This is the information page about the shipwreck Hilda lea (stern part)(probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 17.365 N,0 58.478 W (50.2121667, -0.7257)

 

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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. Albert
2. Asger ryg
3. Basil-2
4. British commerce
5. Cambrian princess (probably)
6. Carbineer
7. Coral
8. Donegal (possibly)
9. Fort yale
10. Gerarda
11. Germa geisha
12. Hedwig lunstedt
13. Hilda lea (bow part)(probably)
14. Hilda lea (stern part)(probably)
15. Hmcs alberni
16. Hms evadne (possibly)
17. Hms loyalty
18. Hms prince leopold
19. Hooness
20. Krasnaya presnia
21. Lola (possibly)
22. Orminster
23. Plm 4 (possibly)
24. Polandia (possibly)
25. Ringen
26. Saint enogat
27. Sines (possibly)
28. Spearfish
29. Teelin head
30. U 1195
31. Ub 81
32. Uss osprey
33. Whale unit 552 (possibly)

 

Name: HILDA LEA (STERN PART)(PROBABLY)

Length 73.2 meter, width: 11.1 meter, draught: 4.8, tonnage 1328 ton
Load: coal

Cause: Built in 1916 by wilton's engineering & shipbuilding co ltd. owned at time of loss by the shipping controller. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 186nhp, single shaft. passage st helen's for rouen. cargo coal. torpedoed by ub-35. (sibi, ww1sl & ll ww1).

Year of registration: 03

Water depth above wreck: 71 meter, Height above seabed: 355 cm

Known since: 2003

Details measurements/cartography: SUNK APPROX 167DEGS, 23 MILES FROM DUNNOSE IN 501300N, 010200W. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). SUNK 24M S BY E FROM ST CATHERINE'S POINT. (WW1SL). SUNK 23M S OF DUNNOSE HEAD, 22M SSE OF ST CATHERINES (PA). ACCEPT APPROX POSN 501600N, 005900W. (AP REPORT, PORTSMOUTH). HH090/952/01 4.11.03 HH090/952/01 4.11.03 EXAM'D 5.6.03 IN 5017.365N, 0058.478W [WGD] USING DGPS (STERN SECTION). LEAST E/S DEPTH 67 IN GEN DEPTH 71MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 35MTRS, WIDTH 16MTRS. LIES 175/355 DEGS. POOR MAGNETIC ANOMALY. BOW SECTION LIES 60MTRS SW. (GARDLINE, HI 952). DIMENSIONS FROM INVESTIGATION PLOT. INS WK 67MTRS. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: BOW IS SEPARATED (SEE [19819])

Position: 50 17.365 N,0 58.478 W

 

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