This is the information page about the shipwreck Dungrange, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 10.992 N,1 42.242 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.

 

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5. Azemmour
6. Badger (probably)
7. Balmoralwood
8. Bissen
9. Boulgaria
10. Brestois
11. Bretagne
12. Britannia (probably)
13. Bronte (ex-war coney)
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16. Cheyenne
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18. Coquetdale (probably)
19. Derna (probably)
20. Dumfries
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25. Emile miguet
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28. Etoile des ondes
29. Eugene schneider (probably)
30. Eugene schneider (probably)
31. Everleigh
32. Fluent
33. G-bagh
34. Gairsoppa
35. Georgios kyriakides
36. Goathland
37. Guernsey coast
38. Hartley (possibly)
39. Heronspool
40. Hms courageous
41. Hms michael clements
42. Iduna
43. Ioannis fafalios
44. Kafiristan
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49. Louie bell
50. Louisiane
51. Luxor
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55. Neree (possibly)
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62. Rosehill (probably)
63. San fernando
64. Smyrna
65. Sphene
66. Stade (possibly)
67. Start
68. Terlings
69. Theodoros t
70. Tiiu
71. U 122 (possibly)
72. U 480
73. Ub 37 (probably)
74. Vera (probably)
75. Vikholmen
76. Waitara
77. Xania

 

Name: DUNGRANGE

Length 64.9 meter, width: 9.4 meter, draught: 4.3, tonnage 621 ton
Load: armament,vehicles

Cause: ex-yewbank, ex-okehampton, ex-aberdale. built in 1914 by j fullerton & co, paisley. owned at time of loss by dungrange ss co. one boiler, triple expansion engine of 90nhp, single shaft. passage southampton for the normandy landings at juno beach. was forming up in convoy when attacked and sunk by e-boat. hit by a single torpedo and disappeared in a gigantic explosion. one crew member and one dems gunner survived. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1955

Water depth above wreck: 57 meter, Height above seabed: 150 cm

Known since: 1955, last detected: 2006

Details measurements/cartography: H6881/55 18.10.55 H6881/55 18.10.55 WK 24FMS IN 501057N, 014204W IN GEN DEPTH 31FMS. SCOUR 34FMS. SEABED SAND & SHELL. (HMS SCOTT). BR STD. H2829/72 3.5.72 H2829/72 3.5.72 WK 44MTRS, IN 501045N, 014150W [EUR]. (FRENCH NM 72 15 10). NCA. 22.1.80 22.1.80 NOW SHOWN AS WK PA 44MTRS ON FR 878 [1979 EDN]. NCA. 2.2.90 2.2.90 SHOWN AS WK 44MTRS IN 501057N, 014200W [EUR] ON FR 6857 [1986 EDN]. NCA. HH090/588/01 2.11.93 HH090/588/01 2.11.93 EXAM'D 19.6.93 IN 501059.5N, 014214.5W [WGD] USING HYPERFIX [3 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 50.7 IN GEN DEPTH 57MTRS. SCOUR 3.8MTRS DEEP. DCS3 HT 5.9MTRS, LENGTH 95MTRS, BREADTH 26MTRS. LARGE UPRIGHT, INTACT WK LYING 150/330DEGS. (NP 1008, HI 588). BR STD. HH100/351/10 23.11.95 HH100/351/10 23.11.95 IDENTIFIED AS THE DUNGRANGE. LIES SCATTERED OVER THE SEABED AND HAS 2 BOILERS, ENGINE, COUNTER STERN AND IRON PROP. (J WELSH). NCA. 1.12.06 1.12.06 DIVED 14.9.06 IN LISTED POSN. LENGTH 60-70MTRS, WIDTH 8MTRS (ESTIMATES). STANDS 10MTRS HIGH BY DEPTH GAUGE. BOLT UPRIGHT. BRIDGE IS VERY INTACT, TOWARDS THE BOWS PLATES HAVE ROTTED AWAY AND ONLY RIBS REMAIN. NEITHER AMMUNITION NOR LORRIES SIGHTED. WAS IDENTIFIED BY BELL RECOVERED BY T BOYLES. (D WOODWARD). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, INTACT

Position: 50 10.992 N,1 42.242 W

 

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