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 (53.56915, 0.0936)

 

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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. Airdrie (possibly)
2. Amelie-mathilde
3. Amenity
4. Avalon
5. B o borjesson
6. Beaconsfield
7. Bellerophon
8. Benmacdhui
9. Breitenburg
10. British councillor
11. British prince
12. Briton (possibly)
13. Cadmus
14. Canada
15. Carson
16. Chloris (possibly)
17. City of birmingham
18. Coastal fort no 1 (part of)(possibly)
19. Coastal fort no-1
20. Cook s26
21. Corhampton
22. Corinth (possibly)
23. Cramlington (possibly)
24. Cyclope
25. Dana (possibly)
26. Daphne ii
27. Dayrian
28. Deerpool (after section)
29. Diana
30. Dido
31. Dryburgh (part of)(possibly)
32. Dunsany
33. Empress (probably)
34. Ethel (possibly)
35. Exmoor
36. Faunus
37. Femke
38. Fermo
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 egret
58. Hms mistletoe
59. Hms othello
60. Hms princess victoria
61. Hms remillo
62. Hms silicia
63. Hms strathborve (part)
64. Hms susarion
65. Hms yorkshire belle
66. Homer
67. Horsted
68. Hvitveis
69. Ightham (possibly)
70. Ionic (probably)
71. J b paddon
72. Jane (possibly)
73. Janet helen (possibly)
74. John and thomas
75. John mowlem
76. John rettig (probably)
77. Kalo (probably)
78. Katina bulgari
79. Kimberley (possibly)
80. Kyma
81. Ladas (possibly)
82. Lady anstruther (probably)
83. Lancaster (possibly)
84. Laurel (possibly)
85. Lifeguard (possibly)
86. Lincolnshire time and tide bell
87. Lord haig (possibly)
88. Lord haig (possibly)
89. Lottie (possibly)
90. Lucerne
91. Lutha
92. Lyra (bow section)
93. Magdalyn ann
94. Maggie
95. Marian francis
96. Marie l
97. Meeuw
98. Merchiston
99. Modig
100. Modiva (possibly)
101. Monimia (possibly)
102. Nar
103. Nimrod
104. Odessa
105. Ophir ii (possibly)
106. Orsa
107. Otis tetrax
108. Paraciers
109. Portia
110. Ravonia (part)
111. Ravonia (part) (possibly)
112. Rayford
113. Realf
114. Reculver
115. Retriever
116. Revello
117. Revi
118. Rhuys
119. Rievaulx abbey
120. Rivaulx
121. River don (part of)(probably)
122. River witham
123. Rivergate
124. Rosebud (possibly)
125. Sagacity
126. Salacon
127. Salmondby
128. Saltoun
129. Sarah visholm 2 (probably)
130. Sergei
131. Sna iii
132. Sota eduardo
133. Stylianos chandris
134. Thessaly
135. Thomas deas
136. Togston (possibly)
137. Triton
138. Uc 39
139. Umbe
140. Upminster (possibly)
141. Uralar segundo (cargo debris)
142. Varangmalm (possibly)
143. Venture (possibly)
144. Violet (probably)
145. Wayside flower (possibly)
146. Whitemantle (possibly)
147. William hanson
148. Windsor (part of)
149. Winga
150. Xavier
151. 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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