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 (52.4370167, 1.7918333)

 

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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. Boulderpool (after part)
13. Bovey tracy
14. Boy karl
15. Burtonia (possibly)
16. Bygdo (possibly)
17. Castle galleon
18. Cd 14 (probably)
19. City of kobe
20. Claudia (possibly)
21. Corbrook
22. Cormead
23. Crichtoun
24. Cross sand ltv
25. David b summers
26. Django
27. Dronning maud (possibly)
28. El dorado
29. Ethel radcliffe
30. Excellenz mehnert
31. Farmatyr
32. Fidelio
33. Frumenton
34. Galatea (possibly)
35. Gasfire
36. Geneva
37. George fisher
38. Georgia (for'd part)
39. Girl linda
40. Glen derry (probably)
41. Glen tilt (possibly)
42. Glynn
43. Goodwood (possibly)
44. Groenlo
45. Gulf breaker
46. H h petersen
47. Hamsterley
48. Helena
49. Hms agate
50. Hms bracklyn (possibly)
51. Hms christopher (possibly)
52. Hms condor (probably)
53. Hms dhoon (probably)
54. Hms donside (possibly)
55. Hms evesham (possibly)
56. Hms exmoor
57. Hms fontenoy
58. Hms force
59. Hms glen prosen
60. Hms irvana (part of)
61. Hms jessie nutten
62. Hms kaphreda
63. Hms m a west (probably)
64. Hms ocean plough (possibly)
65. Hms orthos (probably)
66. Hms pelton (probably)
67. Hms speeton (possibly)
68. Hms spider
69. Hms tettenhall
70. Hms tonbridge
71. Hms tugela
72. Hms washington (probably)
73. Hms whooper
74. Hmsm d5
75. Horseferry (probably)
76. Impulsion
77. Ionian (probably)
78. Kenneth hawksfield
79. Knitsley (part of)(probably)
80. Knitsley (possibly)
81. La perouse (possibly)
82. Langeli (possibly)
83. Leelite
84. Liliane (possibly)
85. Lindisfarne (probably)
86. Lingfield
87. Mardyke
88. Maria rosa
89. Marianne (probably)
90. Marsworth
91. Mascota (possibly)
92. Memento (possibly)
93. Merchant
94. Mercurius
95. Mirella
96. Montferland
97. Mudo
98. Murdoch (probably)
99. Nadir
100. Navarra (possibly)
101. Nereus
102. Newland (possibly)
103. Nominoe
104. Nordborg (possibly)
105. Noreen
106. Novocastrian
107. Oil trader
108. Onto
109. Otis tarda
110. Oxshott (possibly)
111. Philipp m
112. Pluton
113. Polaris
114. Prima
115. Regain
116. Ren
117. Reward (possibly)
118. Rhineland
119. Robin iv
120. Robrix
121. Rochester city
122. Rogate
123. Roine
124. Roxanna
125. Rye
126. Scotia
127. Sea rhine
128. Seagull
129. Silksworth hall (probably).
130. Sirdar (part of)(possibly)
131. Skodsburg (possibly)
132. Southford
133. St patrick
134. Stad alkmaar
135. Stanmount
136. Sunniside (probably)
137. Taber park
138. Thomas m (possibly)
139. Tidal (possibly)
140. Togston
141. Tregantle (possibly)
142. Trevethoe
143. U 13 (probably)
144. Ui-001
145. Vanguard
146. Viola (possibly)
147. Virgilia
148. War mehtar
149. War valley
150. White swan
151. White swan (possibly)
152. Yewvalley (possibly)
153. 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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