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 (53.372983333333, 1.0462166666667)

 

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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. Blackburn (possibly)
11. Burgos
12. Carrier
13. Chatwood (possibly)
14. Chelsea (possibly)
15. Chevychase
16. Clan morrison
17. Corea
18. Cormarsh
19. Czestochowa
20. Dalemoor
21. Dromore castle
22. Duncarron
23. Eikhaug
24. Empire newcomen
25. Empress
26. Fireglow
27. Fittonia (possibly)
28. Francois trixier
29. George royle
30. Georgia (stern section)
31. Giorgio ohlsen
32. Harden
33. Heathfield
34. Hjordis
35. Hms arley
36. Hms cap d'antifer
37. Hms cape spartel (probably)
38. Hms cobra
39. Hms fleet tender c (ex-mamari iii)
40. Hms kylemore
41. Hms loch alsh
42. Hms nogi
43. Hms solomon
44. Hms st donats
45. Hms vortigern
46. Hmsm umpire
47. Hull trader
48. Kenton
49. Keymun
50. La combattante (stern section)
51. Lanterna (probably)
52. Laurium (possibly)
53. Lavinia westholl (possibly)
54. Minorca
55. Mirabel
56. Nimrod (probably)
57. Ogono
58. Ottar jarl
59. P.l.m. 25
60. Pacific
61. Pontfield (forepart)
62. Rimac
63. Robert w pomeroy
64. Rosalie (possibly)
65. Schieland
66. Sitona
67. Sverre (possibly)
68. Tayjack 1 (part of)
69. Tayjack 1 (part of)
70. Tayjack 1 (part of)
71. Teddington
72. Trajan
73. Traviata (possibly)
74. Tyneford
75. Vera (probably)
76. Virgin de lourdres
77. Welsh prince
78. Western mist (possibly)
79. Westland
80. Wimbledon
81. Winhill or whinhill
82. Zephyr
83. 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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