This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms arethusa, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 58.549 N,1 26.968 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. Ability
2. Afrin (probably)
3. Agamemnon
4. Aircraft
5. Alastair
6. Ambient (probably)
7. Annie
8. Atlanticos
9. Balgownie (probably)
10. Baltrader
11. Bella donna
12. Blackhill
13. Bonnington court
14. British fortune (probably)
15. Cairnside
16. Carica milica
17. Cedarwood (possibly)
18. Churston
19. Clan monroe
20. Coalgas
21. Corcrest
22. Cormount (probably)
23. Coureur des mers
24. Cressdene (possibly)
25. Cresta
26. Dela
27. Denise germaine (possibly)
28. Disa (possibly)
29. Drofli
30. Dulwich
31. Dunwich bank wk
32. Dynamo
33. Empire bridge
34. Empire ghyll
35. Erna boldt (probably)
36. Estrella (possibly)
37. European gateway (part of)
38. Eva witte
39. Excelsior
40. F stobart (probably)
41. Faithful star
42. Farmatyr
43. Fleurita
44. Flores (probably)
45. Fort massac
46. Forth
47. Friargate (possibly)
48. Friargate (possibly)
49. Ghc (possibly)
50. Golconda (possibly)
51. Grantleyhall (possibly)
52. Grisdeale
53. Groeswen (probably)
54. Harlington (probably)
55. Harlyn (probably)
56. Heworth
57. Highwave (probably)
58. Hm mgb 76 (possibly)
59. Hm torpedo boat no.12
60. Hmml 127 (possibly)
61. Hmmtb 16 (possibly)
62. Hms arethusa
63. Hms coquette
64. Hms donna nook
65. Hms duchess of hamilton
66. Hms dundalk
67. Hms eros (possibly)
68. Hms franc tireur
69. Hms hastfen
70. Hms hirose (probably)
71. Hms japan
72. Hms john e lewis (possibly)
73. Hms kale (probably)(part of)
74. Hms leandros
75. Hms lord airedale
76. Hms lord st vincent (part of)
77. Hms ludlow
78. Hms marconi
79. Hms marsa
80. Hms nadine
81. Hms oriana
82. Hms reed (possibly)
83. Hms resono (possibly)
84. Hms rhiannon (possibly)
85. Hms sisapon
86. Hms sisters melville
87. Hms st seiriol
88. Hms tervani
89. Hms tunisian
90. Hms velia (possibly)
91. Hms whooper
92. Hms william wesney
93. Hmsm e6
94. Hmtb 10
95. Hmtb no.11 (possibly)
96. Hnlms 227
97. Ignis (possibly)
98. Ingi
99. Iris (possibly)
100. J c dalble
101. Janny
102. Jim
103. Josefina thorden (after part)
104. Kankakee
105. Knarsdale
106. Koningen emma (part of)(probably)
107. Koningen emma (possibly)
108. Lady jane
109. Lady salisbury
110. Lincairn (possibly)
111. Lindfar
112. Little world
113. Lonhelen (possibly)
114. Lowland
115. Mac 5 (possibly)
116. Magdapur
117. Mahseer
118. Main topman
119. Mangara
120. Marie leonhardt (probably)
121. Mexico
122. Michail ontchoukoff (possibly)
123. Morar
124. Neptune (possibly)
125. Nereus
126. Nico
127. Nicolaos piangos
128. Norhauk
129. Norwich trader
130. Ocean lassie
131. Ocean pride
132. Old charlton
133. Pallieter (possibly)
134. Paullette
135. Peik
136. Persistant whisper
137. Pescado
138. Phryne
139. Polgarth
140. Prince igor (probably)
141. Princess juliana
142. Profit
143. Protinus (possibly)
144. Quickstep
145. Ravenscraig (possibly)
146. Resolute
147. Rumania
148. Salerno (possibly)
149. Salerno (possibly)
150. Savona (probably)
151. Sea king
152. Second chance (possibly)
153. Sheaf field
154. Simon bolivar
155. Stad maastricht
156. Storm
157. Strathearn
158. Sunbeam
159. Sunk head tower
160. Sweep ii
161. Tam o shanter (part)(possibly)
162. Tam o shanter (part)(possibly)
163. Tay bar
164. Telegraaf xviii
165. Terukuni maru
166. The sultan
167. Thornaby (possibly)
168. Thyra
169. Torchbearer
170. Uc 11 (possibly)
171. Uc 72 (possibly)
172. Vancouver
173. Volscian (possibly)
174. Walsingham
175. Wearside
176. White ghost
177. Yampa (part of)
178. Yampa (part of)
179. Yampa (part of)
180. Yampa (part of)(possibly)
181. Ypapanti

 

Name: HMS ARETHUSA

Length 125 meter, width: 11.9 meter, tonnage 3512 ton

Cause: built in 1913 chatham dockyard. 8 boilers, twin turbines of 30000hp, twin shaft. struck a mine in supposedly clear channel. 10 men lost.

Year of registration: 1916

Water depth above wreck: 7 meter, Height above seabed: 55 cm

Known since: 1916, last detected: 2012

Details measurements/cartography: H3062/16 UPPER WORKS VIS. POSN 515830N, 012710E. - FNM 253/16. H7062/18 15.3.19 INS ON CHARTS.

- NM 684/19. H7428/21 5.12.21 SANK OFF SE SIDE OF CUTLER SOUND IN A POSN DEFINED BY THE BEARING BAWDSEY SEA MARK BEARING 329DEG (N 17.5DEG W MAGNETIC) DISTANCE 1.8MILES. (TH NM 50/21, 1.12.21). H825/22 13.2.22 AMEND TO DW, INS G CON BUOY CLOSE E. H1847/47 24.7.47 THIS WRECK WAS ABANDONED IN AUGUST 1916, MY LORDS ARE THEREFORE UNABLE ACCEPT FINANCIAL LIABILITY FOR EXPENSE INCURRED IN MARKING THE WRECK. H1847/47 10.4.51 CLEARED AT 4FT. (SML 322).

- NM 378/52. H1847/47 3.4.59 SWEPT CLEAR AT 4FT, FOUL AT 5FT. DEPTH CLOSE W 7FT. (SML 322 & 323 1950). 18.1.72 AMEND TO WK 1.2MTRS. NC 2693. H3186/73 20.8.73 EXAM'D IN 515830.7N, 012707E [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 1.2MTRS (4FT) IN GEN DEPTH 6.0MTRS. DIVERS REPORT LYING ON HER KEEL WITH SLIGHT LIST & FIRMLY EMBEDDED IN SAND. SHIP'S SIDE STILL SOLID, BUT UPPERWORK HEAVILY CORRODED & WEED COVERED. (HMS ENTERPRISE & HMS HUBBERSTON). BR STD. 12.2.79 SHOWN IN 515830-5N, 012705E WITH LEAST DEPTH 1.8MTRS & APPARENTLY ORIENTATED NE/SW. (HARWICH HBR CONSERVANCY BOARD SURVEY OCT 1978 - K 8112). NCA. RETAIN SWEPT DEPTH. H2915/83 26.3.85 EXAM'D 17.10.84 IN 515831N, 012706E [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 1.8 IN GEN DEPTH 7MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 8MTRS. DCS3 HT 5.2MTRS, LENGTH 70MTRS APPROX. APPARENTLY INTACT, LYING 055/235DEG. RETAIN SWEPT DEPTH. (HMS EGERIA, HI 194). NCA. SEP 2012/000212161 29.10.12 LOCATED IN 5158.549N, 0126.968E [WGD]. LENGTH 74.1MTRS, WIDTH 11MTRS, HT 3.7MTRS. UPPER DECK DEGRADED WITH 8 CYLINDRICAL OBJECTS, PROBABLY BOILERS, VISIBLE. BROKEN WITH HALVES TOUCHING AND LYING AT 25 DEGS. LARGE AREAS OF DEBRIS CLOSE BY. (EAST ANGLIA OFFSHORE WIND LTD, REPORT BY EMU LTD DTD 12.6.12). LEAST M/B IN DIGITAL DATA 2.4MTRS. AMEND WK 2.4MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT

Position: 51 58.549 N,1 26.968 E

 

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