This is the information page about the shipwreck Claverley (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 3.035 N,3 51.201 W (50.207816666667, -3.7034)

 

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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. Amelie-suzanne
4. Anna
5. Arandora star
6. August conseil (possibly)
7. Australbush (possibly)
8. Baychattan
9. Bell virtue
10. Belle ile (possibly)
11. Benin
12. Brenda
13. Broadmayne (part of)
14. Cantabria
15. Carol anne
16. Catherine allen
17. Cheapside (possibly)
18. Chelydra (possibly)
19. Chloe t
20. City of antwerp
21. Claverley (possibly)
22. Constance
23. Dartmeet
24. Demetrios
25. Die frau metta catharina von flensburg
26. Eagle
27. East point
28. Eastern prince
29. Edam ii
30. Elizabeth caroline
31. Empire harry
32. Exploiter
33. Fiona mary
34. Flying foam (possibly)
35. Fylrix
36. Glen strathallan
37. Grelhame (probably)
38. Halfdan (possibly)
39. Halloween
40. Haugastol (possibly)
41. Havbris (probably)
42. Hazel claire (possibly)
43. Hazelpark (possibly)
44. Heron i
45. Herzogin cecilie
46. Heye p
47. Hms abelard
48. Hms chorley (possibly)
49. Hms crocodile
50. Hms jasper (possibly)
51. Hms lord stonehaven
52. Hms newbridge (probably)
53. Hms penylan (e part)
54. Hms penylan (w part)
55. Hms ramillies
56. Hms stockforce (possibly)
57. Hms transvaal (possibly)
58. Hmsm m1
59. Hmsm untiring
60. Hopper barge no.42
61. Juno
62. Kazan
63. Kishmul of ayr
64. Koningin der engelen (probably)
65. Lab
66. Laertes
67. Lb 332 or lb 362 (possibly)
68. Liberta
69. Lochwood
70. Louis shied
71. Maine
72. Marana (bow section)
73. Marie
74. Merc enterprise (probably)
75. Neches (probably)
76. Newholm
77. North sea (probably)
78. Oregon
79. Perm (possibly)
80. Persier
81. Phoenix
82. Placidas faroult
83. Poulmic
84. Riversdale
85. Skaala
86. Soudan
87. St katharine (probably)
88. Stanhope
89. Talvaldis (possibly)
90. Tasmania (possibly)
91. Ternefjell
92. Totnes castle
93. U 1063
94. Uc 51
95. Uskmoor (probably)
96. W.s.w. one
97. Waikawa (possibly)
98. Warsaw
99. Wreathier
100. Yvette bm217

 

Name: CLAVERLEY (POSSIBLY)

Length 106.7 meter, width: 15.2 meter, draught: 6.7, tonnage 1067 ton
Load: coal

Cause: built in 1907 by w doxford & sons. owned at the time of loss by sutherland ss co. three boilers, triple expansion engine of 310nhp, single shaft. passage the tyne for genoa. torpedoed by ub-38. 10 men lost. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1977

Water depth above wreck: 67 meter, Height above seabed: 20 cm

Known since: 1977, last detected: 2004

Details measurements/cartography: H4514/76 18.1.77 H4514/76 18.1.77 WK IN 500305.37N, 035103.39W [OGB] USING DECCA. RUN OVER WK WITH E/S ON 11.1.77 AT 1600HRS. DRIFTING ENE/WSW OVER WK. HEIGHT OF WK 36FT IN GEN DEPTH 37FMS. (T ALLEN, 12.1.77). CHART AS WK 30FMS (55MTRS).

- NM 659/77. H1936/80 2.10.81 H1936/80 2.10.81 LARGE WK EXAM'D 5.3.81 IN 500301N, 035108W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 60 IN GEN DEPTH 68MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 7.5MTRS. NEARLY 100MTRS LONG, LYING N/S. (HMS BEAGLE, HI 5/81). AMEND TO WK 60MTRS IN REVISED POSN. HH091/059/01 19.4.05 HH091/059/01 19.4.05 EXAM'D 7.4.04 IN 5003.035N, 0351.201W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 60.8 IN GEN DEPTH 67.4MTRS. SCOUR 0.5MTRS DEEP EXTENDS 70MTRS ALONG 072/252 DEGS. LENGTH 104MTRS, WIDTH 28MTRS, HT 6.6MTRS. LIES 020/200 DEGS WITH BOWS TOWARDS 200 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. INTACT, COLLAPSED, PARTLY BURIED. (GARDLINE, HI 1059). RETAIN WK 60MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 24.10.07 24.10.07 THIS IS THE WK OF A LARGE SS WITH A TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE AND THREE BOILERS. BOW APPEARS TO BE INVERTED AS AT THE STBD SIDE THE HAWSE AND ANCHOR ARE AT SEABED LEVEL. THIS SECTION STANDS 8MTR HIGH. AFT OF THIS IS A LARGE, INTACT HATCH COMBING AND WINCH. AT MIDSHIPS THE MACHINERY IS UPRIGHT WITH TWO LARGE BOILERS AND ONE SLIGHTLY SMALLER ONE ON THE STBD SIDE. THIS PART IS TERMINATED BY THE ENGINE ROOM BULKHEAD WITH ONLY THE INTACT SHAFT TUNNEL LEADING OVER SAND TO AN INTACT STERN WHICH LIES 30 DEGS OVER TO PORT. THE HIGHEST PART OF THE STERN IS THE IS THE STBD GUNWHALE AT 62MTRS DEPTH. A DEBRIS FIELD OF MOSTLY HULL-PLATES LIES ALONG THE ENTIRE PORT SIDE OF THE WRECK IN 72MTRS. FRAMING AT THE STERN COULD IDENTIFY THIS AS THE TURRET DECK SHIP 'CLAVERLEY'. (N R CHIPCHASE).
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, COLLAPSED, PARTLY BURIED, BOWS SSW

Position: 50 3.035 N,3 51.201 W

 

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