This is the information page about the shipwreck City of antwerp, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 0.438 N,4 8.327 W (50.1442, -4.17415)

 

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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. Ambassador
2. Amelie (probably)
3. Arandora star
4. August conseil (possibly)
5. Australbush (possibly)
6. Bell virtue
7. Birgitte
8. Brenda
9. Brialan
10. Carol anne
11. Charlwood
12. Cheapside (possibly)
13. Chelydra (possibly)
14. City of antwerp
15. Claverley (possibly)
16. Constance
17. Dartmeet
18. Dirigo (possibly)
19. Duguesclin
20. East point
21. Eastern prince
22. Edam ii
23. Elizabeth caroline
24. Empire harry
25. Exploiter
26. Flying foam (possibly)
27. Glen strathallan
28. Halfdan (possibly)
29. Halloween
30. Hazel claire (possibly)
31. Heron i
32. Hms coronation (part)
33. Hms coronation (part)
34. Hms elk (probably)
35. Hms foyle
36. Hms lord stonehaven
37. Hms ramillies
38. Hms stockforce (possibly)
39. Hms ullswater
40. Hmsm a7
41. Hmsm h 52
42. Hmsm m1
43. Hmsm untiring
44. Juno
45. Koningin der engelen (probably)
46. Lab
47. Lochwood
48. Louis shied
49. Maine
50. Marie
51. Mcgregor
52. Medoc
53. Merc enterprise (probably)
54. Oregon
55. Persier
56. Rio sorocaba
57. Sabrina
58. Solstice ph199
59. Spyros
60. St katharine (probably)
61. Tasmania (possibly)
62. Ternefjell
63. Totnes castle
64. U 1063
65. Unicorn
66. W woolvern (possibly)
67. Woodburn
68. Yewforest

 

Name: CITY OF ANTWERP

Length 67.2 meter, width: 9.2 meter, draught: 4.7, tonnage 884 ton
Load: iron ingots

Cause: built in 1881 by j blumer & co, sunderland. owned at time of loss by palgrave, murphy & co, dublin. one boiler, compound expansion engine of 120nhp, single shaft. passage workington for rotterdam. sank following collision with wooden full-rigged ship constantia of breman (1157gt), which also sank. (n r chipchase).

Year of registration: 1945

Water depth above wreck: 70 meter, Height above seabed: 36 cm

Known since: 1945, last detected: 2008

Details measurements/cartography: H113/45 25.3.45 H113/45 SONAR CONTACT IN 500000N, 040800W. LENGTH 53FT, HEIGHT 17FT. LARGE EXTENT. (PLYMOUTH LIST, 25.3.45). GOOD SONAR CONTACT IN POSN ABOVE. LENGTH 53FT. HEIGHTT 17FT. (ESCORT GROUP 14, 17.1.45). NCA. H3193/70 7.4.71 H3193/70 7.4.71 NOW CHARTED AS NDW. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NC 1267. H4808/72 1.1.73 H4808/72 1.1.73 NEW WK REPORTED IN 500103N, 040909W. POSN BY DECCA. (CALKIN 1972). FIX BELIEVED TO BE IN ERROR AS NO MENTION IN HMS HECATE'S 1972 SURVEY. NCA. H3110/72 4.1.73 H3110/72 4.1.73 WK IN 500023.6N, 040811.6W USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. VERY SMALL WK, SONAR CONTACT FROM W ONLY. FLAT BOTTOM AREA. LEAST E/S DEPTH 69.0MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 72MTRS. SEABED FINE SAND BROKEN SHELL. NO SCOUR. (HMS HECATE, 1972). NC 1267. H3110/75 13.3.75 H3110/75 13.3.75 WRECK LOCATED USING DECCA. FOUND AFTER TRAWL HAD BEEN LOST ON IT. A SMALL WK, PIECES OF WOOD LOCATED [DECKING OR HULL?]. (S. BARRETT, FISHERMAN FROM PLYMOUTH, VISIT 11.3.75). NCA. H4514/76 4.4.77 H4514/76 4.4.77 LOCATED IN 500026.7N, 040816.1W USING DECCA. SMALL WK LYING SE/NW. HT BY E/S 18FT IN 38FMS. (T ALLEN, 27.3.77). NCA. H2063/82 25.1.85 H2063/82 25.1.85 EXAM'D 19.7.84 IN 500029N, 040814W [OGB] USING DECCA. LEAST E/S DEPTH 64 IN GEN DEPTH 71MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 7.9MTRS, LENGTH APPROX 50MTRS, BEAM 10MTRS. SMALL, POORLY DEFINED CONTACT GIVING A GOOD SONAR SHADOW. LYING 315/135DEGS. (HMS FAWN/HMS HECATE, 5.12.84). CHART AS WK 63MTRS IN HMS HECATE'S 1972 POSN. BR STD. 12.5.99 12.5.99 LOCATED IN 5000.413N, 0408.230W [OGB] USING GPS. KNOWN LOCALLY AS 'THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER'. (M. SHARP, FAX DTD 25.3.99). AMEND POSN. BR STD. HH091/059/01 28.4.05 HH091/059/01 28.4.05 EXAM'D 6.7.04 IN 5000.438N, 0408.327W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 64.7 IN GEN DEPTH 70.7MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 59MTRS, WIDTH 13MTRS, HT 6MTRS. LIES 036/216 DEGS WITH BOWS NNE. MODERATE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. PARTIALLY BURIED WK. (GARDLINE, HI 1059). INTACT, UPRIGHT. AMEND WK 64MTRS. BR STD. 26.6.06 26.6.06 DIVED IN LISTED POSN. UPRIGHT BUT VERY BROKEN DOWN. HIGHEST POINT IS THE SINGLE BOILER AND COMPOUND EXPANSION ENGINE. REMAINS OF THE FWD HOLD APPEAR TO CONTAIN IRREGULAR INGOTS - POSSIBLY OF PIG IRON. APPEARS TO BE A MID-ENGINED COASTER OF ABOUT 700GT. PROBABLY OF 1880S BUILT. (N R CHIPCHASE). NCA. 26.9.06 26.9.06 HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED BY THE ENGINE, CARGO AND OWNER'S CROCKERY. (N R CHIPCHASE). NCA. 5.9.08 5.9.08 IDENTITY CONFIRMED BY THE RECOVERY OF A SILVER CANDLESTICK ENGRAVED WITH THE SHIP'S NAME. (N R CHIPCHASE). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, COLLAPSED, ?BOWS NNE, TONNAGE BY DIVER

Position: 50 0.438 N,4 8.327 W

 

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