This is the information page about the shipwreck Camswan, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 38.633 N,1 5.533 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. Aalesund (possibly)
2. Ala
3. Albatros
4. Algerian
5. Angry fish
6. Armenier
7. Arno (possibly)
8. Asborg
9. Ashanti (possibly)
10. Bettann (bow section)
11. Bettann (stern section)
12. Braat ii
13. Camberwell
14. Cambrian
15. Cambrian (part of)
16. Cambrian princess (probably)
17. Campeador 5 (bow section)(probably)
18. Camswan
19. Capable
20. Cuba
21. Cuba
22. Daylesford
23. Diadem of bursledon (probably)
24. Donegal (possibly)
25. Duddon (probably)
26. Elford
27. Empress queen
28. Excelsior
29. Faith
30. Fallodon
31. Flag theofano
32. Fort yale
33. Fpt iv
34. France aimee (part of)(possibly)
35. G-cbpt
36. Gerarda
37. Germa geisha
38. Glen (possibly)
39. Grace dieu
40. Grip fast
41. Harry sharman
42. Hauler
43. Highland brigade
44. Hm lct 427 (after part)
45. Hm lct 427 (fwd part)
46. Hms apley (possibly)
47. Hms boxer
48. Hms crestflower
49. Hms hazard
50. Hms hazardous
51. Hms insolent
52. Hms invincible
53. Hms listrac (probably)
54. Hms p12 (stern section).
55. Hms prince leopold
56. Hms undine
57. Hms velox
58. Hmsm a1
59. Hmsm swordfish
60. Inger
61. Irishman
62. Island mist
63. Isleworth
64. Kurland
65. Lct 1068
66. Lct 757 (possibly)
67. Leon
68. Londonier
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. Spearfish
90. Stokes bay pier (remains)
91. Syrinx (part of)(possibly)
92. Tweed
93. U 1195
94. U 90
95. Ub 21
96. Ub 81
97. Vadne
98. Vanessa (probably)
99. Venus
100. Volkerak
101. Wapello
102. Weston maid (possibly)
103. Withern

 

Name: CAMSWAN

Length 102.1 meter, width: 15.5 meter, draught: 7, tonnage 3426 ton
Load: coal

Cause: built in 1917 by blyth shipbuilding & drydock co. owned at the time of loss by osborne ss co. passage blyth for naples on her maiden voyage. sank following a collision with british ss polbrae 8m w by s of st catherine's point. (dods).

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 15 meter, Height above seabed: 95 cm

Known since: 1917, last detected: 2010

Details measurements/cartography: H6351/17 1.11.17 WK IN 503830N, 010530W. (ADMIRALTY). CHART AS WK [OLD SYMBOL]. - FNM 643/17. H7476/17 14.2.18 LTV ESTABLISHED CLOSE S OF WK. (ADMIRALTY).

- NM 229/18. H3095/18 30.5.18 BEING DISPERSED. (TH). NCA. H2822/20 21.4.20 WK NOW MARKED BY G CONL BUOY. (TRINITY HOUSE).

- NM 820/20. H4066/20 8.6.20 LEAST DEPTH NOW 34FT BUT DISPERSAL IS BEING CONTINUED UNTIL 40FT IS OBTAINED. (TH). NCA UNTIL THIS CLEARANCE IS REALISED. H4066/22& H2260/23 26.3.23 DISPERSED. CLEAR TO 41FT. BUOY REMOVED. (TRINITY HOUSE & ADMIRALTY). AMEND TO WK 6.75FMS [6FMS 4FT] IN 503828N, 010520W, & DELETE BUOY.

- NM 533/23. H7593/52 21.12.52 EXAM'D 25.7.52 IN 503836N, 010525W USING HSA. DRIFT SWEPT, CLEAR AT 30, FOUL AT 33FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 32 IN GEN DEPTH 48-51FT. (SCES, 2.12.52). AMEND TO WK 5FMS 2FT IN REVISED POSN.

- NM 2587/52. H1262/64 24.4.64 POSN CONFIRMED. LEAST E/S DEPTH 35FT [LAT]. (SCES, 1964, SURVEY [K4126/1]). AMEND TO WK 5FMS 5FT. NC 2050. 11.12.70 THE WK OF THE 'CAMSWAN' LIES IN 8.5FMS ON A SEABED OF ROCK & SHINGLE. THERE IS 25FT OF WATER CLEAR OVER HER MAIN DECK. (LLOYDS, TELECON 11.12.70. SOURCE NOT DEVOLVED). NCA. 15.6.71 NOW CHARTED AS WK 10.6MTRS. NC 2050. H4613/73 16.12.76 WK REPORTED TO LIE IN 503842N, 010528W [OGB]. LEAST DEPTH 9 IN GEN DEPTH 14.6MTRS [TIDAL REDUCTION -1MTR APPLIED]. SEVERAL OTHER METALLIC CONTACTS IN IMMEDIATE VICINITY. (HMS GAVINGTON, WK SURVEY 30.9.76). AMEND TO WK 9MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. H4613/73 11.5.79 EXAM'D BY HMS IVESTON 31.1.79. SONAR HT 3.5MTRS. (PLESSEY ELECTRONIC SYSTEM LTD, 3.5.79). NCA. H1309/79 31.8.79 LOCATED USING DECCA. HT 15FT. (M WALSH, 27.4.79). NCA. H1310/85/3 17.1.85 DIVED ON IN 1984. WK HAS COLLAPSED IN SOME PLACES. ISOLATED PARTS STAND ABOUT 5-6MTRS ABOVE SEABED. (M PRITCHARD, 7.1.85). NCA YET. H3847/86 4.1.90 EXAM'D 11.10.89 IN 503836N, 010526W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [4 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 8.4 IN GEN DEPTH 15.5MTRS. SCOUR 0.5MTRS DEEP. DCS3 HT 6MTRS, LENGTH 105MTRS. LIES 275/095DEGS, WITH BOW W. (HMSML GLEANER, HI 366). AMEND TO WK 8.4MTRS IN REVISED POSN.

- NM 214/90. SEP 2008/000006343 22.1.08 LOCATED IN 5038.643N, 0105.512W [WGD]. LEAST DEPTH AS CHARTED. (HMS CHIDDINGFOLD, HN DTD 10.1.08). NCA. [WGD] POSN: 5038.635N, 0105.521W. SEP 2010/000090029 7.6.10 LOCATED IN 5038.633N, 0105.533W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 9.42MTRS. LENGTH 106MTRS, WIDTH 17MTRS, HT 5MTRS. BOWS E. (NATURAL ENGLAND, SOUTH WIGHT EUROPEAN MARINE SITE SURVEY (NETSURVEY)). RETAIN WK 8.4MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. SEP 2010/000109905 9.7.10 LEAST M/B DEPTH 9.42MTRS. (SDC BATHY, EXAMINATION OF NATURAL ENGLAND'S DIGITAL DATA). AMEND WK 9.4MTRS. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, COLLAPSED IN SOME PLACES, BOWS E

Position: 50 38.633 N,1 5.533 W

 

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