This is the information page about the shipwreck Coalgas, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 57.766 N,1 42.814 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. Aduatiek (possibly)
2. Agamemnon
3. Alastair
4. Ambient (probably)
5. Angelus
6. Annie
7. Atlanticos
8. Balgownie (probably)
9. Batavier 5
10. Blackhill
11. Bonnington court
12. British captain
13. British fortune (probably)
14. Brixton
15. Cairnside
16. Carica milica
17. Cedarwood (possibly)
18. Churston
19. Clan monroe
20. Coalgas
21. Corcrest
22. Cormorant
23. Cormount (probably)
24. Coureur des mers
25. Cressdene (possibly)
26. Cresta
27. Dagmar (probably)
28. Denewood
29. Denise germaine (possibly)
30. Disa (possibly)
31. Dulwich
32. Dunwich bank wk
33. Dynamo
34. Edernian
35. El argentino
36. Ellewoutsdijk
37. Empire bridge
38. Erna boldt (probably)
39. Estrella (possibly)
40. Eva witte
41. F stobart (probably)
42. Faithful star
43. Firth
44. Flores (probably)
45. Fort massac
46. Forth
47. Friargate (possibly)
48. Friargate (possibly)
49. Gannet (possibly)
50. Gena
51. Gerhard
52. Gipsy (possibly)
53. Golconda (possibly)
54. Grantleyhall (possibly)
55. Grenadier (probably)
56. Grisdeale
57. Groeswen (probably)
58. Hardingham (probably)
59. Harlington (probably)
60. Harlyn (probably)
61. Harriet
62. Hebe
63. Hendon hall
64. Heworth
65. Highwave (probably)
66. Hillglen
67. Hm mgb 76 (possibly)
68. Hm torpedo boat no.12
69. Hmmtb 16 (possibly)
70. Hms adonis (possibly)
71. Hms arethusa
72. Hms coquette
73. Hms donna nook
74. Hms duchess of hamilton
75. Hms dundalk
76. Hms eros (possibly)
77. Hms forward iii
78. Hms franc tireur
79. Hms hastfen
80. Hms hirose (probably)
81. Hms holdene
82. Hms japan
83. Hms john e lewis (possibly)
84. Hms kale (probably)(part of)
85. Hms leandros
86. Hms lord airedale
87. Hms lord st vincent (part of)
88. Hms ludlow
89. Hms marconi
90. Hms monarch
91. Hms moravia (possibly)
92. Hms nadine
93. Hms new comet (possibly)
94. Hms resono (possibly)
95. Hms rhiannon (possibly)
96. Hms river clyde (possibly)
97. Hms river clyde (possibly)
98. Hms sisters melville
99. Hms st seiriol
100. Hms tervani
101. Hms velia (possibly)
102. Hms waveflower
103. Hms whooper
104. Hms william wesney
105. Hmsm e6
106. Hmtb 10
107. Hmtb no.11 (possibly)
108. Hnlms 227
109. Hornchurch
110. Ignis (possibly)
111. Ingi
112. Ionian (possibly)
113. Iris (possibly)
114. J c dalble
115. Janny
116. Jim
117. Josefina thorden (after part)
118. Kankakee
119. Khartoum (possibly)
120. Knarsdale
121. Koningen emma (part of)(probably)
122. Koningen emma (possibly)
123. Kwasind
124. La flandre (possibly)
125. Lady salisbury
126. Lapwing
127. Lincairn (possibly)
128. Lisette
129. Little world
130. Lodewijk van nassau (probably)
131. Lonhelen (possibly)
132. Lowland
133. Mac 5 (possibly)
134. Magdapur
135. Mangara
136. Marie leonhardt (probably)
137. Mascotte
138. Mecklenburg
139. Mendibil mendi (possibly)
140. Mexico
141. Michail ontchoukoff (possibly)
142. Moidart
143. Morar
144. Nereus
145. Newhaven (possibly)
146. Nico
147. Nicolaos piangos
148. Niore
149. Norhauk
150. Norwich trader
151. Ocean pride
152. Old charlton
153. Ostprussen (possibly)
154. Palembang (probably)
155. Paullette
156. Peik
157. Persistant whisper
158. Pescado
159. Petshenga (possibly)
160. Phryne
161. Plawsworth (possibly)
162. Polgarth
163. Profit
164. Protinus (possibly)
165. Quickstep
166. Ravenscraig (possibly)
167. Rhenas (possibly)
168. Rumania
169. Salerno (possibly)
170. Salerno (possibly)
171. Savona (probably)
172. Scimitar
173. Sea king
174. Second chance (possibly)
175. Shardana
176. Sheaf field
177. Simon bolivar
178. Storm
179. Sunbeam
180. Sunk head tower
181. Telegraaf xviii
182. Tergestea
183. Terukuni maru
184. The sultan
185. Thornaby (possibly)
186. Thyra
187. Torchbearer
188. Uc 11 (possibly)
189. Uc 72 (possibly)
190. Vae victis
191. Vancouver
192. Victorious
193. Volscian (possibly)
194. Walsingham
195. Warrenpoint
196. Wearside
197. White ghost
198. Wychwood (possibly)
199. Wyetown
200. Yewkyle (possibly)
201. Ypapanti

 

Name: COALGAS

Length 88.4 meter, width: 11.9 meter, tonnage 2309 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: mined and sank whilst en-route london to the tyne. formerly named the `george allen'.

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 29 meter, Height above seabed: 96 cm

Known since: 1918, last detected: 20190701

Details measurements/cartography: H4139/76 22.12.76 LOCATED 7.8.76 IN 515745.6N, 014254.6E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR AT 18.8, FOUL AT 19.1MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 19.4 IN GEN DEPTH 25.5MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 25.8MTRS. LARGE WK COVERING AREA 110 X 80MTRS AND LYING NE/SW. IN ONE PIECE BUT BROKEN UP. (HMS BEAGLE, HI 31/76). BR STD. HH100/351/08 28.3.94 DIVED ON. APPARENTLY A CARGO VESSEL OR BARGE, BADLY SMASHED IN AMIDSHIPS. NO SUPERSTRUCTURE. BOW INTACT. HIGH POINT STANDS ABOUT 3MTRS ABOVE SEABED. (BOB HICKINBOTTON, 12.3.94). HH090/667/01 12.12.95 EXAM'D 21.7.95 IN 515746.09N, 014248.04E [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 18.6, FOUL 19.0MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 20.8 IN GEN DEPTH 26.0MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 7.2MTRS. DCS3 HT 5.5MTRS. LENGTH 93MTRS, WIDTH 21MTRS. LIES 100/280 DEGS. GOOD MAGNETIC ANOMALY OBSERVED. STERN BURIED AND BOW PROUD. (OCEANICS, HI 667). BR STD. 23.9.96 IDENTIFIED AS THE `COALGAS'. SUPERSTRUCTURE SEEMS TO BE MISSING AND THE SECTION BETWEEN THE BOWS AND MID-SHIPS HAS COLLAPSED. THERE IS A SMALL GUN MOUNTED ON THE STERN. (R PARKER, LTR DTD 13.8.96). NCA. SEP 2015/000143573 15.7.15 EXAM'D 30.6.15 IN 5157.769N, 0142.817E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 21MTRS. (FUGRO EMU, EMAIL DTD 30.6.15). NFS, RETAIN DW SW 18.6MTRS.   SEP 2019/000272653 21.11.19 EXAM'D 01.07.19; IN 5157.766N, 0142.814E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 19.92MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 29MTRS, LENGTH 98.6MTRS, WIDTH 15.5MTRS, HEIGHT 6.07MTRS, ORIENTATION 096/276 DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 117.3MTRS, WIDTH 60.9MTRS, 6.7MTRS DEEP, TOWARDS 224 DEGS. (CLINTON MARINE, HI 1584). AMEND DW 19.9MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT

Position: 51 57.766 N,1 42.814 E

 

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