This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms adonis (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 3.602 N,1 48.853 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. Atlanticos
6. Balgownie (probably)
7. Batavier 5
8. Bonnington court
9. British captain
10. British fortune (probably)
11. Brixton
12. Cairnside
13. Carica milica
14. Cedarwood (possibly)
15. Churston
16. Claudia (possibly)
17. Coalgas
18. Corcrest
19. Cormorant
20. Cormount (probably)
21. Coureur des mers
22. Cressdene (possibly)
23. Cresta
24. Dagmar (probably)
25. Denewood
26. Disa (possibly)
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. Frumenton
46. Gannet (possibly)
47. Gasfire
48. Gena
49. Gerhard
50. Gipsy (possibly)
51. Golconda (possibly)
52. Grantleyhall (possibly)
53. Grenadier (probably)
54. Groenlo
55. Groeswen (probably)
56. H h petersen
57. Harlington (probably)
58. Harlyn (probably)
59. Harriet
60. Hebe
61. Hendon hall
62. Hillglen
63. Hm mgb 76 (possibly)
64. Hms adonis (possibly)
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 lord airedale
77. Hms marconi
78. Hms monarch
79. Hms moravia (possibly)
80. Hms nadine
81. Hms new comet (possibly)
82. Hms resono (possibly)
83. Hms rhiannon (possibly)
84. Hms river clyde (possibly)
85. Hms river clyde (possibly)
86. Hms sisters melville
87. Hms tervani
88. Hms velia (possibly)
89. Hms waveflower
90. Hms whooper
91. Hms william wesney
92. Hmsm e6
93. Hmtb 10
94. Hnlms 227
95. Hornchurch
96. Ignis (possibly)
97. Ingi
98. Ionian (possibly)
99. J c dalble
100. Jamesina
101. Janny
102. Jim
103. Kenneth hawksfield
104. Khartoum (possibly)
105. Knarsdale
106. Koningen emma (part of)(probably)
107. Koningen emma (possibly)
108. Kwasind
109. Lady salisbury
110. Lapwing
111. Lincairn (possibly)
112. Lisette
113. Lodewijk van nassau (probably)
114. Lonhelen (possibly)
115. Lord bute
116. Magdapur
117. Mangara
118. Marie leonhardt (probably)
119. Mascotte
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. Norwich trader
131. Ocean pride
132. Old charlton
133. Ostprussen (possibly)
134. Palembang (probably)
135. Paullette
136. Peik
137. Pescado
138. Petshenga (possibly)
139. Phryne
140. Plawsworth (possibly)
141. Polgarth
142. Profit
143. Protinus (possibly)
144. Ravenscraig (possibly)
145. Ren
146. Rhenas (possibly)
147. Rochester city
148. Salerno (possibly)
149. Savona (probably)
150. Scimitar
151. Second chance (possibly)
152. Simon bolivar
153. Southford
154. St patrick
155. Stad alkmaar
156. Storm
157. Sunk head tower
158. Taber park
159. Tergestea
160. Terukuni maru
161. Thornaby (possibly)
162. Thyra
163. Torchbearer
164. Uc 11 (possibly)
165. Uc 72 (possibly)
166. Vae victis
167. Vancouver
168. Victorious
169. Volscian (possibly)
170. Warrenpoint
171. Wearside
172. White lady
173. Wychwood (possibly)
174. Wyetown
175. Yarmouth
176. Yewkyle (possibly)
177. Ypapanti

 

Name: HMS ADONIS (POSSIBLY)

Year of registration: 1943

Water depth above wreck: 25 meter, Height above seabed: 28 cm

Known since: 1943, last detected: 20190701

Details measurements/cartography: H01328/43 2.7.43 EXAM'D IN 520340N, 014837E. FOUL AT 56FT, CLEAR AT 54FT. (HMS VALESCA 22.5.43). INS AS WK 9FMS.

- NM 1324/43. H4139/76 6.1.77 EXAM'D 6.8.76 LOCATED IN 520336N, 014855.8E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR 17.7, FOUL 18.1MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 17.7 IN GEN DEPTH 25MTRS. SCOUR 25.8MTRS. LENGTH 100MTRS, WIDTH 30MTRS. LYING NNE/SSW. BREAKING INTO TWO UNEQUAL PARTS. LITTLE SCOUR TO SW. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 31/76). BR STD. H5363/81 27.11.81 WK, 50MTRS LONG, WITH SONAR HT LESS THAN 1MTR AND LYING 165/345 DEGS, LOCATED IN 520337N, 014858E [EUR]. (BT CABLE ROUTE SURVEY, SEPT 1981). NCA HH090/667/01 15.12.95 EXAM'D 14.7.95 IN 520336.42N, 014851.08E [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 17.9, FOUL 18.1MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 18.0 IN GEN DEPTH 25.5MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 0.9MTR. DCS3 HT 7.7MTRS. LENGTH 74MTRS, WIDTH 18MTRS. LIES 030/210 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. APPEARS BROKEN UP AND IS HEAVILY NETTED. (OCEONICS, HI 667). BR STD. 23.4.16 EXAM'D BY BDC; WK IN 5203.598N, 0148.850E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 17.8MTRS, IN GEN DEPTH 26MTRS. LENGTH 72MTRS, WIDTH 15MTRS. NFS. (DS26 ORFORD INSHORE MCZ, CEFAS SURVEY 2012). AMEND DW 17.8MTRS IN REVISED POSN. SEP 2019/000272653 20.11.19 EXAM'D 01.07.19; IN 5203.602N, 0148.853E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 17.42MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 25MTRS, LENGTH 75.61MTRS, WIDTH 14.34MTRS, HEIGHT 9.22MTRS, ORIENTATION 028/208 DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 13.15MTRS, WIDTH 94MTRS, 2.11MTRS DEEP, TOWARDS 110 DEGS. WRECK IS PARTLY BROKEN UP, LYING ON ITS SIDE. (CLINTON MARINE, HI 1584). AMEND DW 17.4MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 52 3.602 N,1 48.853 E

 

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