This is the information page about the shipwreck Heworth, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 58.346 N,1 37.253 E (51.761916666667, 1.5857333333333)

 

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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. Aduatiek (possibly)
2. Afrin (probably)
3. Agamemnon
4. Aircraft
5. Alastair
6. Ambient (probably)
7. Angelus
8. Annie
9. Atlanticos
10. Balgownie (probably)
11. Bella donna
12. Blackhill
13. Bonnington court
14. British captain
15. British fortune (probably)
16. Brixton
17. Cairnside
18. Carica milica
19. Cedarwood (possibly)
20. Churston
21. Clan monroe
22. Coalgas
23. Corcrest
24. Cormount (probably)
25. Coureur des mers
26. Cressdene (possibly)
27. Cresta
28. Dagmar (probably)
29. Denewood
30. Denise germaine (possibly)
31. Disa (possibly)
32. Dulwich
33. Dunwich bank wk
34. Dynamo
35. Edernian
36. El argentino
37. Empire bridge
38. Erna boldt (probably)
39. Estrella (possibly)
40. European gateway (part of)
41. Eva witte
42. Excelsior
43. F stobart (probably)
44. Faithful star
45. Farmatyr
46. Firth
47. Fleurita
48. Flores (probably)
49. Fort massac
50. Forth
51. Friargate (possibly)
52. Friargate (possibly)
53. Gannet (possibly)
54. Gena
55. Gerhard
56. Gipsy (possibly)
57. Golconda (possibly)
58. Grantleyhall (possibly)
59. Grenadier (probably)
60. Grisdeale
61. Groeswen (probably)
62. Harlington (probably)
63. Harlyn (probably)
64. Harriet
65. Hebe
66. Hendon hall
67. Heworth
68. Highwave (probably)
69. Hillglen
70. Hm mgb 76 (possibly)
71. Hm torpedo boat no.12
72. Hmml 127 (possibly)
73. Hmmtb 16 (possibly)
74. Hms adonis (possibly)
75. Hms arethusa
76. Hms coquette
77. Hms donna nook
78. Hms duchess of hamilton
79. Hms dundalk
80. Hms eros (possibly)
81. Hms forward iii
82. Hms franc tireur
83. Hms hastfen
84. Hms hirose (probably)
85. Hms holdene
86. Hms japan
87. Hms john e lewis (possibly)
88. Hms kale (probably)(part of)
89. Hms leandros
90. Hms lord airedale
91. Hms lord st vincent (part of)
92. Hms ludlow
93. Hms marconi
94. Hms monarch
95. Hms moravia (possibly)
96. Hms nadine
97. Hms new comet (possibly)
98. Hms resono (possibly)
99. Hms rhiannon (possibly)
100. Hms river clyde (possibly)
101. Hms sisapon
102. Hms sisters melville
103. Hms st seiriol
104. Hms tervani
105. Hms tunisian
106. Hms velia (possibly)
107. Hms waveflower
108. Hms whooper
109. Hms william wesney
110. Hmsm e6
111. Hmtb 10
112. Hmtb no.11 (possibly)
113. Hnlms 227
114. Hornchurch
115. Ignis (possibly)
116. Ingi
117. Ionian (possibly)
118. Iris (possibly)
119. J c dalble
120. Janny
121. Jim
122. Josefina thorden (after part)
123. Kankakee
124. Khartoum (possibly)
125. Knarsdale
126. Koningen emma (part of)(probably)
127. Koningen emma (possibly)
128. Kwasind
129. Lady salisbury
130. Lincairn (possibly)
131. Lindfar
132. Lisette
133. Little world
134. Lonhelen (possibly)
135. Lowland
136. Mac 5 (possibly)
137. Magdapur
138. Mahseer
139. Mangara
140. Marie leonhardt (probably)
141. Mascotte
142. Mecklenburg
143. Mendibil mendi (possibly)
144. Mexico
145. Michail ontchoukoff (possibly)
146. Moidart
147. Morar
148. Nereus
149. Newhaven (possibly)
150. Nico
151. Nicolaos piangos
152. Norhauk
153. Norwich trader
154. Ocean lassie
155. Ocean pride
156. Old charlton
157. Ostprussen (possibly)
158. Paullette
159. Peik
160. Persistant whisper
161. Pescado
162. Petshenga (possibly)
163. Phryne
164. Plawsworth (possibly)
165. Polgarth
166. Prince igor (probably)
167. Princess juliana
168. Profit
169. Protinus (possibly)
170. Quickstep
171. Ravenscraig (possibly)
172. Rhenas (possibly)
173. Rumania
174. Salerno (possibly)
175. Salerno (possibly)
176. Savona (probably)
177. Scimitar
178. Sea king
179. Second chance (possibly)
180. Sheaf field
181. Simon bolivar
182. Stad maastricht
183. Storm
184. Sunbeam
185. Sunk head tower
186. Sweep ii
187. Telegraaf xviii
188. Tergestea
189. Terukuni maru
190. The sultan
191. Thornaby (possibly)
192. Thyra
193. Torchbearer
194. Uc 11 (possibly)
195. Uc 72 (possibly)
196. Vae victis
197. Vancouver
198. Volscian (possibly)
199. Walsingham
200. Warrenpoint
201. Wearside
202. White ghost
203. Wychwood (possibly)
204. Yampa (part of)
205. Yampa (part of)
206. Yampa (part of)
207. Yampa (part of)(possibly)
208. Yewkyle (possibly)
209. Ypapanti

 

Name: HEWORTH

Length 101.8 meter, width: 14 meter, draught: 6.4, tonnage 2855 ton

Cause: bombed and sunk by german aircraft.

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 9 meter, Height above seabed: 137 cm

Known since: 1940, last detected: 20190629

Details measurements/cartography: H0699/40 2.8.40 ST IN 511815N, 013732E. - PFNM 1929/40. H0699/40 2.10.40 AMEND TO ST PA. - NM 2380/40. H01079/40 23.1.41 AMEND DW IN REVISED POSN.

- NM 42/41. H0699/40 16.5.42 AMEND TO DW, TWO MASTS, CONSPIC.

- NM1016/42. H0699/40 3.4.50 DISPERSED TO WITHIN 3FT OF SEABED, WHICH IS SAND. CLEAR AT 6FT, FOUL AT 7FT. GEN DEPTH 6-14FT. SWEPT BY SMLS 322 & 323 IN 515818N, 013723E. (HMS SHARPSHOOTER, 23.3.50 & HMS SCOTT, 8.7.50). AMEND TO WK 1FMS.

- NM 1505/50. H3186/73 8.5.73 EXAM'D IN 515818N, 013727E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 6.4MTRS IN 7.5MTRS. (HMS ENTERPRISE, HI 11/72). NCA. 7.11.73 AMEND TO SW 1.8 MTRS. NC 2052. H3186/73 21.2.79 EXAM'D 10.10.78 IN 515817N, 013720E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 5.1 IN GEN DEPTH 10MTRS. SCOUR 12MTRS. LARGE FRAGMENTED WK GIVING GOOD SONAR RESPONSE FROM ALL DIRECTIONS, BUT SHADOW AND ORIENTATION NOT OBTAINED. RETAIN SWEPT DEPTH. (HMS ENTERPRISE, HI 60C/78). NCA. H4027/86 3.11.87 EXAM'D 9.7.87 IN 515820N, 013722E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [4 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 4.7 IN GEN DEPTH 10MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 LENGTH 85MTRS, WIDTH 15MTRS. LYING, WELL BURIED IN THE SAND, 135/315 DEG. GIVES LARGE MAGNETIC ANOMALY BUT NO SONAR SHADOW. NOT FULLY SURVEYED. RETAIN AS CHARTED. (NP 1016, HI 376). HH090/667/01 13.12.95 EXAM'D 29.6.95 IN 515822.36N, 013714.77E [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 9.6 IN GEN DEPTH 9.6MTRS. NO SCOUR. NO DCS3 HT. LENGTH 100MTRS, WIDTH 15MTRS. LIES 130/310 DEGS. GOOD MAGNETIC ANOMALY. WK IS CO-PLANAR WITH THE SEA FLOOR. CONFIRMED BY DIVER'S REPORT. CHART AS FOUL. (OCEANICS, HI 667). AMEND TO FOUL. BR STD. SEP 2019/000272653 21.11.19 EXAM'D 29.06.19; IN 5158.346N, 0137.253E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 4.62MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 9MTRS, LENGTH 118MTRS, WIDTH 15.9MTRS, HEIGHT 4.4MTRS, ORIENTATION 137/317 DEGS. DEGRADED WRECK WITH SQUARE AND RECTANGULAR STRUCTURES IN THE CENTRE.(CLINTON MARINE, HI 1584). AMEND FOUL 4.6MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UK NM 6493/19

Position: 51 58.346 N,1 37.253 E

 

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