This is the information page about the shipwreck City of swansea (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 28.883 N,3 11.43 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. Aldershot
2. Aleyna
3. Angelena bm 271
4. Ann marie (possibly)
5. Antonio (probably)
6. Avalon g ii
7. Bamse (probably)
8. Baygitano
9. Bayonne
10. Berar
11. Bleamoor (probably)
12. Blue marlin
13. Bokn (possibly)
14. Boma
15. Borgund i (possibly)
16. Bretagne
17. Bretton hall
18. Brunhilda
19. Buesten
20. Bull steamer (possibly)
21. Chateau yqem
22. Chorley
23. Christoffel colombus (possibly)
24. City of swansea (probably)
25. Colorado (possibly)
26. Dudley rose
27. Elsa (possibly)
28. Emma
29. Emsstrom
30. Farn
31. Galicia
32. Garm (possibly)
33. Gefion
34. General leman (possibly)
35. Gibel-hamam
36. Glocliffe
37. Greleen
38. Greta c
39. Heroine (probably)
40. Hms amazon
41. Hms bittern
42. Hms bittern (parts of)(probably)
43. Hms empress of india (ex renown)
44. Hms formidable
45. Hms harstad
46. Hms hickory
47. Hms loch erinboll (stern part)(probably)
48. Hms lord hailsham
49. Hms manor
50. Hmsm d1
51. Irma germaine (possibly)
52. Isbjorn
53. Jade star gypsy
54. Jordan a
55. Karen marie (probably)
56. Kendal castle
57. Kongshaug (probably)
58. La blanca (possibly)
59. Lct 381
60. Les mercenaires
61. Lofoten (probably)
62. Lord stewart
63. Majorca
64. Marguerite (possibly)
65. Marie des isles
66. Marjolene
67. Modavia
68. Motano (probably)
69. Mudstomper (probably)
70. Nil desperandum (probably)
71. Northville (possibly)
72. Nyasaland
73. Ocean vagabond
74. Osprey (bow section) (possibly)
75. Pergo
76. Peronne
77. Pomella
78. Quest
79. Radaas (probably)
80. Rayder
81. Reggestroom (probably)
82. Renilde
83. Rosten (possibly)
84. Rota
85. Rotorua
86. Sarah jayne
87. Sevilla
88. Shirley betty
89. Siren
90. Sparkling foam (possibly)
91. Ster de zee (possibly)
92. Tandil (probably)
93. Two sisters
94. Uc 49 (probably)
95. Ursa (probably)
96. W h dwyer
97. Westergate (probably)

 

Name: CITY OF SWANSEA (PROBABLY)

Length 79.2 meter, width: 10.7 meter, draught: 4.9, tonnage 1375 ton
Load: coal

Cause: built in 1882 by palmers' co, newcastle-upon-tyne. owned at time of loss by palgrave, murphy & co. two boilers, compound expansion engine of 174 nhp, single shaft. passage newcastle-upon-tyne for boucau. torpedoed by ub-40. two men lost. (ww1sl & sibi).

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 40 meter, Height above seabed: 150 cm

Known since: 1917, last detected: 2015

Details measurements/cartography: SUNK 15M ENE FROM BERRY HEAD. (WW1SL). H6194/17 WK [OLD SYMBOL] IN 503100N, 031600W. - FNM 620/17. H8109/38 19.12.38 DELETED FROM CHARTS BY NM. H6025/39 22.8.39 NOW CHARTED AS NDW PA. (HMS GLEANER). BR STD. H2502/51 24.5.51 LEAST DEPTH OVER WRECK 17FMS, HEIGHT ABOVE SEABED 27FT. (HMS SEAGULL, 1950). H3971/52 17.4.53 WK IN 502855N, 031117W USING HSA. SWEPT CLEAR AT 16FMS, FOUL AT 17FMS. GENERAL DEPTH BY E/S 21-22FMS, LEAST DEPTH BY E/S 100FT. SEABED HARD. LENGTH 300FT. LIES IN A NE/SW DIRN AND THE SHALLOWEST PART IS IN THE CENTRE. VERY GOOD A/S RESPONSE. (HMS SCOTT, 1952). CHART AS WK 16FMS [29MTRS]. H5982/82 9.2.83 WK SHOWN IN 502857N, 031116W USING DECCA. (KINGFISHER CHART K(SW)2, 1982). NCA. H2923/83 19.11.84 EXAM'D 20.5.84 IN 502850N, 031121W [OGB] USING SYLEDIS. SWEPT CLEAR AT 28.9MTRS, FOUL AT 30MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 29.0 IN GEN DEPTH 39MTRS. SCOUR 2MTRS DEEP. DCS3 HT 9MTRS, LENGTH 82MTRS. LYING 150/330DEGS ON PORT SIDE WITH DETACHED STERN SECTION. MAST CLEARLY SHOWN ON DCS3 TRACE. (GARDLINE SURVEY LTD, HI 202). AMEND TO SW 28.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN. SEP 2015/000019320 7.7.15 EXAM'D 9.3.15 LEAST M/B DEPTH 29.84MTRS IN 5028.883N, 0311.430W [WGD], GEN DEPTHS 40MTRS. LENGTH 81.8MTRS, WIDTH 12MTRS, HEIGHT 9.9MTRS. ORIENTATION 150/330 DEGS. BROKEN, MOSTLY BURIED, ON PORT SIDE WITH BOW AND STERN BROKEN AWAY. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (MMT, HI 1453). AMEND TO NDW 29.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: BROKEN, MOSTLY BURIED, ON PORT SIDE WITH BOW AND STERN BROKEN AWAY

Position: 50 28.883 N,3 11.43 W

 

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