This is the information page about the shipwreck Henry b plant, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 19.205 N,1 47.986 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. Acer
3. Acer
4. Admiral gardner
5. Agen
6. Alabama (possibly)
7. Andaman
8. Andre
9. Ashley
10. Bravore
11. British liberty (possibly)
12. Camisard
13. Carmen
14. Cathay (part of)
15. Cedrington court
16. Cerne
17. Colbert (possibly)
18. Correct
19. Duiveland
20. Dunbar castle
21. Dyck ltv
22. E goodwin ltv
23. Eleonora
24. Elizabeth and unknown
25. Empress of midland (possibly)
26. Filleigh
27. Francesco ciampa
28. Franz fischer (possibly)
29. Frons olivae (probably)
30. Fulmar
31. G 85 (possibly)
32. G-42 (possibly)
33. Gad 23
34. Genimar
35. Grazia (possibly)
36. Harcalo
37. Henry b plant
38. Hm mgb 328 (possibly)
39. Hms alert ?
40. Hms artic trapper
41. Hms blackburn rovers (possibly)
42. Hms carilon
43. Hms flirt
44. Hms hermes
45. Hms maida (possibly)
46. Hms northumberland (probably)
47. Hms restoration (possibly)
48. Hms stirling castle (probably)
49. Hms thuringia (possibly)
50. Hms tourmaline
51. Hms wessex
52. Hoegh aigrette
53. Ira (possibly)
54. Jarita
55. Jean pierre et phillipe
56. Karmt
57. L'armandeche
58. Laurl coin
59. Le pelerin de la mer
60. Lord hamilton (possibly)
61. Lst 364 (probably)
62. Luray victory
63. Mahratta ii
64. Menapier
65. Merel (part of)(possibly)
66. Nagro (possibly)
67. Neerlandais
68. Neppo (possibly)
69. Netty (possibly)
70. Noroit
71. North eastern victory
72. Ocean hound
73. Okeania
74. Port dalhousie (possibly)
75. Port nicholson (probably)
76. Quentovic
77. Rydal force
78. Rynanna
79. Sabac
80. Saidieh
81. Saint michael veillez sur nous
82. Saint ronan (possibly)
83. Sambut
84. Santagata
85. Santagata (?part of)
86. Selma (possibly)
87. Sint annaland
88. St pierre (aft section)
89. St pierre (fore portion)
90. Surrey
91. Tina primo
92. Toornvliet (probably)
93. Tummel (probably)
94. U 11 (possibly)
95. U 37
96. U 48
97. Uc 21 (possibly)
98. Uc 26
99. Uc 46
100. Uc 46 (possibly)
101. Ursus (part)
102. Velocitas
103. Virginie
104. Western farmer (bow section)
105. Woodtown (possibly)
106. Xanthence

 

Name: HENRY B PLANT

Length 128.9 meter, width: 17.4 meter, draught: 10.7, tonnage 7240 ton
Load: machinery and mechanical parts,general and mixed goods

Cause: Bult in 1944 by st john's river sb co, jacksonville, florida. owned at time of loss by us war shipping administration. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 2500 hp, single shaft. passage new york for liverpool and antwerp. torpedoed on maiden voyage by u 245. 9 crew & 3 passengers lost. cargo included mechanised equipment, sewer pipes, acids, oils and portable air strip materials. (sibi, ww2sl, dods, ll ww2 & axis submarine successes).

Year of registration: 1945

Water depth above wreck: 37 meter, Height above seabed: 121 cm

Known since: 1945, last detected: 2016

Details measurements/cartography: H0936/45 23.3.45 REPORTED IN 511906N, 014900E APPROX, WITH LEAST DEPTH 36FT. (SHEERNESS, 17.2.45). CHART AS WK 6FMS.

- NM 829/45. H0936/45 6.11.46 G CAN BUOY, GPFL(2)G.10S LAID CLOSE N OF WK. (TH NM 129/46).

- NM 3680/46. H0936/45 4.2.47 LEAST DEPTH 70FT IN 511911N, 014805E. (TH, OCT '46). AMEND TO WK 11FMS IN REVISED POSN & DELETE BUOY.

- NM 254/47. H4403/65 29.3.66 PARTIAL DRIFT SWEEP, CLEAR AT 63, FOUL AT 64FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 66 IN GEN DEPTH 128FT. SCOUR DEPTH 135FT. LARGE WK LYING ABOUT 160/340DEGS. ABOUT 600FT LONG. GOOD SONAR RESPONSE FROM ALL DIRECTIONS. LARGE SURFACE SWIRL OBSERVED. FIXED BY HI-FIX. (HMS MYRMIDON, H525 26.7.65). AMEND TO WK SW 10FMS 3FT.

- NM 342/66. H5197/70 10.8.71 WK IN 511917N, 014806E [EUR]. SWEPT CLEAR AT 19.5MTRS [10FMS 4FT]. (HMS FAWN, HN). AMEND TO WK SW 10FMS 4FT IN 511912N, 014807E [OGB]. BR STD. H4988/71 3.1.72 LOCATED USING HIFIX & DECCA. SWEPT CLEAR AT 19.5, FOUL AT 19.8MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 20 IN GEN DEPTH 36MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 39MTRS. GOOD RESPONSE FROM ALL DIRECTIONS. STANDS 18MTRS ABOVE SEABED & LIES 120/300DEGS. ABOUT 600FT LONG AND APPARENTLY INTACT. SURFACE TURBULANCE IN CALM CONDITIONS. (HMS FAWN). AMEND TO WK SW 10FMS 3FT. BR STD. H2234/71 7.6.72 WK INTACT. LIES WITH 45DEG LIST TO STARBD. HAS 10FT SCOUR AROUND STERN. FIXED BY DECCA. (MR BEAZLEY, GB DIVING SERVICES LTD, JUNE 1972). 13.6.72 NOW CHARTED AS WK SW 19.5MTRS. NC 1828. H2350/85 5.12.86 EXAM'D 29.6.86 IN 511910N, 014804E USING HIFIX [3 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 20 IN GEN DEPTH 37MTRS. SCOUR 3MTRS DEEP. DCS3 HEIGHT NOT ESTABLISHED. LARGE WK, APPROX 115MTRS LONG, LYING 100/280DEGS, AND APPARENTLY INTACT. (NP 1008, HI 317A). RETAIN SWEPT DEPTH. H3850/86 21.11.88 EXAM'D 15.9.88 USING HYDROSEARCH. INTACT WK LYING 120/300DEGS AND STANDING ABOUT 20.5MTRS HIGH. LENGTH 240MTRS, WIDTH 20MTRS. HAS DEEP SCOUR TO SW WHICH MAKES SHADOW HEIGHT POSSIBLY SUSPECT. HIGHEST POINT AT CENTRE. RETAIN AS CHARTED. (HMS ROEBUCK, HI 369). NCA. HH090/608/01 30.3.94 EXAM'D 20.11.93 IN 511909.7N, 014805.7E [OGD] USING TRISPONDER [3 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR 20.3, FOUL 20.8MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 20.7 IN GEN DEPTH 37MTRS. DEPTH OF SCOUR 3MTRS. SONAR LENGTH 220MTRS, WIDTH 25MTRS. LIES 150/330DEGS WITH SCOUR TO THE SW. RECOMMEND CHART AS SWEPT CLEAR TO 20.0MTRS. (HMS BEAGLE, HI 608). CHART AS WK SW 20MTRS IN 511910N, 014806E. BR STD. HH091/159/01 31.7.07 LOCATED 13.2.07 IN 5119.204N, 0147.995E [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 19.62 IN GEN DEPTH 38.3MTRS. LENGTH 137MTRS, WIDTH 20MTRS, HT 18.5MTRS. LIES 121/301 DEGS WITH BOWS 121 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (OSAE, HI 1159). UPRIGHT, BROKEN IN THREE WITH CENTRE SECTION DISPLACED SW. SCOURING LEADS NE & SW FROM BOTH ENDS. SEDIMENT BUILD-UP AT CENTRE AND SAND TRAIL TO SW. AMEND WK 19.6MTRS IN REVISED POSN. SEP 2007/000056491 6.8.07 AMEND BY NM.

- NM 3957/07. SEP 2016/000181431 01.12.16 EXAM'D 30.07.16; IN 5119.205N, 0147.986E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 20.84MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 37MTRS, LENGTH 138.5MTRS, WIDTH 31.5MTRS, HEIGHT 17.6MTRS, ORIENTATION 301/121 DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 28.5MTRS, 5MTRS DEEP, DIRECTION TOWARDS 311DEGS. WRECK APPEARS MAINLY INTACT AT THE BOW AND STERN, WITH HIGH LEVELS OF DEGRADATION TO THE CENTRE SECTION, VESSEL LAID ON ITS STARBOARD SIDE WITH MINIMAL DEBRIS. DEBRIS FIELD, DIRECTION TOWARDS 298DEGS.(EGS PIONEER, HI 1523). AMEND WK 20.8MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: WRECK APPEARS MAINLY INTACT AT THE BOW AND STERN, HIGH LEVELS OF DEGRADATION TO THE CENTRE SECTION

Position: 51 19.205 N,1 47.986 E

 

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