This is the information page about the shipwreck Harcalo, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 19.642 N,1 30.051 E (51.0898333, 1.7715833)

 

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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. Africa
4. Agen
5. Alabama (possibly)
6. Albion (probably)
7. Algeria
8. Amplegarth
9. Andaman
10. Angelus (possibly)
11. Archon
12. Ashley
13. Avon
14. Balakani
15. Bravore
16. Camisard
17. Carmen
18. Cathay (part of)
19. Cedrington court
20. Cerne
21. City of brisbane
22. Colbert (possibly)
23. Constanzia
24. Corhaven
25. Correct
26. Dalryan
27. Diana
28. Dinard
29. Dolcoath (part)
30. Dolcoath (part)
31. Duiveland
32. Dunbar castle
33. E goodwin ltv
34. Efford
35. Eidsiva (probably)
36. Eleonora
37. Embla (possibly)
38. Emile deschamps
39. Emma
40. Emma (possibly)
41. Empire lough (probably)
42. Empress of fort william (probably)
43. Empress of midland (possibly)
44. En avant
45. Erins isle (possibly)
46. Falcon (probably)
47. Fearless
48. Filleigh
49. Flachsee
50. Flandres
51. Francesco ciampa
52. Franz fischer (possibly)
53. Fred everard
54. Frons olivae (probably)
55. Fulmar
56. G 85 (possibly)
57. G-42 (possibly)
58. Gad 23
59. Genimar
60. Grazia (possibly)
61. Grosser kurfurst (possibly)
62. Halcyon
63. Harcalo
64. Hawksdale
65. Hawnby
66. Henry b plant
67. Hibernia
68. Hm mgb 328 (possibly)
69. Hm mms 39 (part of)(probably)
70. Hmhs anglia
71. Hms alert ?
72. Hms aragonite (part of)
73. Hms aries (possibly)
74. Hms artic trapper
75. Hms brazen
76. Hms carilon
77. Hms carlton
78. Hms cayton wyke (probably)
79. Hms chestnut (probably)
80. Hms city of dundee
81. Hms drumtochty (possibly)
82. Hms falmouth iii (possibly)
83. Hms fauvette
84. Hms flirt
85. Hms glen boyne
86. Hms gracie (probably)
87. Hms guardsman
88. Hms kingston galena
89. Hms lydian
90. Hms marcella
91. Hms mastiff (possibly)
92. Hms myrtle
93. Hms napia
94. Hms niger (possibly)
95. Hms northumberland (probably)
96. Hms othello ii
97. Hms peridot
98. Hms pyrope
99. Hms ray of hope
100. Hms restoration (possibly)
101. Hms rodino
102. Hms stirling castle (probably)
103. Hms tamarisk
104. Hms torbay ii (probably)
105. Hms tourmaline
106. Hms tranquil
107. Hms war sepoy
108. Hms weigelia
109. Hmsm b2
110. Hundvaag
111. Ilaro
112. Ira (possibly)
113. Irene
114. Jacob luckenbach
115. James harrod
116. Josephine willis
117. Kabinda
118. Kadru
119. Karmt
120. Kielce
121. Kirsten skou
122. Koenigshaven
123. L'armandeche
124. Lady stella
125. Latona
126. Laurl coin
127. Lbv (m)396
128. Le pelerin de la mer
129. Leicester
130. Leo
131. Lisbeth m
132. Loanda
133. Lord hamilton (possibly)
134. Luray victory
135. Lusitania
136. Mahratta
137. Mahratta ii
138. Maloja 1
139. Malta (probably)
140. Menapier
141. Merel (part of)(possibly)
142. Mersey
143. Mi amigo
144. Monarch
145. Mudlark
146. Murillo
147. Nancy moran
148. Newlands
149. Norman
150. Norman
151. North eastern victory
152. Ocean hound
153. Opal
154. Ousel (probably)
155. Paros isle
156. Polgrange
157. Ponzano
158. Port dalhousie (possibly)
159. Preussen
160. Pulborough
161. Quentovic
162. Rubislaw
163. Rydal force
164. Rynanna
165. S goodwin ltv (lv 69)
166. S.folkestone gate (ltv no.75)
167. Sabac
168. Saidieh
169. Saint michael veillez sur nous
170. Saint ronan (possibly)
171. Saint ronan (possibly)
172. Sambut
173. San calisto
174. Santagata
175. Santagata (?part of)
176. Selma (possibly)
177. Shenandoah
178. Slesvig
179. Spaarndem
180. Strathclyde
181. Surrey
182. Teeswood
183. The queen
184. Tina primo
185. Tongue sand tower (remains)
186. Toornvliet (probably)
187. Toward
188. Traquair (probably)
189. Tummel (probably)
190. U 11 (possibly)
191. U 16 (possibly)
192. U 48
193. Ub 109
194. Ub 55 (probably)
195. Uc 21 (possibly)
196. Uc 26
197. Uc 46
198. Uc 46 (possibly)
199. Uc 77 (possibly)
200. Ursus (part)
201. Virginie
202. W a scholten
203. Westerley star
204. Wheatman (possibly)
205. Will and maggie (probably)
206. Woodtown (possibly)
207. Xanthence

 

Name: HARCALO

Length 127.4 meter, width: 17.1 meter, draught: 7.3, tonnage 5081 ton
Load: ferrous elements and ores: unrefined and refined,ore

Cause: 28.1.76 mined when on passage benisaf to london. (r a lee, 28.1.76 [h1309/75/44]). beached near gull buoy and later dispersed. (lloyds ww2 losses).

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 7 meter, Height above seabed: 35 cm

Known since: 1940, last detected: 20190505

Details measurements/cartography: H0561/40 24.6.40 ST LIES 144DEGS, 3.23M FROM N FORELAND LT. (NORTH FORELAND RADIO). - PFNM 1579/40. H0565/40 19.8.40 ST IN 511936N, 013009E. (ADMIRALTY).

- NM 2080/40. H0561/40 4.12.44 ST, DRIES 2-4FT IN 511930N, 013012E, MARKED BY G CONL BUOY CLOSE S. (ADMIRALTY).

- NM 2689/44. H0561/40 27.7.45 BUOY NOW G CAN CLOSE E OF WK. (TRINITY HOUSE).

- NM 2213/45. H0561/40 14.10.46 STRANDED IN 511939N, 013012E. FIXED BY HSA. (HMS FRANKLIN, 24.9.46).

- NM 3503/46. H0561/40 26.6.50 WIRE DRIFT SWEEP AFTER DISPERSAL, CLEAR AT 10FT, FOUL AT 11FT. POSN 511938N, 013007E USING HSA. (HMS SHARPSHOOTER, 22.9.50).

- NM 2342/50. H0561/40 12.11.51 EXAM'D IN 511936N, 013008E USING HSA. DRIFT SWEPT BY SMLS 323 & 325, CLEAR AT 10, FOUL AT 11FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 13 IN GEN DEPTH 20FT. SCOUR RUNS NW/SE FOR ABOUT 400 FT. STANDS 10FT ABOVE SEABED WITH SHOALEST PART AT SE END. WK LIES ON A SHOAL BANK THAT RISES TO APPROXIMATELY 20FT. BUOY, ON S'LY STREAM, WAS 085DEGS, 1000FT FROM WK. (HMS SHARPSHOOTER, 7.12.51).

- NM 1264/51. H0561/40 16.2.61 SWEPT CLEAR AT 15FT, FOUL AT 16FT. A SHOALER E/S SIDE ECHO OBTAINED CONSIDERED FROM SEABED WHICH IS VERY UNEVEN. A SECOND OBSTN, CLEAR AT 16, FOUL AT 17FT, EXISTS 230DEGS, 330FT FROM THE ABOVE. (ECES, 22.6.60). BR STD. H2421/62 13.9.67 BUOY REMOVED. (TRINITY HOUSE).

- NM 1691/67. H2714/69 2.10.68 WK NOW IN 2 PARTS [A] 511937N, 013012E; [B] 511939N, 013009E. LEAST E/S [A] 23FT; [B] 22FT. SEABED [A] 21-22FT; [B] 22-24FT. SCOUR [A] 27FT [B] NIL. SEABED IS UNEVEN. SEVERAL SONAR CONTACTS OBTAINED IN THE AREA. (HMS ECHO, HI 8A/68). NE 1828. H1938/78 29.10.80 LIES IN 2 SECTIONS 70MTRS APART. [A] IN 51936N, 013012E [OGB], USING HF/6. LEAST E/S DEPTH 5.3MTRS. SCOUR 1.2MTRS DEEP. [B] IN 511937N, 013013E, USING HF/6. LEAST E/S DEPTH 6MTRS. NO SCOUR. GEN DEPTH 7MTRS. POOR DCS3 CONTACT, NO SHADOW. DOES NOT REQUIRE RE-SWEEPING. RECOMMEND RETAIN CHARTED DEPTH. (HMS ENTERPRISE, HI 61B/80). BR STD. H2331/85 10.7.86 EXAM'D IN 511936N, 013011E USING TRISPONDER. ONLY ONE PORTION OF WKGE WAS DETECTED. LEAST E/S DEPTH 6.6 IN GEN DEPTH 6-8MTRS. LIES ON EDGE OF A BANK WHICH IS SHOALER THAN WK. RECOMMEND RETAIN AS CHARTED. (NP 1016, HI 298). HH242/400/04 26.8.92 EXAM'D IN 511937N, 013012E USING TRISPONDER. SWEPT CLEAR AT 5.3, FOUL AT 5.6MTRS. (NP 1016, HN 26.8.92).

- NM 2836/92. HH090/647/01 18.1.95 LOCATED, NOT EXAMINED. RETAIN AS CHARTED. (NP 1016, HI 647). 19.10.05 EUT] POSN: 5119.633N, 0130.096E. NE 1827. SEP 2008/000058660 17.7.08 LOCATED IN 5119.6464N, 0130.0981E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 5.50MTRS. POORLY DEFINED. MORE SUBSTANTIAL ITEM LIES 50MTRS SW WITH LEAST DEPTH 6.05MTRS. (SDC EXAMINATION OF THANET WIND FARM SURVEY, M4743, GARDLINE HYDRO). NCA. SEP 2019/000022679 27.6.19 EXAM'D 5.5.19; IN 5119.642N, 0130.051E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 5.55MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 7.2MTRS, LENGTH 60MTRS, WIDTH 22MTRS, HT 1.6MTRS, ORIENTATION 035 DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 29.1MTRS, WIDTH 16.5MTRS, 0.3MTRS DEEP, TOWARDS 215 DEGS. DEBRIS FIELD; LENGTH 140MTRS, SPREAD IN ALL DIRECTIONS. WK HEAVILY DEGRADED, BROKEN IN TWO HALF BURIED PIECES. HARD TO DETERMINE MEASUREMENTS. (CLINTON MARINE SURVEY AB, HI1585). AMEND DW 5.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 51 19.642 N,1 30.051 E

 

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