This is the information page about the shipwreck Everleigh, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 29.306 N,1 47.145 W (50.766666666667, -13.933333333333)

 

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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. Abel tasman (part of)(possibly)
2. Advanti
3. Ajax
4. Albert c field (probably)
5. Alexandrovna
6. Aparima
7. Arctic dawn
8. Arfon
9. Ashmun j clough (possibly)
10. Azemmour
11. Balmoralwood
12. Baron garioch
13. Betelgeuse (bow section)
14. Betsy anna
15. Bobbyb
16. Borgny
17. Braedale (probably)
18. Brestois
19. Bretagne
20. Britannia (probably)
21. Campen
22. Carbon
23. Carentan
24. Castlereagh
25. Ceres (possibly)
26. Chasseur 6
27. Chasseur 7
28. Cheyenne
29. Clan macvey
30. Clarinda
31. Coquetdale (probably)
32. Dagmar
33. Derna (probably)
34. Dulce t
35. Dumfries
36. Dungrange
37. El kahira
38. Emile miguet
39. Ernest lagouve
40. Espagne
41. Everleigh
42. Excelsior (possibly)
43. Fenna (probably)
44. Fleur de lys
45. Fluent
46. General jackson
47. Georgios kyriakides
48. Goathland
49. Halsewell
50. Hartburn (probably)
51. Hartley (possibly)
52. Heronspool
53. Hms acheron (bow section)
54. Hms acheron (stern section)
55. Hms albion ii
56. Hms assurance
57. Hms eleanor (probably)
58. Hms fame
59. Hms john mitchell
60. Hms michael clements
61. Hms new dawn
62. Hms pomone
63. Hms sargasso
64. Hms waterlily
65. Hmsm safari (ex p 211)
66. Hmsm upstart
67. Iona
68. Irex
69. Janna
70. Jgena (possibly)
71. Juno
72. Kafiristan
73. Kolga
74. Kong guttorm (probably)
75. Kyarra
76. Lady of avenel
77. Lapwing (possibly) or south western
78. Lct 809
79. Lcvp 120
80. Leny (possibly)
81. Leticia
82. License to kill (possibly)
83. Lil boat
84. Lochavon
85. Louisiane
86. Luxor
87. Magog
88. Mayflower
89. Mechanician
90. Messina
91. Michelle
92. Midland queen
93. Miefield
94. Millmer
95. Milo
96. Molina
97. Myrtlegrove (probably)
98. Nailsea lass
99. Navasota
100. Neree (possibly)
101. Nestlea
102. Nichola (probably)
103. Normandy
104. Nw68
105. Nw96
106. Pescalanza
107. Piedras
108. Prinses juliana (part of)(possibly)
109. Rapana
110. Reindeer
111. Rosehill (probably)
112. Sally jane
113. San fernando
114. Seahawk
115. Security (possibly)
116. Serrana (bow section)
117. Serrana (stern part)
118. Sheer grace
119. Smyrna
120. Southampton
121. Spyros (possibly)
122. Start
123. Surdelo
124. Teamwork
125. Terlings
126. Tiiu
127. Togimo
128. U 480
129. Vari solo sailor
130. Varvassi
131. Venezuela
132. Vera (probably)
133. Vikholmen
134. Waitara
135. War knight
136. Westville
137. Witte zee
138. Woodbury

 

Name: EVERLEIGH

Length 123.7 meter, width: 17.1 meter, draught: 8.2, tonnage 5222 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: built in 1930 by furness sb co ltd, haverton, hull-on-tees. owned at the time of loss by atlantic shipping & trading co ltd. three boilers, triple expansion engine of 527nhp, single shaft. passage london for barry roads. in ballast. torpedoed and sunk by u 1017 while part of coastal convoy tbc 60. six men lost.

Year of registration: 1945

Water depth above wreck: 39 meter, Height above seabed: 78 cm

Known since: 1945, last detected: 2020

Details measurements/cartography: 21.2.45 GOOD SONAR CONTACT IN 512842N, 014648W. (AUBD 304/50, ESCORT GROUP 17). H01272/45 9.3.45 BELIEVED SUNK IN 502900N, 014700W. (C-IN-C PORTSMOUTH, 6.3.45). NCA YET. H01272/45 12.4.45 NOW CHARTED AS DWP IN 503200N, 014800W. (ADMIRALTY).

- NM 1020/45. H01272/45 7.6.45 AMEND TO WK 6FMS IN 502922N, 014436W. (ADMIRALTY).

- NM 1575/45. H01272/45 1.9.45 LOCATED IN 502924N, 014700W. LEAST DEPTH 36FT. (TH, 23.8.45). H01272/45 25.5.46 DISPERSED. POSN 502924N, 014648W. (HMS STEEPHOLM, 18.5.46). H01272/45 16.11.46 DRIFT SWEPT CLEAR AT 48FT [MLWS] IN 502930N, 014542W. (CSO, HMS VERNON). AMEND TO WK 8FMS IN REVISED POSN.

- NM 3995/46. H01272/45 16.12.55 LOCATED IN 502916N, 014706W [OGB] USING DECCA. NOT EXAM'D. GEN DEPTH 22FMS. GOOD SONAR RESPONSE. (HMS SCOTT, 6.9.55). AMEND POSN. BR STD. H1244/69 30.9.70 WK DIVED. LEAST DEPTH 100 IN GEN DEPTH 140FT AT LW. STANDS 40FT HIGH AND ORIENTATED 075/255DEGS WITH BOW E. VESSEL HAS SETTLED ON TO PORT SIDE. HIGHEST PART IS THE POOP DECK. (P BARRETT, 28.9.70). H3950/70 6.10.71 H3950/70 6.10.71 NOW CHARTED AS SW 14.2MTRS [LAT - 0.4MTR]. NC 2615. H1968/77 14.8.81 EXAM'D 8.1.81 IN 502922N, 014657W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [2 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR AT 31.4, FOUL AT 32.5MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 31.8 IN GEN DEPTH 38MTRS. SCOUR 0.8MTR DEEP. (SCESU, HI 81/80). AMEND TO SW 31.4MTRS IN REVISED POSN.

- NM 2081/81. 5.12.02 EXAM'D 6.7.02 IN 5029.305N, 0147.146E [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 32.2, FOUL 32.7MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 32.3 IN GEN DEPTH 40MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 130MTRS, WIDTH 25MTRS. DCS3 HT 7.4MTRS. LIES 070/250 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. WELL BROKEN. (GARDLINE, HI 962). AMEND TO SW 32MTRS. BR STD. 21.2.07 A SUBSTANTIAL WK, MORE OR LESS UPRIGHT. BOILERS ARE THE HIGHEST PART. HAS BEEN IDENTIFED BY THE BELL. (SOUTH COAST SHIPWRECKS). NCA. 16.10.08 DIVED 6.07 IN LISTED POSN. STANDS 5MTRS HIGH BY DEPTH GAUGE. UPRIGHT, FAIRLY INTACT ALTHOUGH COLLAPSING. TWO HUGE BOILERS, THE HIGHEST PART, ARE SIDE BY SIDE IN CORRECT POSITION WITH A BRACING STRUT BETWEEN THEM. PROP SHAFT AND LARGE TUNNEL BROKEN AND POINTING TO THE SURFACE. PROP MISSING. SPARE PROP SEEN, BUT NO GUN OR AMMUNITION SIGHTED. BOWS BROKEN UP LEAVING A HUGE PILE OF CHAIN WHERE THE CHAIN LOCKER HAS CORRODED AWAY. (G LOCKET). NCA. 25.10.12 EXAM'D 24.1.12 IN 5029.307N, 0147.141W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 33.95 IN GEN DEPTH 41MTRS. LEAST W/C DEPTH 33.18MTRS. SCOUR 0.5MTR DEEP CLOSE N. LENGTH 130MTRS, WIDTH 28MTRS, HT 7MTRS. LIES 075/277 DEGS WITH BOWS ENE. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (EMU, HI 1366). RETAIN SW 32MTRS IN REVISED POSN. SEP 2020/000123102 4.10.21 EXAM’D 29.9.20 IN 5029.306N, 0147.145W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 32.62TRS IN GEN DEPTH 39MTRS. LENGTH 138MTRS, WIDTH 29MTRS, HT 6.5MTRS. (CLINTON MARINE SURVEY AB, HI 1586). AMEND NDW 32MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: LISTS TO PORT, COLLAPSING

Position: 50 29.306 N,1 47.145 W

 

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