This is the information page about the shipwreck Chatwood (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 19.62 N,0 59.927 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. Algarve
3. Amberley
4. Ambrose fleming
5. Andarina
6. Antiope
7. Baron ailsa
8. Birtley
9. Blackburn
10. Burgos
11. Carrier
12. Chatwood (possibly)
13. Chelsea (possibly)
14. Chevychase
15. Clan morrison
16. Cormarsh
17. Czestochowa
18. Empire newcomen
19. Fermain (possibly)
20. Fireglow
21. Fittonia (possibly)
22. Flashlight (probably)
23. George royle
24. Giorgio ohlsen
25. Harden
26. Heathfield
27. Hms arley
28. Hms cap d'antifer
29. Hms cape spartel (probably)
30. Hms cobra
31. Hms fleet tender c (ex-mamari iii)
32. Hms kylemore
33. Hms pintail
34. Hms queenworth
35. Hms solomon
36. Hms st donats
37. Hmsm umpire
38. La combattante (stern section)
39. Laurium (possibly)
40. London
41. Mirabel
42. Nimrod (probably)
43. Ogono
44. Ottar jarl
45. P.l.m. 25
46. Pacific
47. Petroswift
48. Rimac
49. Robert w pomeroy
50. Royal scott
51. Schieland
52. Scotia (possibly)
53. Shepherd lad
54. Sioux (probably)
55. Siri maria
56. Sitona
57. Sverre (possibly)
58. Trajan
59. Trignac (possibly)
60. Victoria
61. Virgin de lourdres
62. Welsh prince
63. Westland
64. William balls (probably)
65. Wimbledon
66. Zephyr
67. Zor

 

Name: CHATWOOD (POSSIBLY)

Length 93.3 meter, width: 13.4 meter, draught: 5.8, tonnage 2768 ton
Load: coal

Cause: Built by s p austin & son ltd, sunderland. owned at time of loss by w france, fenwich & co. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 220hp, single shaft. machinery aft by the ne marine engine co, sunderland. passage the tyne for london. cargo 3950 tons coal.

Year of registration: 1942

Water depth above wreck: 26 meter, Height above seabed: 94 cm

Known since: 1942, last detected: 20160713

Details measurements/cartography: H01548/42 21.5.42 MINED IN 531912N, 010025E, APPROX. LEAST DEPTH 36FT. (CINC NORE 23.4.42). INS WK 6FMS.

- NM 1071/42. H01548/42 21.11.49 DISPERSED IN 531926N, 010014E. POSN BY DECCA. OROPSEA SWEEP CLEAR AT 46FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 62 IN GEN DEPTH 85FT. (HMS SHARPSHOOTER, 1949). AMEND TO WK 7FMS 4FT.

- NM 2380/49. 14.11.62 LEAST E/S DEPTH 70 IN GEN DEPTH 89FT. (HMS SCOTT, 9.12.62). H332/62; H4729/62 29.5.63 LOCATED BY SONAR 2 CABLES NW OF CHARTED POSN IN 531937N, 010002E. (HMS SCOTT, 14.11.62). BR STD. 4.7.72 SHOWN ON DANISH FISHING CHART 5300 [1965]. HH100/351/01 30.3.90 LARGE DISPERSED WK, WITH BOWS UPSIDE DOWN, DIVED IN 531929N, 005940E USING DECCA. (P J LASSEY, 12.6.89). NCA YET. 26.11.74 AMEND TO WK 20.6MTRS [LAT]. NC 108. HH090/593/01 11.1.94 EXAM'D 17.8.93 IN 531936.0N, 010001.6E [OGB] USING SYLEDIS [3 LOPS]. SWEPT CLEAR AT 21.5, FOUL AT 21.8MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 21.7 IN GEN DEPTH 26.1MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 27.2MTRS. DCS3 HT 4.4MTRS, LENGTH 108MTRS, BREADTH 45MTRS. PARTIALLY BROKEN, WELL DEFINED WK LYING 090/270 DEG. (OCEONICS (UK) LTD, HI 593). BR STD. HH242/590/02 1.9.94 SALVAGE OPERATIONS FROM 'DESERT STAR' DUE TO COMMENCE 30.8.94. (MRSC YARMOUTH TLX DTD 30.8.94). HH100/351/22 26.10.05 WK BELEIVED TO BE CHATWOOD LOCATED IN 5318.887N, 0101.075E [WGD] BY DIVERS FROM FRENCH NAVAL VESSEL CMT PEGASE INVESTIGATING WRECK OF LA COMBATTENTE. FULL REPORT TO FOLLOW. (KEVIN SMITH/G FURSE TELECON 24.10.05) NCA [SEE 9315]. SEP 2016/000091757 5.5.17 EXAM'D 13.7.16 IN 5319.620N, 0059.927E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 21.72MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 26MTRS, LENGTH 95.6MTRS, WIDTH 36.1MTRS, HEIGHT 4MTRS, ORIENTATION 094/274 DEGS. SCOUR DIMENSIONS LENGTH 34MTRS, DEPTH 0.5MTRS, TOWARD 316/136 DEGS. WRECK IS BROKEN. (GARDLINE, HI 1492). AMEND DW 21.5MTRS IN REVISED POSITION.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 53 19.62 N,0 59.927 E

 

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