This is the information page about the shipwreck Dido, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 37.327 N,0 15.176 E (53.569150, 0.093600)

 

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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. Ac 9
2. Airdrie (possibly)
3. Amelie-mathilde
4. Amenity
5. Audacity
6. Avalon
7. B o borjesson
8. Bellerophon
9. Benmacdhui
10. Box hill
11. Breitenburg
12. British councillor
13. British prince
14. Briton (possibly)
15. Cadmus
16. Canada
17. Chloris (possibly)
18. City of birmingham
19. Corhampton
20. Corinth (possibly)
21. Cramlington (possibly)
22. Cyclope
23. Dana (possibly)
24. Daphne ii
25. Dayrian
26. Deerpool (after section)
27. Deerpool (for'd section)
28. Diana
29. Dido
30. Dryburgh (part of)(possibly)
31. Dunsany
32. Empress (probably)
33. Ethel (possibly)
34. Exmoor
35. Faunus
36. Femke
37. Fermo
38. Fowberry tower (part)
39. Fowberry tower (part)
40. Francis
41. Fryken
42. Georgie
43. Georgios
44. Gerhardt (possibly)
45. Girl kitty (possibly)
46. Giuseppe
47. Gladeto
48. Gothic
49. Grangemouth
50. Harlech
51. Harnis (probably)
52. Helmsman (probably)
53. Hms benvolio
54. Hms botanic
55. Hms calverton
56. Hms corfield
57. Hms cortina
58. Hms dervish
59. Hms egret
60. Hms lormont
61. Hms mistletoe
62. Hms othello
63. Hms princess victoria
64. Hms remillo
65. Hms st cyrus
66. Hms strathborve (part)
67. Hms susarion
68. Hms yorkshire belle
69. Homer
70. Horsted
71. Ightham (possibly)
72. Ionic (probably)
73. J b paddon
74. Jane (possibly)
75. Janet helen (possibly)
76. John and thomas
77. John mowlem
78. John rettig (probably)
79. Kalo (probably)
80. Katina bulgari
81. Kimberley (possibly)
82. Kyma
83. Ladas (possibly)
84. Lady anstruther (probably)
85. Lady dinah
86. Lancaster (possibly)
87. Laurel (possibly)
88. Lifeguard (possibly)
89. Lincolnshire time and tide bell
90. Longbenton (probably)
91. Lord haig (possibly)
92. Lord haig (possibly)
93. Lord selborne
94. Lottie (possibly)
95. Lucerne
96. Lutha
97. Lyra (bow section)
98. Magdalyn ann
99. Maggie
100. Magnolia (probably)
101. Mangalore (part of)(possibly)
102. Marian francis
103. Marshall (probably)
104. Merchiston
105. Modig
106. Modiva (possibly)
107. Monimia (possibly)
108. Nadod (possibly)
109. Nautilus
110. Nimrod
111. Odessa
112. Ophir ii (possibly)
113. Orsa
114. Otis tetrax
115. Paraciers
116. Peggotty
117. Portia
118. Ravonia (part)
119. Ravonia (part) (possibly)
120. Rayford
121. Realf
122. Reculver
123. Retriever
124. Revello
125. Revi
126. Rhuys
127. Rievaulx abbey
128. Rivaulx
129. River don (part of)(probably)
130. River witham
131. Rivergate
132. Rosebud (possibly)
133. Sagacity
134. Salacon
135. Salmondby
136. Saltoun
137. Sandra glen
138. Sarah visholm 2 (probably)
139. Sna iii
140. Sota eduardo
141. Stylianos chandris
142. Teano
143. Thessaly
144. Thomas deas
145. Togston (possibly)
146. Triton
147. Uc 39
148. Umbe
149. Upminster (possibly)
150. Varangmalm (possibly)
151. Venture (possibly)
152. Wayside flower (possibly)
153. Whitemantle (possibly)
154. William hanson
155. Windsor (part of)
156. Windsor (part of)
157. Winga
158. Xavier
159. Xavier
160. Zeemermin

 

Name: DIDO

Length 122.2 meter, width: 14.6 meter, draught: 8.8, tonnage 4769 ton
Load: general and mixed goods

Cause: built in 1896 by earle's sb co ltd, hull. owned at time of loss by thomas wilson sons & co, hull. three boilers, triple expansion engine of 339hp, single shaft. passage middlesbrough for bombay. general cargo. sank after violent explosion fwd on the port side whist at anchor in a gale with heavy snow squalls. probably mined. 27 men lost.

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 14 meter, Height above seabed: 35 cm

Known since: 1918, last detected: 2013

Details measurements/cartography: H3095/18 30.5.18 HNEAR KILNSEA BN. (TH). H4291/18 POSN 533715N, 001523E. DISPERSED. H7620/18 POSN 533715N, 001523E OR 4.5MILES SE FROM KILNSEA BN. LEAST DEPTH OF WATER ROUND POSN 48FT.

- NM 45/19. 11.2.24 AMEND TO DW IN 533715N, 001523E. BR STD. H3738/26 28.8.26 38FT OVER WK AT LWST. DEPTH IN VICINITY 46-48FT. (TH, LTR DTD 28.8.26). BR STD. H90/30 2.1.30 AMEND TO 6FMS 2FT. NC 1190. H6450/68 5.12.68 EXAM'D 23.5.68 IN 533715N, 001519E [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR 33FT, FOUL 35FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 39 IN GEN DEPTH 51FT. NO SCOUR. A GOOD SONAR CONTACT FROM ALL DIRECTIONS. (HMS ENTERPRISE, HI 39/68). AMEND TO SW 5FMS 4FT IN REVISED POSN.

- NM 232/69. 1.2.74 AMEND TO SW 10.1MTRS [LAT]. NC 109. H1284/76/141 27.4.76 DIVED. WELL DISPERSED EXCEPT FOR THE ENGINE ROOM. RISE OF APPROX 7FT. (E KIRKPATRICK LTR DTD 8.4.76). H3805/72 28.2.78 LOCATED 14.9.77 IN 533717.9N, 001517.8E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 13MTRS IN GEN 15MTRS. SCOUR 0.5MTRS. WK APPEARS WELL BROKEN UP AND DISPERSED. (SOISS, HI 54/77). BR STD. H5084/77 18.3.80 EXAM'D 28.11.79 IN 533718N, 001515E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 10.9 IN GEN DEPTH 14.5MTRS. DCS3 HT 3.3MTRS, LENGTH 195MTRS, WIDTH 30MTRS APPROX. ONE SMALL PIECE OF WRECKAGE LIES ABOUT 55MTRS W OF WK. LYING 030/210DEG. (HMS ENTERPRISE, HI 64/79). AMEND BACK TO SW 10.1MTRS.

- NM 775/80. 4.9.13 EXAM'D 19.5.13 IN 5337.327N, 0015.176E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 11.51 IN GEN DEPTH 14.0.MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 128.5MTRS, WIDTH 32.5MTRS, HT 2.49MTRS. LIES 035/215 DEGS WITH BOWS SW. UPRIGHT. WELL BROKEN. (NETSURVEY, HI 1401). INTACT, COLLAPSED. AMEND WK 11.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, UPRIGHT, BOWS SW, COLLAPSED

Position: 53 37.327 N,0 15.176 E

 

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