This is the information page about the shipwreck Christianssund, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 0.841 N,1 9.67 E (51.0759833, 1.4147)

 

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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. Afghanistan (probably)
2. Africa
3. Alcantara
4. Alice
5. Amplegarth
6. Angelus (possibly)
7. Argo
8. Atlantic (possibly)
9. Australier (probably)
10. Avoca
11. Bobby
12. Brandenburg
13. Cabo espartel
14. Ceta (stern section)
15. Charente
16. Christianssund
17. City of dresden (possibly)
18. Constanzia
19. Corhaven
20. De fontaine
21. Dinard
22. Durango
23. Efford
24. Eidsiva (probably)
25. Electra
26. Emma
27. Emma (possibly)
28. Empire lough (probably)
29. Empress of fort william (probably)
30. En avant
31. Enero (probably)
32. Eustratios (probably)
33. Evolution
34. Excellence pleske
35. Falcon (probably)
36. Fearless
37. Flachsee
38. Flandres
39. G-asad
40. Grit (probably)
41. Grosser kurfurst
42. Grosser kurfurst (possibly)
43. Gwendoline (part of)(possibly)
44. Halcyon
45. Henry moon
46. Heron
47. Hmhs anglia
48. Hms aragonite (part of)
49. Hms aries (possibly)
50. Hms blackwater
51. Hms brazen
52. Hms carlton
53. Hms cayton wyke (probably)
54. Hms city of dundee
55. Hms cleon
56. Hms drumtochty (possibly)
57. Hms falmouth iii (possibly)
58. Hms ghurka
59. Hms glen boyne
60. Hms kingston galena
61. Hms lydian
62. Hms marcella
63. Hms myrmidon
64. Hms napia
65. Hms niger (possibly)
66. Hms othello ii
67. Hms peridot
68. Hms rodino
69. Hms torbay ii (probably)
70. Hms tranquil
71. Hms war sepoy
72. Hms waterfly
73. Hms weigelia
74. Hmsm b2
75. Hmt gullfoss
76. Holland
77. Hundvaag
78. Hydaspes (possibly)
79. Ilaro
80. Jacob luckenbach
81. James harrod
82. Jokai
83. Josephine willis
84. Kadru
85. Katharina kolkmann
86. Kielce
87. Kirsten skou
88. Koenigshaven
89. La somme (probably)
90. Lacer
91. Lady stella
92. Latona
93. Le tregor
94. Leicester
95. Leila najia
96. Leo
97. Lizzonia
98. Loanda
99. Lusitania
100. Maloja 1
101. Malta (probably)
102. Mersey
103. Milbanke (probably)
104. Monarch
105. Morgenster
106. Mrav
107. Murillo
108. Nancy moran
109. Naranco
110. Negrier
111. Newcastle
112. Niki
113. Norman
114. Northfleet
115. Nunima
116. Ousel (probably)
117. Polgrange
118. Portslade (possibly)
119. Preussen
120. Pulborough
121. River levan
122. Roode zee (possibly)
123. Roseburn
124. S goodwin ltv (lv 69)
125. S.folkestone gate (ltv no.75)
126. Saint ronan (possibly)
127. Salbya (possibly)
128. Samida
129. Sea serpent
130. Seine
131. Shenandoah
132. Sierra bravia
133. Sir russell
134. St cecilia
135. Strathclyde
136. T s webb
137. Teeswood
138. Texaco caribbean (after section)
139. Texaco caribbean (forward section)
140. The queen
141. Tokufuku maru
142. Toward
143. Traquair (probably)
144. Trooper
145. U 16 (possibly)
146. U 8
147. Ub 103 (possibly)
148. Ub 108 (possibly)
149. Ub 109
150. Ub 31 ?
151. Ub 38
152. Ub 55 (probably)
153. Ub 56 (possibly)
154. Ub 58 (possibly)
155. Ub 78
156. Ub-33 (probably)
157. Uc 63
158. Uc 77 (possibly)
159. Unity
160. Vittoria claudia
161. W a scholten
162. Welsh belle
163. Wheatman (possibly)
164. Will and maggie (probably)

 

Name: CHRISTIANSSUND

Length 68.9 meter, width: 10.7 meter, draught: 6.4, tonnage 1017 ton
Load: general and mixed goods,salt,wood: unprocessed and products,natural fibres and materials in general: unprocessed and products

Cause: Mined 3m sw of folkestone hrbr whilst en route from liverpool and bristol to copenhagen. (ll ww1).

Year of registration: 1916

Water depth above wreck: 24 meter, Height above seabed: 45 cm

Known since: 1916, last detected: 20160722

Details measurements/cartography: H6345/26 4.11.26 SUNK 3 MILES SW OF FOLKESTONE HRBR. (LL WW1). H5824/60 3.3.61 NOTHING FOUND IN 510130N, 011115E. LOCATED 198DEGS, 3.9 MILES FROM FOLKESTONE LIGHT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 59FT. (HMS SCOTT, 10.5.60). H5824/60 14.11.61 DRIFT SWEPT CLEAR AT 50, FOUL AT 52FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 53 IN GEN DEPTH 82FT. (HMS SCOTT, 18.4.61). INS AS SW 8FMS 2FT.

- NM 1637/61. 10.9.73 NOW CHARTED AS SW 15.2MTRS. NC 1892. H4199/78 29.9.78 EXAM'D 19.10.77 IN 510048N, 010945 [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 15.9 IN GEN DEPTH 25.5MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 26.4MTRS. DCS3 HT 9MTRS, LENGTH 96MTRS. LIES 043/223DEGS. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 35/77). RETAIN SWEPT DEPTH IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. H1310/83/20 22.8.83 LARGE CARGO VESSEL LYING ON ITS PORT SIDE. STILL FAIRLY INTACT WITH MUCH OF ITS SUPERSTRUCTURE COLLAPSING INTO SOFT SILTY SEABED. ENGINE AND BRIDGE ARE BOTH AMIDSHIPS. (P G WEATHERLEY, 9.8.83). H1310/84/39 12.11.84 POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED AS THE 'CHRISTIANSSUND'. (P G WEATHERLEY, 4.11.84). HH090/711/01 22.1.97 EXAM'D 12.8.96 IN 510051N, 010940E [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 15.0, FOUL 15.3MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 15.5 IN GEN DEPTH 24.3MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 8.5MTRS. LENGTH 70MTRS, WIDTH 42MTRS. LIES 050/230DEGS. ONE DISTINCT PIECE OF WRECKAGE. NO DEBRIS. (NP 1016, HI 711). AMEND TO SW 15.0MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. SEP 2016/000091764 19.4.17 EXAM'D 22.7.16 IN 5100.841N, 0109.670E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 15.38MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 24MTRS, LENGTH 64.1MTRS, WIDTH 11.2MTRS, HEIGHT 8.5MTRS, ORIENTATION 045/225 DEGS. WK LARGELY INTACT, ON ITS SIDE. (GARDLINE, HI 1497). AMEND TO DW 15.3MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 51 0.841 N,1 9.67 E

 

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