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 (51.761916666667, 1.5857333333333)

 

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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. Ability
2. Aduatiek (possibly)
3. Afrin (probably)
4. Agamemnon
5. Aircraft
6. Alastair
7. Ambient (probably)
8. Annie
9. Atlanticos
10. Balgownie (probably)
11. Bella donna
12. Blackhill
13. Bonnington court
14. British fortune (probably)
15. Cairnside
16. Carica milica
17. Cedarwood (possibly)
18. Churston
19. Clan monroe
20. Coalgas
21. Corcrest
22. Cormount (probably)
23. Coureur des mers
24. Cressdene (possibly)
25. Cresta
26. Dagmar (probably)
27. Denewood
28. Disa (possibly)
29. Drofli
30. Dulwich
31. Dunwich bank wk
32. Dynamo
33. Edernian
34. El argentino
35. Empire bridge
36. Erna boldt (probably)
37. Estrella (possibly)
38. European gateway (part of)
39. Eva witte
40. Excelsior
41. F stobart (probably)
42. Faithful star
43. Farmatyr
44. Firth
45. Fort massac
46. Forth
47. Friargate (possibly)
48. Friargate (possibly)
49. Gannet (possibly)
50. Gena
51. Gerhard
52. Ghc (possibly)
53. Golconda (possibly)
54. Grantleyhall (possibly)
55. Grisdeale
56. Groeswen (probably)
57. Harlington (probably)
58. Harlyn (probably)
59. Harriet
60. Hebe
61. Heworth
62. Hm mgb 76 (possibly)
63. Hmml 127 (possibly)
64. Hmmtb 16 (possibly)
65. Hms arethusa
66. Hms coquette
67. Hms donna nook
68. Hms donside (possibly)
69. Hms duchess of hamilton
70. Hms dundalk
71. Hms eros (possibly)
72. Hms forward iii
73. Hms franc tireur
74. Hms harvest gleaner
75. Hms hastfen
76. Hms hirose (probably)
77. Hms japan
78. Hms jessie nutten
79. Hms john e lewis (possibly)
80. Hms lord airedale
81. Hms lord st vincent (part of)
82. Hms ludlow
83. Hms marconi
84. Hms marsa
85. Hms nadine
86. Hms new comet (possibly)
87. Hms oriana
88. Hms reed (possibly)
89. Hms resono (possibly)
90. Hms rhiannon (possibly)
91. Hms sisapon
92. Hms sisters melville
93. Hms st seiriol
94. Hms tervani
95. Hms tunisian
96. Hms velia (possibly)
97. Hms whooper
98. Hms william wesney
99. Hmsm e6
100. Hmtb 10
101. Hmtb no.11 (possibly)
102. Hnlms 227
103. Ignis (possibly)
104. Ingi
105. Iris (possibly)
106. J c dalble
107. Janny
108. Jim
109. Josefina thorden (after part)
110. Kankakee
111. Khartoum (possibly)
112. Knarsdale
113. Koningen emma (part of)(probably)
114. Koningen emma (possibly)
115. Kwasind
116. Lady salisbury
117. Lincairn (possibly)
118. Lindfar
119. Lisette
120. Little world
121. Lonhelen (possibly)
122. Lowland
123. Mac 5 (possibly)
124. Magdapur
125. Mahseer
126. Main topman
127. Mangara
128. Marie leonhardt (probably)
129. Mascotte
130. Mendibil mendi (possibly)
131. Mexico
132. Michail ontchoukoff (possibly)
133. Morar
134. Nereus
135. Nico
136. Nicolaos piangos
137. Norhauk
138. Norwich trader
139. Ocean lassie
140. Ocean pride
141. Old charlton
142. Pallieter (possibly)
143. Paullette
144. Peik
145. Persistant whisper
146. Pescado
147. Phryne
148. Polgarth
149. Princess juliana
150. Profit
151. Protinus (possibly)
152. Quickstep
153. Ravenscraig (possibly)
154. Resolute
155. Rochester city
156. Salerno (possibly)
157. Salerno (possibly)
158. Savona (probably)
159. Sea king
160. Second chance (possibly)
161. Sheaf field
162. Simon bolivar
163. Southford
164. Storm
165. Sunbeam
166. Sunk head tower
167. Sweep ii
168. Tay bar
169. Telegraaf xviii
170. Terukuni maru
171. Thornaby (possibly)
172. Thyra
173. Torchbearer
174. Uc 11 (possibly)
175. Uc 72 (possibly)
176. Vancouver
177. Volscian (possibly)
178. Wearside
179. White ghost
180. White lady
181. Wychwood (possibly)
182. Yampa (part of)
183. Yampa (part of)
184. Yampa (part of)
185. Yampa (part of)(possibly)
186. 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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