR ALMOST A YEAR. (SCES, H1 270, 6.9.77). NCA. H4824/75 20.8.80 H4824/75 20.8.80 PORTION IN 504428.3N, 010321W [OGB] EXAM'D ON 12.7.79 USING TRISPONDER [2 LOP] & HSA. LEAST E/S DEPTH 0.8 IN GEN DEPTH 5MTRS. SALVAGE OPS APPARENTLY CEASED. HIGHEST POINT MARKED BY YELLOW PELLET. WK BUOY MARKED 'CAMBRIAN', CLOSE SE. (HMS WATERWITCH, HI 80B/79). AMEND S PORTION TO WK 0.8MTRS. BR STD. H4824/75 16.9.82 H4824/75 16.9.82 FOLLOWING DIVING OPS, INDICATIONS ARE WK MAY BE SHIFTING OR BREAKING UP. AREA 280MTRS RADIUS FROM BUOY CONSIDERED FOUL. WK SYMBOLS SHOULD REMAIN AS CHARTED. (QHM PORTSMOUTH, HN CAMB/82, 6.9.82). CHART AS PECKED CIRCLE 280MTR RADIUS CENTRED ON 504424N, 010320W [OGB] WITH LEGEND 'FOUL'.

- NM 2406/82. H2071/82 14.3.86 H2071/82 14.3.86 EXAM'D 28.10.85 IN 504427.7N, 010318.5W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [3 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 0.2 IN GEN DEPTH 4.5MTRS. NO SCOUR. VERY BROKEN UP & CONSISTING OF TWO MAJOR PIECES OF WRECKAGE. THE LEAST DEPTH WAS LOCATED IN POSN INDICATED ABOVE, THIS SECTION BEING 30MTRS LONG & LYING NW/SE. A SMALLER SECTION WAS LOCATED 30MTRS TO THE W & HAD LEAST DEPTH 0.8MTRS. OTHER WRECKAGE WAS FOUND TO THE N & NW. (SEE WK [19475] IN 504430N, 010320W). (HMSML GLEANER, HI 142). EXTEND EXISTING DANGER LINE SE TO INCLUDE 504428N, 010318.5W & AMEND DEPTH TO 0.2MTRS.

- NM 963/86. 23.2.90 23.2.90 SHOWN AS 'WKS' DEPTH 0.2MTRS IN 504428N, 010318.5W [OGB] WITH DANGER LINE EXTENDED SW, MARKED BY G CONL BUOY IN 504424.3N, 010320W, WITH FOUL AREA RADIUS 280MTRS CENTRED ON BUOY, ON NE 2050. (SEE ALSO WK 2.1MTRS [19475] IN 504428N, 010318.5W). HH232/600/10 12.2.03 HH232/600/10 12.2.03 BUOY NOW UNLIT S CARDINAL. (QHM PORTSMOUTH, EMAIL DTD 10.2.04).

- NM ACTION. 16.10.13 16.10.13 EXAM'D 30.6.13 IN 5044.506N, 0103.397W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 1.1 IN GEN DEPTH 4MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 54.1MTRS, WIDTH 18.7MTRS, HT 2.9MTRS. LIES 075/255 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. BROKEN INTO MANY PARTS. (NETSURVEY, HI 1437). VERY BROKEN UP, LARGEST CONTACT (?BOILER) AT SW END. AMEND DWP 1.1MTRS, CENTRED ON 5044.506N, 0103.397W [WGD], LENGTH 54MTRS, WIDTH 19MTRS, LYING 075/255 DEGS. S CARD BUOY & FOUL AREA TO BE RETAINED. 11.11.13 11.11.13 LEAST M/B DEPTH 1.09MTRS. (SDC BATHY EXAMINATION OF DIGITAL DATA FOR HI 1437). AMEND DWP 1MTR.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: VERY BROKEN UP, FOUL AREA NOT CENTRED ON WK

Position: 50 44.506 N,1 3.397 W

 

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