This is the information page about the shipwreck Drina (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 40.47 N,5 18.025 W (51.590433333333, -5.2717666666667)

 

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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. Adamantios j pithis
2. Alaric (possibly)
3. Albion
4. Antonio
5. Balholm
6. Behar
7. Boston city (possibly)
8. Boy toby (possibly)
9. Brynymor
10. Burry
11. Carrier
12. Celtic revenge (possibly)
13. Clapham (probably)
14. Clydesdale
15. Colonian
16. Concha
17. Dakotian
18. Dalserf
19. Dan beard (after part) (possibly)
20. Drina (probably)
21. Eminent (probably)
22. Empire beacon (possibly)
23. Englishman
24. Falcon
25. Faraday
26. Four winds
27. Fowey rose (possibly)
28. Georgios markettos (probably)
29. Gerard
30. Gisella (possibly)
31. Glenisla (possibly)
32. Graffoe
33. Gratie gods (possibly)
34. Helene
35. Hematite
36. Highland home (probably)
37. Hms arbutus
38. Hms caroline (aft part)
39. Hms leda (probably)
40. Hms marojam
41. Hms minicoy
42. Hms penshurst (possibly)
43. Hms pilot vessel no.10
44. Hmsm e39
45. Humber
46. Hurst
47. Inishowen head (?inneshowen head)
48. Jonas lie (possibly)
49. Kerloch
50. King edgar
51. Kingstown (probably)
52. Lcg 15
53. Lcg no.16
54. Leysian
55. Loch shiel
56. Lord derby (probably)
57. Lucy
58. Luminence
59. Matronna
60. Mersey
61. Mervyn (probably)
62. Morna
63. Morning star
64. Norfolk coast
65. Olive branch
66. Pauline elizabeth
67. Philotis
68. Pikepool (probably)
69. Plm 21
70. Portland (possibly)
71. Prince cadwgan (probably)
72. Princess irene
73. Queen
74. Rasona
75. Renfrew (possibly)
76. Sapphire (possibly)
77. Sea farer (possibly)
78. Shaleen
79. Shamrock
80. St george
81. St jacques (probably)
82. Suzanne boulet (possibly)
83. Szent istvan
84. Thor
85. Tormes (possibly)
86. Trevilla (possibly)
87. U 61 (possibly)
88. Vernicos alexia
89. Vernicos barbara iv
90. Vernicos giorgis
91. Walter l m russ
92. Whitehaven
93. Wiema
94. Wileysike

 

Name: DRINA (PROBABLY)

Length 152.4 meter, width: 18.9 meter, draught: 12.2, tonnage 11483 ton
Load: personnel,foodstuffs: solid

Cause: built in 1913 by harland & wolff ltd. owned at time of loss by the royal mail steam packet co. five boilers, two quadruple expansion engines of 680 hp, twin shaft. passage buenos aires for falmouth. torpedoed by uc 65. 15 lost.

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 54 meter, Height above seabed: 40 cm

Known since: 1917, last detected: 2011

Details measurements/cartography: H351/20 10.3.20 H351/20 10.3.20 WK IN 514030N, 051800W. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). BR STD. H3451/24 16.5.24 H3451/24 16.5.24 NOW CHARTED AS NDW PA (1917). NE 1488. H4819/71 22.11.71 H4819/71 22.11.71 LOCATED IN 514025N, 051803W [OGB] USING DECCA. LEAST E/S DEPTH 39.4MTRS (129FT) IN GEN DEPTH 54MTRS (177FT). FAIRLY LARGE VESSEL STANDING NEARLY 15MTRS PROUD OF SEABED. NO APPARENT SCOUR. SEABED PRESUMED TO BE HARD. TWO HIGH SPOTS 45MTRS & 39.4MTRS. GOOD SONAR RESPONSE ON BEARING 290DEGS. (HMS WOODLARK, HI 43/71).

- NM 1959/71. H3804/72 3.10.77 H3804/72 3.10.77 LOCATED 6.7.76 IN 514027.17N, 051800.71W [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 39.9 IN GEN DEPTH 55MTRS. LENGTH APPROX 145MTRS, WIDTH 115MTRS AT WIDEST POINT. LYING ROUGHLY 110/290DEGS. CLOSE E/S INVESTIGATION HAS SLIGHT GAPS DUE TO POOR E/S RETURNS. (HMS WOODLARK, ROS DTD 17.12.77). AMEND WK 39MTRS. BR STD. H4919/77 29.12.77 H4919/77 29.12.77 BELIEVED TO BE THE WK OF THE 'INISHOWEN HEAD', 3050 GRT, SUNK 14.2.1917, 1.25M S OF SKOKHOLM LT. (E GILES, 11.12.77). NCA. H4919/77 23.1.78 H4919/77 23.1.78 E/S TRACES, MAGNETOMETER TRACES & TRACKS BROUGHT INTO SECTION BY MR E GILES INDICATIONS ARE OF TWO WKS 45FT & 27FT HIGH, ONE LARGE ONE SMALL. CONFIRMS HIS EARLIER REPORT. POSSIBLY BOTH 'DRINA' & 'INISHOWEN HEAD'. 4.10.88 4.10.88 VESSEL DIVED ON & FOUND TO BE UPSIDE DOWN, 2 COPPER PROPS IN PLACE, RUDDER BROKEN AWAY. (CPO DAVIES, HMS CAMBRIA, TELECON DTD 4.10.88). NCA. HH100/351/14 1.12.98 HH100/351/14 1.12.98 DIVED IN 514027N, 051800.5W [OGB] USING GPS. INVERTED. STANDS SOME 10MTRS HIGH IN GEN DEPTH 62MTRS. (D LEWIS, NOTES DTD 4/98). NCA. 9.12.11 9.12.11 LOCATED 5.6.10 IN 5140.470N, 0518.025W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 41.95 IN GEN DEPTH 54.3MTRS. SCOUR 1.5MTRS DEEP. LENGTH 92.0MTRS, WIDTH 24.0MTRS, HT 13.85MTRS. LIES 040/220 DEGS WITH BOWS NE. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (FUGRO OSAE, HI 1328). INVERTED WITH DAMAGE MIDSHIPS. DEBRIS CLOSE TO NW SIDE. PROBABLY DRINA ALTHOUGH LENGTH DIFFERS. AMEND WK 41MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INVERTED, BOWS NE

Position: 51 40.47 N,5 18.025 W

 

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