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 (50.717333333333, 0.60878333333333)

 

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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. Davenport
20. Dona isabel (probably)
21. Duchess (possibly)
22. Ella sayer
23. Emerald (possibly)
24. Emma
25. Euphorbia
26. Ezel (possibly)
27. F d lambert (possibly)
28. Frockner
29. Glenartney (possibly)
30. Gold coin
31. Gris brumaire (possibly)
32. Harold
33. Heathpool
34. Heathpool
35. Hms ariadne
36. Hms avanturine
37. Hms balfour
38. Hms borneo
39. Hms gambri (possibly)
40. Hms resolution (possibly)
41. Hms taipo
42. Hoheweg
43. Holland v
44. Inger (possibly)
45. Irisbrook
46. James groves
47. Jan brons
48. Joseph roberts (possibly)
49. Kingfisher (probably)
50. Lalen mendi
51. Lisbon
52. Lullington
53. Ma monette
54. Maine
55. Mohlenpris (possibly)
56. Mount stuart
57. Mv adur valley?
58. Newent
59. Noordster
60. Nyon
61. Oceana
62. Playa de finisterre
63. Pontos
64. Roecliff
65. Rushing water
66. Rytoner
67. Saint emilion (probably)
68. Samwake
69. Seaford
70. Seven seas (possibly)
71. Sir robert wigham
72. Sitakund (part of)(possibly)
73. Skerryvore
74. St rogatien (possibly)
75. Stanhope
76. Startled fawn (possibly)
77. Storaa
78. Teesborough
79. U 40 (possibly)
80. U 671
81. Ub 130
82. Umba (probably)
83. Ville de bordeaux
84. Ville de dunkirk (stern) (possibly)
85. War monarch
86. Waterland (possibly)
87. 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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