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 (51.7619167, 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. Agamemnon
3. Alastair
4. Ambient (probably)
5. Angelus
6. Atlanticos
7. Balgownie (probably)
8. Batavier 5
9. Bonnington court
10. British captain
11. British fortune (probably)
12. Brixton
13. Cairnside
14. Carica milica
15. Cedarwood (possibly)
16. Churston
17. Clan monroe
18. Coalgas
19. Corcrest
20. Cormorant
21. Cormount (probably)
22. Coureur des mers
23. Cressdene (possibly)
24. Cresta
25. Dagmar (probably)
26. Denewood
27. Denise germaine (possibly)
28. Disa (possibly)
29. Dulwich
30. Dunwich bank wk
31. Dynamo
32. Edernian
33. El argentino
34. Ellewoutsdijk
35. Empire bridge
36. Erna boldt (probably)
37. Estrella (possibly)
38. Eva witte
39. F stobart (probably)
40. Faithful star
41. Firth
42. Flores (probably)
43. Fort massac
44. Forth
45. Friargate (possibly)
46. Friargate (possibly)
47. Gannet (possibly)
48. Gena
49. Gerhard
50. Gipsy (possibly)
51. Golconda (possibly)
52. Grantleyhall (possibly)
53. Grenadier (probably)
54. Grisdeale
55. Groeswen (probably)
56. Hardingham (probably)
57. Harlington (probably)
58. Harlyn (probably)
59. Harriet
60. Hebe
61. Hendon hall
62. Highwave (probably)
63. Hillglen
64. Hm mgb 76 (possibly)
65. Hm torpedo boat no.12
66. Hmmtb 16 (possibly)
67. Hms adonis (possibly)
68. Hms arethusa
69. Hms coquette
70. Hms donna nook
71. Hms duchess of hamilton
72. Hms eros (possibly)
73. Hms forward iii
74. Hms franc tireur
75. Hms hastfen
76. Hms hirose (probably)
77. Hms holdene
78. Hms japan
79. Hms john e lewis (possibly)
80. Hms kale (probably)(part of)
81. Hms leandros
82. Hms lord airedale
83. Hms ludlow
84. Hms marconi
85. Hms monarch
86. Hms moravia (possibly)
87. Hms nadine
88. Hms new comet (possibly)
89. Hms resono (possibly)
90. Hms rhiannon (possibly)
91. Hms river clyde (possibly)
92. Hms river clyde (possibly)
93. Hms sisters melville
94. Hms tervani
95. Hms velia (possibly)
96. Hms waveflower
97. Hms whooper
98. Hms william wesney
99. Hmsm e6
100. Hmtb 10
101. Hnlms 227
102. Hornchurch
103. Ignis (possibly)
104. Ingi
105. Ionian (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. La flandre (possibly)
117. Lady salisbury
118. Lapwing
119. Lincairn (possibly)
120. Lisette
121. Lodewijk van nassau (probably)
122. Lonhelen (possibly)
123. Lowland
124. Mac 5 (possibly)
125. Magdapur
126. Mangara
127. Marie leonhardt (probably)
128. Mascotte
129. Mecklenburg
130. Mendibil mendi (possibly)
131. Mexico
132. Michail ontchoukoff (possibly)
133. Moidart
134. Morar
135. Nereus
136. Newhaven (possibly)
137. Nico
138. Nicolaos piangos
139. Niore
140. Norhauk
141. Norwich trader
142. Ocean pride
143. Old charlton
144. Ostprussen (possibly)
145. Palembang (probably)
146. Paullette
147. Peik
148. Persistant whisper
149. Pescado
150. Petshenga (possibly)
151. Phryne
152. Plawsworth (possibly)
153. Polgarth
154. Profit
155. Protinus (possibly)
156. Quickstep
157. Ravenscraig (possibly)
158. Rhenas (possibly)
159. Salerno (possibly)
160. Salerno (possibly)
161. Savona (probably)
162. Scimitar
163. Second chance (possibly)
164. Shardana
165. Simon bolivar
166. Storm
167. Sunbeam
168. Sunk head tower
169. Telegraaf xviii
170. Tergestea
171. Terukuni maru
172. The sultan
173. Thornaby (possibly)
174. Thyra
175. Torchbearer
176. Uc 11 (possibly)
177. Uc 72 (possibly)
178. Vae victis
179. Vancouver
180. Victorious
181. Volscian (possibly)
182. Walsingham
183. Warrenpoint
184. Wearside
185. White ghost
186. Wychwood (possibly)
187. Wyetown
188. Yewkyle (possibly)
189. 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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