This is the information page about the shipwreck Duchess (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 43.998 N,0 29.624 E (50.717333333333, 0.60878333333333)

 

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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. Actuality
2. Alan dean
3. Alaunia
4. Albuera
5. Alice (possibly)
6. Amsterdam
7. Ash
8. Barn hill
9. Bernicia
10. Blanefield
11. Branksome chine (possibly)
12. Broderick (probably)
13. Caleb sprague
14. Carlisle castle
15. Carrie dingle
16. Caterham
17. Charles m
18. Clara
19. Corinia (possibly)
20. D144 (possibly).
21. Davenport
22. Dona isabel (probably)
23. Duchess (possibly)
24. Eagle (possibly)
25. Ella sayer
26. Emerald (possibly)
27. Emma
28. Euphorbia
29. Evg(no rx152)?
30. F d lambert (possibly)
31. Frockner
32. Glenartney (possibly)
33. Gold coin
34. Harold
35. Heathpool
36. Heathpool
37. Hms anne
38. Hms ariadne
39. Hms avanturine
40. Hms balfour
41. Hms borneo
42. Hms gambri (possibly)
43. Hms resolution (possibly)
44. Hms taipo
45. Hoheweg
46. Holland v
47. Inger (possibly)
48. Irisbrook
49. James groves
50. Jan brons
51. Joseph roberts (possibly)
52. Kingfisher (probably)
53. Lady alice
54. Lalen mendi
55. Lepanto/le panto/panta/panto
56. Lisbon
57. Lullington
58. Ma monette
59. Mohlenpris (possibly)
60. Mount stuart
61. Mv adur valley?
62. Newent
63. Noordster
64. Nyon
65. Oceana
66. Pontos
67. Roecliff
68. Rushing water
69. Rytoner
70. Saint emilion (probably)
71. Samwake
72. Seaford
73. Seven seas (possibly)
74. Sir robert wigham
75. Sitakund (part of)(possibly)
76. Skerryvore
77. Stanhope
78. Startled fawn (possibly)
79. Storaa
80. U 40 (possibly)
81. Ub 130
82. Umba (probably)
83. Ville de bordeaux
84. Ville de dunkirk (stern) (possibly)
85. War monarch
86. Waterland (possibly)
87. Wittering

 

Name: DUCHESS (POSSIBLY)

Length 53.9 meter, width: 8.2 meter, draught: 3.4, tonnage 553 ton
Load: general and mixed goods,personnel

Cause: sank following a collision.

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 16 meter, Height above seabed: 0 cm

Known since: 1917, last detected: 20150705

Details measurements/cartography: H4537/17 WK IN 504350N, 003025E. MARKED BY BUOY. (PA DOVER). H7476/17 25.2.18 CHART AS WK [OLD SYMBOL] IN 504348N, 003015E.

- NM 305/18. H5031/22 10.8.22 DELETE WK AND MARKING BUOY. INS WK 9FMS. (TH, LTR DTD 22.8.22). H6627/24 4.10.24 AMEND TO WK 4FMS 0FT.

- NM 1508/24. H6627/24 15.10.24 INS G CAN LT BUOY, GPFL(2)G CLOSE S.

- NM 1584/24. H2997/2610 10.5.26 AMEND TO WK 7.75FMS. DELETE LT BUOY. (TH).

- NM ACTION. H6627/24 23.10.59 WK LIES IN 60FT AT A DEPTH OF 25FT BELOW SEA LEVEL. (HMS KELLETT, 3.10.24). H2997/26 23.10.59 DISPERSED TO LEAST DEPTH OF 47FT LWST IN POSN BEACHY HEAD LTHO 271DEGS, 9.9M. (TH, 7.5.26). 14.7.71 AMEND TO WK 14.3MTRS. NC 536. H4959/73 3.4.75 LOCATED 9.10.74 IN 504357N, 002942E [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 12.4MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 17.0MTRS. SCOUR 1.0MTR. (HMS BEAGLE, HI 55/74). BR STD. H4121/76 18.8.76 AMEND TO WK 11.6MTRS. (HMS ENTERPRISE). BR STD. 18.8.86 OBSTN IN THIS POSN REPORTED AS A MASS OF ROCK, NOT A WK. (D G LONG, TELECON). H1310/86/29 14.11.86 DIVED 16.6.85. FAIRLY BROKEN UP BUT NOT DISPERSED. SKELETON OF WHEELHOUSE STANDS 3MTRS HIGH. BOILER 3MTRS DIAMETER AND FUNNEL ALMOST BURIED ALONGSIDE WHEELHOUSE. AFT HOLD COVERED BY SAND, BUT STERN SECTION IS CLEAR. NOT POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED AS A PADDLE-STEAMER BUT OBVIOUSLY A WWI, OR EARLIER, WK. (T W BENNETTO, 28.10.86). HH090/611/01 25.1.95 EXAM'D 22.11.94 IN 504359.8N, 002936.9E [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 11.4 IN GEN DEPTH 17MTRS. NO SCOUR. NO DCS3 SHADOW. LENGTH 110MTRS, WIDTH 20MTRS. LIES 040/220DEGS. BROKEN UP BUT NOT DISPERSED. SIGNIFICANT MAGNETOMETER DEFLECTION. (HMS BEAGLE, HI 611). AMEND TO WK 11.4MTRS IN 504357.7N, 002942.7E [OGB]. BR STD. 3.3.15 LOCATED IN 5043.997N, 0029.615E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 11.74MTRS. (CEFAS BEACHY HEAD SURVEY 2012, BDC EXAMINATION OF DATA). UPRIGHT, BOWS N WITH PORT DECK-EDGE BURIED. HT APPROX 3MTRS. NFS. NCA. SEP 2015/000083465 25.11.15 EXAM'D 5.07.15, WK SHOWN IN 5043.998N, 0029.624E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 11.05MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 16.1MTRS. LENGTH 91.7MTRS, WIDTH 24.5MTRS, HT 4.8MTRS. SCOUR LENGTH 91.7MTRS, DEPTH 1.5MTRS, TOWARDS 046DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (GARDLINE, HI 1476). AMEND TO DW 11MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, PORT DECK EDGE BURIED, BOWS N

Position: 50 43.998 N,0 29.624 E

 

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