This is the information page about the shipwreck Efford, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 5.938 N,1 19.6 E (51.075983333333, 1.4147)

 

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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. 150
2. Admiral gardner
3. Africa
4. Agen
5. Amplegarth
6. Andaman
7. Angelus (possibly)
8. Ashley
9. Atlantic (possibly)
10. Avoca
11. Blanc nez
12. Bobby
13. Brandenburg
14. Bravore
15. Brendonia
16. Cabo espartel
17. Carmen
18. Cathay (part of)
19. Cedrington court
20. Charente
21. Christianssund
22. City of dresden (possibly)
23. Colbert
24. Constanzia
25. Corhaven
26. Correct
27. D'artagnan
28. De fontaine
29. Dinard
30. Dorothy j (possibly)
31. Dotterel
32. Dunbar castle
33. E goodwin ltv
34. Efford
35. Eidsiva (probably)
36. Eleonora
37. Emile deschamps
38. Emma
39. Emma (possibly)
40. Empire lough (probably)
41. Empress of fort william (probably)
42. En avant
43. Eustratios (probably)
44. Falcon (probably)
45. Fearless
46. Flachsee
47. Flandres
48. Francesco ciampa
49. Frons olivae (probably)
50. G-42 (possibly)
51. G-asad
52. Gad 23
53. Gladys
54. Gloire a sainte therese
55. Grit (probably)
56. Grosser kurfurst
57. Grosser kurfurst (possibly)
58. Halcyon
59. Harcalo
60. Henry moon
61. Heron
62. Hm mgb 328 (possibly)
63. Hmhs anglia
64. Hms alert ?
65. Hms aragonite (part of)
66. Hms aragonite (part of)
67. Hms aries (possibly)
68. Hms artic trapper
69. Hms blackwater
70. Hms brazen
71. Hms carilon
72. Hms carlton
73. Hms cayton wyke (probably)
74. Hms city of dundee
75. Hms cleon
76. Hms drumtochty (possibly)
77. Hms falmouth iii (possibly)
78. Hms fauvette
79. Hms glen boyne
80. Hms kingston galena
81. Hms lord grey
82. Hms lydian
83. Hms marcella
84. Hms napia
85. Hms niger (possibly)
86. Hms northumberland (probably)
87. Hms othello ii
88. Hms peridot
89. Hms restoration (possibly)
90. Hms rodino
91. Hms stirling castle (probably)
92. Hms torbay ii (probably)
93. Hms tourmaline
94. Hms tranquil
95. Hms war sepoy
96. Hms weigelia
97. Hmsm b2
98. Holland
99. Hundvaag
100. Hydaspes (possibly)
101. Ilaro
102. Ira (possibly)
103. Jacob luckenbach
104. James harrod
105. Jokai
106. Josephine willis
107. Kabinda
108. Kadru
109. Katharina kolkmann
110. Kielce
111. Kirsten skou
112. Koenigshaven
113. L'armandeche
114. La fleche
115. Lady stella
116. Latona
117. Lcp(r) 1961 (possibly)
118. Le pelerin de la mer
119. Le tregor
120. Leicester
121. Leila najia
122. Leo
123. Lighter 83
124. Lizzonia
125. Loanda
126. Lolworth
127. Lord hamilton (possibly)
128. Luray victory
129. Lusitania
130. Mahratta
131. Mahratta ii
132. Maloja 1
133. Malta (probably)
134. Merel (part of)(possibly)
135. Mersey
136. Moise
137. Monarch
138. Monica (possibly)
139. Mrav
140. Murillo
141. Nancy moran
142. Naranco
143. Negrier
144. Newcastle
145. Niki
146. Norman
147. North eastern victory
148. Northfleet
149. Notre dame des trois epis
150. Nunima
151. Ocean king (possibly)
152. Opal
153. Ousel (probably)
154. Phoenix
155. Polgrange
156. Portslade (possibly)
157. Preussen
158. Pulborough
159. Rio parana
160. River levan
161. Rochester castle (possibly)
162. Rooswijk
163. Rydal force
164. Rynanna
165. S goodwin ltv (lv 69)
166. S.folkestone gate (ltv no.75)
167. Sabac
168. Saint ronan (possibly)
169. Saint ronan (possibly)
170. Sambut
171. Samida
172. Santagata
173. Santagata (?part of)
174. Sea serpent
175. Seine
176. Selma (possibly)
177. Shenandoah
178. Sir russell
179. Spanish prince
180. St cecilia
181. St claire (possibly)
182. Strathclyde
183. Surrey
184. Teeswood
185. Texaco caribbean (after section)
186. Texaco caribbean (forward section)
187. The queen
188. Toromoree
189. Toward
190. Traquair (probably)
191. U 11 (possibly)
192. U 16 (possibly)
193. U 48
194. U 8
195. Ub 103 (possibly)
196. Ub 108 (possibly)
197. Ub 109
198. Ub 12 (possibly)
199. Ub 31 ?
200. Ub 38
201. Ub 55 (probably)
202. Ub 56 (possibly)
203. Ub 58 (possibly)
204. Ub 78
205. Ub-33 (probably)
206. Uc 46
207. Uc 46 (possibly)
208. Uc 63
209. Uc 77 (possibly)
210. Uc 78 or uc 79
211. Unity
212. Vittoria claudia
213. W a scholten
214. Wheatman (possibly)
215. Will and maggie (probably)

 

Name: EFFORD

Length 44.2 meter, width: 7.3 meter, draught: 3.2, tonnage 339 ton
Load: coal

Cause: ex-shellie '33, ex-dellside '36, ex-new verdun '38. built in 1905 by dublin dockyard co ltd. owned at time of loss by efford shipping co ltd. one boiler, compound expansion engine of 80 nhp, single shaft. passage the tyne for fowey. sank following a collision in which she was cut in two. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 23 meter, Height above seabed: 80 cm

Known since: 1940, last detected: 2014

Details measurements/cartography: H0564/40 24.6.40 SUNK IN 510536N, 011954E. (MID & LLOYDS VA DOVER). - PFNM 1577/40 & NM 2080/40. H0564/40 22.2.41 LEAST DEPTH OVER WK 5FMS [9.1MTRS]. (ADMIRALTY).

- NM 385/41. H0564/40 9.9.46 G CAN LT BUOY, GPFL(2)G, LAID 135DEGS, 1C FROM WK. (NAVEAM 1155/46).

- NM 3008 & NM 3107/46. H0564/40 3.7.47 WK CLEARED TO 45FT. (TRONDRA, 30.6.47). H0564/40 19.11.47 EXAM'D 1, 2 & 4.10.47 IN 510536N, 011954E [OGB] AFTER DISPERSAL. SWEPT CLEAR 45FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 57 IN GEN DEPTH 11-13FMS. E/S FAILED TO REVEAL THE PRESENCE OF THE WK ALTHOUGH IN THE POSN OF OBTAINING THE LEAST DEPTH THERE ARE VERY SMALL PEAKS & QUITE CONSIDERABLE SCOURS OVER WK BUOY. POSN OF LEAST E/S DEPTH 510535N, 011955E USING HSA. BUOY REMOVED. (HMSML 583 & TH HARWICH).

- NM 3013/47. H5824/60 28.2.61 NOT FOUND IN ORIGINAL POSN BUT 3C NNW. LEAST E/S DEPTH 53FT. (HMS SCOTT, 1960). BR STD. H0564/40 13.11.61 SWEPT CLEAR AT 46FT, FOUL AT 48FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 53 IN GEN DEPTH 77FT. (HMS SCOTT, 27.4.61). BR STD. H4199/78 9.8.78 LOCATED 1.11.77 IN 510554N, 011943E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 16.8 IN GEN DEPTH 23MTRS, SCOUR DEPTH 24MTRS. DCS3 HT 6.2MTRS. LIES 080/260DEGS, LENGTH 45MTRS. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 35/77). INS AS WK 16MTRS. NE 323. H3066/84 15.3.88 SHOWN AS WK 18.5MTRS ON DHB 1985 SURVEY & AS WK 18.5MTRS WITH WK 16.0MTRS CLOSE E ON DHB CHART 4/1. LETTER FROM DHB, 15.1.88, STATES THAT DEPTHS BELIEVED TO BE OF SAME WK TAKEN 6MTRS APART. NE 1698. HH090/606/01 1.2.94 EXAM'D 21.10.93 IN 510554.6N, 011944.2E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [3 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR AT 16.3, FOUL AT 16.0MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 16.6 IN GEN DEPTH 23MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 5.4MTRS. LENGTH 50MTRS, WIDTH 5MTRS. INTACT WK LYING 080/260DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC DEFLECTION. CHART AS SW 16MTRS. (NP 1016, HI 606). BR STD. 25.11.00 DATA RE-ASSESSED. CHART AS SW 16.0MTRS. BR STD. 10.2.06 [EUT] POSN: 5105.943N, 0119.631E. BA 1698 [INT 1736] [11TH EDN, MAR' 05]. 1.2.11 LOCATED 2010 IN 5105.938N, 0119.600E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 17.77MTRS. LENGTH 47MTRS, WIDTH 9MTRS, HT 4MTRS. INTACT, UPRIGHT. (NETSURVEY, HI 1342). BOWS E. MAST EVIDENT IN M/B IMAGES. RETAIN SW 16MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 16.9.15 EXAM'D BY BDC 16.9.15 IN 5105.938N, 0119.600E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 18.359MTRS. LENGTH 48MTRS, WIDTH 8.5MTRS, HEIGHT 4.2MTRS. (HMS GLEANER, HI 1448). RETAIN SW 16MTRS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, UPRIGHT, BOWS E, ?MAST STANDING

Position: 51 5.938 N,1 19.6 E

 

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