This is the information page about the shipwreck Excelsior (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 40.5 N,1 44.95 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. Azemmour
9. Baron garioch
10. Betelgeuse (bow section)
11. Betsy anna
12. Bobbyb
13. Borgny
14. Braedale (probably)
15. Brestois
16. Britannia (probably)
17. Campen
18. Carbon
19. Carentan
20. Castle crag
21. Castlereagh
22. Ceres (possibly)
23. Clan macvey
24. Clarinda
25. Cleddy (probably)
26. Coquetdale (probably)
27. Dagmar
28. Derna (probably)
29. Dulce t
30. Empire crusader
31. Ernest lagouve
32. Espagne
33. Everleigh
34. Excelsior (possibly)
35. Fenna (probably)
36. Fleur de lys
37. Fluent
38. General jackson
39. Georgios kyriakides
40. Halsewell
41. Hartley (possibly)
42. Hms acheron (bow section)
43. Hms acheron (stern section)
44. Hms albion ii
45. Hms assurance
46. Hms eleanor (probably)
47. Hms fame
48. Hms john mitchell
49. Hms new dawn
50. Hms pomone
51. Hms sargasso
52. Hms warwick deeping
53. Hms waterlily
54. Hmsm safari (ex p 211)
55. Hmsm upstart
56. Indutionmare
57. Iona
58. Irex
59. Janna
60. Jgena (possibly)
61. Juno
62. Kyarra
63. Lady of avenel
64. Lapwing (possibly) or south western
65. Lct 809
66. Lcvp 120
67. Leny (possibly)
68. Lil boat
69. Lochavon
70. Magog
71. Margaret smith
72. Mayflower
73. Mechanician
74. Michelle
75. Midland queen
76. Millmer
77. Molina
78. Myrtlegrove (probably)
79. Nailsea lass
80. Navasota
81. Neree (possibly)
82. Nestlea
83. Nichola (probably)
84. Nidarholm
85. Normandy
86. Nw68
87. Nw96
88. Piedras
89. Pool fisher
90. Prinses juliana (part of)(possibly)
91. Rapana
92. Reindeer
93. Rosehill (probably)
94. Sally jane
95. Sardomene
96. Seahawk
97. Security (possibly)
98. Serrana (bow section)
99. Serrana (stern part)
100. Sheer grace
101. Southampton
102. Spyros (possibly)
103. Start
104. Surdelo
105. Tamele
106. Teamwork
107. Terlings
108. Togimo
109. Trafalgar (possibly)
110. U 480
111. Vari solo sailor
112. Varvassi
113. Venezuela
114. Vera (probably)
115. War knight
116. Westville
117. Witte zee
118. Woodbury

 

Name: EXCELSIOR (POSSIBLY)

Length 22.6 meter, width: 5.4 meter, tonnage 62 ton
Load: scrap metal,ferrous elements and ores: unrefined and refined

Cause: built of wood in 1904 by john chambers, lowestoft. owned at time of loss by j a baker, southwick. one boiler, compound expansion engine of 15 hp, single shaft. passage portsmouth for newport. cargo scrap metals. sprang a leak & foundered.

Year of registration: 1924

Water depth above wreck: 18 meter, Height above seabed: 100 cm

Known since: 1924, last detected: 2012

Details measurements/cartography: H6044/24 8.9.24 H6044/24 WK IN 503830N, 014300W, 5M W OF NEEDLES PT. (LL, 8.9.24).

- NM 1357T/24. M4170/24 & M4160/24 UNSUCCESSFULLY SEARCHED FOR BY TH. (C-IN-C & RECEIVER OF WKS). NM 1357T/24 CANCELLED. H6044/24 20.8.25 H6044/24 20.8.25 NOTHING FOUND DURING SWEEPING OPS IN VICINITY OF REPD POSN. (TH, DTD 13.8.25). H1945/76 28.9.81 H1945/76 28.9.81 WK LOCATED IN 504029N, 014452.5W [OGB] DURING BASIC SOUNDING. NOT FURTHER EXAM'D. LEAST E/S DEPTH OBTAINED 15.6 IN GEN DEPTH 18MTRS. (SCESU, HI 81/78). CHART AS WK 15.6MTRS.

- NM 2385/81. 28.4.05 28.4.05 UNABLE TO LOCATE WK. SEABED IS ROCK. THERE IS AN ISOLATED ROCK PATCH WHICH HAD THE APPEARANCE OF WRECKAGE. ALTHOUGH THERE WAS A MAGNETIC ANOMALY, NO WRECK WAS FOUND. (D C WENDES, PERSONAL VISIT). NCA. 25.10.12 25.10.12 EXAM'D 27.1.12 IN 5040.500N, 0144.950W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 17.65 IN GEN DEPTH 18.6MTRS. LEAST W/C DEPTH 17.08MTRS. SCOUR 0.6MTR DEEP EXTENDS 15MTRS N. LENGTH 45MTRS, WIDTH 15MTRS, HT 0.6MTRS. NO MAGNETIC ANOMALY. LINEAR DEBRIS MOUND WITH SEDIMENT ACCUMULATED ON S SIDE AND SCOUR TO N. (EMU, HI 1366). AMEND WK 17MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: AREA OF DEBRIS

Position: 50 40.5 N,1 44.95 W

 

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