This is the information page about the shipwreck Caroline, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 7.61 N,0 6.828 E (54.100166666667, -4.5481166666667)

 

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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. Abana (part of)(possibly)
2. Abana (part of)(possibly)
3. Abydos
4. Action
5. Adgillus
6. Afton
7. Agnes
8. Airdrie (possibly)
9. Albatross
10. Alliance
11. Amber rose
12. Amicus
13. Amsteldam
14. Amstelland
15. Anastasia
16. Anastassia
17. Angelo rose
18. Angle
19. Arantzazu mendi
20. Arctic viking
21. Ardbeg (probably)
22. Ardens (probably)
23. Argo (possibly)
24. Ariel (possibly)
25. Audentia
26. Aurora
27. Ave maria
28. Balfron (probably)
29. Ballater
30. Ballina
31. Ballogie
32. Barrister (possibly)
33. Bassa
34. Be ready (probably)
35. Bella
36. Bellerophon
37. Ben rein (ex-starling)
38. Bessie
39. Beursplein
40. Blejan eyhre
41. Blue star
42. Bonhomme richard
43. Brema
44. Briar
45. British prince
46. Briton (possibly)
47. Bur
48. C s parnell
49. Cadmus
50. Calista (probably)
51. Cap palos (part of)
52. Cardea
53. Carley marie
54. Carmelite (possibly)
55. Caroline
56. Casanare
57. Castleford (probably)
58. Cevic
59. Chant 63
60. Cherbury (possibly)
61. Cheryl louise
62. Chloe (possibly)
63. Chloris (possibly)
64. Citrine
65. City of mobile
66. Clan macmaster
67. Clan menzies
68. Coalman
69. Conargo
70. Conisbro castle
71. Connemara
72. Conovium (probably)
73. Constantia
74. Creteboom
75. Crois bhride
76. Crown
77. Crusader (possibly)
78. Cyclope
79. Dana (possibly)
80. Darro
81. Dawn waters
82. Daybreak (probably)
83. Diana
84. Don boscoe
85. Donegal
86. Doris b
87. Downshire (possibly)
88. Downshire (probably)
89. Dryade
90. Dunavil forth (possibly)
91. Dunmore
92. Eileen
93. Eleanor
94. Elfrida
95. Eli
96. Elizabeth hyam
97. Ellen sheant
98. Embassage
99. Emerald dawn
100. Empire airman
101. Empire of peace
102. Empire tana
103. Express (possibly)
104. Express (possibly)
105. Feltre
106. Fenella ann
107. Fire king ii
108. Florence
109. Florentia
110. Florrieston (probably)
111. Flowerette
112. Flying meteor
113. Forest queen
114. Fred everard
115. Frieda
116. Fulmar
117. G-azjy
118. G.3
119. Gem (bow section)
120. Gem (stern section)
121. George & mary
122. Georgetown victory (part of)
123. Georgetown victory (part of)
124. Georgina hutton
125. Gimle
126. Ginette michel
127. Ginger
128. Girl may
129. Girl sylvia
130. Glamorganbrook
131. Glencona
132. Glendun
133. Glengarry (probably)
134. Glenmaroon (possibly)
135. Globe trotter
136. Glow (part of) (possibly)
137. Glow (part of) (possibly)
138. Green hill (part of)(probably)
139. Grinder
140. Guiding star
141. Hannah louisa
142. Harnis (probably)
143. Harold
144. Helgoland
145. Helmsman (probably)
146. Herbie
147. Hibernian
148. Hms banyers
149. Hms desire (possibly)
150. Hms dirk
151. Hms fairy
152. Hms falcon (stern section)
153. Hms garmo (probably)
154. Hms racehorse
155. Hms racoon
156. Holmar i
157. Holmelea
158. Horizon ii
159. Hornsund (probably)
160. Horsted
161. Houghton
162. Hugh taylor
163. Hunsdon
164. Ida
165. J b paddon
166. Jane
167. Jane brown
168. Janeeta (possibly)
169. Jeanette
170. Jenemi
171. John rettig (probably)
172. Joseph hodgkins (probably)
173. Kalo (probably)
174. Keret
175. Kilbroney (probably)
176. Kilrea (probably)
177. Kimberley (possibly)
178. Kingston cameo
179. Knuthenborg
180. L'amite
181. Labora (possibly)
182. Lady ann
183. Lady anstruther (probably)
184. Lady helen
185. Lady louisa
186. Lagun
187. Landport (possibly)
188. Largo (possibly)
189. Leersum (probably)
190. Lerwick (probably)
191. Lifeguard (possibly)
192. Lily
193. Limesfield
194. Linaria (probably)
195. Liverpool
196. Lough fisher
197. Lucy
198. Lunevale
199. Lyra
200. M c holm
201. Madame renee
202. Madge wildfire
203. Maja
204. Malaguena
205. Manchester engineer (probably)
206. Manx queen
207. Marguerite
208. Marianne toft (possibly)
209. Markersdall (probably)
210. Martina
211. Mary heeley
212. Mayfield
213. Megawatt
214. Melanie (probably)
215. Melfort
216. Merisia
217. Mfv polaris
218. Mhari l
219. Montreal
220. Moonlight
221. Moonlight (possibly)
222. Nalon
223. Neils john
224. Nichola ann
225. Nitedal
226. No.163
227. Noel du marin
228. Nora
229. Norenda (possibly)
230. Norhilda
231. Novillo
232. Oakwell
233. Octavia
234. Old haws pt lt or west pile
235. Onward (possibly)
236. Oona hall
237. Our brighter dawn
238. Our golden promise
239. Our lassie
240. Our lorraine
241. Our queen
242. Passages
243. Paul
244. Peebles (possibly)
245. Peshawur
246. Peveril
247. Phare (probably)
248. Philander (probably)
249. Pins wreck (nimble)
250. Playmate (possibly)
251. Princess olga (possibly)
252. Pt1 or pt2
253. Queen of the isles (probably)
254. Realf
255. Rebecca
256. Retriever
257. Rfa industry (probably)
258. Rian
259. Rikard nordraak
260. Ringwall
261. Robert dee
262. Romeo
263. Rudyard kipling
264. Saint barchan
265. Saint mirren (possibly)
266. Saltaro (fwd part)
267. Saltaro (fwd part)
268. Saltaro (fwd part)
269. Samaria
270. Sapphire (probably)
271. Scathros
272. Scomber (part of)(possibly)
273. Scorpio
274. Scotia
275. Seamew (possibly)
276. Selker ltv (possibly)
277. Silver crest
278. Silver dee
279. Silver quest 2
280. Silverpine
281. Sir francis
282. Sixty-six
283. Skerries
284. Sliedrecht
285. Sna ii
286. Sna iii
287. Southborough
288. Speedbird
289. Speedwell
290. Springhill
291. St elwyn
292. St. mungo (possibly)
293. Stamila
294. Stanburn
295. Storm drift
296. Sumus (probably)
297. Sunbeam
298. Sunrise (possibly)
299. Suntrap (probably)
300. Sy sol
301. Taurus (probably)
302. Tees
303. Temple mead
304. Tetsuko
305. The quiet man
306. Thornfield
307. Thracian
308. Tide (probably)
309. Tilley anne
310. Tinker
311. Togston (possibly)
312. Topaz
313. Tornamona
314. Trelyon
315. Tullaghmurray lass
316. Tumi joy 2
317. Tuskar
318. Tuskar
319. U 1024 (possibly)
320. Ubier (probably)
321. Uc 39
322. Uc 47
323. Uc 75
324. Umbe
325. Upminster (possibly)
326. Upwey grange
327. Vaaren
328. Vaaren (possibly)
329. Vanadis (possibly)
330. Varangmalm (possibly)
331. Vedra
332. Victo (bow section)
333. Victo (stern section)
334. Victoria (probably)
335. Viking
336. Ville de valenciennes
337. Wallsend
338. Waltham (probably)
339. Wayside flower (possibly)
340. Westburn (possibly)
341. Westowrie
342. Wild wave
343. William hanbury

 

Name: CAROLINE

Length 58.7 meter, width: 8.6 meter, draught: 4.9, tonnage 679 ton
Load: general and mixed goods

Cause: built in 1878 by t roydon & sons, liverpool. owned at time of loss by the carron co ltd. two boilers, compound expansion engine of 168hp, single shaft. machinery by caird bros, birkenhead. passage leith for london. general cargo. foundered following collision with ss merida.

Year of registration: 1980

Water depth above wreck: 50 meter, Height above seabed: 155 cm

Known since: 1980, last detected: 20160218

Details measurements/cartography: H5084/77 18.3.80 EXAM'D 14.11.79 IN 540735.2N, 000655.8E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6. LEAST E/S DEPTH 43.1 IN GEN DEPTH 50MTRS. DCS3 HT 7.5MTRS. HYDROSEARCH VERTICAL HT 7.3MTRS. LENGTH 54MTRS, WIDTH 10.5MTRS. LIES 152/332 DEGS. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 64/79). BR STD. HH090/730/01 19.12.97 EXAM'D 13.6.97 IN 540736.1N, 000650.2E [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 42 IN GEN DEPTH 50MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 6.6MTRS. LENGTH 58MTRS, WIDTH 14MTRS. LIES 150/330 DEGS. WELL DEFINED SMALL WK. UPRIGHT AND INTACT. SOME SUPERSTRUCTURE APPARENT. WHEELHOUSE AT STERN IS THE HIGH POINT. (GARDLINE, HI 730). BR STD. 11.12.01 THIS COULD BE CAROLINE. HAS BEEN DIVED TWICE, BUT NOTHING FOUND TO IDENTIFY THE WK. (R YOUNG, EMAIL). NCA. HH100/351/18 8.4.02 UPRIGHT WITH BOWS SW. AFT ENGINE AND TWO BOILERS. SEABED GRAVEL AND SAND. CARGO INCLUDES EMPTY CAMP COFFEE BOTTLES AND PORT BOTTLES. POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED. (A C JACKSON & C A RACEY). NCA. SEP 2016/000007250 20.06.16 EXAM'D 18.02.16 IN 5407.610N, 0006.828W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 40.4MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 50MTRS. LENGTH 59MTRS, WIDTH 9.1MTRS, HT 9.7MTRS, ORIENTATION 155/335. SCOUR LENGTH 8.2MTRS, 0.2MTRS DEEP TOWARDS 249 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY, WK MAINLY INTACT. THERE APPEARS TO BE MINOR SCOURING AROUND THE BOW. (EGS, HI 1472). AMEND NDW 40MTRS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: Mainly intact

Position: 54 7.61 N,0 6.828 E

 

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