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 (51.761916666667, 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. Alastair
3. Ambient (probably)
4. Angelus
5. Annie
6. Balgownie (probably)
7. Batavier 5
8. Blackhill
9. Bonnington court
10. British captain
11. British fortune (probably)
12. Brixton
13. Cairnside
14. Carica milica
15. Cedarwood (possibly)
16. Churston
17. Coalgas
18. Corcrest
19. Cormorant
20. Cormount (probably)
21. Coureur des mers
22. Cressdene (possibly)
23. Cresta
24. Dagmar (probably)
25. Denewood
26. Denise germaine (possibly)
27. Disa (possibly)
28. Duke of york (bows)
29. Dulwich
30. Dunwich bank wk
31. Dynamo
32. Edernian
33. El argentino
34. Ellewoutsdijk
35. Empire bridge
36. Erna boldt (probably)
37. Estrella (possibly)
38. Eva witte
39. F stobart (probably)
40. Faithful star
41. Farmatyr
42. Firth
43. Fort massac
44. Forth
45. Friargate (possibly)
46. Friargate (possibly)
47. Gannet (possibly)
48. Gena
49. Gerhard
50. Gipsy (possibly)
51. Golconda (possibly)
52. Grantleyhall (possibly)
53. Grenadier (probably)
54. Groeswen (probably)
55. Harlington (probably)
56. Harlyn (probably)
57. Harriet
58. Hebe
59. Hendon hall
60. Heworth
61. Hillglen
62. Hm mgb 76 (possibly)
63. Hms adonis (possibly)
64. Hms coquette
65. Hms donna nook
66. Hms donside (possibly)
67. Hms duchess of hamilton
68. Hms eros (possibly)
69. Hms forward iii
70. Hms franc tireur
71. Hms hastfen
72. Hms hirose (probably)
73. Hms holdene
74. Hms japan
75. Hms jessie nutten
76. Hms kale (probably)(part of)
77. Hms leandros
78. Hms lord airedale
79. Hms monarch
80. Hms moravia (possibly)
81. Hms nadine
82. Hms new comet (possibly)
83. Hms resono (possibly)
84. Hms rhiannon (possibly)
85. Hms river clyde (possibly)
86. Hms river clyde (possibly)
87. Hms sisters melville
88. Hms st seiriol
89. Hms tervani
90. Hms velia (possibly)
91. Hms waveflower
92. Hms whooper
93. Hms william wesney
94. Hmsm e6
95. Hmtb 10
96. Hmtb no.11 (possibly)
97. Hnlms 227
98. Hornchurch
99. Ignis (possibly)
100. Ingi
101. Ionian (possibly)
102. Iris (possibly)
103. J c dalble
104. Jamesina
105. Janny
106. Jim
107. Kenneth hawksfield
108. Khartoum (possibly)
109. Knarsdale
110. Koningen emma (part of)(probably)
111. Koningen emma (possibly)
112. Kwasind
113. La flandre (possibly)
114. Lady salisbury
115. Lapwing
116. Lapwing (possibly)
117. Lincairn (possibly)
118. Lisette
119. Lodewijk van nassau (probably)
120. Lonhelen (possibly)
121. Lord bute
122. Magdapur
123. Mangara
124. Marie leonhardt (probably)
125. Mascotte
126. Mecklenburg
127. Mendibil mendi (possibly)
128. Mexico
129. Michail ontchoukoff (possibly)
130. Moidart
131. Morar
132. Nereus
133. Newhaven (possibly)
134. Nico
135. Nicolaos piangos
136. Norhauk
137. Ocean pride
138. Old charlton
139. Ostprussen (possibly)
140. Palembang (probably)
141. Paullette
142. Peik
143. Persistant whisper
144. Pescado
145. Petshenga (possibly)
146. Phryne
147. Plawsworth (possibly)
148. Polgarth
149. Protinus (possibly)
150. Ravenscraig (possibly)
151. Rhenas (possibly)
152. Rumania
153. Salerno (possibly)
154. Salerno (possibly)
155. Savona (probably)
156. Scimitar
157. Sea king
158. Second chance (possibly)
159. Shardana
160. Simon bolivar
161. Southford
162. Storm
163. Tergestea
164. Terukuni maru
165. Thornaby (possibly)
166. Thyra
167. Torchbearer
168. Uc 11 (possibly)
169. Uc 72 (possibly)
170. Vae victis
171. Vancouver
172. Victorious
173. Volscian (possibly)
174. Warrenpoint
175. Wearside
176. White lady
177. Wychwood (possibly)
178. Wyetown
179. Yarmouth
180. Yewkyle (possibly)
181. 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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