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 (51.7619167, 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. Afrin (probably)
2. Agamemnon
3. Alastair
4. Ambient (probably)
5. Atlanticos
6. Balgownie (probably)
7. Baltrader
8. Bonnington court
9. British fortune (probably)
10. Cairnside
11. Carica milica
12. Cedarwood (possibly)
13. Churston
14. Clan monroe
15. Coalgas
16. Corcrest
17. Cormount (probably)
18. Coureur des mers
19. Cressdene (possibly)
20. Cresta
21. Dela
22. Denise germaine (possibly)
23. Disa (possibly)
24. Dulwich
25. Dunwich bank wk
26. Dynamo
27. Empire bridge
28. Empire ghyll
29. Erna boldt (probably)
30. Estrella (possibly)
31. European gateway (part of)
32. Eva witte
33. F stobart (probably)
34. Faithful star
35. Farmatyr
36. Fleurita
37. Flores (probably)
38. Fort massac
39. Forth
40. Friargate (possibly)
41. Friargate (possibly)
42. Ghc (possibly)
43. Golconda (possibly)
44. Grantleyhall (possibly)
45. Grisdeale
46. Groeswen (probably)
47. Harlington (probably)
48. Harlyn (probably)
49. Highwave (probably)
50. Hm mgb 76 (possibly)
51. Hm torpedo boat no.12
52. Hmml 127 (possibly)
53. Hmmtb 16 (possibly)
54. Hms arethusa
55. Hms coquette
56. Hms donna nook
57. Hms duchess of hamilton
58. Hms eros (possibly)
59. Hms franc tireur
60. Hms hastfen
61. Hms hirose (probably)
62. Hms japan
63. Hms john e lewis (possibly)
64. Hms kale (probably)(part of)
65. Hms leandros
66. Hms lord airedale
67. Hms ludlow
68. Hms marconi
69. Hms marsa
70. Hms nadine
71. Hms oriana
72. Hms reed (possibly)
73. Hms resono (possibly)
74. Hms rhiannon (possibly)
75. Hms sisapon
76. Hms sisters melville
77. Hms tervani
78. Hms tunisian
79. Hms velia (possibly)
80. Hms whooper
81. Hms william wesney
82. Hmsm e6
83. Hmtb 10
84. Hnlms 227
85. Ignis (possibly)
86. Ingi
87. J c dalble
88. Janny
89. Jim
90. Josefina thorden (after part)
91. Kankakee
92. Knarsdale
93. Koningen emma (part of)(probably)
94. Koningen emma (possibly)
95. Lady jane
96. Lady salisbury
97. Lincairn (possibly)
98. Lindfar
99. Lonhelen (possibly)
100. Lowland
101. Mac 5 (possibly)
102. Magdapur
103. Mahseer
104. Main topman
105. Mangara
106. Marie leonhardt (probably)
107. Mexico
108. Michail ontchoukoff (possibly)
109. Morar
110. Neptune (possibly)
111. Nereus
112. Nico
113. Nicolaos piangos
114. Norhauk
115. Norwich trader
116. Ocean pride
117. Old charlton
118. Pallieter (possibly)
119. Paullette
120. Peik
121. Persistant whisper
122. Pescado
123. Phryne
124. Polgarth
125. Prince igor (probably)
126. Princess juliana
127. Profit
128. Protinus (possibly)
129. Quickstep
130. Ravenscraig (possibly)
131. Salerno (possibly)
132. Salerno (possibly)
133. Savona (probably)
134. Second chance (possibly)
135. Simon bolivar
136. Stad maastricht
137. Storm
138. Strathearn
139. Sunbeam
140. Sunk head tower
141. Sweep ii
142. Tam o shanter (part)(possibly)
143. Tam o shanter (part)(possibly)
144. Tay bar
145. Telegraaf xviii
146. Terukuni maru
147. The sultan
148. Thornaby (possibly)
149. Thyra
150. Torchbearer
151. Uc 11 (possibly)
152. Uc 72 (possibly)
153. Vancouver
154. Volscian (possibly)
155. Walsingham
156. Wearside
157. White ghost
158. 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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