This is the information page about the shipwreck Empire adventure, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 55 11.188 N,5 25.022 W (55.186467, -5.417033)

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.

Name: EMPIRE ADVENTURE

Length 114.3 meter, width: 15.6 meter, draught: 9.7, tonnage 5145 ton

Cause: 22.9.40 ex-andrea, ex-germaine ld, ex-eastney. built in 1921 by northumberland shipbuilding co. owned at time of loss by ministry of shipping (runciman shipping co). requisitioned in 1940 and renamed empire adventure. triple expansion engine of 370nhp, single shaft. mustered off liverpool for convoy ob216 with 27 other vessels on passage the tyne for wabana, newfoundland. convoy attacked 22.9.40 by u-138, was torpedoed but remained afloat. taken in tow by tug 'superman' but sank on 23.9.40. 21 men lost. (d bellmont & dods).

Year of registration: 1945

Water depth above wreck: 66 meter, Height above seabed: 29 cm

Known since: 1945, last detected: 2021

Details measurements/cartography: H0109/45 9.4.45 SHOWN ON WESTERN APPROACHES LIST, WAGO 524. (SIGNAL 9.4.45). NON SUB. H0109/45 9.5.45 SHOWN ON WESTERN APPROACHES LIST, WAGO 524. (SIGNAL 9.5.45). NOW CLASSED AS WRECK. WK IN 551112N, 052433W. LENGTH 180FT, HEIGHT 48FT & LYING 040/220DEGS. 2 WRECKS. (AUBD 318/46, C IN C WESTERN APPROACHES). 18.8.53 INS NDW IN 551111N, 052452W ON F6629. H1190/67 19.4.67 MEDIUM SIZE WK LOCATED. LEAST E/S DEPTH 174FT GENERAL DEPTH 214FT. (HMS MERMAID, H525 1966). POSN NOT NOTED. BR STD. H7551/68 17.1.69 LOCATED, NOT EXAMINED. (HMS HYDRA, HI 27/68). H4695/71 13.10.71 LOCATED IN 551048N, 052400W USING RADAR RANGES. LENGTH 450FT, HT 40FT. LYING ON SAND. APPEARS PARTIALLY SILTED. (HMS BRONINGTON, HN AUG 1971). H3671/72 20.7.72 IN 551110N, 052500W [OGB] USING HIFIX/3 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 52.6 IN GEN DEPTH 67MTRS. (HMS FOX HN). H3671/72 13.9.72 NEGLIGBLE SCOUR. SEABED MUD & SAND, SHELL. WK 380FT LONG. LYING 022/202 DEGS. PROBABLY BOWS NNE. APPEARS TO BE MERCHANT VESSEL WITH 3 HIGH POINTS. (HMS FOX, HI 51/72). INS AS WK 29FMS. BR STD. H2265/73 13.6.73 AMEND TO WK 52MTRS. NC 2199. H3671/72 7.12.76 AMENDED BY NM.

- NM 73/77. 12.7.06 DIVED IN LISTED POSN. INTACT WITH BOWS NNE. LISTS 15 DEGS TO STBD. BOW AND STERN INTACT WITH TORPEDO DAMAGE MIDSHIPS. IDENTIFIED BY RECOVERED BELL INSCRIBED: 'EASTNEY 1921'. AT HW DEPTH TO SEABED IS 68MTRS, TO TOP OF WK 50MTRS, TO DECK 58MTRS. (D BELLMONT). NCA. SEP 2021/000322449 22.12.21 EXAM’D 13.5.21 IN 5511.188N, 0525.022W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 55.69MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 66MTRS. LENGTH 121.17MTRS, WIDTH 20.83MTRS, HT 9.82MTRS. ORIENTATION 029/209 DEGS. SCOUR DIMENSIONS LENGTH 14.6MTRS, WIDTH 47.8MTRS, 3.0MTRS DEEP, TOWARD 017 DEGS. (A-2-SEA SOLUTIONS LTD, HI 1718). AMEND NDW 55MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: BOWS NNE, 15 DEG LIST TO STBD, DAMAGED MIDSHIPS

Position: 55 11.188 N,5 25.022 W

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