This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms aragonite (part of), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 14.294 N,1 24.915 E (51.4688667, 1.5197833)

 

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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. 150
2. Admiral gardner
3. Advent
4. Africa
5. Agen
6. Algeria
7. Amplegarth
8. Andaman
9. Angelus (possibly)
10. Archon
11. Ashley
12. Atlantic (possibly)
13. Avoca
14. Avon
15. Balakani
16. Brandenburg
17. Bravore
18. Camisard
19. Carmen
20. Cathay (part of)
21. Cedrington court
22. Christianssund
23. City of brisbane
24. Colbert
25. Constanzia
26. Corhaven
27. Correct
28. D'artagnan
29. Dalryan
30. Dartmore
31. De fontaine
32. Diana
33. Dinard
34. Dixie
35. Dolcoath (part)
36. Dolcoath (part)
37. Duiveland
38. Dunbar castle
39. E goodwin ltv
40. Efford
41. Eidsiva (probably)
42. Eleonora
43. Embla (possibly)
44. Emile deschamps
45. Emma
46. Emma (possibly)
47. Empire lough (probably)
48. Empress of fort william (probably)
49. Empress of midland (possibly)
50. En avant
51. Falcon (probably)
52. Fearless
53. Filleigh
54. Flachsee
55. Flandres
56. Francesco ciampa
57. Fred everard
58. Frons olivae (probably)
59. Fulmar
60. G 85 (possibly)
61. G-42 (possibly)
62. G-asad
63. Gad 23
64. Genimar
65. Grazia (possibly)
66. Grit (probably)
67. Grosser kurfurst
68. Grosser kurfurst (possibly)
69. Halcyon
70. Harcalo
71. Henry moon
72. Heron
73. Hm mgb 328 (possibly)
74. Hmhs anglia
75. Hms alert ?
76. Hms aragonite (part of)
77. Hms aries (possibly)
78. Hms artic trapper
79. Hms brazen
80. Hms carilon
81. Hms carlton
82. Hms cayton wyke (probably)
83. Hms chestnut (probably)
84. Hms city of dundee
85. Hms cleon
86. Hms desiree
87. Hms drumtochty (possibly)
88. Hms falmouth iii (possibly)
89. Hms fauvette
90. Hms flirt
91. Hms glen boyne
92. Hms gracie (probably)
93. Hms guardsman
94. Hms kingston galena
95. Hms lydian
96. Hms marcella
97. Hms mastiff (possibly)
98. Hms myrtle
99. Hms napia
100. Hms niger (possibly)
101. Hms northumberland (probably)
102. Hms othello ii
103. Hms peridot
104. Hms pyrope
105. Hms ray of hope
106. Hms restoration (possibly)
107. Hms rodino
108. Hms stella orion
109. Hms stirling castle (probably)
110. Hms tamarisk
111. Hms torbay ii (probably)
112. Hms tourmaline
113. Hms tranquil
114. Hms venetia
115. Hms war sepoy
116. Hms weigelia
117. Hmsm b2
118. Hundvaag
119. Ilaro
120. Ira (possibly)
121. Irene
122. Jacob luckenbach
123. James harrod
124. Josephine willis
125. Kabinda
126. Kadru
127. Karmt
128. Katharina kolkmann
129. Kielce
130. Kirsten skou
131. Koenigshaven
132. L'armandeche
133. Lady stella
134. Latona
135. Laurl coin
136. Lbv (m)396
137. Le pelerin de la mer
138. Leicester
139. Leila najia
140. Leo
141. Lisbeth m
142. Lizzonia
143. Loanda
144. Lord hamilton (possibly)
145. Luray victory
146. Lusitania
147. Mahratta
148. Mahratta ii
149. Maloja 1
150. Malta (probably)
151. Margam abbey
152. Menapier
153. Merel (part of)(possibly)
154. Mersey
155. Monarch
156. Mrav
157. Mudlark
158. Munificent
159. Murillo
160. Nancy moran
161. Naranco
162. Newcastle
163. Newlands
164. Niki
165. Norman
166. Norman
167. North eastern victory
168. Nunima
169. Opal
170. Ousel (probably)
171. Pallieter
172. Paros isle
173. Polgrange
174. Ponzano
175. Portslade (possibly)
176. Preussen
177. Pulborough
178. Quentovic
179. Rio parana
180. River levan
181. Rubislaw
182. Rydal force
183. Rynanna
184. S goodwin ltv (lv 69)
185. S.folkestone gate (ltv no.75)
186. Sabac
187. Saidieh
188. Saint michael veillez sur nous
189. Saint ronan (possibly)
190. Saint ronan (possibly)
191. Sambut
192. San calisto
193. Santagata
194. Santagata (?part of)
195. Sea serpent
196. Selma (possibly)
197. Shenandoah
198. Sir russell
199. Slesvig
200. St cecilia
201. Strathclyde
202. Sun vii
203. Surrey
204. Teeswood
205. Texaco caribbean (after section)
206. Texaco caribbean (forward section)
207. The queen
208. Tongue sand tower (remains)
209. Toward
210. Traquair (probably)
211. Treport
212. Tummel (probably)
213. U 11 (possibly)
214. U 16 (possibly)
215. U 48
216. U 8
217. Uama
218. Ub 108 (possibly)
219. Ub 109
220. Ub 29 (possibly)
221. Ub 31 ?
222. Ub 38
223. Ub 55 (probably)
224. Ub 56 (possibly)
225. Ub 58 (possibly)
226. Ub 78
227. Ub-33 (probably)
228. Uc 21 (possibly)
229. Uc 26
230. Uc 46
231. Uc 46 (possibly)
232. Uc 77 (possibly)
233. Uc 78 or uc 79
234. W a scholten
235. Westerley star
236. Wheatman (possibly)
237. Will and maggie (probably)
238. Woodtown (possibly)

 

Name: HMS ARAGONITE (PART OF)

Length 40.6 meter, width: 7.5 meter, draught: 3.9, tonnage 315 ton

Cause: Built in 1934 by cook, wellington & gemmel ltd, beverley. originally owned by the kingston ss trawling co ltd. one boiler, triple expansion engine of 89 nhp, single shaft. hired as minesweeper from august 1939. mined and sank in two parts. (sibi & ww2sl).

Year of registration: 1939

Water depth above wreck: 6 meter, Height above seabed: 45 cm

Known since: 1939, last detected: 2010

Details measurements/cartography: H0240/39 15.1.40 DW PA LOCATED. (HMS FRANKLIN). - FNM 2866/36. H0183/39 23.4.40 BAR SWEPT CLEAR AT 8FT FOUL AT 10FT. MAIN OBSTACLE SHIP'S BOILER. FURTHER DISPERSAL PROPOSED. (DBMS AND HMS STEEPHOLM). AMEND TO DW (TWO MASTS).

- NM 1045/40. H0240/39 19.7.51 G CAN BUOY CLOSE E OF DW. (TH).

- NM 1264/51 & FNM 61/51. H5561/55 28.10.55 DELETED (TWO MASTS). (CG DEAL).

- NM 2440/55. H927/59 LEAST E/S DEPTH 18FT. (ECES, 1959). H927/59 11.2.60 BOILER DUMPED INTACT IN 510210N, 013000E IN 31FMS. (BANGLOW). H0183/39 28.7.60 EXAM'D IN TWO PARTS. NORTHERN PART IN 511414N, 012500E USING HSA. SWEPT CLEAR AT 12FT, FOUL AT 13FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 19FT IN GEN DEPTH 19-22FT. SCOUR DEPTH 24FT. SOUTHERN PART IN 511408N, 012459E USING HSA. CLEAR AT 16FT, FOUL AT 17FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 20FT IN GEN DEPTH 23-24FT. SCOUR DEPTH 25FT. SEA BED SAND ON CHALK. (ECES, 8.6.60). 4.3.69 NOW CHARTED AS SW 1FM 4FT [N PART) AND SW 2FMS 2FT (S PART). NE 1828. (LAT IS 3FT SHOALER THAN SURVEYED). H2119/58 15.10.70 G CAN BUOY IN 511415N, 012509E DELETED. (TH LTR DTD 1.10.70).

- NM 1751/70. 13.6.72 NOW CHARTED AS SW 3.0MTRS & SW 4.2MTRS. NC 1828. H2100/74 9.8.74 WK IN 511416N, 012504E USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 5.0MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 6-7MTRS. SCOUR 7.0MTRS. SMALLISH LUMP PROBABLY WK COVERED WITH SAND. (ISS, 25.4.74). NCA. 11.5.82 NOW CHARTED AS SW 3.0MTRS. NE 323. HH090/647/01 1.2.96 EXAM'D 12.9.95 IN 511415.4N, 012500.6E [OGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 5.0 IN GEN DEPTH 6.5MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 1.0MTR. NO DCS3 HT. LENGTH 45MTRS, WIDTH 15MTRS. LIES 020/200DEGS. MEDIUM MAGNETIC ANOMALY. BROKEN UP WITH LITTLE HEIGHT. SANDWAVE HAS BUILT UP NEXT TO THE WK. WK HAS NO SIGNIFICANT EXTENT ABOVE THE CREST OF THE SANDWAVE. IMPRACTICAL TO SWEEP WK. RETAIN AS CHARTED. (NP 1016, HI 647). RETAIN SW 3MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. SEP 2011/000026047 20.1.11 LOCATED 2010 IN 5124.294N, 0124.915E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 4.99MTRS. AREA OF DEBRIS COVERING 60MTRS BY 42MTRS. SANDBANK TO E IS SHOALER. (NETSURVEY, HI 1341). IN MINOR SCOUR. LIES APPROX 045/225 DEGS. AMEND WK 4.9MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: WELL BROKEN UP, IN MINOR SCOUR See Also: 13773

Position: 51 14.294 N,1 24.915 E

 

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