This is the information page about the shipwreck Eduard (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 31.837 N,0 5.939 E (50.577250, -0.082600)

 

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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. Alan dean
2. Aracataca
3. Aristos
4. Ashford
5. Barn hill
6. Blanefield
7. Branksome chine (possibly)
8. Braunton
9. Carrie dingle
10. Celtic
11. Charles m
12. City of brisbane
13. City of waterford
14. Clara
15. D144 (possibly).
16. Dagana
17. Davenport
18. Devon coast
19. Eduard (possibly)
20. Esperanza
21. F/v joanna c
22. Fife coast (possibly)
23. Fortuna
24. Fulham vii (probably)
25. George sutton
26. Gerlen (possibly)
27. Girlvine (possibly)
28. Glenarm head (possibly)
29. Glendinning (possibly)
30. Gull (possibly)
31. Harold
32. Hms ariadne
33. Hms avanturine
34. Hms balfour
35. Hms borneo
36. Hms inverclyde
37. Hms keryado (probably)
38. Hms lancer ii
39. Hms ocean sunlight
40. Hms taipo
41. Holme force (possibly)
42. Hush wing
43. Inger (possibly)
44. Joseph roberts (possibly)
45. La cycogne (probably)
46. Lalen mendi
47. Lass o'doune (probably)
48. Leven (possibly)
49. Loic lucas
50. Lornaston (possibly)
51. Mill gate (probably)
52. Mira
53. Mohlenpris (possibly)
54. Mount stuart
55. Mv adur valley?
56. Newent
57. Noordster
58. Northlands (possibly)
59. Nyon
60. Ouse (possibly)
61. Patrice didier (probably)
62. Petit forban
63. Saint ronaig
64. Seven seas (possibly)
65. Sitakund (part of)(possibly)
66. St rogatien (possibly)
67. Stanhope
68. T r thompson
69. U 212 (probably)
70. U 275 (probably)
71. U 40 (possibly)
72. U 413 (possibly)
73. U 671
74. U678 (probably)/u275 (possibly)
75. Ub 130
76. Ub 86 (possibly)
77. Vasco
78. Venus
79. Wilhelmina j
80. Zeester (possibly)

 

Name: EDUARD (POSSIBLY)

Length 47 meter, width: 8.3 meter, draught: 3.8, tonnage 476 ton

Cause: captured by german submarine and sunk using explosives 12m sw from beachy head. (ww1sl). vessel, built in 1898 by henry koch, lubeck and owned at the time of loss by the admiralty, was captured and sunk by german submarine 12m sw of beachy head whilst en route from london to port talbot. (shipwreck index of the british isles).

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 48 meter, Height above seabed: 45 cm

Known since: 1917, last detected: 1987

Details measurements/cartography: H2537/28 17.8.28 SANK APPROX 12 MILES SW FROM BEACHY HEAD. (WW1SL). GIVES APPROX POSN 503400N, 000500E. NCA. H2330/84 25.7.85 WK EXAM'D 5.5.85 IN 503148N, 000602E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER. LEAST E/S DEPTH 43.3 IN GEN DEPTH 48MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 4.8MTRS, LENGTH APPROX 25MTRS, WIDTH 7MTRS. DISPERSED WK LYING ROUGHLY NE/SW. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 240A). INS AS WK 43MTRS. BR STD. H2350/85 16.2.87 LOCATED 16.8.86 IN 503148N, 000602E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [4 LOP]. NOT FULLY SURVEYED. (NP 1008, HI 317B).
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 50 31.837 N,0 5.939 E

 

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