This is the information page about the shipwreck Dumfries, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 19.764 N,1 44.418 W (50.167166666667, -11.000666666667)

 

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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. Advanti
2. Ajax
3. Albert c field (probably)
4. Alexandrovna
5. Aparima
6. Arctic dawn
7. Ashmun j clough (possibly)
8. Azemmour
9. Badger (probably)
10. Balmoralwood
11. Baron garioch
12. Betsy anna
13. Bissen
14. Bobbyb
15. Borgny
16. Braedale (probably)
17. Brestois
18. Bretagne
19. Britannia (probably)
20. Carentan
21. Castle crag
22. Castlereagh
23. Cathrine
24. Charles rogers (probably)
25. Cheyenne
26. Clarinda
27. Cleddy (probably)
28. Coquetdale (probably)
29. Dagmar
30. Dallas city (possibly)
31. Derna (probably)
32. Dumfries
33. Dungrange
34. El kahira
35. Emile miguet
36. Empire crusader
37. Ernest lagouve
38. Espagne
39. Eugene schneider (probably)
40. Eugene schneider (probably)
41. Everleigh
42. Fleur de lys
43. Fluent
44. Georgios kyriakides
45. Goathland
46. Guernsey coast
47. Halsewell
48. Hartley (possibly)
49. Heronspool
50. Hms acheron (bow section)
51. Hms acheron (stern section)
52. Hms albion ii
53. Hms courageous
54. Hms eleanor (probably)
55. Hms john mitchell
56. Hms michael clements
57. Hms new dawn
58. Hms sargasso
59. Hms warwick deeping
60. Hms waterlily
61. Hmsm safari (ex p 211)
62. Hmsm upstart
63. Ice prince
64. Indutionmare
65. Ioannis fafalios
66. Janna
67. Joannis millas
68. Kafiristan
69. Kong guttorm (probably)
70. Kyarra
71. Lapwing (possibly) or south western
72. Leticia
73. Lil boat
74. Lochavon
75. Louisiane
76. Luxor
77. Messina
78. Miefield
79. Molina
80. Mount myrto
81. Myrtlegrove (probably)
82. Neree (possibly)
83. Nestlea
84. Normandy
85. Nurnberg
86. Oiekast (probably)
87. Pangani
88. Pescalanza
89. Pool fisher
90. Rapana
91. Reindeer
92. Rosehill (probably)
93. San fernando
94. Seahawk
95. Security (possibly)
96. Smyrna
97. Sphene
98. Spyros (possibly)
99. Start
100. Terlings
101. Theodoros t
102. Tiiu
103. U 122 (possibly)
104. U 480
105. U 672 (possibly)
106. Ub 37 (probably)
107. Uffe
108. Venezuela
109. Vera (probably)
110. Vikholmen
111. Waitara
112. Westville
113. Witte zee
114. Xania

 

Name: DUMFRIES

Length 126.9 meter, width: 16.8 meter, draught: 7.9, tonnage 5149 ton
Load: ferrous elements and ores: unrefined and refined,ore

Cause: built in 1935 by hawthorn leslie & co ltd, newcastle-upon-tyne. owned at time of loss by gydinia america shipping lines ltd. three boilers, triple expansion engine of 442nhp, single shaft. passage bona for the tyne. torpedoed and sunk by u 772. (ww2sl, ll ww1, britains sea war & sibi).

Year of registration: 1944

Water depth above wreck: 50 meter, Height above seabed: 60 cm

Known since: 1944, last detected: 20210108

Details measurements/cartography: H067/44 7.1.45 REPORTED SUNK IN 502020N, 014320W. (MTB 760, 23.12.44 & AUBD 304/80). BR STD. H03504/51 13.9.51 WK LOCATED IN 501930N, 014400W. LENGTH 340FT, HEIGHT 48FT. LIES 230/050DEGS.(C-IN-C PORTSMOUTH, 2.7.51). CHART AS NDW IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. H6900/55 17.12.55 EXAM'D IN 501944N, 014421W USING DECCA. LEAST E/S DEPTH 17 IN GEN DEPTH 29FMS. FAIR SONAR RESPONSE. (HMS SCOTT, 20.9.55). AMEND TO WK 17FMS [31MTRS] IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. H1284/75 20.6.75 WK OF 'DUMFRIES' LOCATED 15 MILES S OF NEEDLES IN 501928N, 014448W USING DECCA. STANDS 48FT HIGH. (R J TODD, SPITHEAD MARINE SALVAGE, 20.5.75). AMEND TO REVISED POSN. BR STD.H1310/81/23 22.9.81 OBSERVED DECCA CONFIRMED AS 501946N, 014424W [OGB]. (P BARRETT, 9.9.81). AMEND TO REVISED POSN. BR STD. HH100/351/05 23.1.92 DEFINITE WK LOCATED IN 501923N, 014508W [OGB] USING E/S AND MAGNETOMETER. (D G WOODHAMS). PROBABLY THIS WK BUT POSSIBLE THAT THERE ARE 2 WKS IN THIS AREA - W.O. HH100/351/08 3.8.94 LOCATED BY DIVER IN 501923N, 014508.3W [OGB] USING DECCA. LEAST DEPTH BY DIVE COMPUTER 42 IN GEN DEPTH 53MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 2MTRS. LENGTH 340FT. WRECK HAS BEEN SALVAGED. UPPERWORKS MISSING, HULL SHOWING SIGNS OF BREAKING UP. NO EVIDENCE OF THE CARGO. (J WELCH). NCA. HH090/962/01 12.12.02 EXAM'D 18.6.02 IN 5019.767N, 0144.417W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 37.9 IN GEN DEPTH 50MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 120MTRS, WIDTH 18MTRS. DCS3 HT 11.2MTRS. LIES 065/245 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. INTACT, UPRIGHT. (GARDLINE, HI 962). AMEND TO WK 37MTRS. BR STD. 22.1.07 A VERY SUBSTANTIAL WK STANDING SOME 11-12MTRS HIGH. LEANING TO STBD AND SHOWING SIGNS OF BREAKING UP. AT THE STERN THE GUN LIES ON THE SEABED. ENGINE IS EXPOSED BUT THE BOILERS ARE STILL BENEATH DECKING. THE HIGHEST PART OF THE WK IS THE ENTIRE PORT SIDE WHICH IS COVERED IN LOST FISHING GEAR. (SOUTH COAST SHIPWRECKS). SEP2020/000273534 9.8.21 EXAM'D 08.01.21; IN 5019.764N, 0144.418W [WGD]. LEAST WCD DEPTH 41.069MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 50MTRS, LENGTH 130.10MTRS, WIDTH 19.3MTRS, HT 9.1MTRS, ORIENTATION 60/240 DEGS. LARGE MAINLY INTACT AND UPRIGHT WRECK, MAST STRUCTURE TO STERN OBSERVED IN WATER COLUMN. (A-2-SEA SOLUTIONS LTD FOR MCA, HI1595-H525-18917). AMEND NDW 41MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: LARGE, INTACT, UPRIGHT WRECK. MAST STRUCTURE TO STERN OBSERVED IN WATER COLUMN.

Position: 50 19.764 N,1 44.418 W

 

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