This is the information page about the shipwreck Cathay (part of), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 22.05 N,1 34.012 E (51.6597, 1.3079833)

 

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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. 150
2. Admiral gardner
3. Africa
4. Agen
5. Alabama (possibly)
6. Albion (probably)
7. Algeria
8. Amplegarth
9. Andaman
10. Angelus (possibly)
11. Archon
12. Ashley
13. Avon
14. Balakani
15. Bravore
16. Camisard
17. Carmen
18. Cathay (part of)
19. Cedrington court
20. Cerne
21. City of brisbane
22. Colbert (possibly)
23. Constanzia
24. Corhaven
25. Correct
26. Dalryan
27. Diana
28. Dinard
29. Dolcoath (part)
30. Dolcoath (part)
31. Duiveland
32. Dunbar castle
33. E goodwin ltv
34. Efford
35. Eidsiva (probably)
36. Eleonora
37. Embla (possibly)
38. Emile deschamps
39. Emma
40. Emma (possibly)
41. Empire ghyll
42. Empress of fort william (probably)
43. Empress of midland (possibly)
44. Erins isle (possibly)
45. Falcon (probably)
46. Fearless
47. Filleigh
48. Flandres
49. Flores (probably)
50. Francesco ciampa
51. Franz fischer (possibly)
52. Fred everard
53. Frons olivae (probably)
54. Fulmar
55. G 85 (possibly)
56. G-42 (possibly)
57. Gad 23
58. Genimar
59. Grazia (possibly)
60. Halcyon
61. Harcalo
62. Hardingham (probably)
63. Hawksdale
64. Henry b plant
65. Highwave (probably)
66. Hm mgb 328 (possibly)
67. Hm mms 39 (part of)(probably)
68. Hms alert ?
69. Hms aragonite (part of)
70. Hms aries (possibly)
71. Hms artic trapper
72. Hms carilon
73. Hms cayton wyke (probably)
74. Hms chestnut (probably)
75. Hms fauvette
76. Hms flirt
77. Hms gracie (probably)
78. Hms guardsman
79. Hms hermes
80. Hms kingston galena
81. Hms lydian
82. Hms marcella
83. Hms mastiff (possibly)
84. Hms myrtle
85. Hms napia
86. Hms niger (possibly)
87. Hms northumberland (probably)
88. Hms othello ii
89. Hms peridot
90. Hms pyrope
91. Hms ray of hope
92. Hms restoration (possibly)
93. Hms rodino
94. Hms stirling castle (probably)
95. Hms tamarisk
96. Hms torbay ii (probably)
97. Hms tourmaline
98. Hms tranquil
99. Hms war sepoy
100. Hms weigelia
101. Hmsm b2
102. Hundvaag
103. Ilaro
104. Ira (possibly)
105. Irene
106. Jacob luckenbach
107. James harrod
108. Kabinda
109. Karmt
110. Kirsten skou
111. Koenigshaven
112. L'armandeche
113. Lady stella
114. Laurl coin
115. Lbv (m)396
116. Le pelerin de la mer
117. Leicester
118. Leo
119. Lisbeth m
120. Loanda
121. Lord hamilton (possibly)
122. Luray victory
123. Mahratta
124. Mahratta ii
125. Maloja 1
126. Malta (probably)
127. Menapier
128. Merel (part of)(possibly)
129. Mersey
130. Mi amigo
131. Murillo
132. Nagro (possibly)
133. Nancy moran
134. Newlands
135. Niore
136. Norman
137. North eastern victory
138. Ocean hound
139. Opal
140. Ousel (probably)
141. Paros isle
142. Peter hamre
143. Polgrange
144. Ponzano
145. Port dalhousie (possibly)
146. Preussen
147. Pulborough
148. Quentovic
149. Rubislaw
150. Rydal force
151. Rynanna
152. S goodwin ltv (lv 69)
153. Sabac
154. Saidieh
155. Saint michael veillez sur nous
156. Saint ronan (possibly)
157. Saint ronan (possibly)
158. Sambut
159. San calisto
160. Santagata
161. Santagata (?part of)
162. Selma (possibly)
163. Slesvig
164. Spaarndem
165. Strathclyde
166. Sunk beacon (remains)
167. Surrey
168. Teeswood
169. The queen
170. Tina primo
171. Tongue sand tower (remains)
172. Toornvliet (probably)
173. Toward
174. Traquair (probably)
175. Tummel (probably)
176. U 11 (possibly)
177. U 16 (possibly)
178. U 37
179. U 48
180. Uc 21 (possibly)
181. Uc 46
182. Uc 46 (possibly)
183. Ursus (part)
184. Velocitas
185. Virginie
186. W a scholten
187. Walsingham
188. Wheatman (possibly)
189. Will and maggie (probably)
190. Woodtown (possibly)
191. Xanthence
192. Yassou

 

Name: CATHAY (PART OF)

Length 112.5 meter, width: 14.3 meter, draught: 5.5, tonnage 4076 ton
Load: general and mixed goods

Cause: Ex-kitai, ex-cathay. built in 1898 by ramage & ferguson ltd, leith. owned at the time of loss by akties. det ostasiatiske kompagni. three boilers, triple expansion engine of 327 nhp, single shaft. passage copenhagen for newcastle and singapore. struck a german submarine-laid mine 4m ene of north goodwin ltv. (ll ww1 & sibi).

Year of registration: 1915

Water depth above wreck: 14 meter, Height above seabed: 94 cm

Known since: 1915, last detected: 20171220

Details measurements/cartography: H6650/15 WK SHOWN BUT BUOY OMITTED. - FNM 429/15 ISSUED. H2530/19 25.3.19 AMEND POSN TO 512157N, 013422E. LEAST DEPTH OF 18FT OVER WK. H6187/20 31.8.20 MARKED BY LT BUOY INSERTED 1CABLE TO W OF WK. BR STD. H7541/21 7.12.21 DISPERSED TO CLEAR TO 42FT. (TH 7.12.21) H2540/32 29.4.32 WK APPEARS TO HAVE BROKEN IN TWO. POSN OF PART [A]: 095DEGS 35MINS, 4.81 MILES FROM N FORELAND LTHO; POSN OF PART [B] 096DEGS 00MINS, 4.66 MILES FROM N FORELAND LTHO. LEAST DEPTH OVER BOTH OBSTRUCTIONS 46FT IN GEN DEPTH 48-52FT. (HMS KELLETT, 22.2.32). AMENDED WK 46FT IN 512200N, 013425E AND WK 46FT IN 512158N, 013411E. [SEE OTHER PART OF 'CATHAY' [13874] IN 512200N, 013425E]. H2119/58 27.5.59 NOW CHARTED AS WK 7FMS 4FT WITH A WK 7FMS 4FT ADJACENT. NC 1895. 27.1.69 NOW CHARTED AS WK 7FMS 3FT WITH A WK 7FMS 3FT ADJACENT [LAT]. NE 1607. 13.6.72 NOW CHARTED AS WK 13.7MTRS WITH WK 13.7MTRS CLOSE BY. NC 1828. H2538/79 5.4.79 EXAM'D 24.8.78 IN 512201N, 013407E USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 11.3 IN GEN DEPTH 14MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 3.61MTRS, LENGTH 24MTRS. LYING 085/265DEGS. WIRE SWEEPING RECOMMENDED. (HMS EGERIA, HI 63/78). CHART AS WK 10.4MTRS.

- NM 979/79. H2347/85 19.1.87 EXAM'D 4.9.86 IN 512201N, 013407E USING TRISPONDER. LEAST E/S DEPTH 10.9 IN GEN DEPTHS 13.5-14.5MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 14.7MTRS. DCS3 HT 3.1 MTRS. LYING ALMOST E/W. RECOMMEND RETAIN CHARTED DEPTH. (NP 1016, HI 314A). NCA. HH090/770/01 18.9.98 EXAM'D 15.6.98 IN 512200.9N, 013407.1 [OGB] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 11.4, FOUL 11.7MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 11.0 IN GEN DEPTH 13.5MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 2MTRS. LENGTH 30MTRS, WIDTH 25MTRS. LIES 080/260DEGS. SMALL MAGNETIC ANOMALY. PARTIALLY BURIED WRECKAGE WITH SMALL QUANTITIES OF SCATTERED DEBRIS LYING IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO IT. (NP 1016, HI 770). CHART AS SW 11.4MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 24.4.13 [WGD] POSN: 5122.049N, 0134.014E. SEP 2018/000061842 18.7.18 EXAM'D 20.12.17; WK LOCATED IN 5122.050N, 0134.012E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 10.86MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 14MTRS, LENGTH 31.4MTRS, WIDTH 8MTRS, HEIGHT 3.1MTRS, ORIENTATION 094/274DEGS. WRECK IS DEGRADED AND PARTIALLY BURIED. (GARDLINE, HI 1519). AMEND DW 10.8MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 51 22.05 N,1 34.012 E

 

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