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 (53.56915, 0.0936)

 

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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. Avalon
5. B o borjesson
6. Bellerophon
7. Breitenburg
8. British councillor
9. British prince
10. Briton (possibly)
11. Cadmus
12. Canada
13. Carson
14. Chant 63
15. Chloris (possibly)
16. City of birmingham
17. Cook s26
18. Corinth (possibly)
19. Cramlington (possibly)
20. Cyclope
21. Dana (possibly)
22. Daphne ii
23. Dayrian
24. Deerpool (after section)
25. Diana
26. Diana
27. Dido
28. Dryade
29. Dryburgh (part of)(possibly)
30. Dunsany
31. Empress (probably)
32. Ethel (possibly)
33. Exmoor
34. Faunus
35. Femke
36. Fermo
37. Forest queen
38. Fowberry tower (part)
39. Francis
40. Georgie
41. Georgios
42. Gerhardt (possibly)
43. Girl kitty (possibly)
44. Giuseppe
45. Gladeto
46. Gothic
47. Harlech
48. Harnis (probably)
49. Helmsman (probably)
50. Hms benvolio
51. Hms calverton
52. Hms corfield
53. Hms egret
54. Hms fairy
55. Hms mistletoe
56. Hms othello
57. Hms princess victoria
58. Hms remillo
59. Hms silicia
60. Hms strathborve (part)
61. Hms susarion
62. Hms yorkshire belle
63. Horsted
64. Hugh taylor
65. Ida
66. Ionic (probably)
67. J b paddon
68. John and thomas
69. John mowlem
70. John rettig (probably)
71. Kalo (probably)
72. Kimberley (possibly)
73. Kingston cameo
74. Kyma
75. Ladas (possibly)
76. Lady anstruther (probably)
77. Lifeguard (possibly)
78. Lord haig (possibly)
79. Lord haig (possibly)
80. Lottie (possibly)
81. Lucerne
82. Lutha
83. Lyra (bow section)
84. Magdalyn ann
85. Maggie
86. Marian francis
87. Marie l
88. Markersdall (probably)
89. Meeuw
90. Modig
91. Modiva (possibly)
92. Monimia (possibly)
93. Nar
94. Nimrod
95. Odessa
96. Onward (possibly)
97. Ophir ii (possibly)
98. Orsa
99. Otis tetrax
100. Paraciers
101. Peebles (possibly)
102. Portia
103. Ravonia (part)
104. Ravonia (part) (possibly)
105. Rayford
106. Realf
107. Reculver
108. Retriever
109. Revi
110. Rhuys
111. Rievaulx abbey
112. Rivaulx
113. River don (part of)(probably)
114. River witham
115. Sagacity
116. Salacon
117. Salmondby
118. Saltoun
119. Sarah visholm 2 (probably)
120. Sergei
121. Sna iii
122. Sota eduardo
123. Stanburn
124. Thessaly
125. Thomas deas
126. Togston (possibly)
127. Triton
128. Uc 39
129. Uc 47
130. Uc 75
131. Umbe
132. Upminster (possibly)
133. Uralar segundo (cargo debris)
134. Varangmalm (possibly)
135. Venture (possibly)
136. Violet (probably)
137. Wayside flower (possibly)
138. Whitemantle (possibly)
139. William hanson
140. Windsor (part of)
141. Winga
142. Xavier
143. 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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