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 (52.795983333333, 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. Ayrshire (possibly)
11. Barrhill
12. Bertha
13. Boulderpool (after part)
14. Boulderpool (fwd part)
15. British triumph
16. Camilla weston
17. Cantabria (probably)
18. Cardanel
19. Chevington
20. Clansman (possibly)
21. Continental (possibly)
22. Corchester
23. Cordene
24. Corduff
25. Corea
26. Courier (probably)
27. Cross sand ltv
28. Dashwood
29. Duncarron
30. Efos
31. Eikhaug
32. Ems
33. English trader
34. Ethel
35. Friesland
36. Fulgens
37. Galatea (possibly)
38. Gallois and oxshott (possibly)
39. Gardenia
40. Geneva
41. George fisher
42. Georgia (for'd part)
43. Georgia (stern section)
44. Glen derry (probably)
45. Granta
46. Hauxley (possibly)
47. Hector gannet
48. Hms agate
49. Hms cantatrice
50. Hms caroline moller
51. Hms cloughton wyke
52. Hms dhoon (probably)
53. Hms dungeness
54. Hms force
55. Hms francolin
56. Hms nogi
57. Hms tonbridge
58. Hms tranio
59. Hms vortigern
60. Hms washington (probably)
61. Hms william stephen
62. Hmsm c 11
63. Homefire
64. I t l anna b
65. Ilse
66. Ionian (probably)
67. Jessie maersk
68. Jevington court
69. Kenton
70. Keymun
71. King egbert
72. La perouse (possibly)
73. Langeli (possibly)
74. Lanterna (probably)
75. Leelite
76. Londoner (probably)
77. Marden
78. Marsworth
79. Meriones
80. Minorca
81. Montferland
82. Mount ida
83. Murdoch (probably)
84. Nordborg (possibly)
85. Norman queen
86. Oakgrove
87. Ole bull
88. Osprey
89. Otter
90. Oxshott (possibly)
91. Pacific (possibly)
92. Pacific (possibly)
93. Pegrix
94. Prima
95. Regain
96. Robrix
97. Roine
98. Rose marie
99. Roy
100. Salvus ii
101. Seagull
102. Seaham
103. Sheaf water
104. St mark
105. Teddington
106. Thursonian
107. Trelissick
108. Tyneford
109. Upminster
110. Varoy
111. Vigo
112. Viola (possibly)
113. Walkure
114. War valley
115. Welholme (possibly)
116. Whintown (possibly)
117. Willowpool
118. Winhill or whinhill
119. 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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