This is the information page about the shipwreck East point, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 7.666 N,4 0.462 W (50.207816666667, -3.7034)

 

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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. Ambassador
2. Amelie (probably)
3. Amelie-suzanne
4. Anna
5. Arandora star
6. August conseil (possibly)
7. Australbush (possibly)
8. Baychattan
9. Bell virtue
10. Belle ile (possibly)
11. Birgitte
12. Brenda
13. Cantabria
14. Carol anne
15. Catherine allen
16. Chancellor
17. Cheapside (possibly)
18. Chelydra (possibly)
19. Chloe t
20. City of antwerp
21. Claverley (possibly)
22. Constance
23. Dartmeet
24. Demetrios
25. Die frau metta catharina von flensburg
26. Dirigo (possibly)
27. Dutton
28. East point
29. Edam ii
30. Elizabeth caroline
31. Empire harry
32. Encourage
33. Exploiter
34. Flying foam (possibly)
35. Fylrix
36. Glen strathallan
37. Halfdan (possibly)
38. Halloween
39. Havbris (probably)
40. Hazel claire (possibly)
41. Heron i
42. Herzogin cecilie
43. Heye p
44. Hms abelard
45. Hms coronation (part)
46. Hms coronation (part)
47. Hms crocodile
48. Hms elk (probably)
49. Hms foyle
50. Hms kingston alalite (probably)
51. Hms lord stonehaven
52. Hms newbridge (probably)
53. Hms ramillies
54. Hms scylla
55. Hms stockforce (possibly)
56. Hms ullswater
57. Hmsm a7
58. Hmsm h 52
59. Hmsm m1
60. Hmsm untiring
61. Hopper barge no.42
62. James eagan layne
63. Juno
64. Kazan
65. Kishmul of ayr
66. Koningin der engelen (probably)
67. Lab
68. Laertes
69. Liberta
70. Lochwood
71. Louis shied
72. Maine
73. Marie
74. Mcgregor
75. Medoc
76. Merc enterprise (probably)
77. North sea (probably)
78. Oregon
79. Persier
80. Phoenix
81. Placidas faroult
82. Poulmic
83. Reine des flots
84. Riversdale
85. Rosehill
86. Sabrina
87. Skaala
88. Solstice ph199
89. Soudan
90. Spyros
91. St katharine (probably)
92. Stanhope
93. Tasmania (possibly)
94. Ternefjell
95. Tinker di
96. Totnes castle
97. U 1063
98. Unicorn
99. Uskmoor (probably)
100. W woolvern (possibly)
101. W.s.w. one
102. Wreathier
103. Yewforest
104. Yvette bm217

 

Name: EAST POINT

Length 118.9 meter, width: 15.5 meter, draught: 8.5, tonnage 5234 ton
Load: general and mixed goods

Cause: built in 1901 by j l thompson & sons ltd, sunderland. owned at time of loss by norfolk & n amenrican ss co ltd. three boilers, triple expansion engine of 463nhp, single shaft. passage london for philadelphia. torpedoed by u-48. (ll ww2 & sibi).

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 64 meter, Height above seabed: 33 cm

Known since: 1917, last detected: 2004

Details measurements/cartography: SANK 9M E X S HALF S FROM EDDYSTONE LTHO. (WWISL). GIVES APPROX POSN 501000N, 040200W. 31.3.60 SONAR CONTACT IN 500800N, 040100W APPROX. (AUBD 302/74, HMS WILDGOOSE, 20.1.45 & 15.2.45). H0113/45 31.3.60 POSN ABOVE CLASSED AS GOOD. (PLYMOUTH LIST, 4.7.45). H878/59 4.1.61 WK IN 500748N, 040015W [OGB] USING DECCA. GOOD CONTACT, CLASSIFIED WK. (HMS ROEBUCK, HN 6/60, 20.12.60). H3110/72 8.1.73 EXAM'D IN 500738N, 040021.8W [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. GOOD SONAR FROM N & S. SANDWAVE AREA. LEAST E/S DEPTH 51 IN GEN DEPTH 63MTRS. SEABED - MUD, SAND & BROKEN SHELL. NO SCOUR. (HMS HECATE, 1972). CHART AS WK 51MTRS IN 500738N, 040022W [OGB]. NC 1613. H1280/76/31 26.3.76 FISHERMENS FASTENER IN 500742N, 040023W [OGB] USING DECCA. (LTR DATED 29.1.76 REFERS). NCA. H1310/86/12 1.5.86 WK IN 500744N, 040021W [OGB] USING DECCA. LEAST DEPTH 52MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 63MTRS. IDENTIFIED ALMOST CERTAINLY AS EAST POINT FROM CROCKERY MARKED 'FURNESS LINE' FOUND IN WK. LIES UPRIGHT WITH STERN SECTION, WITH GUN, INTACT. AFTER HOLDS COLLAPSED. MIDSHIPS COMPLETE, EXCEPT FOR DECKING. FOR'D PART BROKEN UP. ORIENTATED WITH STERN TO N. (A HILLGROVE, 31.3.86). NCA. HH091/059/01 6.5.05 EXAM'D 19.7.04 IN 5007.666N, 0400.462W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 51.1 IN GEN DEPTH 64.2MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 122MTRS, WIDTH 18MTRS, HT 12.4MTRS. LIES 033/213 DEGS WITH BOWS TOWARDS 213 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. INTACT, UPRIGHT, BOWS COLLAPSED. (GARDLINE, HI 1059). RETAIN WK 51MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, UPRIGHT, FWD SECTION BROKEN UP, BOWS SSW

Position: 50 7.666 N,4 0.462 W

 

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