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. Acklamd (possibly)
2. Airdrie (possibly)
3. Amenity
4. Avalon
5. B o borjesson
6. Bellerophon
7. Brema
8. British councillor
9. British prince
10. Briton (possibly)
11. Cadmus
12. Canada
13. Caroline
14. Carson
15. Chant 63
16. Chloris (possibly)
17. Cook s26
18. Corhampton
19. Corinth (possibly)
20. Cyclope
21. Dana (possibly)
22. Dayrian
23. Deerpool (after section)
24. Diana
25. Diana
26. Dido
27. Dryade
28. Dryburgh (part of)(possibly)
29. Empress (probably)
30. Ethel (possibly)
31. Exmoor
32. Feltre
33. Fermo
34. Forest queen
35. Fowberry tower (part)
36. Francis
37. G.3
38. Georgios
39. Gerhardt (possibly)
40. Giuseppe
41. Grangemouth
42. Hannah louisa
43. Harlech
44. Harnis (probably)
45. Helmsman (probably)
46. Hms benvolio
47. Hms botanic
48. Hms dirk
49. Hms egret
50. Hms fairy
51. Hms falcon (stern section)
52. Hms mistletoe
53. Hms remillo
54. Hms silicia
55. Horsted
56. Hugh taylor
57. Hvitveis
58. Ida
59. Ionic (probably)
60. J b paddon
61. Janet helen (possibly)
62. John mowlem
63. John rettig (probably)
64. Kalo (probably)
65. Kernoozer
66. Kieldrecht (possibly)
67. Kilrea (probably)
68. Kimberley (possibly)
69. Kingston cameo
70. Knuthenborg
71. Ladas (possibly)
72. Lady anstruther (probably)
73. Lifeguard (possibly)
74. Lord haig (possibly)
75. Lord haig (possibly)
76. Lucerne
77. Lyra (bow section)
78. Magdalyn ann
79. Maggie
80. Manchester engineer (probably)
81. Marian francis
82. Marie l
83. Markersdall (probably)
84. Meeuw
85. Modig
86. Modiva (possibly)
87. Monimia (possibly)
88. Nar
89. Nitedal
90. Norfolk coast
91. Onward (possibly)
92. Ophir ii (possibly)
93. Orsa
94. Otis tetrax
95. Our lorraine
96. Paraciers
97. Peebles (possibly)
98. Portia
99. Rayford
100. Realf
101. Reculver
102. Retriever
103. Revi
104. River don (part of)(probably)
105. River witham
106. Sagacity
107. Saltoun
108. Sarah visholm 2 (probably)
109. Seistan
110. Sergei
111. Sna iii
112. Sota eduardo
113. Stanburn
114. Storm drift
115. Tees
116. Thomas deas
117. Togston (possibly)
118. Triton
119. Uc 39
120. Uc 47
121. Uc 75
122. Umbe
123. Upminster (possibly)
124. Uralar segundo (cargo debris)
125. Varangmalm (possibly)
126. Ville de valenciennes
127. Violet (probably)
128. Wayside flower (possibly)
129. Whitemantle (possibly)
130. William hanson
131. Winga
132. 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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