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 (52.4370167, 1.7918333)

 

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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. Boulderpool (after part)
13. Bovey tracy
14. Boy karl
15. Burtonia (possibly)
16. Bygdo (possibly)
17. Castle galleon
18. Cd 14 (probably)
19. City of kobe
20. Claudia (possibly)
21. Corbrook
22. Cormead
23. Crichtoun
24. Cross sand ltv
25. Django
26. Dronning maud (possibly)
27. Edinardue antoinette (possibly)
28. El dorado
29. Excellenz mehnert
30. Fidelio
31. Frumenton
32. Galatea (possibly)
33. Gasfire
34. Geneva
35. George fisher
36. Georgia (for'd part)
37. Girl linda
38. Glen derry (probably)
39. Glen tilt (possibly)
40. Glynn
41. Goodwood (possibly)
42. Groenlo
43. Gulf breaker
44. H h petersen
45. Hamsterley
46. Helena
47. Hms agate
48. Hms bracklyn (possibly)
49. Hms christopher (possibly)
50. Hms condor (probably)
51. Hms dhoon (probably)
52. Hms donside (possibly)
53. Hms evesham (possibly)
54. Hms exmoor
55. Hms fontenoy
56. Hms force
57. Hms glen prosen
58. Hms irvana (part of)
59. Hms jessie nutten
60. Hms kaphreda
61. Hms m a west (probably)
62. Hms ocean plough (possibly)
63. Hms orthos (probably)
64. Hms pelton (probably)
65. Hms speeton (possibly)
66. Hms spider
67. Hms tettenhall
68. Hms tonbridge
69. Hms tugela
70. Hmsm d5
71. Horseferry (probably)
72. Impulsion
73. Ionian (probably)
74. Kenneth hawksfield
75. Knitsley (part of)(probably)
76. Knitsley (possibly)
77. La perouse (possibly)
78. Langeli (possibly)
79. Liliane (possibly)
80. Lindisfarne (probably)
81. Lingfield
82. Mardyke
83. Maria rosa
84. Marianne (probably)
85. Mascota (possibly)
86. Mascotte
87. Memento (possibly)
88. Merchant
89. Mercurius
90. Mirella
91. Montferland
92. Mudo
93. Murdoch (probably)
94. Navarra (possibly)
95. Nereus
96. Newland (possibly)
97. Nominoe
98. Nordborg (possibly)
99. Noreen
100. Novocastrian
101. Oil trader
102. Onto
103. Otis tarda
104. Philipp m
105. Pluton
106. Prima
107. Prosper
108. Quest
109. Regain
110. Ren
111. Reward (possibly)
112. Rhineland
113. Robin iv
114. Robrix
115. Rochester city
116. Rogate
117. Roine
118. Rye
119. Scotia
120. Sea rhine
121. Silksworth hall (probably).
122. Sirdar (part of)(possibly)
123. Skodsburg (possibly)
124. Southford
125. St patrick
126. Stad alkmaar
127. Stanmount
128. Strive
129. Sunniside (probably)
130. Taber park
131. Thomas m (possibly)
132. Tidal (possibly)
133. Togston
134. Tregantle (possibly)
135. Trevethoe
136. U 13 (probably)
137. Vanguard
138. Viola (possibly)
139. Virgilia
140. War mehtar
141. War valley
142. Yewvalley (possibly)
143. 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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