This is the information page about the shipwreck Duke of york (bows), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 43.086 N,2 1.96 E (52.0243333, 2.0596167)

 

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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. Amor
2. Andre
3. Angelus
4. Batavier 5
5. Cormorant
6. Deo gratias
7. Duke of york (bows)
8. Ellewoutsdijk
9. Estrella (possibly)
10. Fauvette
11. Forth
12. Garden city
13. Harriet
14. Hebe
15. Hendon hall
16. Hillglen
17. Hms forward iii
18. Hms holdene
19. Hms kale (probably)(part of)
20. Hms maida (possibly)
21. Ingi
22. Ionian (possibly)
23. Janny
24. Jarita
25. Khartoum (possibly)
26. La flandre (possibly)
27. Lodewijk van nassau (probably)
28. Lord bute
29. Mecklenburg
30. Merlijn
31. Moidart
32. Nautilus
33. Nico
34. Palembang (probably)
35. Paullette
36. Polgarth
37. Rigel
38. Salerno (possibly)
39. Shardana
40. Texel
41. Vecht (probably)
42. Velocitas
43. Victorious
44. Warrenpoint
45. Willy
46. Wychwood (possibly)
47. Yarmouth

 

Name: DUKE OF YORK (BOWS)

Year of registration: 1953

Water depth above wreck: 49 meter, Height above seabed: 73 cm

Known since: 1953, last detected: 2019

Details measurements/cartography: H2947/53 16.6.53 INS AS NDW IN 514312N, 020142E. (LL & TH). H2947/53 12.5.53 WRECKAGE REPORTED TO BE 116 DEG 2.75 MILES FROM GALLOPER LTV IN APPROX 27FMS. (TH, 11.5.53). INS AS NDW. H4988/71 29.11.71 EXAM'D IN 514309N, 020201E [EUR] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 34MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 45MTRS. SCOUR 46MTRS. GOOD SONAR CONTACT FROM ALL DIRECTIONS. UNKNOWN FOUND IN POSN 514328N, 020300E COULD BE ANOTHER PART OF THIS WRECK. (HMS FOX). AMEND TO WK 18FMS IN 514304N, 020202E [OGB]. BR STD. 24.4.74 SHOWN AS WK 32.0MTRS ON NETH 1035 HH090/667/01 2.1.96 NOT LOCATED BY DCS3 OR MAGNETOMETER. (OCEONICS, HI 667). AMENDED TO DEAD. BR STD. 11.7.13 LOCATED IN 5143.083N, 0201.979E [WGD]. CLEARLY VISIBLE ON E/S. REGULARLY DIVED. (P PEAR, TELECON 11.7.13). AMEND LIVE. INS AS NDW IN REVISED POSN. 15.5.14 FV FOULED NETS IN 5143.087N, 0201.972E [WGD]. LATER CONFIRMED THAT NETS HAD WOUND UP AROUND THE CONNING TOWER OF A SUBMARINE. (CDR J SPOLESRA, RNLN, EMAIL DTD 15.4.14, VIA ENGLISH HERITAGE). 20.5.14 SALVAGE COMPANY NOW STATES THAT IT WAS THE BOW PART OF A LIBERY SHIP WHICH HAD BROKEN LOOSE IN THE COURSE OF A COLLISION. (CDR J SPOLESRA, RNLN, EMAIL DTD 17.4.14, VIA ENGLISH HERITAGE). SEP 2018/000205735 20.08.2018 LOCATED 18.06.2018 IN 5143.086N, 0201.961E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 36.2MTRS. LENGTH 27.8MTRS, WIDTH 15.2MTRS (EGS INTERNATIONAL H102), AMEND NDW 36MTRS IN REVISED POSN. SEP 2018/000267682 24.10.2018 LOCATED IN 5143.088N, 0201.966E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 39.38MTRS. LENGTH 30.0MTRS, WIDTH 15.0MTRS, HEIGHT 10.5MTRS. (TH SURVEY). AMEND NDW 39MTRS IN REVISED POSN. SEP 2019/000118750 20.02.19 EXAM'D 20.02.19 IN 5143.086N, 0201.960E [WGD] LEAST WCD DEPTH 36.32MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 49MTRS. LENGTH 27MTRS, WIDTH 13.3MTRS, HT 12.68MTRS, ORIENTATION 73 DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 450MTRS, WIDTH 26MTRS, DEPTH 3.5MTRS, ORIENTATION 200 DEGS. APPEARS TO BE OVERTURNED AND BROKEN INTO 2 OR MORE PIECES. (MPV POHJANMERI, HI1579). AMEND TO NON-DANGEROUS WRECK 36.32MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: BOW OF VESSEL - WRECK APPEARS TO BE OVERTURNED AND BROKEN INTO 2 OR MORE PIECES

Position: 51 43.086 N,2 1.96 E

 

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