This is the information page about the shipwreck Carrier, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 21.913 N,0 59.004 E (53.372983333333, 1.0462166666667)

 

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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. Ahamo
2. Ambrose fleming
3. Andarina
4. Antiope
5. Baron ailsa
6. Birtley
7. Blackburn
8. Blackburn (possibly)
9. Burgos
10. Carrier
11. Catford
12. Chatwood (possibly)
13. Chelsea (possibly)
14. Chevychase
15. Cormarsh
16. Czestochowa
17. Dalemoor
18. Dromore castle
19. Empire newcomen
20. Euterpe (probably)
21. Fermain (possibly)
22. Fireglow
23. Fittonia (possibly)
24. Flashlight (probably)
25. Giorgio ohlsen
26. Harden
27. Hms arley
28. Hms cap d'antifer
29. Hms cape spartel (probably)
30. Hms cobra
31. Hms fleet tender c (ex-mamari iii)
32. Hms kylemore
33. Hms loch alsh
34. Hms pintail
35. Hms queenworth
36. Hms solomon
37. Hms st donats
38. Hmsm umpire
39. Hull trader
40. La combattante (stern section)
41. Laurium (possibly)
42. Lavinia westholl (possibly)
43. London
44. Mirabel
45. Nieuwland
46. Nimrod (probably)
47. Norfolk (possibly)
48. Ogono
49. Ottar jarl
50. P.l.m. 25
51. Pacific
52. Petroswift
53. Robert w pomeroy
54. Royal scott
55. Schieland
56. Scotia (possibly)
57. Scotia (possibly)
58. Shepherd lad
59. Sioux (probably)
60. Siri maria
61. Sitona
62. Sverre (possibly)
63. Trajan
64. Trignac (possibly)
65. Victoria
66. Virgin de lourdres
67. Welsh prince
68. Westland
69. William balls (probably)
70. Zor

 

Name: CARRIER

Length 95.8 meter, width: 14.1 meter, draught: 6.3, tonnage 3036 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: built in 1921 by atel & ch. de la seine maritime, st denis. owned at time of loss by d/s a/s anglo. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 266hp, single shaft. passage london for the tyne. in ballast. mined.

Year of registration: 1945

Water depth above wreck: 19 meter, Height above seabed: 135 cm

Known since: 1945, last detected: 20160712

Details measurements/cartography: H0587/45 24.4.45 LOCATED IN 532149N, 005858E. TWO MASTS SHOW. (CAPT M/S, HUMBER, 4.1.45). INS DW (2 MASTS) WITH G CAN, GPFL(2) G 10S, CLOSE SW.

- NM 1170/45. H0587/45 13.8.47 MASTS NO LONGER VISIBLE. (ML 585, HN). DELETE MASTS. BR STD. H0587/45 31.8.49 EXAM'D IN 532144N, 005906E [OGB] FOLLOWING DISPERSAL. OROPESA SWEEP CLEAR AT 47FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 59FT. SCOUR DEPTH 64FT. (HMS SHARPSHOOTER, 1949). AMEND TO WK 7.75MTRS. DELETE BUOY.

- NM 1767/49. H595/58 2.6.58 AMEND TO WK 7FMS 4FT. NC 107. H332 1.2.63 NOT FOUND. (HMS SCOTT, 1962). 23.6.75 AMEND TO WK 13.6MTRS [LAT]. NC 107. HH090/593/01 14.1.94 EXAM'D 23.7.93 IN 532153.6N, 005901.1E [OGB] USING SYLEDIS [3 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 17.8 IN GEN DEPTH 18.5MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 0.9MTRS, LENGTH 70MTRS, BREADTH 60MTRS. SCATTERED BROKEN WRECKAGE LYING 050/230 DEG. (OCEONICS (UK) LTD., HI 593). BR STD. 22.2.13 [WGD] POSN: 5321.912N, 0058.992E. 22.1.13 NOT LOCATED BY M/B. TOO CLOSE INSHORE TO SURVEY. (EMU, HI 1365). NCA. SEP 2016/000091757 8.5.17 EXAM'D 12.7.16 IN 5321.913N, 0059.004E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 17.46MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 19MTRS, LENGTH 117.5MTRS, WIDTH 66.5MTRS, HEIGHT 2.2MTRS, ORIENTATION 135/315 DEGS. SCOUR DIMENSIONS LENGTH 74MTRS, DEPTH 0.6MTRS, TOWARD 132/312 DEGS. SCATTERED WRECKAGE. (GARDLINE, HI 1492). AMEND DW 17.4MTRS IN REVISED POSITION.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: AREA OF SCATTERED WRECKAGE

Position: 53 21.913 N,0 59.004 E

 

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