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 (52.437016666667, 1.7918333333333)

 

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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. Bob read (probably)
12. Boulderpool (after part)
13. Burtonia (possibly)
14. Bygdo (possibly)
15. Castle galleon
16. Cd 14 (probably)
17. City of kobe
18. Clansman (possibly)
19. Claudia (possibly)
20. Corduff
21. Crichtoun
22. Cross sand ltv
23. Daisy (possibly)
24. David b summers
25. Db 8 (possibly)
26. Dronning maud (possibly)
27. El dorado
28. Elnet
29. English trader
30. Ethel radcliffe
31. Excellenz mehnert
32. Frumenton
33. Fulgens
34. G and e (possibly)
35. Galatea (possibly)
36. Gasfire
37. Geneva
38. George fisher
39. Georgia (for'd part)
40. Glen derry (probably)
41. Glynn
42. Groenlo
43. Gulf breaker
44. H h petersen
45. Hms agate
46. Hms cantatrice
47. Hms christopher (possibly)
48. Hms condor (probably)
49. Hms dhoon (probably)
50. Hms donside (possibly)
51. Hms dungeness
52. Hms evesham (possibly)
53. Hms fontenoy
54. Hms force
55. Hms francolin
56. Hms glen prosen
57. Hms harvest gleaner
58. Hms irvana (part of)
59. Hms jessie nutten
60. Hms kaphreda
61. Hms m a west (probably)
62. Hms ocean plough (possibly)
63. Hms orthos (probably)
64. Hms speeton (possibly)
65. Hms spider
66. Hms tettenhall
67. Hms tonbridge
68. Hms tugela
69. Hms washington (probably)
70. Hmsm d5
71. Ilse
72. Impulsion
73. Ionian (probably)
74. Kenneth hawksfield
75. La perouse (possibly)
76. Langeli (possibly)
77. Leelite
78. Lingfield
79. Mardyke
80. Maria rosa
81. Marianne (probably)
82. Marsworth
83. Mascota (possibly)
84. Memento (possibly)
85. Mercurius
86. Meriones
87. Montferland
88. Mudo
89. Murdoch (probably)
90. Nadir
91. Navarra (possibly)
92. Nereus
93. Nominoe
94. Nordborg (possibly)
95. Norman queen
96. Novocastrian
97. Oil trader
98. Ole bull
99. Osprey
100. Oxshott (possibly)
101. Polaris
102. Prima
103. Regain
104. Ren
105. Reward (possibly)
106. Rhineland
107. Robin iv
108. Robrix
109. Rochester city
110. Rogate
111. Roine
112. Roxanna
113. Rye
114. Sea rhine
115. Seagull
116. Seaham
117. Sheaf water
118. Silksworth hall (probably).
119. Sir william stephenson
120. Sirdar (part of)(possibly)
121. Skodsburg (possibly)
122. Southford
123. St patrick
124. Stad alkmaar
125. Stanmount
126. Sunniside (probably)
127. Taber park
128. Thomas m (possibly)
129. Thursonian
130. Tidal (possibly)
131. Tregantle (possibly)
132. Trevethoe
133. Tunisiana
134. U 13 (probably)
135. Uc 62 (possibly)
136. Ui-001
137. Vanguard
138. Vigo
139. Viola (possibly)
140. War valley
141. White lady
142. White swan
143. White swan (possibly)
144. Willowpool
145. Xanthe
146. Yewvalley (possibly)
147. 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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