This is the information page about the shipwreck Chevington, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 0.279 N,1 50.32 E (52.7504, 2.0371)

 

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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. Aberhill
2. Afon towy and deerwood (possibly)
3. Alice taylor
4. Alster
5. Alston
6. Angele-erika
7. Artemisia
8. Barrhill
9. Bertha
10. Blacktoft (possibly)
11. Camilla weston
12. Cantabria (probably)
13. Cardanel
14. Chevington
15. Clansman (possibly)
16. Corbrook
17. Corchester
18. Cordene
19. Corduff
20. Courier (probably)
21. Dashwood
22. Ems
23. English trader
24. Excellenz mehnert
25. Friesland
26. Fulgens
27. Galatea (possibly)
28. Gallois and oxshott (possibly)
29. Georgia (for'd part)
30. Glen derry (probably)
31. Goodwood (possibly)
32. Hector gannet
33. Hms agate
34. Hms dhoon (probably)
35. Hms dungeness
36. Hms force
37. Hms francolin
38. Hms tranio
39. Hms true accord (probably)
40. Hms washington (probably)
41. Hms william stephen
42. Hmsm c 11
43. I t l anna b
44. Ilse
45. Ionian (probably)
46. Kentwood (probably)
47. La perouse (possibly)
48. Leelite
49. Leopold ii
50. Londoner (probably)
51. Marsworth
52. Montferland
53. Mount ida
54. Navarra (possibly)
55. Newland (possibly)
56. Norman queen
57. Oakgrove
58. Ole bull
59. Onto
60. Osprey
61. Otter
62. Oxshott (possibly)
63. Pegrix
64. Robrix
65. Roine
66. Rose marie
67. Roy
68. Rye
69. Seagull
70. Seaham
71. Sheaf water
72. Trevethoe
73. Vanilla (probably)
74. Waldinge
75. Walkure
76. Whintown (possibly)
77. Willowpool
78. Xanthe
79. Yewvalley (possibly)

 

Name: CHEVINGTON

Length 74.7 meter, width: 11.6 meter, draught: 5.5, tonnage 1537 ton
Load: cement

Cause: Built in ?1923 by furness sb co ltd, haverton-on-tees. owned at time of loss by broomhill steam ships ltd. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 150hp, single shaft. machinery by earl's co ltd, hull. passage london for grangemouth. cargo 2350 tons bagged cement. torpedoed and sunk by e-boat. 7 men lost.

Year of registration: 1941

Water depth above wreck: 20 meter, Height above seabed: 165 cm

Known since: 1941, last detected: 20190222

Details measurements/cartography: H03536/41 6.12.41 SUNK IN 530020N, 015022E WITH FOREMAST SHOWING 9FT AND MAINMAST 7FT [MLWS] ON HEADING 345 DEG. (FOIC YARMOUTH, 13.10.41). INS AS DW.

- NM 2883/41. H03536/41 18.5.44 AMEND TO WK 6FMS.

- NM 1046/44. H03536/41 22.3.47 INS G CON BUOY CLOSE E OF WK. (TH NM 27/47).

- NM 697/47. H03536/41 5.10.48 AMEND TO WK 7FMS 4FT. DELETE BUOY. (TH).

- NM 2129/48. H03536/41 13.3.49 OROPESA SWEEP FOLLOWING DISPERSAL CLEAR AT 46FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 60 IN GEN DEPTH 76FT. (HMS SHARPSHOOTER, 9.2.49). H5580/68 12.8.68 EXAM'D 22.11.67 IN 530017N, 015024E [EUR] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 54 IN GEN DEPTH 76FT. SCOUR DEPTH 88FT. LENGTH 180FT. LIES 160/340 DEG. RETAIN CHARTED DEPTH. (HMS MYRMIDON, ROS DTD 22.11.67). AMEND POSN.

- NM 1549/68. HH090/524/01 3.1.92 EXAM'D 10.7.91 IN 530015.1N, 015026.1E [OGB] USING SYLEDIS. SWEPT CLEAR AT 15.3, FOUL AT 15.6MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 18.0 IN GEN DEPTH 24.2MTRS. SCOUR 2-3MTRS DEEP. LENGTH 60MTRS, WIDTH 13MTRS. LIES 160/340 DEG. (LAND & MARINE, HI 525). SEP 2020/000100123 13.5.20 EXAM'D 22.02.19; IN 5300.279N, 0150.320E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 15.35MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 20MTRS, LENGTH 13.5MTRS, WIDTH 10.7MTRS, HEIGHT 5MTRS, ORIENTATION 165/345 DEGS. WHAT IS LEFT OF THE WRECK IS UPRIGHT AND LYING WITH A LIST TO PORT. SECTION OF HULL VISIBLE, SOME MASTS AND STRUCTURE COLLAPSED TO THE NORTH EASTERN SIDE. (MERITAITO, HI 1580). AMEND DW 15.3MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 53 0.279 N,1 50.32 E

 

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