This is the information page about the shipwreck Czestochowa, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 11.341 N,1 5.146 E (53.3729833, 1.0462167)

 

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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. Ahamo
2. Algarve
3. Amberley
4. Ambrose fleming
5. Antiope
6. Aquarius (possibly)
7. Baron ailsa
8. Birtley
9. Blackburn
10. Burgos
11. Carrier
12. Chatwood (possibly)
13. Chelsea (possibly)
14. Chevychase
15. Clan morrison
16. Cormarsh
17. Czestochowa
18. Duncarron
19. Eikhaug
20. Empire newcomen
21. Empress
22. Fireglow
23. Fittonia (possibly)
24. Francois trixier
25. George royle
26. Georgia (stern section)
27. Giorgio ohlsen
28. Harden
29. Heathfield
30. Hjordis
31. Hms arley
32. Hms cap d'antifer
33. Hms cape spartel (probably)
34. Hms cobra
35. Hms fleet tender c (ex-mamari iii)
36. Hms kylemore
37. Hms solomon
38. Hms st donats
39. Hms vortigern
40. Hmsm umpire
41. Kenton
42. Keymun
43. La combattante (stern section)
44. Lanterna (probably)
45. Laurium (possibly)
46. Minorca
47. Mirabel
48. Nimrod (probably)
49. Ogono
50. Ottar jarl
51. P.l.m. 25
52. Pacific
53. Pontfield (forepart)
54. Rimac
55. Robert w pomeroy
56. Rosalie (possibly)
57. Schieland
58. Sitona
59. Sverre (possibly)
60. Tayjack 1 (part of)
61. Tayjack 1 (part of)
62. Teddington
63. Trajan
64. Traviata (possibly)
65. Tyneford
66. Vera (probably)
67. Virgin de lourdres
68. Welsh prince
69. Western mist (possibly)
70. Westland
71. Wimbledon
72. Winhill or whinhill
73. Zephyr
74. Zor

 

Name: CZESTOCHOWA

Length 78.3 meter, width: 12.5 meter, draught: 5.8, tonnage 1971 ton
Load: cement

Cause: Ex-roburl iv '40. built in 1930 by akt lindholmen - motala, gothenburg. owned at time of loss by a falter. four boilers, quadruple expansion engine of 145hp, single shaft. machinery aft. passage london for the tyne and reykjavik. cargo cement. torpedoed and sunk by german e-boat.

Year of registration: 1941

Water depth above wreck: 16 meter, Height above seabed: 218 cm

Known since: 1941, last detected: 20210910

Details measurements/cartography: H2904/41 14.10.41 LOCATED IN 531140N, 010536E. 2 MASTS SHOW 25FT AT LW. LIES ON HEADING 037 DEG. (C IN C NORE, 20.8.41). INS AS DW.

- NM 2407/41. H2904/41 14.10.41 INS G CON, GPFL(3) 10S, CLOSE NE OF WK. - FNM 2415/41. H02904/41 4.8.50 EXAM'D IN 531122N, 010506E FOLLOWING DISPERSAL. SWEPT CLEAR AT 43, FOUL AT 44FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 51 IN GEN DEPTH 55FT. GOOD SONAR RESPONSE. (HMS SHARPSHOOTER, 1950). AMEND TO SW 7FMS 1FT. NC 108. 19.3.73 LOCATED IN 531120N, 010523E USING DECCA. SMALL WK, VERY SILTED UP. (UNDERMARINE OPS, 14.3.73). 26.11.74 AMEND TO SW 12.8MTRS. NC 108. HH090/593/01 11.1.94 EXAM'D 19.9.93 IN 531119.4N, 010514.6E [OGB] USING SYLEDIS [3 LOPS]. SWEPT CLEAR AT 13.3, FOUL AT 13.5MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 14.5 IN GEN DEPTH 15.5MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 16.5MTRS. DCS3 HT 1.8MTRS, LENGTH 85MTRS, BREADTH 51MTRS. BROKEN WRECKAGE LYING 040/220 DEG ON GRAVEL AND SAND. (OCEONICS (UK) LTD., HI 593). BR STD. RSDRA2022000040808 27.10.22 EXAM'D 10.9.2021: WRECK LOCATED IN 5311.341N, 0105.146E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 14.25MTRS, GEN DEPTH 16MTRS. LENGTH 67MTRS, WIDTH 38MTRS, HT 2.2MTR, ORIENTATION 218/038 DEGS. WK DEGRADED AND BURIED. (CLINTON MARINE SURVEY AB, HI1728 - H525-9275). AMEND DIST REMAINS OF WK 14.2MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 53 11.341 N,1 5.146 E

 

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