This is the information page about the shipwreck Catford, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 38.948 N,0 41.154 E (53.5741333, 0.7815167)

 

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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. Acklamd (possibly)
2. Amelie-mathilde
3. Andarina
4. Benmacdhui
5. British councillor
6. British prince
7. Carrier
8. Catford
9. Cecil (possibly)
10. Corhampton
11. Corland
12. Deodata
13. Devonshire (possibly)
14. Fermain (possibly)
15. Fittonia (possibly)
16. Flashlight (probably)
17. Flourish
18. Fryken
19. Gluckauf (possibly)
20. Grangemouth
21. Harnis (probably)
22. Hms botanic
23. Hms cape spartel (probably)
24. Hms kos xvi (probably)
25. Hms linsdell
26. Hms pintail
27. Hms speedy (probably)
28. Hms warland (possibly)
29. Homer
30. Ightham (possibly)
31. Inge marguerite (possibly)
32. Jane (possibly)
33. Janet helen (possibly)
34. Jersey (probably)
35. Katina bulgari
36. Keynes
37. Kyma
38. Ladas (possibly)
39. Lancaster (possibly)
40. Larchwood (possibly)
41. Laurel (possibly)
42. Lightship no 83
43. Lismore
44. London
45. Lottie (possibly)
46. Maggie
47. Magnolia
48. Marie dawn
49. Matanuska (probably)
50. Merchiston
51. Norfolk (possibly)
52. Onesta
53. Ophir ii (possibly)
54. Petroswift
55. Pilsudski
56. Polzella (possibly)
57. Rado (possibly)
58. Ravonia (part)
59. Ravonia (part) (possibly)
60. Realf
61. Rebono (probably)
62. Revello
63. Revi
64. Revigo (possibly)
65. Rhuys
66. Rivergate
67. Rochester (possibly)
68. Rosebud (possibly)
69. Royal scott
70. Royston
71. Schieland (possibly)
72. Scotia (possibly)
73. Scotia (possibly)
74. Sea pearl
75. Shepherd lad
76. Siri maria
77. Stylianos chandris
78. Thessaly
79. Trignac (possibly)
80. Two brothers
81. Vechstroom
82. Vereingte (possibly)
83. Victoria
84. Virginian
85. Welsh prince
86. William balls (probably)

 

Name: CATFORD

Length 73.2 meter, width: 11 meter, draught: 5.8, tonnage 1565 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: Built in 1919 by dublin dockyard co ltd, dublin. owned at time of loss by the south metropolitan gas co. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 172hp, single shaft. machinery by j g kinkaid & co, greenock. passage london for the tyne. in ballast. mined. five men lost.

Year of registration: 1943

Water depth above wreck: 25 meter, Height above seabed: 180 cm

Known since: 1943, last detected: 2019

Details measurements/cartography: H01768/43 10.7.43 LOCATED IN 533910N, 004057E. DRIFT SWEEP FOULED SMALL OBSTN AT 12 FT. CLEAR 9FT. (FO HUMBER, 1.6.43). INS AS WK 7.5FMS.

- NM 456/43. H01768/43 10.7.43 LOCATED AFTER DISPERSAL IN 533910N, 004057E. APPEARS TO BE LYING IN AN UPRIGHT POSN HEADING N 15 DEG E(MAG). THE SUPERSTRUCTURE MAST AND FUNNEL HAVE NOW BEEN DEMOLISHED. DRIFT SWEEP CLEAR 45FT AND TOUCHED WITHOUT FOULING 48FT [MLWS]. (CAPT M/S, HUMBER 5.6.43). 23.6.75 AMEND TO SW 13.0MTRS. NC 107. H1944/80 26.4.82 EXAM'D 22.5.81 IN 533856N, 004116E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 20.1 IN GEN DEPTH 25.3MTRS. SLIGHT SCOUR TO W OF WK. HYDROSEARCH HT 5.5MTRS. LYING 175/355DEGS, BOWS N. UPRIGHT, V BROKEN UP. SUPERSTRUCTURE AMIDSHIPS. SONAR LENGTH 98MTRS, BEAM 28MTRS. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 12). AMEND TO WK 19.8MTRS. BR STD. HH100/351/20 5.9.03 LOCATED AND DIVED IN 5338.947N, 0041.145E [WGD] ON 13.7.03. VESSEL HAS DETERIORATED LITTLE IN 12 MONTHS SINCE LAST DIVED. LARGE MARINE POPULATION. REPORTED BY S OLD, B WOOLFORD, D SMITH. (S OLD E-MAIL DTD 16.7.03) NCA. SEP 2019/000300377 16.12.19 EXAM'D 11.5.19 IN 5338.948N 0041.154E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 20.66 MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 25 MTRS, HT 4.4 MTRS, LENGTH 79 MTRS, WIDTH 25 MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 0.3 MTRS, LENGTH 53 MTRS, WIDTH 40 MTRS, ORIENTATION 001 DEGS. PARTIALLY BURIED WRECK, VISIBLE BOW AND STERN SECTIONS, CYLINDRICAL STRUCTURES AT CENTRE. (CLINTON MARINE, HI 1596). AMEND DW 20.6 MTRS IN REVISED POSITION.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, VERY BROKEN UP, SUPERSTRUCTURE MIDSHIPS

Position: 53 38.948 N,0 41.154 E

 

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