This is the information page about the shipwreck Hillglen, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 0.135 N,1 49.118 E (51.7619167, 1.5857333)

 

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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. Alastair
3. Ambient (probably)
4. Angelus
5. Balgownie (probably)
6. Batavier 5
7. Bonnington court
8. British captain
9. British fortune (probably)
10. Brixton
11. Cairnside
12. Carica milica
13. Cedarwood (possibly)
14. Churston
15. Coalgas
16. Corcrest
17. Cormorant
18. Cormount (probably)
19. Coureur des mers
20. Cressdene (possibly)
21. Cresta
22. Dagmar (probably)
23. Denewood
24. Denise germaine (possibly)
25. Disa (possibly)
26. Duke of york (bows)
27. Dulwich
28. Dunwich bank wk
29. Dynamo
30. Edernian
31. El argentino
32. Ellewoutsdijk
33. Empire bridge
34. Erna boldt (probably)
35. Estrella (possibly)
36. Eva witte
37. F stobart (probably)
38. Faithful star
39. Farmatyr
40. Firth
41. Fort massac
42. Forth
43. Friargate (possibly)
44. Friargate (possibly)
45. Gannet (possibly)
46. Gena
47. Gerhard
48. Gipsy (possibly)
49. Golconda (possibly)
50. Grantleyhall (possibly)
51. Grenadier (probably)
52. Groeswen (probably)
53. Harlington (probably)
54. Harlyn (probably)
55. Harriet
56. Hebe
57. Hendon hall
58. Hillglen
59. Hm mgb 76 (possibly)
60. Hms adonis (possibly)
61. Hms coquette
62. Hms donna nook
63. Hms donside (possibly)
64. Hms duchess of hamilton
65. Hms eros (possibly)
66. Hms forward iii
67. Hms franc tireur
68. Hms hastfen
69. Hms hirose (probably)
70. Hms holdene
71. Hms japan
72. Hms jessie nutten
73. Hms kale (probably)(part of)
74. Hms leandros
75. Hms lord airedale
76. Hms monarch
77. Hms moravia (possibly)
78. Hms nadine
79. Hms new comet (possibly)
80. Hms resono (possibly)
81. Hms rhiannon (possibly)
82. Hms river clyde (possibly)
83. Hms river clyde (possibly)
84. Hms sisters melville
85. Hms tervani
86. Hms velia (possibly)
87. Hms waveflower
88. Hms whooper
89. Hms william wesney
90. Hmsm e6
91. Hmtb 10
92. Hnlms 227
93. Hornchurch
94. Ignis (possibly)
95. Ingi
96. Ionian (possibly)
97. J c dalble
98. Jamesina
99. Janny
100. Jim
101. Kenneth hawksfield
102. Khartoum (possibly)
103. Knarsdale
104. Koningen emma (part of)(probably)
105. Koningen emma (possibly)
106. Kwasind
107. La flandre (possibly)
108. Lady salisbury
109. Lapwing
110. Lincairn (possibly)
111. Lisette
112. Lodewijk van nassau (probably)
113. Lonhelen (possibly)
114. Lord bute
115. Magdapur
116. Mangara
117. Marie leonhardt (probably)
118. Mascotte
119. Mecklenburg
120. Mendibil mendi (possibly)
121. Mexico
122. Michail ontchoukoff (possibly)
123. Moidart
124. Morar
125. Nereus
126. Newhaven (possibly)
127. Nico
128. Nicolaos piangos
129. Norhauk
130. Ocean pride
131. Old charlton
132. Ostprussen (possibly)
133. Palembang (probably)
134. Paullette
135. Peik
136. Persistant whisper
137. Pescado
138. Petshenga (possibly)
139. Phryne
140. Plawsworth (possibly)
141. Polgarth
142. Protinus (possibly)
143. Ravenscraig (possibly)
144. Rhenas (possibly)
145. Salerno (possibly)
146. Salerno (possibly)
147. Savona (probably)
148. Scimitar
149. Second chance (possibly)
150. Shardana
151. Simon bolivar
152. Southford
153. Storm
154. Tergestea
155. Terukuni maru
156. Thornaby (possibly)
157. Thyra
158. Torchbearer
159. Uc 11 (possibly)
160. Uc 72 (possibly)
161. Vae victis
162. Vancouver
163. Victorious
164. Volscian (possibly)
165. Warrenpoint
166. Wearside
167. White lady
168. Wychwood (possibly)
169. Wyetown
170. Yarmouth
171. Yewkyle (possibly)
172. Ypapanti

 

Name: HILLGLEN

Year of registration: 1971

Water depth above wreck: 33 meter, Height above seabed: 25 cm

Known since: 1971, last detected: 20190701

Details measurements/cartography: H3221/70 7.7.71 WK LOCATED IN 520010N, 014910E USING DECCA AND RADAR. LIES IN HOLLOW. SEEN TO BE A CARGO VESSEL ON SECTOR SCAN SONAR. LEAST DEPTH 28MTRS BY E/S & 21MTRS VERTICAL SCAN. NO TIDAL REDUCTION). (RV CLIONE, 27.6.71). INS AS WK 11FMS.

- NM 1066/71. 7.11.73 AMEND TO WK 20.1MTRS. NC 2052. H4139/76 11.1.77 LOCATED 12.6.76 IN 520007.2N, 014910.2E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR 21.9, FOUL 22.1MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 23.6 IN GEN DEPTH 34MTRS. MEDIUM SIZED WK, SLIGHTLY BROKEN UP. LYING NE/SW. APPROX 75 MTRS X 25 MTRS. SHOALEST IN THE MIDDLE. NO SCOUR. (HMS BULLDOG/BEAGLE, HI 31/76). BR STD. HH090/667/01 14.12.95 EXAM'D 20.7.95 IN 520006.88N, 014906.01E [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 25.0, FOUL 25.5MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 27.3 IN GEN DEPTH 34MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 0.6MTR. DCS3 HT 9.1MTRS. LENGTH 70MTRS, WIDTH 17MTRS. LIES 025/205 DEGS. GOOD MAGNEOMETER DEFLECTION. WELL DEFINED, UPRIGHT AND GIVES GOOD SONAR IMAGE. (OCEONICS, HI 667). NOT FULLY SWEPT. RETAIN AS SW 21.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN. HH100/351/11 19.3.96 LARGE WK, POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED AS THE SS HILLGLEN. COMPLETELY INTACT FROM THE STERN TO THE BOW AND STANDS UPRIGHT ON THE SEABED. IT STANDS SOME 8MTRS CLEAR OF THE BOTTOM WITH THE HIGHEST POINT BEING THE BRIDGE. MOST OF THE SUPERSTRUCTURE IS NOW COLLAPSING. SUPERSTRUCTURE AT THE BOW AND STERN IS STILL INTACT. SITS IN APPROX 38MTRS WITH THE HIGHEST POINT AT 30MTRS. (BOB HICKINBOTTOM). HH100/351/11 26.3.96 CONFIRMED AS A '3 ISLAND' TYPE OF VESSEL. TWO HOLDS FWD OF THE BRIDGE AND TWO AFT. LENGTH ESTIMATED TO BE BETWEEN 80 AND 100MTRS. ALL FOUR HOLDS ARE FULL OF SOME SUBSTANCE PACKED IN BAGS WHICH HAVE BECOME SOLID. POSSIBLY CEMENT. (R HICKINBOTTOM). SEP 2019/000272653 18.11.19 EXAM'D 1.7.19; IN 5200.135N, 0149.118E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 26.12MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 33MTRS, LENGTH 72.28MTRS, WIDTH 10.7MTRS, HEIGHT 8.97MTRS, ORIENTATION 025/205 DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 8.15MTRS, WIDTH 29.3MTRS, 1.19MTRS DEEP, TOWARDS 307 DEGS. WRECK IS STANDING UPRIGHT AND INTACT. (CLINTON MARINE, HI 1584). AMEND DW 26MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT & INTACT

Position: 52 0.135 N,1 49.118 E

 

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