This is the information page about the shipwreck Db 8 (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 28.966 N,1 46.209 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. Alastair
4. Alto (possibly)
5. Astrologer
6. Avonwood
7. Axminster (probably)
8. Barkis
9. Begona no 5
10. Bob read (probably)
11. Boulderpool (after part)
12. British captain
13. Burtonia (possibly)
14. Bygdo (possibly)
15. Castle galleon
16. Cd 14 (probably)
17. City of kobe
18. Claudia (possibly)
19. Cormead
20. Cresta
21. Crichtoun
22. Cross sand ltv
23. Daisy (possibly)
24. David b summers
25. Db 8 (possibly)
26. Denewood
27. Dronning maud (possibly)
28. Dunwich bank wk
29. Edernian
30. El argentino
31. El dorado
32. Elnet
33. Ethel radcliffe
34. Eva witte
35. Excellenz mehnert
36. Farmatyr
37. Fidelio
38. Firth
39. Frumenton
40. G and e (possibly)
41. Gasfire
42. Gena
43. Geneva
44. George fisher
45. Gipsy (possibly)
46. Glen tilt (possibly)
47. Glynn
48. Groenlo
49. Gulf breaker
50. H h petersen
51. Helena
52. Hms cantatrice
53. Hms christopher (possibly)
54. Hms condor (probably)
55. Hms dhoon (probably)
56. Hms donside (possibly)
57. Hms evesham (possibly)
58. Hms fontenoy
59. Hms glen prosen
60. Hms harvest gleaner
61. Hms irvana (part of)
62. Hms jessie nutten
63. Hms kaphreda
64. Hms m a west (probably)
65. Hms ocean plough (possibly)
66. Hms orthos (probably)
67. Hms pelton (probably)
68. Hms speeton (possibly)
69. Hms spider
70. Hms tettenhall
71. Hms tonbridge
72. Hms tugela
73. Hms washington (probably)
74. Hms whooper
75. Hmsm d5
76. Hornchurch
77. Impulsion
78. Jim
79. Kenneth hawksfield
80. Knitsley (part of)(probably)
81. Knitsley (possibly)
82. La perouse (possibly)
83. Langeli (possibly)
84. Lapwing
85. Lapwing (possibly)
86. Lingfield
87. Magdapur
88. Mangara
89. Mardyke
90. Maria rosa
91. Marianne (probably)
92. Marsworth
93. Mascota (possibly)
94. Mascotte
95. Memento (possibly)
96. Mercurius
97. Montferland
98. Mudo
99. Murdoch (probably)
100. Nadir
101. Navarra (possibly)
102. Nereus
103. Newhaven (possibly)
104. Nominoe
105. Nordborg (possibly)
106. Novocastrian
107. Ocean pride
108. Oil trader
109. Osprey
110. Pluton
111. Polaris
112. Prima
113. Regain
114. Ren
115. Reward (possibly)
116. Rhineland
117. Robin iv
118. Robrix
119. Rochester city
120. Rogate
121. Roxanna
122. Rye
123. Scotia
124. Sea king
125. Sea rhine
126. Silksworth hall (probably).
127. Sir william stephenson
128. Sirdar (part of)(possibly)
129. Skodsburg (possibly)
130. Southford
131. St patrick
132. Stad alkmaar
133. Stanmount
134. Sunniside (probably)
135. Taber park
136. Thomas m (possibly)
137. Tidal (possibly)
138. Tregantle (possibly)
139. Trevethoe
140. Tunisiana
141. U 13 (probably)
142. Uc 62 (possibly)
143. Ui-001
144. Vanguard
145. Vigo
146. Viola (possibly)
147. War valley
148. White lady
149. White swan
150. White swan (possibly)
151. Wyetown
152. Yewvalley (possibly)
153. Yucca (possibly)

 

Name: DB 8 (POSSIBLY)

Year of registration: 1920

Water depth above wreck: 8 meter, Height above seabed: 111 cm

Known since: 1920, last detected: 20171025

Details measurements/cartography: H5620/20 10.8.20 SUNK 2 CABLES E OF LOWESTOFT LOW LIGHT. MARKED BY BUOY. (CG LOWESTOFT). INS AS NDW IN 522852N, 014612E, MARKED BY G CONL LT BUOY, FLG10S, 2.5C E.

- NM 1338/20. H5620/20 11.8.20 G LT BUOY, FLG10S, ESTABLISHED ABOUT 60YDS E OF WK. (TH). H4212/21 19.7.21 WK DISPERSED LEVEL WITH SEABED. BUOY WITHDRAWN. (TH). DELETED.

- NM 1317/21. H2098/74 NOT FOUND DURING INVESTIGATIONS IN 1974, 1975 & 1976 BY ISS. H4023/86 14.9.87 ISOLATED SMALL CONTACT LOCATED 13.6.87 IN 522857N, 014619E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [4 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 8MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 8.3MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 8.6MTRS. CHART AS FOUL. (NP 1016, HI 372). INS AS F. BR STD. H3932/88 5.7.89 LOCATED, NOT EXAM'D. (NP 1016, HI 454). HH090/546/01 22.5.92 EXAM'D 22.5.92 IN 522856.4N, 014618.8E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [4 LOP]. NOT FOUND WITH E/S BUT A LARGE SCOUR, 2MTRS DEEP, IS STILL EVIDENT. GEN DEPTH NOW 7.2MTRS. WK BELIEVED TO BE JUST BURIED IN SEABED. RETAIN AS CHARTED. (NP 1016, HI 546). NCA. HH090/571/01 10.8.93 NOT FOUND. RETAIN AS CHARTED. (NP 1016, HI 571). NCA. HH090/664/01 5.7.95 LOCATED IN VICINITY OF LISTED POSN. (NP 1016, HI 664). NCA. HH090/688/01 25.4.96 LOCATED, NOT EXAMINED. (NP 1016, HI 688). NCA. HH090/735/01 6.5.97 LOCATED, NOT EXAMINED. (NP 1016, HI 735). NCA. HH090/767/01 1.7.98 EXAM'D 1.4.98 IN 522856.3N, 014619.1E [OGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 7.2 IN GEN DEPTH 8MTRS. NO SCOUR. NO DC3 HT. COVERS AREA OF 10MTRS SQUARE. SMALL MAGNETIC ANOMALY. COMPRISED OF AN AREA OF BROKEN WRECKAGE. (NP 1016, HI 767). INS AS FOUL 7.2MTRS. BR STD. HH090/849/01 10.6.99 LOCATED, NOT EXAMINED. (NP 1016, HI 849). NCA. HH090/884/01 12.4.00 LOCATED BY MAGNETOMETER ONLY. (NP 1016, HI 884). NCA. HH090/941/01 11.6.01 LOCATED BY MAGNETOMETER ONLY. GEN DEPTH NOW 7MTRS. (NP 1016, HI 941). NCA. HH090/999/01 9.5.02 NOT LOCATED. (NP 1016, HI 999). NCA. HH091/021/01 9.5.03 NOT LOCATED. (NP 1016, HI 1021). AMENDED DEAD. BR STD. SEP 2006/000383662 3.11.06 LOCATED BY M/B. NOT EXAM'D. (MARIN MATTEKNIK, HI 1164). AMEND LIVE. BR STD. HH091/219/01 27.9.07 LOCATED IN 5228.966N, 0146.209E [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 7.38MTRS. LENGTH 7MTRS, WIDTH 4MTRS, HT 0.8MTRS. NFS. (NETSURVEY, HI 1219). RETAIN FOUL 7.2MTRS. NCA. HH091/292/01 15.1.10 LOCATED BY M/B, NOT EXAM'D. (MARIN MATTEKNIK, HI 1292). NCA. 12.12.12 EXAM'D 5.10.12 IN 5228.966N, 0146.210E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 7.36 IN GEN DEPTH 8MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 6.7MTRS, WIDTH 3.7MTRS, HT 0.8MTR. LIES 060/240 DEGS. NO MAGNETIC ANOMALY. BROKEN WRECKAGE IN THREE PARTS. (NETSURVEY, HI 1379). AMEND FOUL 7.3MTRS. SEP 2017/000186964 22.4.18 EXAM'D 25.10.17; OBSERVED IN 5228.966N, 0146.209E. LEAST M/B DEPTH 7.39MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 8MTRS. LENGTH 9.5MTRS, WIDTH 4.5MTRS, HT 0.75MTRS, ORIENTATION 111/291DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 4.81MTRS, DEPTH 0.31MTRS TOWARDS 003DEGS. OBSTN DIVIDED INTO THREE ITEMS OF DEBRIS. [EGS, HI 1545]. RETAIN F 7.3MTRS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: BROKEN WRECKAGE IN THREE PARTS

Position: 52 28.966 N,1 46.209 E

 

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