This is the information page about the shipwreck Francesco ciampa, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 8.219 N,1 29.631 E (51.089833333333, 1.7715833333333)

 

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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. 150
2. Admiral gardner
3. Advent
4. Africa
5. Agen
6. Amplegarth
7. Andaman
8. Angelus (possibly)
9. Ashley
10. Atlantic (possibly)
11. Brandenburg
12. Bravore
13. Brendonia
14. Ca 4
15. Camisard
16. Cap de la hague
17. Carmen
18. Cathay (part of)
19. Cedrington court
20. Colbert
21. Colbert (possibly)
22. Constanzia
23. Corhaven
24. Corheath
25. Correct
26. Costas michalos (aft section)
27. Costas michalos (fwd part)
28. D'artagnan
29. Dartmore
30. Diana
31. Dinard
32. Dixie
33. Dolcoath (part)
34. Dolcoath (part)
35. Dorothy j (possibly)
36. Dunbar castle
37. E goodwin ltv
38. Efford
39. Eidsiva (probably)
40. Eleonora
41. Emile deschamps
42. Emma
43. Emma (possibly)
44. Empire lough (probably)
45. Empress of fort william (probably)
46. En avant
47. Falcon (probably)
48. Fearless
49. Filleigh
50. Flachsee
51. Flandres
52. Francesco ciampa
53. Frons olivae (probably)
54. G 85 (possibly)
55. G-42 (possibly)
56. Gad 23
57. Genimar
58. Gloire a sainte therese
59. Grosser kurfurst (possibly)
60. Halcyon
61. Harcalo
62. Henry b plant
63. Henry moon
64. Hm mgb 328 (possibly)
65. Hmhs anglia
66. Hms alert ?
67. Hms aragonite (part of)
68. Hms aragonite (part of)
69. Hms aries (possibly)
70. Hms artic trapper
71. Hms brazen
72. Hms carilon
73. Hms carlton
74. Hms cayton wyke (probably)
75. Hms city of dundee
76. Hms cleon
77. Hms drumtochty (possibly)
78. Hms falmouth iii (possibly)
79. Hms fauvette
80. Hms flirt
81. Hms glen boyne
82. Hms kingston galena
83. Hms lord grey
84. Hms lydian
85. Hms marcella
86. Hms napia
87. Hms niger (possibly)
88. Hms northumberland (probably)
89. Hms othello ii
90. Hms peridot
91. Hms restoration (possibly)
92. Hms rodino
93. Hms stirling castle (probably)
94. Hms torbay ii (probably)
95. Hms tourmaline
96. Hms tranquil
97. Hms war sepoy
98. Hms weigelia
99. Hms wessex
100. Hmsm b2
101. Hundvaag
102. Ilaro
103. Ira (possibly)
104. Jacob luckenbach
105. James harrod
106. Josephine willis
107. Jupiter (probably)
108. Jupiter tr 1 (possibly)
109. Kabinda
110. Kadru
111. Karmt
112. Katharina kolkmann
113. Kielce
114. Kirsten skou
115. Koenigshaven
116. L'armandeche
117. La fleche
118. Lady stella
119. Latona
120. Lcp(r) 1961 (possibly)
121. Le pelerin de la mer
122. Le tregor
123. Leicester
124. Leo
125. Lighter 83
126. Loanda
127. Lolworth
128. Lord hamilton (possibly)
129. Luray victory
130. Lusitania
131. Mahratta
132. Mahratta ii
133. Maloja 1
134. Malta (probably)
135. Margate sand beacon
136. Mariner moon
137. Merel (part of)(possibly)
138. Mersey
139. Monarch
140. Monica (possibly)
141. Munificent
142. Murillo
143. Nancy moran
144. Negrier
145. Niki
146. Norman
147. North eastern victory
148. Notre dame des trois epis
149. Ocean king (possibly)
150. Opal
151. Ousel (probably)
152. Pallieter
153. Paros isle
154. Phoenix
155. Polgrange
156. Preussen
157. Pulborough
158. Quentovic
159. Regin (possibly)
160. Rio parana
161. Rooswijk
162. Rydal force
163. Rynanna
164. S goodwin ltv (lv 69)
165. S.folkestone gate (ltv no.75)
166. Sabac
167. Saint michael veillez sur nous
168. Saint ronan (possibly)
169. Saint ronan (possibly)
170. Sambut
171. Santagata
172. Santagata (?part of)
173. Sea serpent
174. Selma (possibly)
175. Shenandoah
176. Smarapaan
177. Spanish prince
178. Sperrbrecher 171 (possibly)
179. St cecilia
180. St claire (possibly)
181. Strathclyde
182. Surrey
183. Tbd 317
184. Teeswood
185. Texaco caribbean (after section)
186. Texaco caribbean (forward section)
187. The queen
188. Tina primo
189. Toromoree
190. Toward
191. Traquair (probably)
192. U 11 (possibly)
193. U 16 (possibly)
194. U 48
195. U 8
196. Ub 103 (possibly)
197. Ub 108 (possibly)
198. Ub 109
199. Ub 12 (possibly)
200. Ub 29 (possibly)
201. Ub 38
202. Ub 55 (probably)
203. Ub 56 (possibly)
204. Ub 58 (possibly)
205. Ub 78
206. Ub-33 (probably)
207. Uc 26
208. Uc 46
209. Uc 46 (possibly)
210. Uc 63
211. Uc 77 (possibly)
212. Uc 78 or uc 79
213. Unity
214. Virginie
215. W a scholten
216. Warfleth
217. Westerley star
218. Wheatman (possibly)
219. Will and maggie (probably)
220. Xanthence

 

Name: FRANCESCO CIAMPA

Length 107.3 meter, width: 13.1 meter, draught: 6.4, tonnage 3611 ton
Load: ferrous elements and ores: unrefined and refined,ore

Cause: vessel, built in 1899 by t turnbull & son and owned at the time of loss by f s ciampa & figli, sank near s goodwin ltv following a collision. she was en-route benisaf to rotterdam. (dods).

Year of registration: 1927

Water depth above wreck: 27 meter, Height above seabed: 170 cm

Known since: 1927, last detected: 20160907

Details measurements/cartography: H1022/27 14.2.27 SANK IN 510815N, 012948E. (TH).

- NM 306T/27. H1022/27 1.4.27 DISPERSED TO A LEAST DEPTH OF 50FT LWST. DOVER PATROL MEM BEARING 287.5DEGS, 4.25M. (TH, 26.3.27). CHART AS WK 50FT (1927) IN 510815N, 012948E.

- NM 703/27. H2602/28 27.4.28 DELETED. NE 1895. H012/39 20.2.40 FOUND BY PAV'S IN 510812N, 012948E ON 2.10.39. (DOVER SECRET ORDERS 035, 15.2.40). 17.5.55 NOW CHARTED AS WK 8FMS 2FT. NC 2451. H5824/60 1.3.61 LEAST E/S DEPTH 62FT. (HMS SCOTT, 1960). H1022/27 17.11.61 SWEPT CLEAR 52FT, FOUL 53FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 61 IN GEN DEPTH 100FT. SCOUR DEPTH 105FT. (HMS SCOTT, 9-10 MAY '61). AMENDED TO SW 8FMS 4FT. BR STD. H1219/63 5.3.64 LEAST E/S DEPTH 61 IN GEN DEPTH 94FT. SCOUR DEPTH 100FT. MARKED SLICK. GOOD A/S ECHO. (HMS ENTERPRISE, 26.2.63). 3.10.68 NOW CHARTED AS WK 8FMS 2FT [LAT]. NC 1406. H5498/69 19.11.69 LOCATED 8.8.69 IN 510812N, 012948E USING HSA. SWEPT CLEAR AT 16.7MTRS (55FT), FOUL AT 17.2MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 17.8 IN GEN DEPTH 27MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 29.4MTRS. SEABED IS GENTLY UNDULATING. GOOD SONAR FROM ALL DIRECTIONS. A FAIRLY LARGE WK, LYING NW/SE. POSN MARKED BY A SWIRL DOWN-TIDE. (HMS ENTERPRISE, HI 174/69 & HI 8(B)/69). AMEND SW 9FMS 1FT ON LC 1895, TO SW 9FMS 3FT ON 1892.

- NM 1837/69. H4667/70 31.12.70 LOCATED IN 510815N, 012939E [EUR] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 17 IN GEN DEPTH 27MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 30MTRS. UNEVEN SEABED. LYING NW/SE WITH LEAST DEPTH AT SE END. CONTACTS AGREE WITH LENGTH 352FT. SHALLOW SCOUR ALL ROUND WK, DEEPEST AT SE END AT 30MTRS. THERE IS A SMALL BANK WITH 25MTRS OVER IT ON N SIDE. (HMS BULLDOG, 18.9.70). RECENTLY SWEPT. NCA. H2234/71 7.6.72 LARGE SS, NO SUPERSTRUCTURE, 10FT SCOUR AT STERN. (GB DIVING SERVICES). 15.6.72 NOW CHARTED AS SW 16.7MTRS. NC 1828. H4453/72 19.4.79 EXAM'D 9.3.77 & 20.4.78 IN 510811N, 012944E USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 16 IN GEN DEPTH 26.5MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 8.5MTRS, LENGTH OVER 200FT, LYING NW/SE. VERY GOOD ALL ROUND SONAR RESPONSE. (HMS ENTERPRISE, HI 53/77). AMEND TO WK 16MTRS IN REVISED POSN.

- NM 1091/79. H4199/78 10.9.79 EXAM'D 25.7.79. LEAST E/S DEPTH 16.2 IN GEN DEPTH 28MTRS. DCS3 HT 10MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 1.5MTRS. LYING 160/340DEGS, LENGTH 90MTRS. APPEARS TO HAVE SPLIT IN TWO, S PORTION SHOALEST. (HMS EGERIA, HI 61A/79). NCA. H2007/81 30.4.81 CONFIRMATION OF WK. BUT NO TRACE OF REPD TIDE-RIP CLOSE BY. (THV SIREN, 20.2.81). NCA. H1951/80 29.5.81 EXAM'D 9.4.81 IN 510813N, 012944E USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR AT 17.0MTRS, FOUL AT 17.4MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 16.9 IN GEN DEPTH 27MTRS. DCS3 HT 10.4MTRS AT LEAST - SHADOW OFF EDGE OF TRACE, LENGTH 110MTRS, BEAM 22MTRS. LYING 165/345DEGS. PARTIALLY DISPERSED. (HMS ENTERPRISE, HI 21B). NCA YET. HH090/606/01 2.2.94 LOCATED 28.10.93 IN 510811.9N, 012943.9E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [3 LOP]. NOT EXAM'D. LEAST E/S DEPTH 21.6 IN GEN DEPTH 26.4MTRS. DCS3 HT 3.0MTRS. LARGE WK LYING SE/NW. RECOMMEND NCA. (NP 1016, HI 606). NCA. HH090/610/01 6.4.94 LOCATED 13.2.94 IN 510812.6N, 012943.8E [OGD] USING TRISPONDER [3 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 16.0 IN GEN DEPTH 26MTRS. DCS3 HEIGHT 9.5MTRS. LENGTH 115MTRS, WIDTH 15MTRS. LYING 170/350DEGS. SCOUR DEPTH 2MTRS. WRECK INTACT, HIGH POINTS AT EACH END AND AMIDSHIPS. CHART AS WK 16MTRS. (HMS BEAGLE, HI 610). HH090/630/01 31.8.94 EXAM'D 9.7.94 IN 510810.9N, 012943.8E USING TRISPONDER [3 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR 17.3, FOUL 17.6MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 16.7 IN GEN DEPTH 27MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 29MTRS. DCS3 HT 13.7MTRS. LIES 170/350DEGS. COVERS 107MTRS BY 30MTRS. STRONG MAGNETOMETER DEFLECTION. (NP 1016, HI 630). AMEND SW 17.3MTRS IN 510811N, 012944E. BR STD. HH090/737/01 30.9.97 LOCATED, NOT EXAMINED. (NP 1016, HI 737). HH090/893/01 23.10.00 LOCATED, NOT EXAMINED. (NP 1016, HI 893). SEP 2016/000297768 15.12.16 EXAM'D 12.12.2016 IN 5108.219N, 0129.631E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 16.67MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 27MTRS, LENGTH 110MTRS, WIDTH 15MTRS, HEIGHT 10MTRS, ORIENTATION 170/350 DEGS. LARGELY INTACT AND UPRIGHT.(GARDLINE, HI 1496, H102_HI1496_002_16). AMEND DW 16.7MTRS IN REVISED POSITION. SEP 2016/000091760 16.1.17 EXAM'D 7.9.2016 IN 5108.219N, 0129.631E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 16.67MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 27MTRS, LENGTH 110MTRS, WIDTH 15MTRS, HEIGHT 10MTRS, ORIENTATION 170/350 DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 150MTRS, 2MTRS DEEP, TOWARDS 020 DEGS. LARGELY INTACT AND UPRIGHT. (GARDLINE, HI 1496). AMEND TO DW 16.6MTRS IN POSITION.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 51 8.219 N,1 29.631 E

 

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