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 (53.569150, 0.093600)

 

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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. Airdrie (possibly)
3. Albatross
4. Amenity
5. Appolonia
6. Arcona champion
7. Audacity
8. Avalon
9. B o borjesson
10. Beaconsfield
11. Bellerophon
12. Biesbosch
13. Boys own
14. Brabant
15. Brema
16. British councillor
17. British prince
18. Briton (possibly)
19. Cadmus
20. Cambrai
21. Canada
22. Caroline
23. Chant 63
24. Charing cross (possibly)
25. Chicago
26. Chloris (possibly)
27. Coastal fort no 1 (part of)(possibly)
28. Coastal fort no-1
29. Corhampton
30. Corinth (possibly)
31. Cyclope
32. Dana (possibly)
33. Dayrian
34. Deerpool (after section)
35. Deerpool (for'd section)
36. Diana
37. Diana
38. Dido
39. Dryade
40. Dryburgh (part of)(possibly)
41. Dunstaffnage
42. Empress (probably)
43. Ethel (possibly)
44. Exmoor
45. Feltre
46. Fermo
47. Forest queen
48. Fowberry tower (part)
49. Fowberry tower (part)
50. Francis
51. Frithof eide
52. Georgios
53. Gerhardt (possibly)
54. Girl ita
55. Giuseppe
56. Goodwood
57. Graafjeld
58. Grangemouth
59. Greltoria (probably)
60. Hannah louisa
61. Harlech
62. Harnis (probably)
63. Helmsman (probably)
64. Hms akranes
65. Hms benvolio
66. Hms botanic
67. Hms cortina
68. Hms dirk
69. Hms egret
70. Hms fairy
71. Hms falcon (stern section)
72. Hms falmouth
73. Hms lormont
74. Hms mistletoe
75. Hms remillo
76. Hms st cyrus
77. Horsted
78. Hugh taylor
79. Ida
80. Ionic (probably)
81. J b paddon
82. Janet helen (possibly)
83. John mowlem
84. John rettig (probably)
85. Kalo (probably)
86. Kieldrecht (possibly)
87. Kilrea (probably)
88. Kimberley (possibly)
89. Kingston cameo
90. Knuthenborg
91. Laconia (possibly)
92. Ladas (possibly)
93. Lady anstruther (probably)
94. Lady dinah
95. Lady josyan
96. Lifeguard (possibly)
97. Lindum
98. Longbenton (probably)
99. Lord haig (possibly)
100. Lord haig (possibly)
101. Lord selborne
102. Lucerne
103. Lyra (bow section)
104. Magdalyn ann
105. Maggie
106. Magnolia (probably)
107. Malvina (fwd part)
108. Manchester engineer (probably)
109. Mangalore (part of)(possibly)
110. Marian francis
111. Markersdall (probably)
112. Marshall (probably)
113. Mazeppa
114. Middlesborough
115. Modig
116. Modiva (possibly)
117. Monimia (possibly)
118. Nadod (possibly)
119. Nautilus
120. Nitedal
121. Norfolk coast
122. Onward (possibly)
123. Ophir ii (possibly)
124. Orsa
125. Otis tetrax
126. Our lorraine
127. Paddington (possibly) & unknown
128. Paraciers
129. Peebles (possibly)
130. Peggotty
131. Portia
132. Rayford
133. Realf
134. Reculver
135. Retriever
136. Revi
137. River don (part of)(probably)
138. River witham
139. Rosa
140. Sagacity
141. Saltoun
142. Sandra glen
143. Sarah visholm 2 (probably)
144. Sirajah
145. Sna iii
146. Sota eduardo
147. Stanburn
148. Storm drift
149. Teano
150. Tees
151. Thea
152. Thomas deas
153. Togston (possibly)
154. Tredegar hall
155. Triton
156. Trongate
157. Ub 107 & malvina (after part)
158. Uc 39
159. Uc 47
160. Uc 75
161. Umbe
162. Upminster (possibly)
163. Varangmalm (possibly)
164. Ville de valenciennes
165. War crocus (possibly)
166. Wayside flower (possibly)
167. Whitemantle (possibly)
168. William hanson
169. Winga
170. Xavier
171. 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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