This is the information page about the shipwreck Durango, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 50.865 N,0 53.454 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. Afghanistan (bow section)
3. Afghanistan (probably)
4. Albuera
5. Alcantara
6. Alice
7. Argonaut
8. Ash
9. Australier (probably)
10. Avoca
11. Bobby
12. Broderick (probably)
13. Cabo espartel
14. Carlisle castle
15. Ceta (stern section)
16. Charente
17. Christianssund
18. City of dresden (possibly)
19. Corinia (possibly)
20. De fontaine
21. Dona isabel (probably)
22. Dorothy j (possibly)
23. Durango
24. Eagle (possibly)
25. Eco vouga
26. Electra
27. Ella sayer
28. Enero (probably)
29. Euphorbia
30. Evg(no rx152)?
31. Excellence pleske
32. G-asad
33. Grit (probably)
34. Grosser kurfurst
35. Gwendoline (part of)(possibly)
36. Henry moon
37. Heron
38. Hms anne
39. Hms blackwater
40. Hms caulonia
41. Hms cleon
42. Hms ghurka
43. Hms myrmidon
44. Hms waterfly
45. Hmt gullfoss
46. Hoheweg
47. Holland
48. Hydaspes (possibly)
49. Irene
50. Jan brons
51. Jokai
52. Josephine willis
53. Kingfisher (probably)
54. La somme (probably)
55. Lacer
56. Lady alice
57. Leila najia
58. Lepanto/le panto/panta/panto
59. Lizzonia
60. Maxwell
61. Milbanke (probably)
62. Mon bijou/fias
63. Morgenster
64. Mrav
65. My astor
66. Naranco
67. Newcastle
68. Northfleet
69. Nunima
70. Portslade (possibly)
71. River levan
72. Robin hood
73. Roecliff
74. Roode zee (possibly)
75. Roseburn
76. Rushing water
77. Rydal hall (possibly)
78. Saint emilion (probably)
79. Saint jean pierre
80. Salbya (possibly)
81. Samida
82. Samwake
83. Sea serpent
84. Seine
85. Sierra bravia
86. Sir robert wigham
87. Sir russell
88. Skerryvore
89. Sparta (possibly)
90. St cecilia
91. Startled fawn (possibly)
92. Storaa
93. Swale (probably)
94. T s webb
95. Tokufuku maru
96. Trooper
97. Ub 31 ?
98. Umba (probably)
99. Veerman
100. Ville de dunkirk (stern) (possibly)
101. Vittoria claudia
102. War monarch
103. Waterland (possibly)
104. Welsh belle
105. Wittering

 

Name: DURANGO

Length 70.1 meter, width: 10.4 meter, draught: 5.2, tonnage 3352 ton
Load: railway: stock and construction materials

Cause: built in 1884 by osbourne graham & co, sunderland. owned at time of loss by r w jones, newport. two boilers, compound inverted engine, single shaft. passage dunkirk for genoa. sank follwing collision with barque3 luke bruce in nw force 5. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1970

Water depth above wreck: 33 meter, Height above seabed: 45 cm

Known since: 1970, last detected: 20150608

Details measurements/cartography: 21.8.70 WRECK LOCATED. STANDS 28FT HIGH IN GEN DEPTH 18FMS. (FSL WATERWITCH, 20.8.70). NCA YET. H3950/70 15.12.70 EXAM'D IN 505050N, 005333E [OGB] USING HSA. DRIFT SWEPT CLEAR AT 25.0, FOUL AT 25.3MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 25.5 IN GEN DEPTH 34MTRS. NO SCOUR. KNOWN LOCALLY AS THE 'BOTTLE SHIP' AS LARGE NUMBERS WASHED ASHORE AFTER SHE SANK. (FSL WATERWITCH, 7.10.70). SWEEP TRACING INDICATES LENGTH ABOUT 350FT, LYING NE/SW.

- NM 45/71. H4959/73 25.3.75 EXAM'D IN 505048N, 005330E [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 26.2 IN GEN DEPTH 33MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 LENGTH 140FT. (HMS BEAGLE, HI 55/74). BR STD. H4121/76 30.7.76 EXAM'D 29.4.76. HMS BEAGLE'S 1974 POSN CONFIRMED USING DECCA. LEAST E/S DEPTH 25.3 IN GEN DEPTH 33MTRS. DCS3 LENGTH ABOUT 90MTRS. LIES 051/231DEGS. VERY PROMINENT WK ON FLAT SEABED GIVING GOOD DCS3 SHADOW. RETAIN AS SW 25MTRS. (HMS ENTERPRISE, HI 41/76). DCS3 TRACE INDICATES WK COULD STAND 13 TO 14MTRS HIGH. H4121/76 13.10.76 SWEPT CLEAR 23.0, FOUL 23.7MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 24.2 IN GEN DEPTH 33MTRS. OTHER DETAILS SUPPLIED BY HMS ENTERPRISE STILL APPLY. (HMS BEAGLE, 22.11.76). AMEND TO SW 23.0MTRS.

- NM 205/77. H3823/78 15.7.78 DIVED ON. STANDS 25-30FT HIGH, IN 110FT, WITH SLIGHT LIST TO STBD. STERN COLLAPSED - PROP INACCESSIBLE. ENGINE ROOM VERY SILTED UP. BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN PREVIOUSLY SUBJECT TO SALVAGE WORK. (E GILES, 28.6.78). 11.6.08 HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED BY RECOVERY OF NAMED CHINA. BELL HAS NOT BEEN FOUND. STEERING HELM HAS BEEN RECOVERED, THE DATE OF WHICH FITS IN PERFECTLY. (D RONNAN, EMAIL DTD 10.6.08). NCA. SEP 2015/000083464 13.2.16 EXAM'D 8.6.15; IN 5050.865N, 0053.454E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 24.47MTRS, GEN DEPTH 33MTRS. LENGTH 75MTRS, WIDTH 15MTRS, HT 7.6MTRS, ORIENTATION 045/225. SCOUR 175MTRS TOWARDS 045, SCOUR DEPTH 0.8MTRS. WK INTACT, UPRIGHT, STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (HI 1475, GARDLINE GEOSURVEY). AMEND DW 24MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 50 50.865 N,0 53.454 E

 

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