This is the information page about the shipwreck Caterham, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 30.327 N,0 28.707 E (50.7173333, 0.6087833)

 

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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. Alan dean
2. Alaunia
3. Alice (possibly)
4. Ash
5. Barn hill
6. Bernicia
7. Blanefield
8. Braga
9. Branksome chine (possibly)
10. Braunton
11. Broderick (probably)
12. Caleb sprague
13. Carlisle castle
14. Carrie dingle
15. Caterham
16. Charles m
17. Clara
18. D144 (possibly).
19. Dona isabel (probably)
20. Duchess (possibly)
21. Ella sayer
22. Emerald (possibly)
23. Emma
24. Euphorbia
25. Ezel (possibly)
26. F d lambert (possibly)
27. Frockner
28. Glenartney (possibly)
29. Gold coin
30. Gris brumaire (possibly)
31. Harold
32. Heathpool
33. Heathpool
34. Hms ariadne
35. Hms avanturine
36. Hms balfour
37. Hms borneo
38. Hms gambri (possibly)
39. Hms resolution (possibly)
40. Hms taipo
41. Hoheweg
42. Holland v
43. Inger (possibly)
44. Irisbrook
45. James groves
46. Jan brons
47. Joseph roberts (possibly)
48. Kingfisher (probably)
49. Lalen mendi
50. Lisbon
51. Lullington
52. Ma monette
53. Maine
54. Mohlenpris (possibly)
55. Mount stuart
56. Mv adur valley?
57. Newent
58. Noordster
59. Nyon
60. Oceana
61. Playa de finisterre
62. Pontos
63. Roecliff
64. Rushing water
65. Rytoner
66. Saint emilion (probably)
67. Samwake
68. Seaford
69. Seven seas (possibly)
70. Sir robert wigham
71. Skerryvore
72. St rogatien (possibly)
73. Stanhope
74. Startled fawn (possibly)
75. Storaa
76. Teesborough
77. U 40 (possibly)
78. U 671
79. Ub 130
80. Umba (probably)
81. Ville de bordeaux
82. Ville de dunkirk (stern) (possibly)
83. War monarch
84. Waterland (possibly)
85. Wittering

 

Name: CATERHAM

Length 83.2 meter, width: 11.6 meter, draught: 6.1, tonnage 1777 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: Ex-burndyke, ex-indian prince. built in 1886 by short brothers, sunderland. owned at time of loss by john harrison ltd, londoen. triple expansion engine, single shaft. passage rouen for newcastle. captured by ub-38 and sunk by scuttling charges. (ww1sl, ll ww1, sibi).

Year of registration: 1916

Water depth above wreck: 41 meter, Height above seabed: 15 cm

Known since: 1916, last detected: 2016

Details measurements/cartography: SUNK 15 MILES SSE OF BEACHY HEAD. (LL WW1). H4959/73 15.4.75 NOT FOUND. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 55/74). 16.9.91 LARGE WK, BROKEN INTO 2 OR 3 PARTS, THE LARGEST STANDING ABOUT 18FT HIGH, LOCATED IN 503007N, 002848.5E [OGB] USING DECCA. (C MARTIN, TELECON). INS AS USC 35MTRS.

- NM 2734/91. HH100/351/05 5.6.92 SMALL WK IN GEN DEPTH 160FT IN 503023N, 002848E [WGD]. STANDS 12FT HIGH AND IS WELL BROKEN IN AREA OF ROCK OUTCROPS. SECOND WK, THOUGHT TO BE A WW2 SUBMARINE, POSSIBLY GERMAN, IN 503023.5N, 002848.5E [WGD], [20713] QV. IS IN TWO PARTS WITH TWO TRAWL BEAMS LYING CLOSE E OF THE WK. (12.5.92). NCA. HH100/351/07 3.9.93 WK IN 503021N, 002847E [OGB] DIVED ON 14.8.93. A SMALL, VERY OLD STEEL COASTER. LIES VERY BROKEN UP WITH BOW S. (I WARREN, 1.9.93). NCA. HH090/681/01 21.9.95 EXAM'D 23.7.95 IN 503018.4N, 002841.6E [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 35.2, FOUL 35.6MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 35.2 IN GEN DEPTH 41.5MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 0.5MTR. DCS3 HT 5MTRS. LENGTH 78MTRS, WIDTH 11MTRS. LIES 030/210DEGS. INTACT WITH 3 DISTINCT HIGH POINTS. STRONG MAGNETOMETER DEFLECTION. (HMS BEAGLE, HI 681). AMEND TO SW 35.0MTRS IN 503016.1N, 002847.4E [OGB]. BR STD. 17.4.14 EXAM'D 28.11.13 IN 5030.327N, 0028.707E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 37.71 IN GEN DEPTH 41MTRS. SCOUR 0.3MTR DEEP EXTENDS 60MTRS TOWARDS 045 DEGS. LENGTH 75MTRS, WIDTH 22MTRS, HT 3MTRS. LIES 015/195 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. WELL BROKEN UP AND PARTIALLY BURIED. (GARDLINE GEOSURVEY, HI 1442). INTACT, COLLAPSED, BOWS S. TWO BOILERS FORM THE HIGHEST PART. AMEND WK 37MTRS IN REVISED POSN. 10.8.21 WESSEX ARCHAEOLOGY WAS COMMISSIONED BY FUGRO EMU LTD TO UNDERTAKE AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT OF GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY DATA AS PART OF THE ANNUAL MONITORING FOR AGGREGATE EXTRACTION AREA 473/2 WHICH ENCOMPASSED WK ID [20342]. RETAIN NDW 37MTRS FROM PREVIOUS EXAM'D, ADD OBSERVATIONS FROM 2016 M/B SURVEY.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: WELL BROKEN UP & DEGRADED, BOWS SOUTH

Position: 50 30.327 N,0 28.707 E

 

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