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 (51.0759833, 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. Cabo espartel
16. Carmen
17. Cathay (part of)
18. Cedrington court
19. Charente
20. Christianssund
21. City of dresden (possibly)
22. Colbert
23. Constanzia
24. Corhaven
25. Correct
26. D'artagnan
27. De fontaine
28. Dinard
29. Dotterel
30. Dunbar castle
31. E goodwin ltv
32. Efford
33. Eidsiva (probably)
34. Eleonora
35. Emile deschamps
36. Emma
37. Emma (possibly)
38. Empire lough (probably)
39. Empress of fort william (probably)
40. En avant
41. Eustratios (probably)
42. Falcon (probably)
43. Fearless
44. Flachsee
45. Flandres
46. Francesco ciampa
47. Frons olivae (probably)
48. G-42 (possibly)
49. G-asad
50. Gad 23
51. Gladys
52. Gloire a sainte therese
53. Grit (probably)
54. Grosser kurfurst
55. Grosser kurfurst (possibly)
56. Halcyon
57. Harcalo
58. Henry moon
59. Heron
60. Hm mgb 328 (possibly)
61. Hmhs anglia
62. Hms alert ?
63. Hms aragonite (part of)
64. Hms aries (possibly)
65. Hms artic trapper
66. Hms blackwater
67. Hms brazen
68. Hms carilon
69. Hms carlton
70. Hms cayton wyke (probably)
71. Hms city of dundee
72. Hms cleon
73. Hms drumtochty (possibly)
74. Hms falmouth iii (possibly)
75. Hms fauvette
76. Hms glen boyne
77. Hms kingston galena
78. Hms lord grey
79. Hms lydian
80. Hms marcella
81. Hms napia
82. Hms niger (possibly)
83. Hms northumberland (probably)
84. Hms othello ii
85. Hms peridot
86. Hms restoration (possibly)
87. Hms rodino
88. Hms stirling castle (probably)
89. Hms torbay ii (probably)
90. Hms tourmaline
91. Hms tranquil
92. Hms war sepoy
93. Hms weigelia
94. Hmsm b2
95. Holland
96. Hundvaag
97. Hydaspes (possibly)
98. Ilaro
99. Ira (possibly)
100. Jacob luckenbach
101. James harrod
102. Jokai
103. Josephine willis
104. Kabinda
105. Kadru
106. Katharina kolkmann
107. Kielce
108. Kirsten skou
109. Koenigshaven
110. L'armandeche
111. La fleche
112. Lady stella
113. Latona
114. Le pelerin de la mer
115. Le tregor
116. Leicester
117. Leila najia
118. Leo
119. Lizzonia
120. Loanda
121. Lord hamilton (possibly)
122. Luray victory
123. Lusitania
124. Mahratta
125. Mahratta ii
126. Maloja 1
127. Malta (probably)
128. Merel (part of)(possibly)
129. Mersey
130. Moise
131. Monarch
132. Mrav
133. Murillo
134. Nancy moran
135. Naranco
136. Negrier
137. Newcastle
138. Niki
139. Norman
140. North eastern victory
141. Northfleet
142. Notre dame des trois epis
143. Nunima
144. Opal
145. Ousel (probably)
146. Phoenix
147. Polgrange
148. Portslade (possibly)
149. Preussen
150. Pulborough
151. Rio parana
152. River levan
153. Rochester castle (possibly)
154. Rydal force
155. Rynanna
156. S goodwin ltv (lv 69)
157. S.folkestone gate (ltv no.75)
158. Sabac
159. Saint ronan (possibly)
160. Saint ronan (possibly)
161. Sambut
162. Samida
163. Santagata
164. Santagata (?part of)
165. Sea serpent
166. Seine
167. Selma (possibly)
168. Shenandoah
169. Sir russell
170. St cecilia
171. Strathclyde
172. Surrey
173. Teeswood
174. Texaco caribbean (after section)
175. Texaco caribbean (forward section)
176. The queen
177. Toward
178. Traquair (probably)
179. U 11 (possibly)
180. U 16 (possibly)
181. U 48
182. U 8
183. Ub 103 (possibly)
184. Ub 108 (possibly)
185. Ub 109
186. Ub 31 ?
187. Ub 38
188. Ub 55 (probably)
189. Ub 56 (possibly)
190. Ub 58 (possibly)
191. Ub 78
192. Ub-33 (probably)
193. Uc 46
194. Uc 46 (possibly)
195. Uc 63
196. Uc 77 (possibly)
197. Uc 78 or uc 79
198. Unity
199. Vittoria claudia
200. W a scholten
201. Wheatman (possibly)
202. 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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