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 (50.6523667, -0.6161833)

 

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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. 010
2. Afon dulais
3. Alan dean
4. Alaska
5. Albert
6. Algiers
7. Alison (possibly)
8. Angry fish
9. Aracataca
10. Ariel
11. Armenier
12. Arno (possibly)
13. Asger ryg
14. Ashford
15. Atlas (probably)
16. Axwell
17. Barn hill
18. Basil-2
19. Bettann (bow section)
20. Blanefield
21. Branksome chine (possibly)
22. Braunton
23. Broadhurst (probably)
24. Cairndhu
25. Cambrian princess (probably)
26. Candia
27. Carbineer
28. Carrie dingle
29. Celtic
30. Charles m
31. City of brisbane
32. City of mexico
33. Clan macmillan
34. Clara
35. Coral
36. Cuba
37. D144 (possibly).
38. Dagana
39. Del rio
40. Devon coast
41. Donegal (possibly)
42. Duke of buccleuch
43. Eduard (possibly)
44. Elford
45. F/v joanna c
46. Fife coast (possibly)
47. Flag theofano
48. Fort yale
49. Fpt iv
50. Frode
51. Fulham vii (probably)
52. Gartland
53. Gascony
54. George sutton
55. Gerarda
56. Germa geisha
57. Giuseppina accame
58. Glenarm head (possibly)
59. Glenlee
60. Harold
61. Hedwig lunstedt
62. Highland corrie
63. Hilda lea (bow part)(probably)
64. Hilda lea (stern part)(probably)
65. Hmcs alberni
66. Hms apley (possibly)
67. Hms ariadne
68. Hms avanturine
69. Hms balfour
70. Hms borneo
71. Hms evadne (possibly)
72. Hms hazardous
73. Hms implacable
74. Hms lancer ii
75. Hms minion
76. Hms moldavia
77. Hms northcoates
78. Hms ocean sunlight
79. Hms pine
80. Hms prince leopold
81. Hms sapper
82. Hms taipo
83. Hms vernon ii (possibly)
84. Hmsm a1
85. Holme force (possibly)
86. Huntsmoor
87. Ikeda (possibly)
88. Indiana
89. Inger (possibly)
90. Ingo
91. Jaffa
92. Joseph roberts (possibly)
93. Lalen mendi
94. Leven (possibly)
95. Lightfoot (possibly)
96. Lola (possibly)
97. London trader (possibly)
98. Lowmount
99. Lulonga (possibly)
100. Maaslust
101. Marga
102. Marie marguerite (possibly)
103. Mill gate (probably)
104. Miown
105. Mira
106. Mohlenpris (possibly)
107. Molesey (possibly)
108. Montecrana (possibly)
109. Mount stuart
110. Mv adur valley?
111. Newent
112. Noordster
113. Ny-eeasteyr
114. Nyon
115. Pagenturm
116. Pentyrch
117. Petit forban
118. Polandia (possibly)
119. Porthkerry
120. Quail
121. Ramsgarth
122. Ramsholm (possibly)
123. Rfa hungerford (possibly)
124. Saint andre (probably)
125. Saint enogat
126. Saint ronaig
127. Seven seas (possibly)
128. Shirala
129. Sines (possibly)
130. Spearfish
131. St rogatien (possibly)
132. Stanhope
133. Stanwold
134. Stavros (possibly)
135. T r thompson
136. Teelin head
137. U 1195
138. U 275 (probably)
139. U 40 (possibly)
140. U 671
141. U 86 (formerly)
142. U 86 (possibly)
143. Ub 130
144. Ub 81
145. Uss osprey
146. Vasco
147. Venus
148. Vesuvio (possibly)
149. Vigda
150. War helmet
151. Zaanstroom

 

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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