This is the information page about the shipwreck Clan macvey, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 39.667 N,1 46.733 W (50.766666666667, -13.933333333333)

 

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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. Abel tasman (part of)(possibly)
2. Advanti
3. Ajax
4. Albert c field (probably)
5. Alexandrovna
6. Aparima
7. Arctic dawn
8. Arfon
9. Azemmour
10. Baron garioch
11. Betelgeuse (bow section)
12. Betsy anna
13. Bobbyb
14. Borgny
15. Braedale (probably)
16. Brestois
17. Britannia (probably)
18. Campen
19. Carbon
20. Carentan
21. Castlereagh
22. Ceres (possibly)
23. Chasseur 6
24. Chasseur 7
25. Clan macvey
26. Clarinda
27. Coquetdale (probably)
28. Dagmar
29. Derna (probably)
30. Dulce t
31. Ernest lagouve
32. Espagne
33. Everleigh
34. Excelsior (possibly)
35. Fenna (probably)
36. Fleur de lys
37. Fluent
38. General jackson
39. Georgios kyriakides
40. Halsewell
41. Hartburn (probably)
42. Hartley (possibly)
43. Hms acheron (bow section)
44. Hms acheron (stern section)
45. Hms albion ii
46. Hms assurance
47. Hms eleanor (probably)
48. Hms fame
49. Hms john mitchell
50. Hms michael clements
51. Hms new dawn
52. Hms pomone
53. Hms sargasso
54. Hms waterlily
55. Hmsm safari (ex p 211)
56. Hmsm upstart
57. Iona
58. Irex
59. Janna
60. Jgena (possibly)
61. Juno
62. Kyarra
63. Lady of avenel
64. Lapwing (possibly) or south western
65. Lct 809
66. Lcvp 120
67. Leny (possibly)
68. License to kill (possibly)
69. Lil boat
70. Lochavon
71. Magog
72. Margaret smith
73. Mayflower
74. Mechanician
75. Michelle
76. Midland queen
77. Millmer
78. Milo
79. Molina
80. Myrtlegrove (probably)
81. Nailsea lass
82. Navasota
83. Neree (possibly)
84. Nestlea
85. Nichola (probably)
86. Nidarholm
87. Normandy
88. Nw68
89. Nw96
90. Piedras
91. Prinses juliana (part of)(possibly)
92. Rapana
93. Reindeer
94. Rosehill (probably)
95. Sally jane
96. Sardomene
97. Seahawk
98. Security (possibly)
99. Serrana (bow section)
100. Serrana (stern part)
101. Sheer grace
102. Southampton
103. Spyros (possibly)
104. Start
105. Surdelo
106. Tamele
107. Teamwork
108. Terlings
109. Togimo
110. Trafalgar (possibly)
111. U 480
112. Vari solo sailor
113. Varvassi
114. Venezuela
115. Vera (probably)
116. War knight
117. Westville
118. Witte zee
119. Woodbury

 

Name: CLAN MACVEY

Length 121.9 meter, width: 16.2 meter, draught: 10.1, tonnage 5815 ton
Load: coal

Cause: 1.9.18 built 1918 by the northumberland shipbuilding co, willington-on-tyne. owned at time of loss by cayzer, irvine & co ltd (clan line). passage newcastle for port said. torpedoed by ub 57. broke in two & sank while under tow towards poole. (vaec ap report, 1.9.18, dods, ww1sl & ll ww1).

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 18 meter, Height above seabed: 50 cm

Known since: 1918, last detected: 2012

Details measurements/cartography: H4495/18 9.8.18 H4495/18 9.8.18 DW IN 503940N, 014800W. MAST SHOWING, DANGEROUS TO NAVIGATION. (PORTSMOUTH).

- NM 984/18. 12.8.18 12.8.18 WK 0.5M SE OF ANVIL POINT. SANK IN 4 HOURS. (MASTER'S REPORT). 1.9.18 1.9.18 BROKE IN TWO AND SANK. (VAEC AP REPORT, 1.9.18). H4911/18 11.9.18 H4911/18 & H6391/19 11.9.18 POSN 503937N, 014637W. (ADMIRALTY).

- NM 1066/18. H5881/20 19.8.20 H5881/20 19.8.20 WK IN 503939N, 014654W. BOURNMOUTH PIER HEAD EXTREME 312DEGS (T), 4.7M. DEPTH OVER WK 17FT. MARKED BY WK BUOY ABOUT 40YDS TO S OF WK. (TH). AMEND TO WK 17FT IN REVISED POSN, WITH G WK BUOY.

- NM 1412/20. H961/22 18.2.22 H961/22 18.2.22 WK DISPERSED TO 50FT IN 503950N, 014654W. BUOY WITHDRAWN. (TH EX 816/22).

- NM 385/22. 5.11.22 5.11.22 POSN AMENDED TO 503950N, 014650W. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NE 2615 & NE 2175. H6935/50 19.10.50 H6935/50 19.10.50 WK IN 503940N, 014644W. DRIFT SWEEP CLEAR AT 36FT, FOUL AT 37FT. LEAST DEPTH BY E/S 38FT IN GEN DEPTH 58FT. TRACING & E/S TRACES HELD. (HMS SCOTT). AMEND TO WK 6FMS IN REVISED POSN.

- NM 2219/50. H6935/50 28.2.51 H6935/50 28.2.51 INS BUOY CLOSE S OF WK.

- NM 319/51. H6935/50 12.7.51 H6935/50 12.7.51 DRIFT SWEEP CLEAR AT 45FT, LEAST DEPTH BY E/S 50FT IN GEN DEPTH 58FT. TRACING HELD. (C-IN-C NORE). AMEND TO SW 7FMS 3FT [13.7MTRS] & DELETE BUOY.

- NM 1579/51. H3111/68 23.10.68 H3111/68 23.10.68 POSN 503940N, 014644W CONFIRMED. WRECKAGE STREWN ABOUT OVER A FAIRLY WIDE AREA. (REPORT BY SUB AQUA DIVER MR J B JAMES, 22.10.68). 25.7.75 25.7.75 LOCATED IN 503940N, 014643W [OGB] USING DECCA. LEAST DEPTH OBTAINED BY E/S 13.2MTRS USING PREDICTED TIDE. (HMS BULLDOG). LEAST DEPTH MAY NOT HAVE BEEN OBTAINED. NCA. 19.7.83 19.7.83 OWNED BY ST MARY MARINE SALVAGE CO. (D SAYWELL, TELECON 19.7.83). 2.2.07 2.2.07 STANDS NO MORE THAT 2-3MTRS HIGH IN A DISPERSED CONDITION ON A SAND SEABED. (D C WENDES, SOUTH COAST SHIPWRECKS). 24.10.12 24.10.12 EXAM'D 24.1.12 IN 5039.667N, 0146.733W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 16.34 IN GEN DEPTH 18.5MTRS. LEAST W/C DEPTH 15.78MTRS. SCOUR 2MTRS DEEP EXTENDS 12.5MTRS TOWARDS 140 DEGS. LENGTH 12MTRS, WIDTH 37MTRS, HT 1.2MTRS. LIES 050/230 DEGS WITH BOWS NE. APPEARS AS A DEBRIS FIELD WITHIN A SCOUR DEPRESSION. (EMU, HI 1366). AMEND WK 15.7MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: WELL BROKEN UP, BOWS NE

Position: 50 39.667 N,1 46.733 W

 

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