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 (51.075983333333, 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. Brendonia
15. Cabo espartel
16. Cathay (part of)
17. Charente
18. Christianssund
19. City of dresden (possibly)
20. Colbert
21. Constanzia
22. Corhaven
23. Correct
24. De fontaine
25. Dinard
26. Dorothy j (possibly)
27. Dotterel
28. Efford
29. Eidsiva (probably)
30. Electra
31. Eleonora
32. Emma
33. Emma (possibly)
34. Empire lough (probably)
35. Empress of fort william (probably)
36. En avant
37. Eustratios (probably)
38. Excellence pleske
39. Falcon (probably)
40. Fearless
41. Flachsee
42. Flandres
43. Francesco ciampa
44. Frons olivae (probably)
45. G-asad
46. Gad 23
47. Gladys
48. Grit (probably)
49. Grosser kurfurst
50. Grosser kurfurst (possibly)
51. Halcyon
52. Harcalo
53. Henry moon
54. Heron
55. Hm mgb 328 (possibly)
56. Hmhs anglia
57. Hms aragonite (part of)
58. Hms aragonite (part of)
59. Hms aries (possibly)
60. Hms artic trapper
61. Hms blackwater
62. Hms brazen
63. Hms carilon
64. Hms carlton
65. Hms cayton wyke (probably)
66. Hms city of dundee
67. Hms cleon
68. Hms drumtochty (possibly)
69. Hms falmouth iii (possibly)
70. Hms fauvette
71. Hms glen boyne
72. Hms kingston galena
73. Hms lydian
74. Hms marcella
75. Hms myrmidon
76. Hms napia
77. Hms niger (possibly)
78. Hms northumberland (probably)
79. Hms othello ii
80. Hms peridot
81. Hms restoration (possibly)
82. Hms rodino
83. Hms stirling castle (probably)
84. Hms torbay ii (probably)
85. Hms tourmaline
86. Hms tranquil
87. Hms war sepoy
88. Hms weigelia
89. Hmsm b2
90. Holland
91. Hundvaag
92. Hydaspes (possibly)
93. Ilaro
94. Ira (possibly)
95. Jacob luckenbach
96. James harrod
97. Jokai
98. Josephine willis
99. Kabinda
100. Kadru
101. Katharina kolkmann
102. Kielce
103. Kirsten skou
104. Koenigshaven
105. L'armandeche
106. La fleche
107. Lady stella
108. Latona
109. Lcp(r) 1961 (possibly)
110. Le pelerin de la mer
111. Le tregor
112. Leicester
113. Leila najia
114. Leo
115. Lighter 83
116. Lizzonia
117. Loanda
118. Lolworth
119. Lord hamilton (possibly)
120. Luray victory
121. Lusitania
122. Mahratta
123. Mahratta ii
124. Maloja 1
125. Malta (probably)
126. Merel (part of)(possibly)
127. Mersey
128. Milbanke (probably)
129. Moise
130. Monarch
131. Monica (possibly)
132. Mrav
133. Murillo
134. Nancy moran
135. Naranco
136. Negrier
137. Newcastle
138. Niki
139. Norman
140. North eastern victory
141. Northfleet
142. Nunima
143. Ocean king (possibly)
144. Opal
145. Ousel (probably)
146. Phoenix
147. Polgrange
148. Portslade (possibly)
149. Preussen
150. Pulborough
151. River levan
152. Rochester castle (possibly)
153. Roode zee (possibly)
154. Rooswijk
155. Rydal force
156. Rynanna
157. S goodwin ltv (lv 69)
158. S.folkestone gate (ltv no.75)
159. Sabac
160. Saint ronan (possibly)
161. Saint ronan (possibly)
162. Salbya (possibly)
163. Sambut
164. Samida
165. Santagata
166. Santagata (?part of)
167. Sea serpent
168. Seine
169. Selma (possibly)
170. Shenandoah
171. Sir russell
172. Spanish prince
173. St cecilia
174. St claire (possibly)
175. Strathclyde
176. Surrey
177. T s webb
178. Teeswood
179. Texaco caribbean (after section)
180. Texaco caribbean (forward section)
181. The queen
182. Tokufuku maru
183. Toromoree
184. Toward
185. Traquair (probably)
186. Trooper
187. U 11 (possibly)
188. U 16 (possibly)
189. U 48
190. U 8
191. Ub 103 (possibly)
192. Ub 108 (possibly)
193. Ub 109
194. Ub 12 (possibly)
195. Ub 31 ?
196. Ub 38
197. Ub 55 (probably)
198. Ub 56 (possibly)
199. Ub 58 (possibly)
200. Ub 78
201. Ub-33 (probably)
202. Uc 46 (possibly)
203. Uc 63
204. Uc 77 (possibly)
205. Uc 78 or uc 79
206. Unity
207. Vittoria claudia
208. W a scholten
209. Welsh belle
210. Wheatman (possibly)
211. 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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