This is the information page about the shipwreck Espagne, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 26.506 N,1 29.573 W (50.242166666667, -1.28825)

 

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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.

 

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9. Baron garioch
10. Borgny
11. Borgsten (probably)
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13. Braedale (probably)
14. Brestois
15. Britannia (probably)
16. Campen
17. Carbon
18. Castle crag
19. Ceres (possibly)
20. Clan macvey
21. Clarinda
22. Cleddy (probably)
23. Coquetdale (probably)
24. Cuba
25. Daylesford
26. Dulce t
27. Dumfries
28. Dungrange
29. Empire crusader
30. Ernest lagouve
31. Espagne
32. Everleigh
33. Excelsior (possibly)
34. Fallodon
35. Fenna (probably)
36. Gorizont
37. Hms acheron (bow section)
38. Hms acheron (stern section)
39. Hms albion ii
40. Hms assurance
41. Hms crestflower
42. Hms eleanor (probably)
43. Hms john mitchell
44. Hms listrac (probably)
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46. Hms new dawn
47. Hms pomone
48. Hms sargasso
49. Hms tiger
50. Hms warwick deeping
51. Hmsm swordfish
52. Hmsm upstart
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62. Lct 809
63. Londonier
64. Luxor
65. Margaret smith
66. Mechanician
67. Mendi
68. Millmer
69. Minerva (possibly)
70. Molina
71. Myrtlegrove (probably)
72. Neath (possibly)
73. Neree (possibly)
74. Nichola (probably)
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76. Nw68
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82. Reindeer
83. Rosehill (probably)
84. Sally jane
85. Serrana (bow section)
86. Serrana (stern part)
87. Simla
88. Smyrna
89. Spyros (possibly)
90. Teamwork
91. Terlings
92. Tweed
93. U 122 (possibly)
94. U 123
95. U 152
96. U 153 (possibly)
97. U 480
98. Ub 122 (possibly)
99. Ub 37 (probably)
100. Vari solo sailor
101. Varvassi
102. Venezuela
103. Volkerak
104. War knight
105. Westville
106. Witte zee
107. Woodham
108. Y48

 

Name: ESPAGNE

Length 71.9 meter, width: 11 meter, draught: 3.7, tonnage 1463 ton
Load: vehicles,railway: stock and construction materials

Cause: built in 1909 by chant. nav. anversois, hoboken. owned at time of loss by armement adolf deppe. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 150nhp, single shaft. passage le havre for newport. in ballast (sibi). torpedoed by uc-71. only three survived. (llww2, dods & sibi).

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 35 meter, Height above seabed: 138 cm

Known since: 1917, last detected: 2020

Details measurements/cartography: 10.3.45 GOOD CONTACT, GOOD POSN 502600N, 013000W. HEIGHT 6 TO 12FT. (AUBD 304/60, ESCORT GROUP 14, 10.3.45 - 17.4.45). H2537 20.8.28 WK NOT CHARTED. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). 7.8.53 NDWPA IN 502500N, 012815W (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NC F6841. H6890/55 7.1.60 EXAM'D IN 502628N, 012925W USING DECCA. LEAST E/S DEPTH 18FMS IN GEN DEPTH 20FMS. SEABED GRAVEL. (HMS SCOTT, 17.10.55). AMEND TO WK 18FMS [33MTRS] IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. HH100/351/14 26.3.99 LOCATED IN 5026.500N, 0129.550W [OGB] USING DECCA. LIES NW/SW WITH BOWS NW. VERY BROKEN UP. BOILER SPLIT IN TWO. FRAMES AND WHEELS OF WHAT SEEM TO BE RAILWAY CARRIAGES SEEN. STANDS 2-3MTRS HIGH. SEABED OF RIDGES OF SAND AND SHINGLE. (M PRITCHARD, 9.3.99). RETAIN AS WK 33MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. HH090/962/01 9.12.02 EXAM'D 14.7.02 IN 5026.506N, 0129.574W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 31.4 IN GEN DEPTH 35MTRS. SCOUR 0.7MTR DEEP EXTENDS UP TO 10MTRS AROUND WK. LENGTH 80MTRS, WIDTH 30MTRS. DCS3 HT 3.5MTRS. LIES 135/315 DEGS. PARTLY BURIED, BROKEN WK. (GARDLINE, HI 962). AMEND TO WK 31MTRS. BR STD. HH090/962/01 11.11.03 SWEPT CLEAR 31.4, FOUL 31.9MTRS. (GARDLINE, HI 962). AMEND TO SW 31MTRS. BR STD. 2.2.07 STANDS ABOUT 4MTRS HIGH IN 40MTRS ON SHINGLE SEABED. SHIP'S BELL HAS BEEN RECOVERED. (D C WENDES, SOUTH COAST SHIPWRECKS). NCA. SEP 2020/000123102 4.10.21 EXAM’D 29.9.20 IN 5026.506N, 0129.573W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 31.88MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 35MTRS. LENGTH 75MTRS, WIDTH 24MTRS, HT 3.9MTRS. ORIENTATION 138/318 DEGS. SCOUR DIMENSIONS LENGTH 12MTRS, WIDTH 12MTRS, TOWARDS 36 DEGS. (CLINTON MARINE SURVEY AB, HI 1586). AMEND DW 31MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: VERY BROKEN UP, SCOUR ALL AROUND WK

Position: 50 26.506 N,1 29.573 W

 

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