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