This is the information page about the shipwreck Excellence pleske, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 53.215 N,1 0.684 E (50.8163, 0.959)

 

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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. Actuality
2. Afghanistan (bow section)
3. Afghanistan (probably)
4. Albuera
5. Alcantara
6. Alice
7. Angelus (possibly)
8. Argonaut
9. Ash
10. Australier (probably)
11. Avoca
12. Bobby
13. Brandenburg
14. Cabo espartel
15. Ceta (stern section)
16. Charente
17. Christianssund
18. City of dresden (possibly)
19. Corinia (possibly)
20. De fontaine
21. Dorothy j (possibly)
22. Durango
23. Electra
24. Ella sayer
25. Empire lough (probably)
26. Empress of fort william (probably)
27. Enero (probably)
28. Euphorbia
29. Evg(no rx152)?
30. Excellence pleske
31. Express
32. G-asad
33. Grit (probably)
34. Grosser kurfurst
35. Grosser kurfurst (possibly)
36. Gwendoline (part of)(possibly)
37. Halcyon
38. Henry moon
39. Heron
40. Hmhs anglia
41. Hms blackwater
42. Hms brazen
43. Hms carlton
44. Hms caulonia
45. Hms city of dundee
46. Hms cleon
47. Hms drumtochty (possibly)
48. Hms falmouth iii (possibly)
49. Hms ghurka
50. Hms myrmidon
51. Hms torbay ii (probably)
52. Hms waterfly
53. Hmt gullfoss
54. Hoheweg
55. Holland
56. Hydaspes (possibly)
57. Jokai
58. Josephine willis
59. Kadru
60. Katharina kolkmann
61. Kielce
62. La somme (probably)
63. Lacer
64. Lady alice
65. Latona
66. Leicester
67. Leila najia
68. Leo
69. Lepanto/le panto/panta/panto
70. Lighter 83
71. Lizzonia
72. Lusitania
73. Maloja 1
74. Maxwell
75. Milbanke (probably)
76. Mon bijou/fias
77. Monarch
78. Morgenster
79. Mrav
80. My astor
81. Naranco
82. Negrier
83. Newcastle
84. Niki
85. Norman
86. Northfleet
87. Nunima
88. Portslade (possibly)
89. River levan
90. Robin hood
91. Roode zee (possibly)
92. Roseburn
93. Rydal hall (possibly)
94. S.folkestone gate (ltv no.75)
95. Saint emilion (probably)
96. Saint jean pierre
97. Salbya (possibly)
98. Samida
99. Sea serpent
100. Seine
101. Shenandoah
102. Sierra bravia
103. Sir russell
104. Sparta (possibly)
105. St cecilia
106. Swale (probably)
107. T s webb
108. Texaco caribbean (after section)
109. Texaco caribbean (forward section)
110. Tokufuku maru
111. Traquair (probably)
112. Trooper
113. U 8
114. Ub 108 (possibly)
115. Ub 109
116. Ub 31 ?
117. Ub 58 (possibly)
118. Ub 78
119. Ub-33 (probably)
120. Uc 63
121. Uc 77 (possibly)
122. Unity
123. Veerman
124. Vittoria claudia
125. War monarch
126. Waterland (possibly)
127. Welsh belle

 

Name: EXCELLENCE PLESKE

Length 83.8 meter, width: 11.3 meter, draught: 6.1, tonnage 2059 ton
Load: ferrous elements and ores: unrefined and refined,ore

Cause: ex-abeona. built in 1886 by w grey & co, west hartlepool. owned at time of loss by the shipping controller. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 203 nhp, single shaft. 90mm gun. passage bilbao for middlesbrough. torpedoed by ub-57. 15 men lost. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 31 meter, Height above seabed: 33 cm

Known since: 1918, last detected: 2017

Details measurements/cartography: 1.4.18 LOCATED 400YDS ESE DUNGENESS LTV. LEAST DEPTH 17FMS. (VA DOVER). H7393/30 12.11.30 POSN 505223N, 010145E. (HMS KELLETT). H01418/40 2.3.61 & H5824/60 SWEPT CLEAR BY OROPESA AT 63FT. ANOTHER WK OR PIECE 1 CABLE NORTHWARD. (HMS SCOTT, 25.5.60). H4551/76 10.11.76 REPD HEIGHT OF 33FT IN 505312.0N, 010053.8E [EUR]. POSN BY DECCA. (RISDON BEAZLEY, REF 4/76 DTD 27.10.76, SURVEYED 1956). H4419/78 11.10.78 EXAM'D 3.8.77 IN 505310N, 010046E USING TRISPONDER [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 23.7MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 30-32MTRS. DCS3 HT 10.6MTRS. LENGTH 78MTRS. LYING 020/200DEGS. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 35/77). RETAIN CHARTED DEPTH IN AMENDED POSN. 19.8.82 DIVED ON RECENTLY. BELL RECOVERED BUT NAME INDISTINCT. EITHER 'ABHONA' OR 'ABEONA'. (M J WEBB, TELECON 2.8.82). 23.8.82 NAME ON BELL IS 'ABEONA', WHICH WAS FORMER NAME OF 'EXCELLENCE PLESKE' WHEN BUILT IN 1886. (A C CROTHALL, TELECON). HH090/711/01 28.1.97 EXAM'D 15.8.96 IN 505313N, 010042E [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 19.8, FOUL 20.0MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 20.2 IN GEN DEPTH 31MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 9.5MTRS. LENGTH 80MTRS, WIDTH 12MTRS. LIES 045/225DEGS. (NP 1016, HI 711). AMEND TO SW 19.8MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. SEP 2016/000091764 20.4.17 EXAM'D 24.07.16; IN 5053.215N, 0100.684E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 22.2MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 31MTRS, LENGTH 83.4MTRS, WIDTH 12MTRS, HEIGHT 8.6MTRS, ORIENTATION 033/213 DEGS. WRECK IS INTACT AND UPRIGHT. (GARDLINE, HI 1497). AMEND DW 22MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 50 53.215 N,1 0.684 E

 

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