This is the information page about the shipwreck Dux (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 19.644 N,5 31.409 W (50.27365, -5.4894666666667)

 

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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. Acadian
2. Acklington
3. Aida lauro
4. Alacrity
5. Alden gifford (possibly)
6. Alster (possibly)
7. Antwerpen
8. Arbel (probably)
9. Arnside (possibly)
10. Asia
11. Aud
12. Austria (possibly)
13. Balbec
14. Bard (possibly)
15. Besse (probably)
16. Bessemer city (probably)
17. Bill (part of)(possibly)
18. Bill (possibly)
19. Bolette (possibly)
20. Busby
21. Cheerful
22. Chimu
23. Christina
24. Christos markettos
25. City of cardiff
26. City of westminster (& kul)
27. Conqueror
28. Courtown
29. Cristina
30. Dageid
31. Denebola
32. Depois
33. Devon
34. Dunaskin
35. Dundee (probably)
36. Dux (possibly)
37. Enrico parodi
38. Fanny lambert
39. Friday (vrijdag) possibly
40. Gallier (possibly)
41. Gemini
42. Genevieve (possibly)
43. Glamorgan coast
44. Glendale
45. Gleno
46. Grip (part of)
47. Hampshire
48. Helene (probably)
49. Hellopes
50. Hms anson
51. Hms royalo
52. Hms warspite
53. Hms warspite (part of)
54. Hms warwick
55. Hmy viva 2
56. Hopeful (possibly)
57. Iona
58. J duncan
59. Jose de aramburu
60. Joshua nicholson
61. Juan ferrer
62. Juanita
63. Kate thomas (possibly)
64. Kildonan ?
65. Kintuck
66. Kynance (probably)
67. Lake grafton
68. Lake grafton (possibly)
69. Lia'g
70. Liberty
71. Lincoln
72. Loe bar wk
73. Luna
74. Lutece (part of)(possibly)
75. Luxembourg (probably)
76. Lyminge
77. Madeline
78. Maroc
79. Moorview
80. Mystique (possibly)
81. New pioneer
82. Nile
83. Norma (possibly)
84. Onega
85. Pacific reliance
86. Peer gynt (possibly)
87. Petersham
88. Phoenix 202
89. Phoenix 203
90. Pioneer (possibly)
91. Polesley (possibly)
92. Ponthieu
93. Prestige
94. Primo ?
95. Primrose (remains of)(possibly)
96. Princess royal
97. Quarnero
98. Rms mulheim
99. Rossmore (possibly)
100. Saint guenole
101. Saxon briton
102. Schiedam
103. Secil japan (bow section)
104. Secil japan (stern section)
105. Setubel(probably)
106. Shanes castle
107. Shoreham (probably)
108. Sirius (possibly)
109. Sna i (possibly)
110. St anthony (possibly)
111. St chamond
112. St george
113. St george (possibly)
114. Stabil (possibly)
115. Sten (possibly)
116. Sylvia-mary z-525
117. Thorsa (part of)(possibly)
118. Traute sarnow
119. Tyrhaug
120. U 400 (possibly)
121. Umbre
122. Union crystal (possibly)
123. Union star (parts of)(probably)
124. Veghtstroom (possibly)
125. Vesuvius
126. Vine branch (possibly)
127. War baron (probably)
128. Wild boar
129. William cory
130. Yewcroft
131. Zone (probably)

 

Name: DUX (POSSIBLY)

Length 73.5 meter, width: 11 meter, draught: 4.9, tonnage 1349 ton
Load: coal

Cause: ex-pollux. built in 1904 by fredriksstad mek, verks, fredricstad. owned at time of loss by the shipping controller (h w & c m ezard). single boiler, triple expansion engine of 179hp, single shaft. passage swansea for la rochelle. torpedoed by u-54. no lives lost.

Year of registration: 1973

Water depth above wreck: 38 meter, Height above seabed: 2 cm

Known since: 1973, last detected: 2012

Details measurements/cartography: 14.5.18 14.5.18 SANK 7M NW OF GODREVY LT. (AP REPORT, FALMOUTH). POSN APPROX: 501924N, 053124W. H2959/73 18.7.73 H2959/73 18.7.73 WK LOCATED USING MAGNETOMETER IN 501936N, 053118W [OGB] USING DECCA. LEAST E/S DEPTH 31 IN GEN DEPTH 38MTRS. LIES N/S WITH BOW N. STERN STANDS 12FT HIGH. WK FLATTENED AND SCATTERED. PROPELLER SIGHTED. ENGINE AND BOILERS REMAIN STANDING 14FT HIGH. (E GILES, 13.7.73). CHART AS WK 24MTRS. BR STD. HH100/351/04 18.3.91 HH100/351/04 18.3.91 DIVED ON IN 501938N, 053126.5W [OGB]. VERY BROKEN WITH ONLY A FEW PLATES, RIBS AND TWO BOILERS SEEN. (R A MAPPLEBECK, 6.1.91). NCA. 16.12.08 16.12.08 DIVED 12.7.08 IN 5019.647N, 0531.407W [WGD]. LENGTH 80MTRS, STANDS 4MTRS HIGH BY E/S & DEPTH GAUGE. MODERATE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. BROKEN & FLATTENED. TWO BOILERS, ONE ON END AND A DONKEY BOILER. TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE. PROP SHAFT BROKEN, SPARE SECTION OF SHAFT SEEN, 3 BLADED PROP ATTACHED. GUN MOUNT & SHELL CASES (?12 LB) SEEN AT STERN, GUN NOT SEEN. BOILERS ARE THE HIGHEST POINT. CONSIDERED TO BE A WW1 WK. (G J LOCKETT). RETAIN WK 24MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 6.1.12 6.1.12 LOCATED 10.10.09 IN 5019.644N, 0531.409W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 33.94 IN GEN DEPTH 38.4MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 97.5MTRS, WIDTH 13.5MTRS, HT 4.46MTRS. LIES 002/182 DEGS WITH BOWS S. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (FUGRO OSAE, HI 1157). AMEND WK 33MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: BOWS N, BROKEN & FLATTENED, BOILER HIGHEST POINT

Position: 50 19.644 N,5 31.409 W

 

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