This is the information page about the shipwreck Chorley, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 19.063 N,3 3.222 W (50.302916666667, -3.1211333333333)

 

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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. Ailsa craig (probably)
2. Aleyna
3. Algarve
4. Angelena bm 271
5. Avalanche
6. Ave
7. Bamse (probably)
8. Bayonne
9. Bokn (possibly)
10. Boma
11. Borgund i (possibly)
12. Broomhill (probably)
13. Chateau yqem
14. Cheshire
15. Chorley
16. City of swansea (probably)
17. Clan stuart (probably)
18. Cornelia
19. Einar jarl
20. Gefion
21. General leman (possibly)
22. Gibel-hamam
23. Glocliffe
24. Gorizia
25. Greenville
26. Greleen
27. Greta c
28. Gudrun
29. Hms amazon
30. Hms bittern
31. Hms bittern (parts of)(probably)
32. Hms boadicea
33. Hms empress of india (ex renown)
34. Hms formidable
35. Hms harstad
36. Hms hickory
37. Hms loch erinboll (stern part)(probably)
38. Hms lord hailsham
39. Hms manor
40. Isbjorn
41. Karen marie (probably)
42. Kongshaug (probably)
43. L h carl
44. La blanca (possibly)
45. La portaise (probably)
46. Lct 381
47. Lofoten (probably)
48. Lord stewart
49. Lst 531
50. Lucinda (possibly)
51. Majorca
52. Marguerite (possibly)
53. Marie des isles
54. Marjolene
55. Minerva (probably)
56. Modavia
57. Moel tryvan
58. Moidart
59. Motano (probably)
60. Nil desperandum (probably)
61. Nyasaland
62. Ocean vagabond
63. Osprey (bow section) (possibly)
64. Pergo
65. Pomella
66. Quest
67. Radaas (probably)
68. Reggestroom (probably)
69. Renilde
70. Romsdalen (probably)
71. Rosten (possibly)
72. Rota
73. Rotorua
74. Sarah jayne
75. Siren
76. Sparkling foam (possibly)
77. Ster de zee (possibly)
78. Tandil (probably)
79. U 1191
80. Ub 19 (probably)
81. Ull (probably)
82. Ursa (probably)
83. W h dwyer
84. Westergate (probably)

 

Name: CHORLEY

Length 103.6 meter, width: 14.7 meter, draught: 7.9, tonnage 3838 ton
Load: armament,non-ferrous elements and ores: unrefined and refined,metal: concentrate and products

Cause: built in 1901 by richardson duck & co, stockton-on-tees. owned at time of loss by brys & glysen ltd. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 349nhp, single shaft. passage norfolk, virginia for le havre. torpedoed stbd side fwd and sank afer about one hour. (ww1sl, lloyds war losses, sibi, nr chipchase). cargo of 6525 tons munitions, 1050 tons copper, 507 tons brass & 1500 tons steel. salvage work by 'sorima' took place on this wk in 1937 and some 90% of the cargo was recovered. (n r chipchase).

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 54 meter, Height above seabed: 135 cm

Known since: 1917, last detected: 2006

Details measurements/cartography: SUNK 25M E BY S FROM START POINT. (WW1SL). SUNK 23M E BY S START POINT. (LLOYDS WAR LOSSES). 28.4.52 28.4.52 BUOY, MARKED CHORLEY, ESTAB'D IN 501800N, 030200W. (SV ROSTRO, VIA NITON RO.). NAVEAM 4017/52 ISSUED. H4518/52 3.12.52 H4518/52 3.12.52 NOW CHARTED AS NDW IN 501800N, 030200W. NOTE. 23.7.55 23.7.55 NOT FOUND. (HMS SCOTT, 1955). DELETE. LC 2454. HH100/351/07 16.7.93 HH100/351/07 & HH226/410/02 16.7.93 UNCHARTED WK LOCATED IN 501902N, 030324W [OGB]. FISHED SEVERAL TIMES BUT NOW WELL COVERED IN NET. (C DAVIES, 23.6.93). CHART AS USC 40MTRS IN REVISED POSN.

- NM 2645/93. HH090/961/01 10.12.03 HH090/961/01 10.12.03 EXAM'D 11.7.03 IN 5019.063N, 0303.222W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 46.6 IN GEN DEPTH 54MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 106MTRS, WIDTH 20MTRS. DCS3 HT 8.6MTRS. LIES 135/315 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. WELL BROKEN UP AND SURROUNDED BY SCATTERED DEBRIS. (GARDLINE, HI 961). AMEND WK 46MTRS. BR STD. HH100/351/22 9.5.06 HH100/351/22 9.5.06 'SORIMA' WORKED THE WK IN 1937 AND RECOVERED MORE THAN 90% OF THE CARGO. MAIN HULL IS UPRIGHT BUT THE HOLDS HAVE BEEN EXTENSIVELY GRABBED. BOW AREA AT THE W END IS WELL SMASHED AND THERE ARE LARGE SHELLS (8 INCH) IN THIS AREA. THE BELL WAS RECOVERED CLOSE TO A DETACHED WINCH IN 2006. BOILERS & ENGINE ARE ISOLATED, THE TOP OF THE ENGINE BEING AT 50MTRS DEPTH. PROP SHAFT RUNS THROUGH THE REMAINS OF THE AFTER HOLDS TO ARRIVE AT THE TOWERING STERN SECTION, THE PROP AND RUDDER LIE ON THE SEABED. SCALLOPER DREDGERS SAY THAT IT IS POSSIBLE TO RUN THROUGH THE WK SECTIONS BETWEEN 5019.15N, 0303.17W AND 5019.09N, 0303.12W [WGD]. (N R CHIPCHASE). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: WELL BROKEN UP

Position: 50 19.063 N,3 3.222 W

 

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