This is the information page about the shipwreck Golconda (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 7.774 N,1 42.329 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. Aduatiek (possibly)
2. Afrin (probably)
3. Alastair
4. Alto (possibly)
5. Ambient (probably)
6. Angelus
7. Astrologer
8. Batavier 5
9. Bonnington court
10. British captain
11. British fortune (probably)
12. Brixton
13. Burtonia (possibly)
14. Bygdo (possibly)
15. Cairnside
16. Carica milica
17. Cedarwood (possibly)
18. Churston
19. Clan monroe
20. Claudia (possibly)
21. Coalgas
22. Corcrest
23. Cormorant
24. Cormount (probably)
25. Cressdene (possibly)
26. Cresta
27. Dagmar (probably)
28. Denewood
29. Disa (possibly)
30. Dronning maud (possibly)
31. Dulwich
32. Dunwich bank wk
33. Dynamo
34. Edernian
35. El argentino
36. Empire bridge
37. Erna boldt (probably)
38. Estrella (possibly)
39. Eva witte
40. Excelsior
41. F stobart (probably)
42. Faithful star
43. Farmatyr
44. Firth
45. Fort massac
46. Forth
47. Friargate (possibly)
48. Friargate (possibly)
49. Frumenton
50. Gannet (possibly)
51. Gasfire
52. Gena
53. Gerhard
54. Gipsy (possibly)
55. Golconda (possibly)
56. Grantleyhall (possibly)
57. Grenadier (probably)
58. Grisdeale
59. Groenlo
60. Groeswen (probably)
61. Gulf breaker
62. H h petersen
63. Harlington (probably)
64. Harlyn (probably)
65. Harriet
66. Hebe
67. Hendon hall
68. Heworth
69. Hillglen
70. Hm mgb 76 (possibly)
71. Hms adonis (possibly)
72. Hms arethusa
73. Hms christopher (possibly)
74. Hms donna nook
75. Hms donside (possibly)
76. Hms dundalk
77. Hms eros (possibly)
78. Hms forward iii
79. Hms franc tireur
80. Hms harvest gleaner
81. Hms hastfen
82. Hms hirose (probably)
83. Hms holdene
84. Hms japan
85. Hms jessie nutten
86. Hms john e lewis (possibly)
87. Hms lord airedale
88. Hms lord st vincent (part of)
89. Hms ludlow
90. Hms marconi
91. Hms monarch
92. Hms moravia (possibly)
93. Hms nadine
94. Hms new comet (possibly)
95. Hms orthos (probably)
96. Hms resono (possibly)
97. Hms river clyde (possibly)
98. Hms river clyde (possibly)
99. Hms sisters melville
100. Hms st seiriol
101. Hms tervani
102. Hms tugela
103. Hms waveflower
104. Hms whooper
105. Hms william wesney
106. Hmsm e6
107. Hmtb 10
108. Hnlms 227
109. Hornchurch
110. Ignis (possibly)
111. Ionian (possibly)
112. J c dalble
113. Jim
114. Kenneth hawksfield
115. Khartoum (possibly)
116. Knarsdale
117. Koningen emma (part of)(probably)
118. Koningen emma (possibly)
119. Kwasind
120. Lady salisbury
121. Lapwing
122. Lincairn (possibly)
123. Lisette
124. Little world
125. Lodewijk van nassau (probably)
126. Lonhelen (possibly)
127. Lowland
128. Mac 5 (possibly)
129. Magdapur
130. Mangara
131. Maria rosa
132. Marie leonhardt (probably)
133. Mascotte
134. Mendibil mendi (possibly)
135. Mercurius
136. Mexico
137. Michail ontchoukoff (possibly)
138. Moidart
139. Morar
140. Nereus
141. Newhaven (possibly)
142. Nicolaos piangos
143. Norhauk
144. Norwich trader
145. Novocastrian
146. Ocean pride
147. Old charlton
148. Ostprussen (possibly)
149. Palembang (probably)
150. Paullette
151. Pescado
152. Petshenga (possibly)
153. Phryne
154. Plawsworth (possibly)
155. Polgarth
156. Protinus (possibly)
157. Ravenscraig (possibly)
158. Ren
159. Rhenas (possibly)
160. Rhineland
161. Rochester city
162. Savona (probably)
163. Scimitar
164. Sea king
165. Second chance (possibly)
166. Sheaf field
167. Simon bolivar
168. Skodsburg (possibly)
169. Southford
170. St patrick
171. Storm
172. Sunbeam
173. Sunniside (probably)
174. Taber park
175. Tergestea
176. Terukuni maru
177. Thornaby (possibly)
178. Thyra
179. Tidal (possibly)
180. Torchbearer
181. Tunisiana
182. Uc 11 (possibly)
183. Vae victis
184. Vancouver
185. Warrenpoint
186. Wearside
187. White ghost
188. White lady
189. Wychwood (possibly)
190. Wyetown
191. Yewkyle (possibly)
192. Yucca (possibly)

 

Name: GOLCONDA (POSSIBLY)

Length 128.6 meter, width: 14.6 meter, draught: 7.3, tonnage 5874 ton
Load: general and mixed goods

Cause: ex-nulli secundus, ex-transpacific. built in 1887 by w doxford & sons, sunderland. owned at time of loss by the british india steam nav co ltd. three boilers, triple expansion engine of 627hp, single shaft. passage middlesbrougn for london & calcutta. 600 tons general cargo. struck a mine laid by uc-3. nineteen crew lost.

Year of registration: 1916

Water depth above wreck: 24 meter, Height above seabed: 29 cm

Known since: 1916, last detected: 20161212

Details measurements/cartography: SUNK 5MILES SE BY E OF ALDEBURGH. (WWISL). PLOTS IN 520730N, 014330E. H260/18 INS IN 520600N, 014230E. - FNM 504B (MONTHLY LIST). H3921/20 2.11.20 POSN 520730N, 014300E. (TH). AMEND POSN OF WK AND BUOY.

- NM ACTION. H4671/21 29.7.21 AMEND TO WK 9FMS & DELETE BUOY. (TH).

- NM ACTION. H4282/26 14.10.26 AMEND TO NDW IN 520730N, 014300E. H4167/59 1.6.60 AMEND TO DW. NC 1543. H3273/61 10.11.61 SWEPT CLEAR AT 48, FOUL AT 50FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 50 IN GEN DEPTH 81FT. (HMS SCOTT, 10.8.61). AMEND TO WK 8FMS IN POSN 4C NNW. H3273/61 21.2.62 INS ON 1610.

- NM 237/62. 31.7.74 AMEND TO SW 14.6MTRS [LAT]. NC 1543. H2917/83 29.3.85 EXAM'D12.12.84 IN 520745N, 014227E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 15.4 IN GEN DEPTH 24-25MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 25.2MTRS. DCS3 HT 9.5MTRS, LENGTH 426FT (130MTRS), APPROX. LARGE WK, LYING 040/220 DEG. TOO LONG TO BE GRANTLEYHALL. (SOISS, HI 196). NCA. RETAIN SWEPT DEPTH. H4580/87 24.10.88 AREA OF SCATTERED DEBRIS, POSSIBLY A WK, LOCATED IN 520752N, 014422E [EUR]. (CABLE & WIRELESS, 15.9.88). NCA. 24.10.08 DIVED IN 5207.777N, 0142.25E [WGD]. LARGE WK WHICH STANDS 7MTRS CLEAR OF THE SEABED. MAY HAVE PARTIALLY DISPERSED AS MOST OF THE SUPERSTRUCTURE IS A MASS OF TANGLED METAL. (B HICKINBOTTOM, EMAIL DTD 22.10.08). NCA. SEP 2016/000091759 23.8.17 EXAM'D 12.12.16; IN 5207.774N, 0142.329E [WGD]. LEAST WCD 15.06MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 24MTRS, LENGTH 101.6MTRS, WIDTH 17.8MTRS, HEIGHT 9.1MTRS, ORIENTATION 029/209 DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 162.39MTRS, 0.39MTRS DEEP, TOWARDS 022 DEGS. WRECK IS INTACT AND UPRIGHT. (GARDLINE, HI 1495). AMEND DW 15MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 52 7.774 N,1 42.329 E

 

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