This is the information page about the shipwreck Halcyon, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 5.667 N,1 15.938 E (51.0759833, 1.4147)

 

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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. Admiral gardner
2. Africa
3. Agen
4. Amplegarth
5. Andaman
6. Angelus (possibly)
7. Ashley
8. Atlantic (possibly)
9. Avoca
10. Blanc nez
11. Bobby
12. Brandenburg
13. Bravore
14. Cabo espartel
15. Cathay (part of)
16. Charente
17. Christianssund
18. City of dresden (possibly)
19. Colbert
20. Constanzia
21. Corhaven
22. Correct
23. De fontaine
24. Dinard
25. Dotterel
26. Efford
27. Eidsiva (probably)
28. Electra
29. Eleonora
30. Emma
31. Emma (possibly)
32. Empire lough (probably)
33. Empress of fort william (probably)
34. En avant
35. Eustratios (probably)
36. Excellence pleske
37. Falcon (probably)
38. Fearless
39. Flachsee
40. Flandres
41. Francesco ciampa
42. Frons olivae (probably)
43. G-asad
44. Gad 23
45. Gladys
46. Grit (probably)
47. Grosser kurfurst
48. Grosser kurfurst (possibly)
49. Halcyon
50. Harcalo
51. Henry moon
52. Heron
53. Hm mgb 328 (possibly)
54. Hmhs anglia
55. Hms aragonite (part of)
56. Hms aries (possibly)
57. Hms artic trapper
58. Hms blackwater
59. Hms brazen
60. Hms carilon
61. Hms carlton
62. Hms cayton wyke (probably)
63. Hms city of dundee
64. Hms cleon
65. Hms drumtochty (possibly)
66. Hms falmouth iii (possibly)
67. Hms fauvette
68. Hms glen boyne
69. Hms kingston galena
70. Hms lydian
71. Hms marcella
72. Hms myrmidon
73. Hms napia
74. Hms niger (possibly)
75. Hms northumberland (probably)
76. Hms othello ii
77. Hms peridot
78. Hms restoration (possibly)
79. Hms rodino
80. Hms stirling castle (probably)
81. Hms torbay ii (probably)
82. Hms tourmaline
83. Hms tranquil
84. Hms war sepoy
85. Hms weigelia
86. Hmsm b2
87. Holland
88. Hundvaag
89. Hydaspes (possibly)
90. Ilaro
91. Ira (possibly)
92. Jacob luckenbach
93. James harrod
94. Jokai
95. Josephine willis
96. Kabinda
97. Kadru
98. Katharina kolkmann
99. Kielce
100. Kirsten skou
101. Koenigshaven
102. L'armandeche
103. La fleche
104. Lady stella
105. Latona
106. Le pelerin de la mer
107. Le tregor
108. Leicester
109. Leila najia
110. Leo
111. Lizzonia
112. Loanda
113. Lord hamilton (possibly)
114. Luray victory
115. Lusitania
116. Mahratta
117. Mahratta ii
118. Maloja 1
119. Malta (probably)
120. Merel (part of)(possibly)
121. Mersey
122. Milbanke (probably)
123. Moise
124. Monarch
125. Mrav
126. Murillo
127. Nancy moran
128. Naranco
129. Negrier
130. Newcastle
131. Niki
132. Norman
133. North eastern victory
134. Northfleet
135. Nunima
136. Opal
137. Ousel (probably)
138. Phoenix
139. Polgrange
140. Portslade (possibly)
141. Preussen
142. Pulborough
143. River levan
144. Rochester castle (possibly)
145. Roode zee (possibly)
146. Rydal force
147. Rynanna
148. S goodwin ltv (lv 69)
149. S.folkestone gate (ltv no.75)
150. Sabac
151. Saint ronan (possibly)
152. Saint ronan (possibly)
153. Salbya (possibly)
154. Sambut
155. Samida
156. Santagata
157. Santagata (?part of)
158. Sea serpent
159. Seine
160. Selma (possibly)
161. Shenandoah
162. Sir russell
163. St cecilia
164. Strathclyde
165. Surrey
166. T s webb
167. Teeswood
168. Texaco caribbean (after section)
169. Texaco caribbean (forward section)
170. The queen
171. Tokufuku maru
172. Toward
173. Traquair (probably)
174. Trooper
175. U 11 (possibly)
176. U 16 (possibly)
177. U 48
178. U 8
179. Ub 103 (possibly)
180. Ub 108 (possibly)
181. Ub 109
182. Ub 31 ?
183. Ub 38
184. Ub 55 (probably)
185. Ub 56 (possibly)
186. Ub 58 (possibly)
187. Ub 78
188. Ub-33 (probably)
189. Uc 46 (possibly)
190. Uc 63
191. Uc 77 (possibly)
192. Uc 78 or uc 79
193. Unity
194. Vittoria claudia
195. W a scholten
196. Welsh belle
197. Wheatman (possibly)
198. Will and maggie (probably)

 

Name: HALCYON

Length 72.9 meter, width: 11.6 meter, draught: 4.5, tonnage 1319 ton
Load: general and mixed goods

Cause: Built in 1915 by ailsa shipbuilding co ltd, troon. owned at time of loss by the general steam navigation co. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 299 nhp, single shaft. passage bordeaux for london. struck mine laid by uc-6. (ww1sl & sibi).

Year of registration: 1916

Water depth above wreck: 19 meter, Height above seabed: 40 cm

Known since: 1916, last detected: 2010

Details measurements/cartography: MINED 3.5M SW X S APPROX FROM FOLKESTONE PIER. (WW1SL). ACTUALLY SANK 0.5M OFF LYDDEN SPOUT CG STN. H3849/18 3.8.18 WK 6FMS IN 510550N, 011530E. (VA DOVER). BR STD. H2622/19 DELETED. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED).

- NM 1083/19. H1284/76/139 27.4.76 WK REPORTED IN 510538N, 011557E. STANDS 30FT ABOVE SURROUNDING GENERAL DEPTH. (M J COKER, 26.4.76). H4199/78 9.8.78 LOCATED 10.11.77 IN 510538N, 011601E [OGB] USING HSA & TRISPONDER [2 LOP]. NOT LOCATED ON E/S. GEN DEPTH 21MTRS. DCS3 HT 6.8MTRS. NOT FULLY SURVEYED. LIES 220/040 DEGS. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 35/77). INS AS WK 14MTRS. BR STD. H1285/78/207 9.6.78 KNOWN LOCALLY AS THE 'ORANGEMAN', BUT BELL INSCRIBED 'HELENE' HAS BEEN RECOVERED. ALSO CROCKERY WITH ROTTERDAM STAMP. LIES NW/SE, WITH BOW NW, ON STBD SIDE. GENERALLY IN GOOD CONDITION. STEEL PROPELLER. DIMENSIONS ABOUT 300 X 40 X 25FT. BRIDGE STRUCTURE INTACT. MASTS LIE ON SEABED. 10FT SCOUR ALONGSIDE AND DEEP CAVERN UNDER BOW. (V BONFANTE, 8.6.78).H1310/82/33 16.8.82 LIES ON PORT SIDE IN BADLY DECAYED STATE WITH MUCH OF HULL COLLAPSING. HT FROM SEABED APPROX 6MTRS. CONFIRMED BY MR COKER AS 'HELENE'. (P G WEATHERLEY, 8.8.82 & 1.9.82).H1310/87/35 18.9.87 DIVED 18.7.87 IN 510536N, 011630E [OGB]. LIES ON PORT SIDE ACROSS TIDE WITH STERN TO SHORE & BOWS LYING ON A BANK. STEEL PROP. AFTER HOLD SILTED 10 TO 15FT. TWO FOR'D HOLDS - BOTH SILTED WITH SIDE COLLAPSED INWARD IN NO.2. REMAINS OF PACKING CASES IN SILT. NO.1 HOLD HAS BROKEN BOTTLES & PACKING CASES. (C-LIFT DIVING CONTRACTS LTD, WK REPORT). REFERRED TO AS THE 'HALCYON'. 6.7.89 6.7.89 WK CHARTED ABOUT 0.5M OFF LYDDEN SPOUT & KNOWN LOCALLY AS THE 'BRANDY WK' IS ALMOST CERTAINLY THE 'HALCYON'. (T HANLAN, OCEAN RESEARCH, TELECON, 6.7.89). HH090/685/01 25.10.96 EXAM'D 24.9.96 IN 510539.8N, 011556.2E [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 12.0, FOUL 12.3MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 12.2 IN GEN DEPTH 19.3MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 1.3MTRS. DCS3 HT 6MTRS. LENGTH 80MTRS, WIDTH 20MTRS. LIES 040/220DEGS. LARGE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. ONE DISTINCT PIECE OF WRECKAGE. (NP 1016, HI 685). AMEND TO SW 12.0MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 24.1.11 LOCATED 2010 IN 5105.667N, 0115.938E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 12.30MTRS. LENGTH 65MTRS, WIDTH 10MTRS, HT 6MTRS. LIES ON SIDE, BROKEN UP AT EACH END. MIDSHIPS INTACT. (NETSURVEY, HI 1341). APPARENTLY INTACT. LIES NE/SW. SCOUR LEADS SOME 200MTRS NE. NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: ?UPRIGHT, INTACT, BOWS SW

Position: 51 5.667 N,1 15.938 E

 

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