This is the information page about the shipwreck Empress (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 45.384 N,0 9.335 E (53.56915, 0.0936)

 

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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. Acklamd (possibly)
2. Airdrie (possibly)
3. Amenity
4. Avalon
5. B o borjesson
6. Bellerophon
7. Breitenburg
8. Brema
9. British councillor
10. British prince
11. Briton (possibly)
12. Cadmus
13. Canada
14. Carson
15. Chant 63
16. Chloris (possibly)
17. City of birmingham
18. Cook s26
19. Corhampton
20. Corinth (possibly)
21. Cramlington (possibly)
22. Cyclope
23. Dana (possibly)
24. Daphne ii
25. Dayrian
26. Deerpool (after section)
27. Diana
28. Diana
29. Dido
30. Dryade
31. Dryburgh (part of)(possibly)
32. Dunsany
33. Empress (probably)
34. Ethel (possibly)
35. Exmoor
36. Faunus
37. Feltre
38. Femke
39. Fermo
40. Forest queen
41. Fowberry tower (part)
42. Francis
43. Fryken
44. Georgie
45. Georgios
46. Gerhardt (possibly)
47. Girl kitty (possibly)
48. Giuseppe
49. Gothic
50. Grangemouth
51. Harlech
52. Harnis (probably)
53. Helmsman (probably)
54. Hms benvolio
55. Hms botanic
56. Hms calverton
57. Hms corfield
58. Hms egret
59. Hms fairy
60. Hms falcon (stern section)
61. Hms mistletoe
62. Hms othello
63. Hms princess victoria
64. Hms remillo
65. Hms silicia
66. Hms strathborve (part)
67. Hms susarion
68. Hms yorkshire belle
69. Horsted
70. Hugh taylor
71. Hvitveis
72. Ida
73. Ightham (possibly)
74. Ionic (probably)
75. J b paddon
76. Janet helen (possibly)
77. John and thomas
78. John mowlem
79. John rettig (probably)
80. Kalo (probably)
81. Kernoozer
82. Kimberley (possibly)
83. Kingston cameo
84. Knuthenborg
85. Kyma
86. Ladas (possibly)
87. Lady anstruther (probably)
88. Lifeguard (possibly)
89. Lord haig (possibly)
90. Lord haig (possibly)
91. Lottie (possibly)
92. Lucerne
93. Lyra (bow section)
94. Magdalyn ann
95. Maggie
96. Marian francis
97. Marie l
98. Markersdall (probably)
99. Meeuw
100. Modig
101. Modiva (possibly)
102. Monimia (possibly)
103. Nar
104. Nimrod
105. Norfolk coast
106. Odessa
107. Onward (possibly)
108. Ophir ii (possibly)
109. Orsa
110. Otis tetrax
111. Paraciers
112. Peebles (possibly)
113. Portia
114. Ravonia (part)
115. Ravonia (part) (possibly)
116. Rayford
117. Realf
118. Reculver
119. Retriever
120. Revi
121. Rhuys
122. Rievaulx abbey
123. Rivaulx
124. River don (part of)(probably)
125. River witham
126. Sagacity
127. Salacon
128. Salmondby
129. Saltoun
130. Sarah visholm 2 (probably)
131. Sergei
132. Sna iii
133. Sota eduardo
134. Stanburn
135. Tees
136. Thessaly
137. Thomas deas
138. Togston (possibly)
139. Triton
140. Uc 39
141. Uc 47
142. Uc 75
143. Umbe
144. Upminster (possibly)
145. Uralar segundo (cargo debris)
146. Varangmalm (possibly)
147. Venture (possibly)
148. Ville de valenciennes
149. Violet (probably)
150. Wayside flower (possibly)
151. Whitemantle (possibly)
152. William hanson
153. Windsor (part of)
154. Winga
155. Xavier
156. Zeemermin

 

Name: EMPRESS (PROBABLY)

Length 95.7 meter, width: 12.5 meter, draught: 6.4, tonnage 2914 ton
Load: coal

Cause: Ex-cadiz, ex-empress. built in 1893 by furness, withy & co ltd, west hartlepool. owned at time of loss by amaryllis shipping co ltd. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 249hp, single shaft. machinery by t richardson & sons, hartlepool. passage the tyne for southend on sea. cargo coal. struck a mine laid by uc-63. five men lost.

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 16 meter, Height above seabed: 128 cm

Known since: 1917, last detected: 20200917

Details measurements/cartography: H7594/17 TWO MASTS VISIBLE. H3095/18 30.8.18 TO BE SURVEYED. (TH). SANK 4.5 MILES E BY S 1/2 S FROM WITHERNSEA LTHO. (DODS). H1310/86/9 19.2.86 UNCHARTED WK LOCATED IN 534509N, 000921E. POSN BY DECCA. A SUBSTANTIAL WK - ABOUT 2000TONS. ARMED. STANDS 4MTRS OFF SEABED. (S COOPER, 4.2.86). INS AS USC 13MTRS. BR STD. SEP 2021/000166150 8.9.20 EXAM?D 17.9.20 IN 5345.384N, 0009.335E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 11.27MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 16MTRS. LENGTH 99.4MTRS, WIDTH 22.3MTRS, HT 5.5MTRS. ORIENTATION 128/308 DEGS. (CLINTON MARINE SURVEY AB, HI 1587). WELL DEGRADED, WITH BOILER VISIBLE. AMEND DW 11.2MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: DEGRADED, WITH VISIBLE BOILER. UK NM 3021/21

Position: 53 45.384 N,0 9.335 E

 

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