This is the information page about the shipwreck Ethel (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 28.403 N,2 20.796 W (50.39495, -2.4067166666667)

 

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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. Addarwa
2. Aeneas (probably)
3. Aeolian sky
4. Alex van opstal
5. Amy
6. Apache
7. Arfon
8. Athen
9. Barryman
10. Binnendijk
11. Black hawk (aft section)
12. Black hawk (fwd section)
13. Britannia (possibly)
14. British inventor (bow section)
15. Centurion
16. Chasseur 6
17. Chasseur 7
18. Countess of erne
19. Earl of abergavenny
20. Elena r
21. Elmcrest
22. Enecuri
23. Ethel (probably)
24. Evertsen
25. Finn
26. Forester (& pontoon)
27. Franziska
28. Frigga
29. Frogner ?
30. General jackson
31. Girnigoe
32. Gripfast
33. Hartburn (probably)
34. Hartlepool (part of)
35. Hartlepool (part of)
36. Himalaya
37. Hms arfon
38. Hms blackwood
39. Hms dark gladiator
40. Hms delight
41. Hms fisgard ii
42. Hms golden sunset (possibly)
43. Hms james fennel
44. Hms kingston cairngorm (possibly)
45. Hms landrail (probably)
46. Hms warrior ii
47. Hmsm a3
48. Hmsm l24
49. Hmsm m2
50. Hmsm p555
51. Hmsm safari (ex p 211)
52. Hmsm sidon
53. Inisinver
54. Iolanthe
55. Juvenile delinquent
56. K m b (possibly)
57. Kolga
58. License to kill (possibly)
59. Longsand
60. Mallard (possibly)
61. Marie therese
62. Martha
63. Meknes
64. Merchant royal
65. Milo
66. Neree (possibly)
67. Neree (probably)
68. Netley abbey (possibly)
69. Onward (probably)
70. Orne (possibly)
71. Pas (c.182)
72. Pitchipoy (possibly)
73. Rowella
74. Royal adelaide
75. Saratoga
76. Scaldis
77. Snowdrop
78. Spiral (possibly)
79. Stancrest
80. Sudon (possibly)
81. Terrapin
82. Thera (possibly)
83. U 322 (possibly)
84. Ub 74
85. Valdes (probably)

 

Name: ETHEL (PROBABLY)

Length 88.4 meter, width: 12.8 meter, draught: 5.2, tonnage 2336 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: triple expansion engine, single shaft. passage rouen for barry roads. torpedoed by ub 104. was taken in tow but sank near portland. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 34 meter, Height above seabed: 55 cm

Known since: 1918, last detected: 2009

Details measurements/cartography: 19.9.18 POSN 8M SE OF BERRY HEAD. (BOT WR 8/238, DOCKET M 43492). [?POSN IN WHICH ATTACKED]. 27.9.18 SUNK 4.5M SE OF PORTLAND BILL. (RA PORTLAND, AP REPORT, DOCKET M014899) - POSN ACCEPTED AS 502845N, 022100W APPROX. H3971/52 30.6.52 CHARTED AS NDW PA 502845N, 022100W. LC F6840. H3564/61 20.7.61 ATTEMPTS TO LOCATE THIS WK UNSUCCESSFUL. (CAPT. (F), 2ND FRIGATE SQUADRON, PORTLAND). NCA YET. H2291/64 18.5.65 NOT FOUND DURING CLOSE SONAR SEARCH. (HMS SCOTT, 1964, SURVEY [K4467]). DELETE. - FNM 41/65 & NM 907/65. H3848/86 4.6.91 WK OF OLD SS LOCATED AND DIVED ON IN 502824N, 022043W. COULD POSSIBLY BE REMAINS OF TWO WKS. BOILERS AND OLD NAV LIGHTS LOCATED. (A E SMITH, TELECON 29.5.91). NCA. 11.6.91 WK OF TWIN SCREW SS, 200FT LONG, LOCATED IN 502824.5N, 022042W. LIES IN 2 PIECES WITH BOW BROKEN OFF ON STBD SIDE. (M SKELSEY, 11.6.91). NCA. HH100/351/04 28.8.91 DIVED ON AND IDENTIFIED AS A SS. MUCH COPPER AND LEAD PIPING FOUND IN WHAT WAS THE BOILER ROOM. (A E SMITH, FAX 12.8.91). NCA. HH3848/86 25.9.91 EXAMINED IN 502821N, 022042W [OGB]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 29.8 IN GEN DEPTH 36MTRS. LARGE WK, LENGTH 90MTRS, BEAM 15MTRS. BROKEN INTO TWO PARTS. (HMSML GLEANER, HI 367).

- NM 2875/91. HH3848/86/2 25.11.91 EXAM'D 19.9.91 BY HMS BULLDOG IN 502822N, 022044W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [3 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR AT 30.1, FOUL AT 30.4MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 29.8 IN GEN DEPTH 36MTRS. LIES 049/229DEGS, IN TWO SECTIONS WITH BOW SECTION LYING AT RIGHT ANGLES TO THE MORE SUBSTANTIAL STERN PART. A FUNNEL CAN BE DISCERNED ON INSPECTION OF THE SONAR TRACE. (HMSML GLEANER, HI 367). AMEND TO WK 29.5MTRS. BR STD. HH090/961/01 2.12.03 NOT EXAMINED. LIES IN AREA OF STATIC FISHING GEAR. (GARDLINE, HI 961). NCA. HH091/154/01 / SEP 2010/000005843 29.12.09 LOCATED 2.3.09 IN 5028.403N, 0220.796W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 30.11 IN GEN DEPTH 34.8MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 88.4MTRS, WIDTH 22.0MTRS, HT 4.7MTRS. LIES 055/235 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (FUGRO OSAE, HI 1154). APPARENTLY BROKEN UP. AMEND WK 30MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: APPARENTLY BROKEN UP

Position: 50 28.403 N,2 20.796 W

 

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