This is the information page about the shipwreck Canada, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 42.337 N,0 6.971 E (53.569150, 0.093600)

 

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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. Acklamd (possibly)
2. Airdrie (possibly)
3. Amenity
4. Arcona champion
5. Audacity
6. Avalon
7. B o borjesson
8. Beaconsfield
9. Bellerophon
10. Box hill
11. Boys own
12. Breitenburg
13. British councillor
14. British prince
15. Briton (possibly)
16. Cadmus
17. Canada
18. Chant 63
19. Chloris (possibly)
20. City of birmingham
21. Coastal fort no 1 (part of)(possibly)
22. Coastal fort no-1
23. Corinth (possibly)
24. Cramlington (possibly)
25. Cyclope
26. Dana (possibly)
27. Daphne ii
28. Dayrian
29. Deerpool (after section)
30. Deerpool (for'd section)
31. Diana
32. Diana
33. Dido
34. Dryade
35. Dryburgh (part of)(possibly)
36. Dunsany
37. Empress (probably)
38. Ethel (possibly)
39. Exmoor
40. Faunus
41. Femke
42. Fermo
43. Forest queen
44. Fowberry tower (part)
45. Fowberry tower (part)
46. Francis
47. Georgie
48. Georgios
49. Gerhardt (possibly)
50. Girl kitty (possibly)
51. Giuseppe
52. Gladeto
53. Gothic
54. Harlech
55. Harnis (probably)
56. Helmsman (probably)
57. Hms benvolio
58. Hms calverton
59. Hms corfield
60. Hms cortina
61. Hms dervish
62. Hms egret
63. Hms fairy
64. Hms falmouth
65. Hms lormont
66. Hms mistletoe
67. Hms othello
68. Hms princess victoria
69. Hms remillo
70. Hms st cyrus
71. Hms strathborve (part)
72. Hms susarion
73. Hms yorkshire belle
74. Horsted
75. Hugh taylor
76. Hvitveis
77. Ida
78. Ionic (probably)
79. J b paddon
80. John and thomas
81. John mowlem
82. John rettig (probably)
83. Kalo (probably)
84. Kernoozer
85. Kimberley (possibly)
86. Kingston cameo
87. Kyma
88. Ladas (possibly)
89. Lady anstruther (probably)
90. Lady dinah
91. Lifeguard (possibly)
92. Longbenton (probably)
93. Lord haig (possibly)
94. Lord haig (possibly)
95. Lord selborne
96. Lottie (possibly)
97. Lucerne
98. Lutha
99. Lyra (bow section)
100. Magdalyn ann
101. Maggie
102. Magnolia (probably)
103. Mangalore (part of)(possibly)
104. Marian francis
105. Markersdall (probably)
106. Marshall (probably)
107. Modig
108. Modiva (possibly)
109. Monimia (possibly)
110. Nadod (possibly)
111. Nimrod
112. Odessa
113. Onward (possibly)
114. Ophir ii (possibly)
115. Orsa
116. Otis tetrax
117. Paraciers
118. Peebles (possibly)
119. Peggotty
120. Portia
121. Ravonia (part)
122. Ravonia (part) (possibly)
123. Rayford
124. Realf
125. Reculver
126. Retriever
127. Revi
128. Rhuys
129. Rievaulx abbey
130. Rivaulx
131. River don (part of)(probably)
132. River witham
133. Sagacity
134. Salacon
135. Salmondby
136. Saltoun
137. Sandra glen
138. Sarah visholm 2 (probably)
139. Sna iii
140. Sota eduardo
141. Stanburn
142. Teano
143. Thessaly
144. Thomas deas
145. Togston (possibly)
146. Tredegar hall
147. Triton
148. Uc 39
149. Uc 47
150. Uc 75
151. Umbe
152. Upminster (possibly)
153. Varangmalm (possibly)
154. Venture (possibly)
155. Wayside flower (possibly)
156. Whitemantle (possibly)
157. William hanson
158. Windsor (part of)
159. Windsor (part of)
160. Winga
161. Xavier
162. Xavier
163. Zeemermin

 

Name: CANADA

Length 143 meter, width: 19.5 meter, draught: 11, tonnage 11108 ton
Load: general and mixed goods,foodstuffs: solid,grain

Cause: built in 1935 by nakskov skibs a/s nakslov. owned at time of loss by a/s det ostasiatiske kompagi. two 6 cylinder oil engines of 1236hp, twin shaft. machinery by a kt burmeister & wian, copenhagen. passage vancouver for gothnburg & copenhagen. cargo soya and general. mined and later grounded. sank the following day.

Year of registration: 1939

Water depth above wreck: 12 meter, Height above seabed: 40 cm

Known since: 1939, last detected: 2013

Details measurements/cartography: H0137/39 17.11.39 ST LIES 124.5DEGS, 3.5M FROM WITHERNSEA LT HO. (TH) GIVES POSN 534216N, 000718E.

- NM 2544/39. H0137/39 20.11.39 ST LIES 116DEGS, 3.6M FROM WITHERNSEA LT HO, MARKED BY G CONL LT BUOY, FL(3)GW10S. (TH).

- NM 2603/39.. H0137/39 5.7.40 LT ON BUOY HAS BEEN EXTINGUISHED. (ADMIRALTY)

- NM 1652/40. H0137/39 14.10.41 BUOY MISSING. (ADMIRALTY).

- NM 2423/41. H01624/44 14.6.44 LOCATED IN 534224N, 000709E. BREAKS IN HEAVY WEATHER. (CAPT M/S HUMBER, 22.5.44). CHART AS DW.

- NM 1213/44. H0137/39 8.4.46 G CONL LT BUOY, FL(3)G10S, LAID 060DEGS, 1C FROM WK. (TH).

- NM 1183/46. H7931/46 13.10.47 SWEPT 3.7.47, IN 534218N, 000702E, BY BEARING AND DISTANCE. DRIES 2FT IN GEN DEPTH 40FT. (HMS SCOTT 1946-47).

- NM 2660/47. H4984/47 18.7.69 REPORTED BLOWN UP BY UNKNOWN DIVERS. (CG FLAMBOROUGH SIGNAL DTD 11.7.69) NCA. 20.3.72 NOW CHARTED AS DW DRIES 1.3MTRS [LAT]. NC 121. H3805/72 28.2.78 LOCATED 30.8.77 AS CHARTED 230DEG, 300YDS FROM WK BUOY, WHICH IS THOUGHT TO BE ABOUT 100YDS N OF CHARTED POSN, BUT LACK OF SUITABLE MARKS MADE PRECISE NAVIGATION DIFFICULT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 2.3MTRS. LYING NE/SW. LENGTH 330FT APPROX. ENTIRE WK NOT SIGHTED, BUT EVIDENT HULL COLLAPSED & PARTLY DISPERSED LEAVING VERY LARGE SECTIONS OF THE STRUCTURE AROUND WK SITE. (HMS MAXTON WRECK REPORT, DTD 5.9.77, UNDER COVER OF SOISS, HI 54/77). CHART AS DW. BR STD. H1944/80 22.4.82 EXAM'D 12.6.81 IN 534217N, 000710E, CALCULATED FROM EXAMINATION PLOT, USING HF. NO E/S ON TOPS OBTAINED BECAUSE OF FISHING FLOATS. HYDROSEARCH VERTICAL HT 11.1MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 12.5MTRS. NO SCOUR. ESTIMATED LEAST DEPTH 1.4MTRS. LIES N/S WITH BOWS TOWARDS N, WITH CABLE RUNNING TO THE SE. BRIDGE STRUCTURE HIGHEST POINT. SONAR LENGTH 157MTRS, BEAM 24.5MTRS. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 12). COMBINE WITH 'GEORIOS' CLOSE E WHEN CHARTING. BR STD. HH242/590/05 31.8.00 SURVEY CARRIED OUT BY THV PATRICIA ON 17-20.8.00 TO OBTAIN CLEARANCE OVER WKS, CANADA AND GEORGIOS. LEAST DEPTH BY WIRE SWEEP, 3.4MTRS WAS LOCATED OVER GEORGIOS [SEE 8880]. PLOT DIAGRAM SHOWS LEAST DEPTH BY E/S OVER CANADA, 4.7MTRS IN 5342.310N, 0006.935E [WGD]. GEN DEPTH 10.5MTRS. NO SCOUR. SEABED SAND, SHELLS AND PEBBLES. (TH, 23.8.00). CHART IN CONJUNCTION WITH WK CLOSE SE AS WKS SW 3.4MTRS.

- NM 3881/00. 5.9.13 EXAM'D 19.5.13 IN 5342.337N, 0006.971E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 5.25 IN GEN DEPTH 12.4MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 149MTRS, WIDTH 18.5MTRS, HT 7.15MTRS. LIES 040/220 DEGS WITH BOWS NE. WELL BROKEN. (NETSURVEY, HI 1401). BOW & MACHINERY MIDSHIPS FORM HIGHEST POINTS. ?MAST STUB AFT OF SUPERSTRUCTURE. RETAIN SW 3.4MTRS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, BOWS NE, BOW & MIDSHIPS HIGH POINTS See Also: 8880

Position: 53 42.337 N,0 6.971 E

 

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