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 (51.089833333333, 1.7715833333333)

 

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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. Brendonia
12. British liberty (possibly)
13. Camisard
14. Carmen
15. Cathay (part of)
16. Cedrington court
17. Cerne
18. Colbert (possibly)
19. Correct
20. Duiveland
21. Dunbar castle
22. Dyck ltv
23. E goodwin ltv
24. Eleonora
25. Elizabeth and unknown
26. Empress of midland (possibly)
27. Filleigh
28. Francesco ciampa
29. Franz fischer (possibly)
30. Frons olivae (probably)
31. Fulmar
32. G 85 (possibly)
33. G-42 (possibly)
34. Gad 23
35. Genimar
36. Grazia (possibly)
37. Harcalo
38. Henry b plant
39. Hm mgb 328 (possibly)
40. Hms alert ?
41. Hms artic trapper
42. Hms blackburn rovers (possibly)
43. Hms carilon
44. Hms flirt
45. Hms hermes
46. Hms maida (possibly)
47. Hms northumberland (probably)
48. Hms restoration (possibly)
49. Hms stirling castle (probably)
50. Hms thuringia (possibly)
51. Hms tourmaline
52. Hms wessex
53. Hoegh aigrette
54. Ira (possibly)
55. Jarita
56. Jean pierre et phillipe
57. Karmt
58. L'armandeche
59. Laurl coin
60. Le pelerin de la mer
61. Lolworth
62. Lord hamilton (possibly)
63. Lst 364 (probably)
64. Luray victory
65. M 345 (possibly)
66. Mahratta ii
67. Menapier
68. Merel (part of)(possibly)
69. Nagro (possibly)
70. Neerlandais
71. Neppo (possibly)
72. Netty (possibly)
73. Noroit
74. North eastern victory
75. Ocean hound
76. Okeania
77. Port dalhousie (possibly)
78. Port nicholson (probably)
79. Quentovic
80. Rooswijk
81. Rydal force
82. Rynanna
83. Sabac
84. Saidieh
85. Saint michael veillez sur nous
86. Saint ronan (possibly)
87. Sambut
88. Santagata
89. Santagata (?part of)
90. Selma (possibly)
91. Sint annaland
92. St pierre (aft section)
93. St pierre (fore portion)
94. Surrey
95. Tina primo
96. Toornvliet (probably)
97. Tummel (probably)
98. U 11 (possibly)
99. U 37
100. U 48
101. Ub 12 (possibly)
102. Ub 29 (possibly)
103. Uc 21 (possibly)
104. Uc 26
105. Uc 46
106. Uc 46 (possibly)
107. Ursus (part)
108. Velocitas
109. Virginie
110. Volante (possibly)
111. Western farmer (bow section)
112. Woodtown (possibly)
113. 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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