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 (53.3729833, 1.0462167)

 

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