This is the information page about the shipwreck Ems, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 55.152 N,1 37.397 E (52.7959833, 1.6965)

 

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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. Aberhill
2. Actuosity (possibly)
3. Afon towy and deerwood (possibly)
4. Alice taylor
5. Alster
6. Alston
7. Angele-erika
8. Artemisia
9. Asteria
10. Barrhill
11. Bertha
12. Boulderpool (after part)
13. Boulderpool (fwd part)
14. British triumph
15. Camilla weston
16. Cantabria (probably)
17. Cardanel
18. Chevington
19. Clansman (possibly)
20. Continental (possibly)
21. Corchester
22. Cordene
23. Corduff
24. Courier (probably)
25. Cross sand ltv
26. Dashwood
27. Duncarron
28. Efos
29. Eikhaug
30. Ems
31. English trader
32. Ethel
33. Friesland
34. Fulgens
35. Galatea (possibly)
36. Gallois and oxshott (possibly)
37. Gardenia
38. Geneva
39. George fisher
40. Georgia (for'd part)
41. Georgia (stern section)
42. Glen derry (probably)
43. Granta
44. Hauxley (possibly)
45. Hector gannet
46. Hms agate
47. Hms caroline moller
48. Hms cloughton wyke
49. Hms dhoon (probably)
50. Hms dungeness
51. Hms force
52. Hms francolin
53. Hms tonbridge
54. Hms tranio
55. Hms vortigern
56. Hms washington (probably)
57. Hms william stephen
58. Hmsm c 11
59. Homefire
60. I t l anna b
61. Ilse
62. Ionian (probably)
63. Jessie maersk
64. Jevington court
65. Kenton
66. Keymun
67. King egbert
68. La perouse (possibly)
69. Langeli (possibly)
70. Lanterna (probably)
71. Leelite
72. Londoner (probably)
73. Marden
74. Marsworth
75. Minorca
76. Montferland
77. Mount ida
78. Murdoch (probably)
79. Nordborg (possibly)
80. Norman queen
81. Oakgrove
82. Ole bull
83. Osprey
84. Otter
85. Oxshott (possibly)
86. Pacific (possibly)
87. Pacific (possibly)
88. Pegrix
89. Prima
90. Regain
91. Robrix
92. Roine
93. Rose marie
94. Roy
95. Salvus ii
96. Seagull
97. Seaham
98. Sheaf water
99. St mark
100. Teddington
101. Thursonian
102. Trelissick
103. Tyneford
104. Upminster
105. Varoy
106. Viola (possibly)
107. Walkure
108. War valley
109. Welholme (possibly)
110. Whintown (possibly)
111. Willowpool
112. Winhill or whinhill
113. Xanthe

 

Name: EMS

Length 168.2 meter, width: 20.1 meter, draught: 6.1, tonnage 5400 ton
Load: containers

Cause: Sank after collision in fog with mv undine. sank very quickly. 3 lives lost. passage felixstowe for gothenburg.

Year of registration: 1981

Water depth above wreck: 30 meter, Height above seabed: 110 cm

Known since: 1981, last detected: 2014

Details measurements/cartography: H4658/71 2.2.81 DW IN 525500N, 013712E. BUOYED WITH E & W CARDINAL BUOYS. 4 TANKER TRAILERS RECOVERED. (TH GT YARMOUTH, TLXS DTD 30.1.81). NAVAREA 1 ISSUED. H4658/71 9.2.81 EXAM'D IN 525521N, 013737.5E [OGB] USING HSA. MARKED BY E CARD BUOY, VQ(3)5S, 300FT E OF WK, 2 W CARD BUOYS, VQ(9)10S, 300FT & 600FT W OF WK. RACON (W) FITTED ON MOST WESTERLY BUOY. LEAST DEPTH REPORTED OVER WK 10.9MTRS, BUT THIS NOT YET CONFIRMED. SALVAGE TENDERS CALLED FOR. (TH NM 44/81 & TELECON TH HARWICH 9.2.81). INS AS DW WITH E AND W CARDINAL BUOYS, RACON.

- NM 413/81. H4658/71 1.6.81 CHAIN SWEPT CLEAR AT 10.8MTRS. (TH TLX DTD 28.5.81). AMEND TO SW 10.8MTRS.

- NM1260/81. H4658/71 7.7.81 DUPLICATE W CARD BUOY, WITH RACON, TO BE WITHDRAWN ON OR ABOUT 20.7.81. (TH NM 72/81). NCA YET. H4658/71 4.8.81 DUPLICATE W CARD BUOY WITHDRAWN. (TH NM 87/81). BUOY AND RACON DELETED.

- NM 2306/81. 30.6.82 DISPERSAL CONTRACT PLACED WITH BIX OFFSHORE LTD, GT YARMOUTH. (TH GAZETTE, JUNE '82). H1952/80 27.1.83 EXAM'D 15.6.81 IN 525508N, 013734E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 12.5 IN GEN DEPTHS 27 TO 31MTRS. NO SCOUR. NOT WIRE SWEPT AS SALVAGE/DEMOLITION WORK IN PROGRESS AND BUOYS LAID NEAR WK. LYING 120/300 DEGS, BOWS SE, ON PORT SIDE. (SOISS HI 22, WK 61). AMEND POSN ONLY, TH SWEPT DEPTH OBTAINED AT ABOUT SAME TIME AS THIS EXAMINATION. BR STD. H3805/72 15.7.83 CENTRAL POSN BETWEEN BUOYS, FIXED USING RADAR, IS 525509N, 013745E [OGB]. (MV ACTIVITY, 12.5.83). NCA. H4658/71 5.10.83 WK NOW SWEPT CLEAR AT 20.0MTRS. BUOYS WITHDRAWN. (TH HARWICH, TLX DTD 4.10.83). AMEND TO SW 20MTRS. DELETE BUOYS.

- NM 2758/83. SEP 2015/000043402 6.3.15 LOCATED IN 5255.152N, 0137.397E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 19.02MTRS. (GARDLINE GEOSURVEY, HN DTD 2.3.15 FOR HI 1427). AMEND WK 19MTRS IN REVISED POSN.

- NM 1659/14. SEP 2015/000041896 26.5.15 EXAM'D 19.10.14 IN 5255.152N, 0137.397E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 19.02MTRS. LENGTH 2175TRS, WIDTH 20MTRS, HT 10MTRS. LIES 110/290 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. BROKEN UP. (GARDLINE GEOSURVEY HI1427). AMEND DW 19.02MTRS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: BROKEN UP.

Position: 52 55.152 N,1 37.397 E

 

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