This is the information page about the shipwreck Clan monroe, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 2.396 N,1 30.027 E (51.7619167, 1.5857333)

 

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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. Aduatiek (possibly)
2. Afrin (probably)
3. Agamemnon
4. Alastair
5. Ambient (probably)
6. Atlanticos
7. Balgownie (probably)
8. Bonnington court
9. British fortune (probably)
10. Cairnside
11. Carica milica
12. Cedarwood (possibly)
13. Churston
14. Clan monroe
15. Coalgas
16. Corcrest
17. Cormount (probably)
18. Coureur des mers
19. Cressdene (possibly)
20. Cresta
21. Dagmar (probably)
22. Denewood
23. Disa (possibly)
24. Dulwich
25. Dunwich bank wk
26. Dynamo
27. Edernian
28. El argentino
29. Empire bridge
30. Erna boldt (probably)
31. Estrella (possibly)
32. European gateway (part of)
33. Eva witte
34. F stobart (probably)
35. Faithful star
36. Farmatyr
37. Firth
38. Fort massac
39. Forth
40. Friargate (possibly)
41. Friargate (possibly)
42. Gannet (possibly)
43. Gena
44. Gerhard
45. Ghc (possibly)
46. Golconda (possibly)
47. Grantleyhall (possibly)
48. Grisdeale
49. Groeswen (probably)
50. Harlington (probably)
51. Harlyn (probably)
52. Harriet
53. Hebe
54. Hm mgb 76 (possibly)
55. Hmml 127 (possibly)
56. Hmmtb 16 (possibly)
57. Hms arethusa
58. Hms coquette
59. Hms donna nook
60. Hms donside (possibly)
61. Hms duchess of hamilton
62. Hms eros (possibly)
63. Hms forward iii
64. Hms franc tireur
65. Hms hastfen
66. Hms hirose (probably)
67. Hms japan
68. Hms jessie nutten
69. Hms john e lewis (possibly)
70. Hms lord airedale
71. Hms ludlow
72. Hms marconi
73. Hms marsa
74. Hms nadine
75. Hms new comet (possibly)
76. Hms oriana
77. Hms reed (possibly)
78. Hms resono (possibly)
79. Hms rhiannon (possibly)
80. Hms sisapon
81. Hms sisters melville
82. Hms tervani
83. Hms tunisian
84. Hms velia (possibly)
85. Hms whooper
86. Hms william wesney
87. Hmsm e6
88. Hmtb 10
89. Hnlms 227
90. Ignis (possibly)
91. Ingi
92. J c dalble
93. Janny
94. Jim
95. Josefina thorden (after part)
96. Kankakee
97. Khartoum (possibly)
98. Knarsdale
99. Koningen emma (part of)(probably)
100. Koningen emma (possibly)
101. Kwasind
102. Lady salisbury
103. Lincairn (possibly)
104. Lindfar
105. Lisette
106. Lonhelen (possibly)
107. Lowland
108. Mac 5 (possibly)
109. Magdapur
110. Mahseer
111. Main topman
112. Mangara
113. Marie leonhardt (probably)
114. Mascotte
115. Mendibil mendi (possibly)
116. Mexico
117. Michail ontchoukoff (possibly)
118. Morar
119. Nereus
120. Nico
121. Nicolaos piangos
122. Norhauk
123. Norwich trader
124. Ocean pride
125. Old charlton
126. Pallieter (possibly)
127. Paullette
128. Peik
129. Persistant whisper
130. Pescado
131. Phryne
132. Polgarth
133. Princess juliana
134. Profit
135. Protinus (possibly)
136. Quickstep
137. Ravenscraig (possibly)
138. Rochester city
139. Salerno (possibly)
140. Salerno (possibly)
141. Savona (probably)
142. Second chance (possibly)
143. Simon bolivar
144. Southford
145. Storm
146. Sunbeam
147. Sunk head tower
148. Sweep ii
149. Tay bar
150. Telegraaf xviii
151. Terukuni maru
152. Thornaby (possibly)
153. Thyra
154. Torchbearer
155. Uc 11 (possibly)
156. Uc 72 (possibly)
157. Vancouver
158. Volscian (possibly)
159. Wearside
160. White ghost
161. White lady
162. Wychwood (possibly)
163. Ypapanti

 

Name: CLAN MONROE

Length 125 meter, width: 16.2 meter, draught: 10.4, tonnage 5952 ton
Load: metal: concentrate and products,ore

Cause: Built in 1918 by ayrshire dockyard co, irvine. owned at time of loss by clan line steamers ltd. three boilers, triple expansion engine of 413nhp, single shaft. machinery by dunsmuir & jackson ltd, glasgow. passage cochin for the tees. cargo manganese ore. mined off harwich and anchored with back broken. later taken in tow but stranded. crew of 13 lost.

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 9 meter

Known since: 1940, last detected: 1984

Details measurements/cartography: H0737/40 16.11.40 H0737/40 16.11.40 INS AS ST. (QUEEN EMPRESS).

- NM 2653/40. H0737/40 10.12.45 H0737/40 10.12.45 AMEND TO DW MASTS WITH G CON BUOY, GP FL(3)G 10SEC.

- NM 4006/45. H0737/40 24.10.46 H0737/40 24.10.46 DELETE MASTS. (C IN C NORE). H0737/40 8.5.54 H0737/40 8.5.54 EXAM'D 23.6.50. SWEPT CLEAR 21FT, FOUL 22FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 23FT IN GEN DEPTH 29FT. (HMS SHARPSHOOTER 19.7.50). AMEND TO F 3FMS 3FT.

- NM 972/54 & DELETE LT BUOY.

- NM 1440/54. H2076/69 6.3.69 H2076/69 6.3.69 EXAM'D 30.10.68. SWEPT CLEAR 19FT, FOUL 21FT. LEAST E/S 26FT. SCOUR 37FT. GEN DEPTH 33FT. REASONABLE SONAR CONTACT. (HMS ENTERPRISE 1968). AMEND TO SW 3FMS 1FT. BR STD. H3186/73 11.5.73 H3186/73 11.5.73 LOCATED IN 520221N, 013010E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. MASS OF WRECKAGE ABOUT 100 YDS SQUARE IN 30-42FT. (HMS NURTON, 30.3.73). 3.11.73 3.11.73 AMEND TO SW 5.8MTRS. NC 2052. H3186/73 20.8.73 H3186/73 20.8.73 EXAM'D IN 520222N, 013011E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 8.8 IN GEN DEPTH 9.0MTRS. SCOUR 10.4MTRS. SPREAD OVER AREA ABOUT 50 MTRS RADIUS. (HMS ENTERPRISE). H2915/83 26.3.85 H2915/83 26.3.85 EXAM'D 23.10.84 IN 520222N, 013008E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 7.6 IN GEN DEPTH 9MTRS. DCS3 HT 1.2MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 9.6MTRS. WK IS WELL BROKEN UP. CONTAINED IN 30MTR RADIUS. (HMS EGERIA, HI 194). BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: AREA OF WRECKAGE WITHIN 30MTR RADIUS

Position: 52 2.396 N,1 30.027 E

 

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