This is the information page about the shipwreck Capable, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 42.8 N,1 0.833 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. Angry fish
4. Armenier
5. Arno (possibly)
6. Asborg
7. Bettann (bow section)
8. Bettann (stern section)
9. Braat ii
10. Camberwell
11. Cambrian
12. Cambrian (part of)
13. Cambrian princess (probably)
14. Campeador 5 (bow section)(probably)
15. Camswan
16. Capable
17. Cuba
18. Cuba
19. Diadem of bursledon (probably)
20. Donegal (possibly)
21. Duddon (probably)
22. Elford
23. Empress queen
24. Excelsior
25. Faith
26. Fallodon
27. Flag theofano
28. Fpt iv
29. France aimee (part of)(possibly)
30. G-cbpt
31. Gerarda
32. Germa geisha
33. Glen (possibly)
34. Grace dieu
35. Grip fast
36. Harry sharman
37. Hauler
38. Highland brigade
39. Hm lct 427 (after part)
40. Hm lct 427 (fwd part)
41. Hms apley (possibly)
42. Hms boxer
43. Hms crestflower
44. Hms evadne (possibly)
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. Irishman
55. Isleworth
56. Kurland
57. Lct 1068
58. Leon
59. Lowmount
60. Luciston
61. Luis
62. Mary rose
63. Minerva (possibly)
64. Montecrana (possibly)
65. Moonraker (probably)
66. Oriflamme
67. Orion
68. Pearl (probably)
69. Polandia (possibly)
70. Ps ryde
71. Roway
72. Rtc no.9
73. Sinah
74. Sines (possibly)
75. Stokes bay pier (remains)
76. Syrinx (part of)(possibly)
77. Teelin head
78. Tweed
79. U 1195
80. U 90
81. Ub 21
82. Ub 81
83. Vadne
84. Vanessa (probably)
85. Volkerak
86. Wapello
87. Weston maid (possibly)
88. Withern

 

Name: CAPABLE

Length 33.1 meter, width: 7 meter, draught: 3, tonnage 216 ton
Load: stone

Cause: built in 1918 by gebr zwolsman, ylst, netherlands. owned at time of loss by j d sullivan. 4 cylinder oil engine of 123bhp, single shaft. passage alderney for portsmouth. mined. 7 men lost. (sibi, ww2sl, ll ww2 & dive wight & hampshire).

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 11 meter

Known since: 1940, last detected: 2010

Details measurements/cartography: H0521/40 6.9.40 H0521/40 6.9.40 SUNK IN 504246N, 010046W, OR 135DEGS, 3.14M FROM HORSE SAND FORT. (ADMIRALTY). INS AS DW.

- NM 2200/40. H0549/40 25.10.45 H0549/40 25.10.45 WK TO BE EXPUNGED. (ADMIRALTY).

- NM 3360/45. [NO DATE] SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 131DEGS, 2.8M FROM HORSE SAND FORT. PERMISSION GIVEN FOR DISPERSAL OF WK IN 504244N, 010050W. CHARTED POSN OF WK IS 080DEGS, 2.72M FROM ST HELEN'S FORT LT. (LL WW2). H2377/75 10.4.75 H2377/75 10.4.75 NOT FOUND. (SCES, 1974). NCA. 5.10.78 5.10.78 WK LOCATED IN 504246N, 010046W [OGB]. LEAST DEPTH 6.2MTRS. STANDS 10FT HIGH AT THE BOWS. (M WALSH, TELECON). INS AS WK 6.2MTRS. NE 2050. H2377/75 25.6.79 H2377/75 25.6.79 LOCATED BY DCS3 ONLY. NOT FOUND BY E/S. (FSL WATERWITCH, SCES, HI 80C/78). NOT EXAMINED. NCA. H1310/85/3 17.1.85 H1310/85/3 17.1.85 DIVED ON IN 1984. FAIRLY WELL BROKEN UP. BOW HAS NOW COLLAPSED. HIGH POINT IS NOW A BOILER WHICH STANDS ABOUT 2MTRS HIGH. (M. PRITCHARD, 7.1.84). NCA. H3847/86 8.1.90 H3847/86 8.1.90 NOT FOUND DURING BASIC SOUNDING. (HMSML GLEANER, HI 366). NCA. 7.6.10 SEP 2010/000090029 7.6.10 LOCATED IN 5042.800N, 0100.833W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 9.96MTRS. LENGTH 23MTRS, WIDTH 4.2MTRS, HT 1.5MTRS. (NATURAL ENGLAND, SOUTH WIGHT EUROPEAN MARINE SITE SURVEY (NETSURVEY)). AMEND WK 9.9MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 9.7.10 SEP 2010/000109905 9.7.10 LEAST M/B DEPTH 9.45MTRS. ILL-DEFINED FEATURE. (SDC BATHY, EXAMINATION OF NATURAL ENGLAND'S DIGITAL DATA). AMEND WK 9.4MTRS. BR STD. 27.7.10 SEP 2010000109901 27.7.10 WK 9.4MTRS IN LIEU OF WK 6.2MTRS.

- NM 3935/10.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: TWO PARTS, BROKEN UP, BOW COLLAPSED

Position: 50 42.8 N,1 0.833 W

 

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