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 (52.4370167, 1.7918333)

 

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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. F stobart (probably)
41. Faithful star
42. Farmatyr
43. Firth
44. Fort massac
45. Forth
46. Friargate (possibly)
47. Friargate (possibly)
48. Frumenton
49. Gannet (possibly)
50. Gasfire
51. Gena
52. Gerhard
53. Gipsy (possibly)
54. Golconda (possibly)
55. Grantleyhall (possibly)
56. Grenadier (probably)
57. Grisdeale
58. Groenlo
59. Groeswen (probably)
60. Gulf breaker
61. H h petersen
62. Harlington (probably)
63. Harlyn (probably)
64. Harriet
65. Hebe
66. Hendon hall
67. Hillglen
68. Hm mgb 76 (possibly)
69. Hms adonis (possibly)
70. Hms arethusa
71. Hms christopher (possibly)
72. Hms donna nook
73. Hms donside (possibly)
74. Hms eros (possibly)
75. Hms forward iii
76. Hms franc tireur
77. Hms hastfen
78. Hms hirose (probably)
79. Hms holdene
80. Hms japan
81. Hms jessie nutten
82. Hms john e lewis (possibly)
83. Hms lord airedale
84. Hms ludlow
85. Hms marconi
86. Hms monarch
87. Hms moravia (possibly)
88. Hms nadine
89. Hms new comet (possibly)
90. Hms orthos (probably)
91. Hms resono (possibly)
92. Hms river clyde (possibly)
93. Hms river clyde (possibly)
94. Hms sisters melville
95. Hms tervani
96. Hms tugela
97. Hms waveflower
98. Hms whooper
99. Hms william wesney
100. Hmsm e6
101. Hmtb 10
102. Hnlms 227
103. Hornchurch
104. Ignis (possibly)
105. Ionian (possibly)
106. J c dalble
107. Jim
108. Kenneth hawksfield
109. Khartoum (possibly)
110. Knarsdale
111. Koningen emma (part of)(probably)
112. Koningen emma (possibly)
113. Kwasind
114. Lady salisbury
115. Lapwing
116. Lincairn (possibly)
117. Lisette
118. Lodewijk van nassau (probably)
119. Lonhelen (possibly)
120. Lowland
121. Mac 5 (possibly)
122. Magdapur
123. Mangara
124. Maria rosa
125. Marie leonhardt (probably)
126. Mascotte
127. Mendibil mendi (possibly)
128. Mercurius
129. Mexico
130. Michail ontchoukoff (possibly)
131. Moidart
132. Morar
133. Nereus
134. Newhaven (possibly)
135. Nicolaos piangos
136. Norhauk
137. Norwich trader
138. Novocastrian
139. Ocean pride
140. Old charlton
141. Ostprussen (possibly)
142. Palembang (probably)
143. Paullette
144. Pescado
145. Petshenga (possibly)
146. Phryne
147. Plawsworth (possibly)
148. Polgarth
149. Protinus (possibly)
150. Ravenscraig (possibly)
151. Ren
152. Rhenas (possibly)
153. Rhineland
154. Rochester city
155. Savona (probably)
156. Scimitar
157. Second chance (possibly)
158. Simon bolivar
159. Skodsburg (possibly)
160. Southford
161. St patrick
162. Storm
163. Sunbeam
164. Sunniside (probably)
165. Taber park
166. Tergestea
167. Terukuni maru
168. Thornaby (possibly)
169. Thyra
170. Tidal (possibly)
171. Torchbearer
172. Uc 11 (possibly)
173. Vae victis
174. Vancouver
175. Warrenpoint
176. Wearside
177. White ghost
178. White lady
179. Wychwood (possibly)
180. Wyetown
181. Yewkyle (possibly)
182. 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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