This is the information page about the shipwreck Ethel radcliffe, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 35.127 N,1 44.727 E (52.4370167, 1.7918333)

 

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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. Ala
2. Alice taylor
3. Alster
4. Alto (possibly)
5. Artemisia
6. Astrologer
7. Axminster (probably)
8. Barkis
9. Barrhill
10. Begona no 5
11. Boulderpool (after part)
12. Burtonia (possibly)
13. Bygdo (possibly)
14. Castle galleon
15. Cd 14 (probably)
16. City of kobe
17. Clansman (possibly)
18. Claudia (possibly)
19. Corduff
20. Crichtoun
21. Cross sand ltv
22. David b summers
23. Dronning maud (possibly)
24. El dorado
25. English trader
26. Ethel radcliffe
27. Excellenz mehnert
28. Frumenton
29. Fulgens
30. Galatea (possibly)
31. Gasfire
32. Geneva
33. George fisher
34. Georgia (for'd part)
35. Glen derry (probably)
36. Glynn
37. Groenlo
38. Gulf breaker
39. H h petersen
40. Hms agate
41. Hms christopher (possibly)
42. Hms condor (probably)
43. Hms dhoon (probably)
44. Hms donside (possibly)
45. Hms dungeness
46. Hms evesham (possibly)
47. Hms fontenoy
48. Hms force
49. Hms francolin
50. Hms glen prosen
51. Hms irvana (part of)
52. Hms jessie nutten
53. Hms kaphreda
54. Hms m a west (probably)
55. Hms ocean plough (possibly)
56. Hms orthos (probably)
57. Hms speeton (possibly)
58. Hms spider
59. Hms tettenhall
60. Hms tonbridge
61. Hms tugela
62. Hms washington (probably)
63. Hmsm d5
64. Ilse
65. Impulsion
66. Ionian (probably)
67. Kenneth hawksfield
68. La perouse (possibly)
69. Langeli (possibly)
70. Leelite
71. Lingfield
72. Mardyke
73. Maria rosa
74. Marianne (probably)
75. Marsworth
76. Mascota (possibly)
77. Memento (possibly)
78. Mercurius
79. Montferland
80. Mudo
81. Murdoch (probably)
82. Nadir
83. Navarra (possibly)
84. Nereus
85. Nominoe
86. Nordborg (possibly)
87. Norman queen
88. Novocastrian
89. Oil trader
90. Ole bull
91. Osprey
92. Oxshott (possibly)
93. Polaris
94. Prima
95. Regain
96. Ren
97. Reward (possibly)
98. Rhineland
99. Robin iv
100. Robrix
101. Rochester city
102. Rogate
103. Roine
104. Roxanna
105. Rye
106. Sea rhine
107. Seagull
108. Seaham
109. Sheaf water
110. Silksworth hall (probably).
111. Sirdar (part of)(possibly)
112. Skodsburg (possibly)
113. Southford
114. St patrick
115. Stad alkmaar
116. Stanmount
117. Sunniside (probably)
118. Taber park
119. Thomas m (possibly)
120. Thursonian
121. Tidal (possibly)
122. Tregantle (possibly)
123. Trevethoe
124. U 13 (probably)
125. Ui-001
126. Vanguard
127. Viola (possibly)
128. War valley
129. White lady
130. White swan
131. White swan (possibly)
132. Willowpool
133. Xanthe
134. Yewvalley (possibly)
135. Yucca (possibly)

 

Name: ETHEL RADCLIFFE

Length 126.5 meter, width: 17.1 meter, draught: 8.2, tonnage 5673 ton
Load: grain

Cause: 20.5.41 torpedoed and damaged by german e-boat and beached n of n pier, yarmouth. later bombed on several occasions and on 20.5.41 considered no longer salvable. 2000 tons of cargo was salved. (lloyds war losses).

Year of registration: 1941

Water depth above wreck: 8 meter, Height above seabed: 0 cm

Known since: 1941, last detected: 2019

Details measurements/cartography: H01862/42 10.8.42 AGROUND ON HEADING 348DEGS, BROKEN IN TWO, IN 523507N, 014450E. FORE PART ON EVEN KEEL. AFTER PART UPSIDE DOWN AND VISIBLE AT LW. FOREMAST SHOWS 83FT; VENTILATORS 44FT; UPPER DECK AMIDSHIPS 3FT ABOVE MHWS. (FOIC YARMOUTH, 21.5.42). INS AS ST.

- NM 1691/42. H0186/42 12.10.46 INS G CONL BUOY, GPFL(3)10S, CLOSE SE. (TH NM 116/46).

- NM 3504/46. H0186/42 9.11.53 DELETE BUOY. (TH).

- NM 2614/53. H01862/42 24.8.54 AMEND TO WK 1FM WITH G CONL BUOY, GPFL(3)G.10S, CLOSE SE. (TH).

- NM 1854/54. H01862/42 2.11.55 AMEND BUOY TO G CONL, CLOSE E. (TH).

- NM 2569/55. H01862/42 20.1.55 EXAM'D IN 523506N, 014450E USING HSA. SWEPT CLEAR AT 6, FOUL AT 7FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 20 IN GEN DEPTH 24FT. SCOUR DEPTH 29FT. (ECES, 1954). H01862/42 12.5.58 EXAM'D IN 523506N, 014450E USING HSA AFTER DISPERSAL. SWEPT CLEAR AT 12, FOUL AT 13FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 19 IN GEN DEPTH 26FT. (ECES, 10.10.57). AMEND TO WK 2FMS. BR STD. 20.1.60 INS AS WK 2FMS 1FT, WITH G CONL BUOY CLOSE E. NCS 1536, 1534 & 1504. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). H01862/42 13.9.60 WKGE LIES STREWN OVER AREA 300X80FT, ORIENTATED N/S. LEAST DEPTH 15 IN A 000-180DEGS DIRECTION. BOAT SURVEY CONFIRMED THIS AND INDICATED GEN DEPTHS 25-31FT [LWST]. (TH, 29.8.60). AMEND TO WK 2FMS 3FT WITH BUOY. BR STD. 20.6.62 DISPERSAL CONTRACT PLACED WITH UNDERWATER WELDERS & REPAIRS LTD. H01862/42 11.12.62 AREA NOW CLEAR AT 20, FOUL AT 21FT. NOW A TANGLED MASS OF PLATES, GIRDERS AND BEAMS WITH ISOLATED PIECES STANDING ABOVE MAIN BODY OF WK. (THL 1573/61). AMEND TO WK 3FMS 2FT. DELETE BUOY.

- NM 2652/62. H2358/65 2.9.65 EXAM'D IN 523512N, 014443E USING HSA. LEAST E/S DEPTH 21 IN GEN DEPTH 23FT. SCOUR DEPTH 26FT. (HMS EGERIA, 3.6.65). AMEND POSN.

- NM 1613/65. H3570/67 29.11.67 LOCATED IN 523515N, 014445E. LEAST DEPTH NOW 3FMS 3FT. GOOD SONAR FROM SE. (HMS ECHO, R-OF-S DTD 15.9.67). AMEND DEPTH. BR STD. H3570/67 14.11.69 H3570/67 & H6405/68 EXAM'D 25.9.69 IN 523508N, 014450E USING HSA. SWEPT CLEAR 5.1, FOUL 5.3MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 5.6 IN GEN DEPTH 6.8-9MTRS. (HMS ECHO, HI 357/69). AMEND TO WK SW 2FMS 4FT IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.H4403/71 20.9.71 EXAM'D IN 523509N, 014445E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 5.9 IN GEN DEPTH 8MTRS. NUMEROUS PEAKS DETECTED. (HMS ECHO, 9.6.71). NCA. H4403/71 7.11.73 EXAM'D IN 523513N, 014444E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 6.0 IN GEN DEPTH 8MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 8.7MTRS. SMALL WK ABOUT 200MTRS NW OF CHARTED POSN. SONAR DETECTED MANY PINNACLES IN AREA. (HMS ENTERPRISE). NCA. H4658/71 10.11.77 NOT CLOSELY EXAM'D. APPEARS TO BE VERY BROKEN UP FROM DCS3 TRACE. E/S SHOWS THAT WK STANDS ONLY ABOUT 2MTRS PROUD OF SEABED. (HMS ENTERPRISE, HI 55/77). NCA. H2339/84 26.6.85 EXAM'D 30.4.85 IN 523508N, 014450E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [4 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 6.6 IN GEN DEPTH 8MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 8.8MTRS. BROKEN UP AND SCATTERED WKGE GIVING LARGE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (NP 1016, HI 249). RETAIN SWEPT DEPTH. HH090/513/01 12.6.91 EXAM'D 7.4.91 IN 523507N, 014451E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [4 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 6.3 IN GEN DEPTH 6.5MTRS. GAVE NO SONAR SHADOW AND ASSUMED TO BE ALMOST COMPLETELY BURIED. GAVE MAGNETOMETER DEFLECTION. (NP 1016, HI 513). RETAIN AS CHARTED. HH090/846/01 14.5.99 EXAM'D 8.4.99 IN 5235.132N, 0144.722E [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 6MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 90MTRS, WIDTH 40MTRS. NO DCS3 HT. NO DEBRIS. LARGE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. WELL BROKEN UP AND ALMOST ENTIRELY BURIED. (NP 1016, HI 846). AMEND TO WK 6MTRS IN 5235.105N, 0144.832E [OGB]. BR STD. 18.5.2006 EUT POSN: 5235.132N, 0144.722E. NE 1536. SEP2017/000280867 01.09.16 LOCATED IN 5235.143N 0144.719E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 6.3MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 8MTRS. NFS.(ENVIRONMENT AGENCY PROJECT PM_1694). AMEND TO WRECK 6.3MTRS, MOVE TO REVISED POSITION. SEP2018/000224666 24.09.18 LOCATED IN 5235.142N 0144.724E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 6.6MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 8.2MTRS. NFS. (GREAT YARMOUTH PORT AUTHORITY SURVEY 19.02.18). RETAIN EXISITING DEPTH. NCA. SEP2020/000128270 15.6.20 LOCATED IN 5235.127N 0144.727E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 6.8MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 8.2MTRS. NFS. (GREAT YARMOUTH PORT AUTHORITY SURVEY 22.10.19). RETAIN EXISITING DEPTH IN REVISED POSN. RSDRA2023000074740 16.5.23 NOT LOCATED IN M/B DATASET (GREAT YARMOUTH PORT AUTHORITY SURVEY, 2022). NFA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: WELL BROKEN AND BURIED WRECKAGE

Position: 52 35.127 N,1 44.727 E

 

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