This is the information page about the shipwreck Carmen, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 8.331 N,1 36.317 E (51.0898333, 1.7715833)

 

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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. 150
2. Acer
3. Acer
4. Admiral gardner
5. Advent
6. Africa
7. Agen
8. Alhama
9. Amplegarth
10. Andaman
11. Angelus (possibly)
12. Ashley
13. Atlantic (possibly)
14. Bravore
15. Ca 4
16. Camisard
17. Cap de la hague
18. Carmen
19. Cathay (part of)
20. Cedrington court
21. Colbert
22. Colbert (possibly)
23. Constanzia
24. Corhaven
25. Correct
26. Costas michalos (fwd part)
27. D'artagnan
28. Dartmore
29. Diana
30. Dinard
31. Dixie
32. Dolcoath (part)
33. Dolcoath (part)
34. Dunbar castle
35. Dyck ltv
36. E goodwin ltv
37. Efford
38. Eidsiva (probably)
39. Eleonora
40. Elizabeth and unknown
41. Emile deschamps
42. Emma
43. Emma (possibly)
44. En avant
45. Falcon (probably)
46. Fearless
47. Filleigh
48. Flachsee
49. Flandres
50. Francesco ciampa
51. Frons olivae (probably)
52. G 85 (possibly)
53. G-42 (possibly)
54. Gad 23
55. Genimar
56. Gloire a sainte therese
57. Harcalo
58. Henry b plant
59. Hm mgb 328 (possibly)
60. Hmhs anglia
61. Hms alert ?
62. Hms aragonite (part of)
63. Hms aries (possibly)
64. Hms artic trapper
65. Hms carilon
66. Hms cayton wyke (probably)
67. Hms drumtochty (possibly)
68. Hms falmouth iii (possibly)
69. Hms fauvette
70. Hms flirt
71. Hms glen boyne
72. Hms hermes
73. Hms kingston galena
74. Hms lord grey
75. Hms lydian
76. Hms maida (possibly)
77. Hms marcella
78. Hms napia
79. Hms niger (possibly)
80. Hms northumberland (probably)
81. Hms othello ii
82. Hms peridot
83. Hms restoration (possibly)
84. Hms rodino
85. Hms stirling castle (probably)
86. Hms torbay ii (probably)
87. Hms tourmaline
88. Hms tranquil
89. Hms war sepoy
90. Hms weigelia
91. Hms wessex
92. Hmsm b2
93. Hoegh aigrette
94. Hundvaag
95. Ilaro
96. Ira (possibly)
97. Jacob luckenbach
98. James harrod
99. Jupiter tr 1 (possibly)
100. Kabinda
101. Karmt
102. Kirsten skou
103. Koenigshaven
104. L'armandeche
105. La fleche
106. Lady stella
107. Le pelerin de la mer
108. Le tregor
109. Leo
110. Loanda
111. Lord hamilton (possibly)
112. Lst 364 (probably)
113. Luray victory
114. Lusitania
115. Mahratta
116. Mahratta ii
117. Maloja 1
118. Malta (probably)
119. Mariner moon
120. Merel (part of)(possibly)
121. Mersey
122. Munificent
123. Murillo
124. Nagro (possibly)
125. Nancy moran
126. Netty (possibly)
127. Niendorf (possibly)
128. North eastern victory
129. Notre dame des trois epis
130. Ocean hound
131. Opal
132. Ousel (probably)
133. Pallieter
134. Paros isle
135. Phoenix
136. Polgrange
137. Preussen
138. Pulborough
139. Quentovic
140. Rio parana
141. Rydal force
142. Rynanna
143. S goodwin ltv (lv 69)
144. Sabac
145. Saint antoine de padoue
146. Saint michael veillez sur nous
147. Saint ronan (possibly)
148. Saint ronan (possibly)
149. Sambut
150. Santagata
151. Santagata (?part of)
152. Selma (possibly)
153. Smarapaan
154. Sperrbrecher 171 (possibly)
155. Strathclyde
156. Surrey
157. Tbd 317
158. Teeswood
159. The queen
160. Tina primo
161. Toornvliet (probably)
162. Toward
163. Traquair (probably)
164. U 11 (possibly)
165. U 16 (possibly)
166. U 37
167. U 48
168. Ub 103 (possibly)
169. Ub 108 (possibly)
170. Ub 29 (possibly)
171. Ub 38
172. Ub 55 (probably)
173. Ub 56 (possibly)
174. Ub-33 (probably)
175. Uc 26
176. Uc 46
177. Uc 46 (possibly)
178. Uc 78 or uc 79
179. Velocitas
180. Virginie
181. W a scholten
182. Wheatman (possibly)
183. Will and maggie (probably)
184. Xanthence

 

Name: CARMEN

Length 112.8 meter, width: 16.2 meter, tonnage 4240 ton
Load: bauxite

Cause: Ex-iron chief '35, ex-stagpool '50, ex-granny suzzanne '54. built in 1930 by w doxford & sons ltd, sunderland. owned at time of loss by cia de nav san tocco sa. three boilers, triple expansion engine, single shaft. passage takoradi for burntisland. sank following collision with turkish ss sadikzade in thick fog. crew recovered. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1963

Water depth above wreck: 44 meter, Height above seabed: 6 cm

Known since: 1963, last detected: 2006

Details measurements/cartography: H2409/63 29.9.64 WK IN 510820N, 013620E. LEAST E/S DEPTH 43 IN GEN DEPTH 150FT [LWST]. (THV READY, 13.6.63). CHART AS WK 7FMS 1FT, MARKED BY G SPH LT BUOY, INTQKFLG.10S CLOSE W.

- NM 1364/63. H2409/63 29.9.64 CONTRACT PLACED FOR DISPERSAL OF WK TO 60FT [MLWS]. (TH, 21.9.64). NCA. H2409/63 5.8.65 WK DISPERSED. CLEAR AT 75FT [MLWS]. (CSJH HARWICH, 07/1120). AMEND TO WK 12FMS.

- NM 1520/65. H835/66 18.4.66 WK IN 510818N, 013621E. LEAST E/S DEPTH 112 IN GEN DEPTH 146FT. GOOD SONAR CONTACT. (HMS MYRMIDON, 1965) H6738/68 28.1.68 EXAM'D BY DIVERS. WK UPRIGHT WITH HIGHEST POINT BEING TWO SAMSON POSTS FORWARD OF BRIDGE. FOR'D PART OF WK BROKEN ON THE PORT SIDE. AFTER SUPERSTRUCTURE COLLAPSED. FIXED BY DECCA. LENGTH 120MTRS, WIDTH 20MTRS. STANDS 15MTRS HIGH ON SEABED. (NETHERLANDS SURVEY, DOVER STRAIT 9/68). AMEND TO WK 17FMS.

- NM 277/69. H4667/70 1.1.70 LOCATED IN 510824N, 013620E [EUR] USING HIFIX. DRIFT SWEPT CLEAR AT 25.3MTRS [83FT], FOUL AT 25.6MTRS [84FT]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 25.6 IN GEN DEPTH 45MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 46MTRS. LIES 010/190DEGS. LENGTH APPROX 120MTRS. (HMS BEAGLE, H525). AMEND TO SW 13FMS 5FT.

- NM 113/71. H1928/71 27.1.71 PROVIDES GOOD SONAR CONTACT FROM NW. NO FURTHER DETAILS. (HMS BEAGLE, 31.12.70). H2350/85 8.1.86 EXAM'D 13.8.86 IN 510817N, 013626E USING TRISPONDER RANGES. LEAST E/S DEPTH 27.2 IN GEN DEPTH 43MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT NOT OBTAINED. APPROX 110MTRS LONG & LYING 010/190DEGS. LARGE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. RECOMMEND RETAIN SWEPT DEPTH. (NP 1016, HI 317A). AMEND TO REVISED POSN. BR STD. H3850/86 21.11.88 EXAM'D 16.9.88 USING HYDROSEARCH. FIXED BY DECCA. LEAST E/S DEPTH 36MTRS [UNCORRECTED FOR TIDE]. EST HEIGHT 17.1MTRS. LIES 010/190DEGS. LENGTH 200MTRS, WIDTH 33MTRS. UPRIGHT WITH APPARENTLY A MAST PROTRUDING FROM CENTRE SUPERSTRUCTURE WHICH WAS NOT HEIGHTED. RECOMMEND RETAIN AS CHARTED. (HMS ROEBUCK, HI 369). HH226/420/02 18.5.94 LEAST E/S DEPTH 27.0MTRS. (HMS BEAGLE, HN 25.4.94). NCA. HH090/611/01 26.1.95 SWEPT 2 & 6.10.94 IN 510820.3N, 013620.3E [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR AT 25.9, FOUL AT 26.3MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 27.0 IN GEN DEPTH 44MTRS. (HMS BEAGLE, HI 611). SWEEP NOT COMPLETE, RETAIN SW 25.0MTRS. HH090/681/01 21.9.95 EXAM'D 21.6.95 IN 510820.3N, 013620.3E [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR AT 25.6, FOUL AT 25.9MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 27 IN GEN DEPTH 44MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 180MTRS. LIES 010/190 DEGS. (HMS BEAGLE, HI 681). AMEND TO SW 25.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. HH091/159/01 6.9.07 EXAM'D 3.10.06 IN 5108.331N, 0136.317E [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 20.10 IN GEN DEPTH 44.4MTRS. LENGTH 125MTRS, WIDTH 22MTRS, HT 18.7MTRS. LIES 006/186 DEGS WITH BOWS N. MODERATE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. ?DEBRIS LIES 340MTRS SW. (OSAE, HI 1159). INTACT, UPRIGHT. RETAIN SW 25.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, UPRIGHT, BOWS S

Position: 51 8.331 N,1 36.317 E

 

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