This is the information page about the shipwreck Chloris (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 52.052 N,0 10.15 E (53.56915, 0.0936)

 

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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. Abana (part of)(possibly)
2. Abana (part of)(possibly)
3. Abydos
4. Acklamd (possibly)
5. Action
6. Adgillus
7. Afton
8. Airdrie (possibly)
9. Alliance
10. Amber rose
11. Amenity
12. Amicus
13. Anastasia
14. Ardbeg (probably)
15. Ardlough
16. Ariel (possibly)
17. Audacity
18. Aurora
19. Avalon
20. B o borjesson
21. Ballina
22. Barrister
23. Barrister (possibly)
24. Bassa
25. Be ready (probably)
26. Bella
27. Bellerophon
28. Ben cruachan
29. Ben rein (ex-starling)
30. Bengollyun
31. Bessie
32. Blanche (possibly)
33. Brema
34. Briar
35. British councillor
36. British prince
37. Briton (possibly)
38. Burbo & tongue bns (remains) (possibly)
39. Burbo & tongue bns (remains) (possibly)
40. C s parnell
41. Cadmus
42. Calista (probably)
43. Canada
44. Cardea
45. Carley marie
46. Carmelite (possibly)
47. Caroline
48. Carson
49. Casanare
50. Chagres
51. Chant 63
52. Chloris (possibly)
53. Chrysopolis
54. Citrine
55. City of brussels
56. Clan macmaster
57. Clan menzies
58. Clwyd (probably)
59. Clytie
60. Conargo
61. Conargo
62. Conisbro castle
63. Coniston (probably)
64. Connemara
65. Conovium (probably)
66. Constance
67. Cook s26
68. Coral bank
69. Corhampton
70. Corinth (possibly)
71. Corrientes
72. Counsellor iii
73. Cressado
74. Creteboom
75. Crois bhride
76. Crusader (possibly)
77. Cyclope
78. Dalewood (probably)
79. Dana (possibly)
80. Darro
81. Dawn waters
82. Dayrian
83. Deerpool (after section)
84. Deerpool (for'd section)
85. Diana
86. Diana
87. Dido
88. Don boscoe
89. Doris b
90. Downshire (possibly)
91. Downshire (possibly)
92. Downshire (probably)
93. Dryade
94. Dryburgh (part of)(possibly)
95. Dunavil forth (possibly)
96. Dundalk
97. Eilean glas
98. El oso
99. Eleanor
100. Embassage
101. Emerald dawn
102. Empire airman
103. Empire of peace
104. Empire wind
105. Empress (probably)
106. Empress eugenie
107. Endymion
108. Ethel (possibly)
109. Eurymedon
110. Exmoor
111. Fb 110 (possibly)
112. Fb 112 (possibly)
113. Fb 116 (possibly)
114. Fb 118 (possibly)
115. Fb 265 (possibly)
116. Fb 267 (possibly)
117. Fb 275 (possibly)
118. Fb 278 (possibly)
119. Fb 289 and 292 (probably)
120. Fb 295 (possibly)
121. Fb 296 (possibly)
122. Fb 297 (possibly)
123. Fb 300 (possibly)
124. Fb 43 (possibly)
125. Fb 47 (possibly)
126. Fb 56 (possibly)
127. Fb 72 (possibly)
128. Fb 83 (possibly)
129. Fb 86 (possibly)
130. Fb 98 (probably)
131. Feltre
132. Fenella ann
133. Fermo
134. Fin-ar-bed
135. Florence
136. Flowerette
137. Flying meteor
138. Forest queen
139. Fowberry tower (part)
140. Fowberry tower (part)
141. Francis
142. G-azjy
143. G.3
144. George & mary
145. Georgios
146. Gerhardt (possibly)
147. Ginette michel
148. Ginger
149. Girl sylvia
150. Giuseppe
151. Glencona
152. Glenford
153. Glenmaroon (possibly)
154. Globe trotter
155. Grangemouth
156. Grinder
157. Hannah louisa
158. Harlech
159. Harnis (probably)
160. Hebe
161. Heemskerk
162. Helmsman (probably)
163. Henry j smith
164. Herbie
165. Hibernian
166. Hms benvolio
167. Hms botanic
168. Hms cortina
169. Hms dirk
170. Hms egret
171. Hms fairy
172. Hms falcon (stern section)
173. Hms lormont
174. Hms manners (stern section)
175. Hms mistletoe
176. Hms racehorse
177. Hms remillo
178. Hms silicia
179. Hms st cyrus
180. Horsted
181. Hugh taylor
182. Hvitveis
183. Hyacinth
184. Ida
185. Ionic (probably)
186. Irene chalmers
187. J b paddon
188. Jane brown
189. Janet helen (possibly)
190. Jeanette
191. John mowlem
192. John rettig (probably)
193. Kalo (probably)
194. Kernoozer
195. Kieldrecht (possibly)
196. Kilcoan (probably)
197. Kilrea (probably)
198. Kimberley (possibly)
199. Kingston cameo
200. Knuthenborg
201. Labora (possibly)
202. Ladas (possibly)
203. Lady anstruther (probably)
204. Lady louisa
205. Lagun
206. Largo (possibly)
207. Leeds (probably)
208. Lifeguard (possibly)
209. Lily
210. Limesfield
211. Linda blanche
212. Liverpool
213. Lord haig (possibly)
214. Lord haig (possibly)
215. Lord selborne
216. Lough fisher
217. Loweswater
218. Lucerne
219. Lucy
220. Lunevale
221. Lurigethan
222. Lyra
223. Lyra (bow section)
224. Madge wildfire
225. Magdalyn ann
226. Maggie
227. Maja
228. Malaguena
229. Manchester engineer (probably)
230. Mancunium
231. Mangalore (part of)(possibly)
232. Marguerite
233. Marian francis
234. Marie l
235. Markersdall (probably)
236. Marshall (probably)
237. Mary heeley
238. Mayfield
239. Meeuw
240. Megawatt
241. Melfort
242. Mermaid (probably)
243. Mfv polaris
244. Mhari l
245. Miriam thomas
246. Modig
247. Modiva (possibly)
248. Monimia (possibly)
249. Montreal
250. Moonlight
251. Moonlight (possibly)
252. Munster
253. Murielle
254. Nadejda (possibly)
255. Nalon
256. Nar
257. Nautilus
258. Nazarine
259. Nichola ann
260. Nickolai
261. Nitedal
262. No.163
263. Noel du marin
264. Nora
265. Norfolk coast
266. North jordan bn
267. Ocean harvest ii
268. Octavia
269. Old haws pt lt or west pile
270. Onward (possibly)
271. Opal (possibly)
272. Ophir ii (possibly)
273. Orsa
274. Otis tetrax
275. Our golden promise
276. Our lassie
277. Our lorraine
278. Pacific (possibly)
279. Paraciers
280. Peaceful star
281. Peebles (possibly)
282. Peru (probably)
283. Peveril
284. Portia
285. Potomac
286. Princess victoria
287. Pt1 or pt2
288. Rayford
289. Rea 7 (possibly)
290. Rea 8 (possibly)
291. Rea 9 (possibly)
292. Realf
293. Rebecca
294. Reculver
295. Residu
296. Retriever
297. Retriever
298. Revi
299. Ringwall
300. River don (part of)(probably)
301. River witham
302. Roussalka
303. Rudyard kipling
304. Sagacity
305. Saint mirren (possibly)
306. Salaminia (probably)
307. Saltaro (fwd part)
308. Saltaro (fwd part)
309. Saltaro (fwd part)
310. Saltoun
311. Samaria
312. Sandra glen
313. Sarah visholm 2 (probably)
314. Sarpfos
315. Scathros
316. Scomber (part of)(possibly)
317. Scorpio
318. Sea dog
319. Seagull
320. Seamew (possibly)
321. Seistan
322. Sergei
323. Sharelga
324. Silver dee
325. Silver quest 2
326. Skerries
327. Skomer
328. Sna iii
329. Sonia
330. Sota eduardo
331. Sote (aft part)
332. Speedwell
333. Speke (possibly)
334. St elwyn
335. St ibar
336. Stamila
337. Stanburn
338. Stanleigh
339. Star of hope
340. Stonedale 2 (possibly)
341. Storm drift
342. Sulairia
343. Sunbeam
344. Sunrise (possibly)
345. Sy sol
346. Teano
347. Tees
348. Thomas deas
349. Thornfield
350. Thracian
351. Tijl uilenspiegel
352. Tilley anne
353. Tinker
354. Togston (possibly)
355. Tongue beacon (possibly)
356. Topaz
357. Tower base
358. Treveal
359. Triton
360. Tt 6 (possibly)
361. Tullaghmurray lass
362. Tumi joy 2
363. Tuskar
364. U 1024 (possibly)
365. U 1024 (probably)
366. U 246
367. U-1051
368. Ubier (probably)
369. Uc 39
370. Uc 47
371. Uc 75
372. Umbe
373. Upminster (possibly)
374. Uralar segundo (cargo debris)
375. Vanadis (possibly)
376. Varangmalm (possibly)
377. Vedra
378. Ville de valenciennes
379. Violet (probably)
380. Waltham (probably)
381. Wayside flower (possibly)
382. Whitemantle (possibly)
383. William hanbury
384. William hanson
385. Winga
386. Wisemans
387. Xavier
388. Ystroom (probably)
389. Zealandia
390. Zeemermin

 

Name: CHLORIS (POSSIBLY)

Length 64 meter, width: 10.1 meter, draught: 4, tonnage 984 ton
Load: general and mixed goods,timber

Cause: ex-pegwell, ex-mary horton. built in 1904 by the montrose sb co, montrose. owned at time of loss by j & p hutchinson. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 88hp, single shaft. machinery aft by the ne marine engine co ltd, sunderland. passage christiana for hull. general cargo and timber. torpedoed & sunk by ub-107. three men lost.

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 27 meter, Height above seabed: 52 cm

Known since: 1918, last detected: 20160321

Details measurements/cartography: SUNK 17 MILES S BY E OF FLAMBOROUGH HEAD. (BMVS). 28.7.18 POSN 535130N, 000800E. (1ST MASTER'S STATEMENT). H4337/18 9.8.18 POSN 535200N, 000710E. (VAEC AP REPORT). - FNM 510/18. H6391/19 POSN 535200N, 000710E PA. 10.4.24 AMEND TO DWPA IN 535200N, 000710E. H01624/44 14.6.44 KNOWN TO HAVE LEAST 51 FT OVER IN POSN 535209N, 001000E. (CAPT M/S HUMBER, 14.4.44). AMEND TO NDW IN REVISED POSN. LC 1190. H01624/44 29.7.44 ERASE FROM 2182A & 2176.

- NM 1612/44. 10.4.72 AMEND TO WK 15.5MTRS (51FT). NC 121. 9.5.74 AMEND TO WK 14.8 MTRS [LAT]. NC 121. H2534/74 22.11.79 TWO BAD OBSTNS (WKS) REPD IN 535214N, 001004W & 535156N, 001017E. POSNS BY DECCA. (KINGFISHER BOOK OF TOWS - VOL 1). H5084/77 20.3.80 INTACT WK EXAM'D 20.11.79 IN 535203N, 001017E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 21.2MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 27MTRS. SCOUR 1MTR DEEP. DCS3 HT 4.2MTRS, LENGTH 115MTRS. LYING 030/210DEG. (HMS ECHO, HI 64/79). BR STD. H1942/76 9.3.81 SWEPT 28.7.80. CLEAR AT 22.0, FOUL AT 22.4MTRS. (SOISS, HI 65/80). BR STD. 9.10.06 DIVED 29.9.06 AT NEAPS IN 5352.058N, 0010.175E [WGD] USING DGPS. STANDS 4MTRS HIGH IN GEN DEPTH 31MTRS BY DEPTH GAUGE. NO SCOUR. UPRIGHT AND MAINLY INTACT. HIGH POINTS AT INTACT BOW AND STERN. DECKING COLLAPSED INWARDS. BOWS NE. ESTIMATED AS APPROX 1000 TONS. ONE MAIN BOILERS WITH SMALL DONKEY BOILER ADJACENT ON PORT SIDE, SHAFT EXPOSED AND PROP MISSING. FWD HOLD AREA HAS EVIDENCE OF PITCH CARGO, THUS COULD BE ELLINGTON (SEE [8934]). (D ROBINSON, HUMBERSIDE POLICE MARINE SEARCH SECTION). NCA. SEP 2016/000053291 10.10.16 EXAM'D 22.3.16; IN 5352.052N, 0010.150E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 22.1MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 27MTRS, LENGTH 57.4MTRS, WIDTH 14.0MTRS, HEIGHT 4.9MTRS, ORIENTATION 052/232 DEGS. SCOUR DIMENSIONS LENGTH 20MTRS, TOWARD 324DEGS. WRECK SITS UPRIGHT ON ITS HULL, REMAINS OF BOW AND STERN PROMINENT. SINGLE BOILER AND ENGINE VISIBLE IN MIDSHIPS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (MMT, HI 1473). RETAIN DW 22MTRS IN REVISED POSITION.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: DETERIORATING, BOW & STERN PROMINENT

Position: 53 52.052 N,0 10.15 E

 

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