This is the information page about the shipwreck Crichtoun, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 34.074 N,2 1.027 E (52.437016666667, 1.7918333333333)

 

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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. Abeona
2. Ala
3. Alto (possibly)
4. Astrologer
5. Atle
6. Avonwood
7. Axminster (probably)
8. Barkis
9. Barrhill
10. Begona no 5
11. Blacktoft (possibly)
12. Bob read (probably)
13. Boulderpool (after part)
14. Bovey tracy
15. Boy karl
16. Burtonia (possibly)
17. Bygdo (possibly)
18. Castle galleon
19. Cd 14 (probably)
20. City of kobe
21. Claudia (possibly)
22. Corbrook
23. Cormead
24. Crichtoun
25. Cross sand ltv
26. Daisy (possibly)
27. David b summers
28. Db 8 (possibly)
29. Django
30. Dronning maud (possibly)
31. El dorado
32. Elnet
33. Ethel radcliffe
34. Excellenz mehnert
35. Farmatyr
36. Fidelio
37. Frumenton
38. G and e (possibly)
39. Galatea (possibly)
40. Gasfire
41. Geneva
42. George fisher
43. Georgia (for'd part)
44. Girl linda
45. Glen derry (probably)
46. Glen tilt (possibly)
47. Glynn
48. Goodwood (possibly)
49. Groenlo
50. Gulf breaker
51. H h petersen
52. Hamsterley
53. Helena
54. Hms agate
55. Hms bracklyn (possibly)
56. Hms cantatrice
57. Hms christopher (possibly)
58. Hms condor (probably)
59. Hms dhoon (probably)
60. Hms donside (possibly)
61. Hms evesham (possibly)
62. Hms exmoor
63. Hms fontenoy
64. Hms force
65. Hms glen prosen
66. Hms irvana (part of)
67. Hms jessie nutten
68. Hms kaphreda
69. Hms m a west (probably)
70. Hms ocean plough (possibly)
71. Hms orthos (probably)
72. Hms pelton (probably)
73. Hms speeton (possibly)
74. Hms spider
75. Hms tettenhall
76. Hms tonbridge
77. Hms tugela
78. Hms washington (probably)
79. Hms whooper
80. Hmsm d5
81. Horseferry (probably)
82. Impulsion
83. Ionian (probably)
84. Kenneth hawksfield
85. Knitsley (part of)(probably)
86. Knitsley (possibly)
87. La perouse (possibly)
88. Langeli (possibly)
89. Leelite
90. Liliane (possibly)
91. Lindisfarne (probably)
92. Lingfield
93. Mardyke
94. Maria rosa
95. Marianne (probably)
96. Marsworth
97. Mascota (possibly)
98. Memento (possibly)
99. Merchant
100. Mercurius
101. Meriones
102. Mirella
103. Montferland
104. Mudo
105. Murdoch (probably)
106. Nadir
107. Navarra (possibly)
108. Nereus
109. Newland (possibly)
110. Nominoe
111. Nordborg (possibly)
112. Noreen
113. Novocastrian
114. Oil trader
115. Onto
116. Otis tarda
117. Oxshott (possibly)
118. Philipp m
119. Pluton
120. Polaris
121. Prima
122. Regain
123. Ren
124. Reward (possibly)
125. Rhineland
126. Robin iv
127. Robrix
128. Rochester city
129. Rogate
130. Roine
131. Roxanna
132. Rye
133. Scotia
134. Sea rhine
135. Seagull
136. Silksworth hall (probably).
137. Sir william stephenson
138. Sirdar (part of)(possibly)
139. Skodsburg (possibly)
140. Southford
141. St patrick
142. Stad alkmaar
143. Stanmount
144. Sunniside (probably)
145. Taber park
146. Thomas m (possibly)
147. Tidal (possibly)
148. Togston
149. Tregantle (possibly)
150. Trevethoe
151. Tunisiana
152. U 13 (probably)
153. Uc 62 (possibly)
154. Ui-001
155. Vanguard
156. Viola (possibly)
157. Virgilia
158. War mehtar
159. War valley
160. White swan
161. White swan (possibly)
162. Yewvalley (possibly)
163. Yucca (possibly)

 

Name: CRICHTOUN

Length 71.6 meter, width: 10.4 meter, draught: 5.2, tonnage 1097 ton

Cause: torpedoed by e boat.

Year of registration: 1945

Water depth above wreck: 23 meter, Height above seabed: 2 cm

Known since: 1945, last detected: 20161220

Details measurements/cartography: H01694/45 TORPEDOED 1945. (DSNE 2024/20/3/45). H01694/45 6.5.45 POSN 523400N, 020000E. CLEAR AT 47FT, FOUL AT 49FT. (FOIC YARMOUTH, 5.5.45). INS AS WK 7FMS 5FT(PA).

- NM 2337/45. H01694/45 9.7.48 LOCATED IN 523404N, 020103E USING HSA. (HMS SHARPSHOOTER, 8.7.48). AMEND POSN & DELETE PA.

- NM 1673/48. H3730/69 30.5.69 EXAM'D IN 523406N, 020113E [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 60FT IN GEN DEPTH 84FT. SEABED OF FLAT SAND. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 38/68). AMEND TO WK 10FMS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. H2233/71 18.3.70 REVERT TO SW 7FMS 5FT IN 523406N, 020113E. (HMS BULLDOG, 1969 & FOIC YARMOUTH, 1945). H2233/71 25.1.71 EXAM'D IN 523406N, 020100E [OGB] APPROX USING HIFIX. LEAST E/S DEPTH 15.8MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 25MTRS. NO SCOUR. LIES NNE TO SSW. (HMS EGERIA, HI 12/70). H4398/71 16.9.71 EXAM'D IN 523408N, 020102E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR AT 15.2MTRS. LEAST DEPTH BY E/S 16.7MTRS IN 26.0MTRS. NO SCOUR. LIES N/S. ABOUT 250FT LONG. (HMS ENTERPRISE, 9.6.71). AMEND TO SW 8FMS 2FT. BR STD. HH090/616/01 24.10.94 EXAM'D 8.8.94 IN 523402.7N, 020108.2 [OGB] USING SYLEDIS [3 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR 17.7, FOUL 18.0MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 17.9 IN GEN DEPTH 25MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 7.8MTRS. LENGTH 90MTRS, WIDTH 14MTRS. LIES 000/180 DEGS. BROKEN AMIDSHIPS. (GARDLINE, HI 616). AMEND TO SW 17.7MTRS. BR STD. SEP 2016/000091758 19.7.17 EXAM'D 20.12.16; IN 5234.074N, 0201.027E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 17.82MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 23MTRS, LENGTH 74.6MTRS, WIDTH 15.9MTRS, HEIGHT 4.3MTRS, ORIENTATION 002/182 DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 100MTRS, WIDTH 15.9MTRS, 2.8MTRS DEEP, TOWARDS 005 DEGS. WRECK IS BROKEN AND PARTIALLY BURIED. (GARDLINE, HI 1494). AMEND DW 17.8MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 52 34.074 N,2 1.027 E

 

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