This is the information page about the shipwreck Helena, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 33.839 N,2 3.958 E (52.437016666667, 1.7918333333333)

 

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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. Abeona
2. Ala
3. Alto (possibly)
4. Astrologer
5. Atle
6. Avonwood
7. Axminster (probably)
8. Barkis
9. Barrhill
10. Begona no 5
11. Blacktoft (possibly)
12. Bob read (probably)
13. Boulderpool (after part)
14. Bovey tracy
15. Boy karl
16. Burtonia (possibly)
17. Bygdo (possibly)
18. Castle galleon
19. Cd 14 (probably)
20. City of kobe
21. Claudia (possibly)
22. Corbrook
23. Cormead
24. Crichtoun
25. Cross sand ltv
26. Db 8 (possibly)
27. Django
28. Dronning maud (possibly)
29. Edinardue antoinette (possibly)
30. El dorado
31. Elnet
32. Excellenz mehnert
33. Fidelio
34. Frumenton
35. G and e (possibly)
36. Galatea (possibly)
37. Gasfire
38. Geneva
39. George fisher
40. Georgia (for'd part)
41. Girl linda
42. Glen derry (probably)
43. Glen tilt (possibly)
44. Glynn
45. Goodwood (possibly)
46. Groenlo
47. Gulf breaker
48. H h petersen
49. Hamsterley
50. Helena
51. Hms agate
52. Hms bracklyn (possibly)
53. Hms cantatrice
54. Hms christopher (possibly)
55. Hms condor (probably)
56. Hms dhoon (probably)
57. Hms donside (possibly)
58. Hms evesham (possibly)
59. Hms exmoor
60. Hms fontenoy
61. Hms force
62. Hms glen prosen
63. Hms irvana (part of)
64. Hms jessie nutten
65. Hms kaphreda
66. Hms m a west (probably)
67. Hms ocean plough (possibly)
68. Hms orthos (probably)
69. Hms pelton (probably)
70. Hms speeton (possibly)
71. Hms spider
72. Hms tettenhall
73. Hms tonbridge
74. Hms tugela
75. Hmsm d5
76. Horseferry (probably)
77. Impulsion
78. Ionian (probably)
79. Kenneth hawksfield
80. Knitsley (part of)(probably)
81. Knitsley (possibly)
82. La perouse (possibly)
83. Langeli (possibly)
84. Liliane (possibly)
85. Lindisfarne (probably)
86. Lingfield
87. Mardyke
88. Maria rosa
89. Marianne (probably)
90. Mascota (possibly)
91. Mascotte
92. Memento (possibly)
93. Merchant
94. Mercurius
95. Meriones
96. Mirella
97. Montferland
98. Mudo
99. Murdoch (probably)
100. Navarra (possibly)
101. Nereus
102. Newland (possibly)
103. Nominoe
104. Nordborg (possibly)
105. Noreen
106. Novocastrian
107. Oil trader
108. Onto
109. Otis tarda
110. Philipp m
111. Pluton
112. Prima
113. Prosper
114. Quest
115. Regain
116. Ren
117. Reward (possibly)
118. Rhineland
119. Robin iv
120. Robrix
121. Rochester city
122. Rogate
123. Roine
124. Rye
125. Scotia
126. Sea rhine
127. Silksworth hall (probably).
128. Sirdar (part of)(possibly)
129. Skodsburg (possibly)
130. Southford
131. St patrick
132. Stad alkmaar
133. Stanmount
134. Strive
135. Sunniside (probably)
136. Taber park
137. Thomas m (possibly)
138. Tidal (possibly)
139. Togston
140. Tregantle (possibly)
141. Trevethoe
142. Tunisiana
143. U 13 (probably)
144. Uc 62 (possibly)
145. Vanguard
146. Viola (possibly)
147. Virgilia
148. War mehtar
149. War valley
150. Yewvalley (possibly)
151. Yucca (possibly)

 

Name: HELENA

Length 85.3 meter, width: 11.7 meter, draught: 5.6, tonnage 1798 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: built in 1907 by craig, taylor & co ltd, stockton-on-tees. owned at time of loss by naaml venn a c lensen's stoomv. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 167 nhp, single shaft. passage rotterdam for new york. struck mine lair by uc-112.

Year of registration: 1916

Water depth above wreck: 29 meter, Height above seabed: 38 cm

Known since: 1916, last detected: 20170315

Details measurements/cartography: THOUGHT TO BE 'AVONWOOD', BUT SEE [11034]. H04114/42 27.5.43 INS WK 5FMS 1FT.

- NM 1093/43 H7252/16 22.11.16 POSN 4 TO 6 MILES SE OF CROSS SAND LTV. ACCEPT 523545N, 020245E PA. H04114/42 25.6.47 DISPERSED CLEAR TO 45FT. POSN 523324N 020342E. (DWITHA 25.6.47). H04114/42 14.7.48 OROPESA SWEEP CLEAR AT 45FT. POSN 523346N, 020350E. (HMS SHARPSHOOTER, 14.7.48). AMEND TO WK 7FMS 3FT.

- NM 1673/48. H3730/69 30.5.69 EXAM'D IN 525352N, 020402E [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 60 IN GEN DEPTH 90FT. SCOUR 111FT. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 38/68). AMEND TO WK 10FMS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. H4398/71 16.9.71 EXAM'D IN 523356N, 020328E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR AT 17.0MTRS, FOUL AT 18.1MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 19.8MTRS IN 30.0MTRS. SCOUR 32.0MTRS. MARKED SURFACE DISCOLOURATION & TURBULENCE. LIES SSW/NNE, 350FT LONG. (HMS ENTERPRISE, 25.6.71). AMEND TO SW 9FMS 2FT IN REVISED POSN. LC 1504. H4629/71 22.12.71 QUITE UPRIGHT, LYING N/S. APPEARS IN ROBUST STATE WITH PART OF SUPERSTRUCTURE. DAMAGE TO STBD SIDE, 10FT WIDE HOLE KEEL TO GUNWALE. LITTLE SCOUR. DANGER TO DIVERS BECAUSE OF FISHING NET. (E GILES, 13.12.71). 5.4.72 AMEND TO SW 17.0MTRS. NC 1543. 22.11.72 SHOWN IN POSN 523348N, 020330E [EUR] ON NETHERLANDS FISHERIES 1954 [REC'D 7.11.72]. HH090/616/01 26.10.94 EXAM'D 3.7.94 IN 523348.7N, 020404.2E [OGB] USING SYLEDIS [3 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR 20.6, FOUL 20.9MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 21.0 IN GEN DEPTH 29.0MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 4.0MTRS. DCS3 HT 8.5MTRS. LENGTH 86MTRS, WIDTH 20MTRS. LIES 040/220 DEGS. INTACT WITH MINOR DEBRIS 15MTRS TO THE NORTH. (GARDLINE, HI616). HH100/351/15 28.2.00 WK IS INTACT AND UPRIGHT. SOME SUPERSTRUCTURE IS STILL LEFT BUT IT IS A STATE OF COLLAPSE. HIGHEST POINT IS THE MIDSHIPS, WHICH STANDS ABOUT 6MTRS CLEAR OF THE SEABED. (R HICKINBOTTOM, LTR DTD 26.2.00). NCA. 27.8.04 HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS 'HELENA' BY RECOVERED BELL. (A KENTUCK, DEPUTY RECEIVER OF WK, EMAIL DTD 26.8.04). NCA. SEP 2017/000067039 15.3.17 EXAM'D 15.3.17: WRECK IN 5233.839N, 0203.958E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 21.48MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 29MTRS. LENGTH 89.4MTRS, WIDTH 14.5MTRS, HT 8.0MTRS, ORIENTATION 038/218 DEGS. SCOUR DIMENSIONS LENGTH 232.3MTRS, 4.7MTRS DEEP, TOWARD 007 DEGS. WK INTACT AND UPRIGHT.(GARDLINE, HI 1516). AMEND DW 21MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT & INTACT

Position: 52 33.839 N,2 3.958 E

 

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