This is the information page about the shipwreck Heathpool, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 41.607 N,0 26.691 E (50.7173333, 0.6087833)

 

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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. Actuality
2. Alan dean
3. Alaunia
4. Alice (possibly)
5. Amsterdam
6. Ash
7. Barn hill
8. Bernicia
9. Blanefield
10. Branksome chine (possibly)
11. Braunton
12. Broderick (probably)
13. Caleb sprague
14. Carlisle castle
15. Carrie dingle
16. Caterham
17. Charles m
18. Clara
19. D144 (possibly).
20. Devon coast
21. Dona isabel (probably)
22. Duchess (possibly)
23. Eagle (possibly)
24. Ella sayer
25. Emerald (possibly)
26. Emma
27. F d lambert (possibly)
28. Frockner
29. George sutton
30. Glenartney (possibly)
31. Gold coin
32. Harold
33. Heathpool
34. Heathpool
35. Hms anne
36. Hms ariadne
37. Hms avanturine
38. Hms balfour
39. Hms borneo
40. Hms gambri (possibly)
41. Hms resolution (possibly)
42. Hms taipo
43. Hoheweg
44. Holland v
45. Inger (possibly)
46. Irisbrook
47. James groves
48. Jan brons
49. Joseph roberts (possibly)
50. Kingfisher (probably)
51. Lady alice
52. Lalen mendi
53. Lisbon
54. Lullington
55. Ma monette
56. Mill gate (probably)
57. Mira
58. Mohlenpris (possibly)
59. Mount stuart
60. Mv adur valley?
61. Newent
62. Noordster
63. Nyon
64. Oceana
65. Pontos
66. Roecliff
67. Rushing water
68. Rytoner
69. Samwake
70. Seaford
71. Seven seas (possibly)
72. Sir robert wigham
73. Skerryvore
74. St rogatien (possibly)
75. Stanhope
76. Startled fawn (possibly)
77. Storaa
78. U 40 (possibly)
79. U 671
80. Ub 130
81. Umba (probably)
82. Ville de bordeaux
83. Ville de dunkirk (stern) (possibly)
84. War monarch
85. Wittering

 

Name: HEATHPOOL

Length 64 meter, width: 9.8 meter, draught: 4.5, tonnage 975 ton
Load: coal

Cause: Iron ss. owned at time of loss by lambton collieries ltd. single boiler, compound expansion engine of 140hp, single shaft. passage sunderland for st nazaire. cargo coal. sank following collision with 'w t lewis'.

Year of registration: 1974

Water depth above wreck: 23 meter, Height above seabed: 90 cm

Known since: 1974, last detected: 20150630

Details measurements/cartography: H4959/73 7.5.75 WK EXAM'D 22.10.74 IN 504134N, 002649E [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 19 IN GEN DEPTH 23MTRS. NO SCOUR. (HMS BEAGLE, HI 55/74). CHART AS WK 19.0MTRS. BR STD. HH100/351/07 9.7.01 DIVED IN 1995 IN 5041.622N, 0026.673E [WGD] USING GPS. STANDS 4MTRS HIGH. NO SCOUR. SEABED SAND. BELL RECOVERED BEARING THE NAME: HEATHPOOL. CINC REQUESTED. (G DOWD). AMEND POSN. BR STD. 8.2.10 CINC DELETED. MORE THAT FIVE YEARS. SEP 2015/000083465 25.11.15 EXAM'D 30.6.15, WK SHOWN IN 5041.607N, 0026.691E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 17.37MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 21.4MTRS. LENGTH 65MTRS, WIDTH 30MTRS, HT 4MTRS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (GARDLINE, HI 1476). AMEND DW 17.3MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: broken and partially buried, in two parts

Position: 50 41.607 N,0 26.691 E

 

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