This is the information page about the shipwreck Excellenz mehnert, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 42.025 N,2 1.902 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. Abeona
2. Aberhill
3. Afon towy and deerwood (possibly)
4. Ala
5. Alto (possibly)
6. Astrologer
7. Atle
8. Avonwood
9. Axminster (probably)
10. Barkis
11. Barrhill
12. Begona no 5
13. Blacktoft (possibly)
14. Bob read (probably)
15. Boulderpool (after part)
16. Bovey tracy
17. Boy karl
18. Cardanel
19. Castle galleon
20. Cd 14 (probably)
21. Chevington
22. City of kobe
23. Corbrook
24. Cordene
25. Cormead
26. Crichtoun
27. Cross sand ltv
28. Daisy (possibly)
29. Dashwood
30. David b summers
31. Db 8 (possibly)
32. El dorado
33. Elnet
34. English trader
35. Ethel radcliffe
36. Excellenz mehnert
37. Fidelio
38. G and e (possibly)
39. Galatea (possibly)
40. Gallois and oxshott (possibly)
41. Geneva
42. George fisher
43. Georgia (for'd part)
44. Girl linda
45. Glen derry (probably)
46. Glen tilt (possibly)
47. Glynn
48. Goodwood (possibly)
49. Gulf breaker
50. Hamsterley
51. Hector gannet
52. Helena
53. Hms agate
54. Hms bracklyn (possibly)
55. Hms cantatrice
56. Hms christopher (possibly)
57. Hms condor (probably)
58. Hms dhoon (probably)
59. Hms evesham (possibly)
60. Hms exmoor
61. Hms fontenoy
62. Hms force
63. Hms glen prosen
64. Hms irvana (part of)
65. Hms kaphreda
66. Hms m a west (probably)
67. Hms ocean plough (possibly)
68. Hms pelton (probably)
69. Hms speeton (possibly)
70. Hms spider
71. Hms tettenhall
72. Hms tonbridge
73. Hms tranio
74. Hms tugela
75. Hms washington (probably)
76. Hmsm d5
77. Horseferry (probably)
78. Impulsion
79. Ionian (probably)
80. Kentwood (probably)
81. Knitsley (part of)(probably)
82. Knitsley (possibly)
83. La perouse (possibly)
84. Langeli (possibly)
85. Leopold ii
86. Liliane (possibly)
87. Lindisfarne (probably)
88. Lingfield
89. Mardyke
90. Marianne (probably)
91. Marsworth
92. Mascota (possibly)
93. Memento (possibly)
94. Merchant
95. Mercurius
96. Meriones
97. Mirella
98. Montferland
99. Mudo
100. Murdoch (probably)
101. Navarra (possibly)
102. Nereus
103. Newland (possibly)
104. Nominoe
105. Nordborg (possibly)
106. Noreen
107. Novocastrian
108. Oil trader
109. Onto
110. Otis tarda
111. Oxshott (possibly)
112. Philipp m
113. Pluton
114. Polaris
115. Prima
116. Prosper
117. Quest
118. Regain
119. Reward (possibly)
120. Robin iv
121. Robrix
122. Rogate
123. Roine
124. Rokos vergottis
125. Roxanna
126. Roy
127. Rye
128. Scotia
129. Sea rhine
130. Silksworth hall (probably).
131. Sir william stephenson
132. Sirdar (part of)(possibly)
133. Skodsburg (possibly)
134. Stanmount
135. Strive
136. Thomas m (possibly)
137. Tidal (possibly)
138. Togston
139. Tregantle (possibly)
140. Trevethoe
141. Tunisiana
142. U 13 (probably)
143. Uc 62 (possibly)
144. Ui-001
145. Vanguard
146. Viola (possibly)
147. Virgilia
148. Waldinge
149. Walkure
150. War mehtar
151. War valley
152. Waterloo
153. White swan
154. White swan (possibly)
155. Willowpool
156. Yewvalley (possibly)
157. Yucca (possibly)

 

Name: EXCELLENZ MEHNERT

Length 55.5 meter, width: 8.5 meter, draught: 4.6, tonnage 646 ton
Load: natural fibres and materials in general: unprocessed and products,wood: unprocessed and products

Cause: built in 1911 by m v fredrikstad, fredrikstad. owned at time of loss by a/s excellenz mehnert. one boiler, triple expansion engine of 64 nhp, single shaft. passage drammen for london. struck mine laid by uc-6. (llww1, sibi).

Year of registration: 1916

Water depth above wreck: 28 meter

Known since: 1916, last detected: 2014

Details measurements/cartography: H6391/19 SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 524200N, 020200E APPROX. H3039/26 INS ON BA CHARTS. H4282/26 14.10.26 AMENDED TO DW. NE 1094 & 1408. DELETED ON 2182A. H335/31 14.1.31 AMENDED TO DWPA. H2761/31 21.4.31 DELETED. (TH L 1326/31).

- NM ACTION. HH090/616/01 15.9.94 NOT LOCATED. (GARDLINE, HI 616). NCA. SEP 2014/000101130 31.12.14 EXAM'D 26.7.14 IN 5242.025N, 0201.902E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 26.02 IN GEN DEPTH 28MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 13MTRS, WIDTH 7MTRS, HT 2.0MTRS. LIES 165/345 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. APPARENTLY AN INTACT WK BURIED IN A SANDWAVE WITH ONLY A SMALL SECTION PROTRUDING. (GARDLINE GEOSURVEY, HI 1428). INS AS WK 26MTRS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: SINGLE CONTACT, ?PART OF BURIED WK

Position: 52 42.025 N,2 1.902 E

 

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