This is the information page about the shipwreck Epsilon, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 7.656 N,5 1.432 W (49.967, -5.1835166666667)

 

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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. Acadian
2. Adams (possibly)
3. Adolf vinnen
4. Alexander kennedy
5. Almond branch (possibly)
6. Andola
7. Andromeda
8. Arab
9. Ardgarry
10. Arvor
11. Asaba (possibly)(part of)
12. Asaba (possibly)(part of)
13. Atlantis (possibly)
14. Atlantis (possibly)
15. Ballarat
16. Bamse (probably)
17. Bay of panama
18. Beatrice (possibly)
19. Bellucia
20. Ben asdale
21. Ben rein
22. Benito
23. Bjornvik (possibly)
24. Brest
25. Bretonne (probably)
26. Cape finisterre (probably)
27. Carmarthen
28. Caroline
29. Carolus
30. Caroni river
31. Caroni river (part of)(probably)
32. Centurion (possibly)
33. Cieszyn
34. Citrine
35. City of ghent
36. Clan apline
37. Clan malcolm
38. Cristina
39. Cromdale
40. Czar
41. Dionne marie
42. Dispatch (possibly)
43. Elisabeth (possibly)
44. Epsilon
45. Erato
46. Eric calvert (possibly)
47. Eskdale
48. Forde
49. Friday (vrijdag) possibly
50. Ganymede
51. Gap
52. Godolphin
53. Grip (part of)
54. Gunvor
55. Hanover
56. Hansy
57. Happy returns (possibly)
58. Hera
59. Hmcs trentonian
60. Hmml 380
61. Hms almond (after part)
62. Hms almond (bow part)
63. Hms anson
64. Hms brandlebas
65. Hms comet
66. Hms gloaming
67. Hms kurd
68. Hms lady of the isles
69. Hms primrose
70. Hms rinovia
71. Hms roche bonne
72. Hms torrent
73. Hmy sappho (possibly)
74. Hnlms brielle
75. Ilston
76. Jersey queen (possibly)
77. John
78. Julie anne ii (part of)(possibly)
79. Juno
80. Karen marie
81. Kerris reed
82. King harry (probably)
83. Kremsertor
84. Krosfond
85. Kwester
86. La suippe
87. Lady dalhousie
88. Le vieux tigre
89. Leander
90. Leon martin (part of)
91. Lia'g
92. Loe bar wk
93. Lord snowden (probably)
94. Lucent (possibly)
95. Lydie
96. Mina cantiquin
97. Mitera marigo
98. Mohegan
99. Mosel
100. Mountby
101. Mourne (probably)
102. N g petersen
103. Normand
104. Nyassa
105. Ocklinge
106. Omer denise
107. Orfordness
108. Ospra
109. Pearl (possibly)
110. Peer gynt (possibly)
111. Penelope jane (possibly)
112. Petersham
113. Pindos
114. Plantaganet
115. Poljames
116. Poljames
117. Ponus
118. Port chalmers
119. Prestige
120. Queen (possibly)
121. Rigmor (possibly)
122. Robert
123. Rock island bridge
124. Rossmore (possibly)
125. Royal anne galley
126. Santo christo de castello (possibly)
127. Schiedam
128. Shoal fisher
129. Spital
130. Spyridion vagliano
131. St anthony (possibly)
132. Stanwood
133. Twilight water
134. U 95
135. Ub 106 (possibly)
136. Ub 112 (possibly)
137. Ub 113
138. Ub 128 (possibly)
139. Ub 86 (possibly)
140. Ub 97 (possibly)
141. Ula
142. Veritas
143. Ville de thann (bow section)(possibly)
144. Ville de thann (stern section)(possibly)
145. Violet
146. Volnay
147. War tune
148. Westwood (possibly)
149. Wyndcliffe
150. Zebra

 

Name: EPSILON

Length 101.1 meter, width: 14.7 meter, draught: 6.7, tonnage 3211 ton
Load: foodstuffs: solid

Cause: built in 1913 by rotterdam droogdok maats., rotterdam. owned at the time of loss by b j van hengel. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 274nhp, single shaft. passage buenos aries for amsterdam. struck a mine laid by uc-17. (dods & sibi).

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 20 meter, Height above seabed: 43 cm

Known since: 1917, last detected: 2005

Details measurements/cartography: H748/17 7.2.17 WK APPROX 208DEGS, 8C FROM ST ANTHONY'S PT LT. (FALMOUTH).

- NM 182/17. H8438/19 1.11.19 WK MARKED BY G LT BUOY, 150YDS E OF WK. (TH NM). - FNM 176/17. H357/20 21.1.20 G LT BUOY, OCC.5S, LAID 190DEGS, 7.3C FROM ST ANTHONY PT LT [500745N, 050100W APPROX], 300YDS E OF WK. (TH NM 2/20).

- NM 193/20. H4102/20 9.6.20 WRECK DISPERSED TO LEAST DEPTH 8FMS [14.6MTRS]. BUOY WITHDRAWN. (TH NM). NOTE. H01027/40 1.11.51 ACCEPTED POSN 500737N, 050124W, LEAST DEPTH 48FT. (LTR TO FALMOUTH HBR COMMISSIONERS). H2331/60 15.8.61 WK LOCATED IN 500737N, 050124W USING DECCA. LEAST DEPTH 58FT IN GEN DEPTH 65FT BY E/S, IN SOME DOUBT. LEAST DEPTH SCOUR 2FT. LIES NE/SW. (HMS MEDUSA, SURVEY [K 2899/1-2]). RETAIN AS WK 14.6MTRS. H1247/69 4.8.69 LOCATED USING SEXTANT & GRAPPLE IN CHARTED POSN, HEAVILY DISPERSED ENGINES STAND 15FT PROUD OF SEA BED. BOILERS, TWISTED GIRDERS STAND 12FT OFF SEABED OF SAND. EASY TO FIND & GOOD DIVE FOR AMATEURS. (R. DAVIS, 9.7.69). NCA. H1244/70 9.4.70 2 LARGE BOILERS AND ENGINES STILL STANDING, REMAINS OF HULL FRAMES AT LEAST DEPTH 55FT. (R.A. MARTIN, 1.4.70). NCA. 23.3.79 LOCATED 12.9.72 LEAST E/S DEPTH 18.1MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 21MTRS. NOT FULLY SURVEYED. (HMS WOODLARK, E/S TRACE). NCA. HH090/638/01 3.9.96 EXAM'D 29.9.96 IN 500738.2N, 050120.6W [OGD] USING DGPS. LEAST DEPTH BY DIVER USING HAND LEAD AND LINE 16.2MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 18.1 IN GEN DEPTH 20MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 2.3MTRS, LENGTH 80MTRS, WIDTH 10MTRS. LIES 045/225 DEGS WITH BOWS NE. MAIN WRECKAGE IS AMIDSHIPS AND CONSISTS OF 2 BOILERS STANDING UPRIGHT IN A FWD/AFT DIRECTION AND 1MTR APART. LEAST DEPTH BY DIVER FROM A 1MTR HAWSEPIPE STANDING VERTICALLY AT THE FWD END OF THE VESSEL. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 638). AMEND TO WK 16MTRS IN 500738N, 050120.5W. BR STD. HH091/088/01 14.6.05 EXAM'D 29.4.05 IN 5007.656N, 0501.432W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 17.8 IN GEN DEPTH 20.0MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 87MTRS, WIDTH 73MTRS. LIES 043/223 DEGS WITH BOWS NE. CONSIDERABLY BROKEN UP. (HMSML GLEANER, HI 1088). RETAIN WK 16MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: EXTENSIVELY BROKEN UP, BOWS NE

Position: 50 7.656 N,5 1.432 W

 

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