This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms christopher (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 25.997 N,1 47.937 E (52.4370167, 1.7918333)

 

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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. Abeona
2. Aduatiek (possibly)
3. Ala
4. Alastair
5. Alto (possibly)
6. Ambient (probably)
7. Astrologer
8. Avonwood
9. Axminster (probably)
10. Barkis
11. Begona no 5
12. Boulderpool (after part)
13. Bovey tracy
14. British captain
15. British fortune (probably)
16. Burtonia (possibly)
17. Bygdo (possibly)
18. Castle galleon
19. Cd 14 (probably)
20. Cedarwood (possibly)
21. City of kobe
22. Claudia (possibly)
23. Cormead
24. Cresta
25. Crichtoun
26. Cross sand ltv
27. David b summers
28. Denewood
29. Dronning maud (possibly)
30. Dulwich
31. Dunwich bank wk
32. Edernian
33. El argentino
34. El dorado
35. Ethel radcliffe
36. Eva witte
37. Excellenz mehnert
38. F stobart (probably)
39. Farmatyr
40. Fidelio
41. Firth
42. Frumenton
43. Gannet (possibly)
44. Gasfire
45. Gena
46. Geneva
47. George fisher
48. Gipsy (possibly)
49. Glen tilt (possibly)
50. Glynn
51. Golconda (possibly)
52. Grantleyhall (possibly)
53. Grenadier (probably)
54. Groenlo
55. Gulf breaker
56. H h petersen
57. Helena
58. Hms christopher (possibly)
59. Hms condor (probably)
60. Hms dhoon (probably)
61. Hms donside (possibly)
62. Hms evesham (possibly)
63. Hms exmoor
64. Hms fontenoy
65. Hms glen prosen
66. Hms hirose (probably)
67. Hms irvana (part of)
68. Hms jessie nutten
69. Hms kaphreda
70. Hms m a west (probably)
71. Hms new comet (possibly)
72. Hms ocean plough (possibly)
73. Hms orthos (probably)
74. Hms pelton (probably)
75. Hms river clyde (possibly)
76. Hms river clyde (possibly)
77. Hms speeton (possibly)
78. Hms spider
79. Hms tettenhall
80. Hms tonbridge
81. Hms tugela
82. Hms washington (probably)
83. Hms whooper
84. Hmsm d5
85. Hornchurch
86. Ignis (possibly)
87. Impulsion
88. Jamesina
89. Jim
90. Kenneth hawksfield
91. Knitsley (part of)(probably)
92. Knitsley (possibly)
93. Kwasind
94. Langeli (possibly)
95. Lapwing
96. Lincairn (possibly)
97. Lindisfarne (probably)
98. Lingfield
99. Lisette
100. Magdapur
101. Mangara
102. Mardyke
103. Maria rosa
104. Marianne (probably)
105. Mascota (possibly)
106. Mascotte
107. Memento (possibly)
108. Mendibil mendi (possibly)
109. Mercurius
110. Mirella
111. Mudo
112. Murdoch (probably)
113. Nadir
114. Navarra (possibly)
115. Nereus
116. Newhaven (possibly)
117. Nominoe
118. Nordborg (possibly)
119. Novocastrian
120. Ocean pride
121. Oil trader
122. Osprey
123. Petshenga (possibly)
124. Phryne
125. Plawsworth (possibly)
126. Pluton
127. Polaris
128. Prima
129. Regain
130. Ren
131. Reward (possibly)
132. Rhenas (possibly)
133. Rhineland
134. Robin iv
135. Rochester city
136. Rogate
137. Roxanna
138. Scimitar
139. Scotia
140. Sea rhine
141. Silksworth hall (probably).
142. Sirdar (part of)(possibly)
143. Skodsburg (possibly)
144. Southford
145. St patrick
146. Stad alkmaar
147. Stanmount
148. Sunniside (probably)
149. Taber park
150. Tergestea
151. Thomas m (possibly)
152. Tidal (possibly)
153. Tregantle (possibly)
154. U 13 (probably)
155. Ui-001
156. Vanguard
157. Viola (possibly)
158. War valley
159. White lady
160. White swan
161. White swan (possibly)
162. Wyetown
163. Yewkyle (possibly)
164. Yucca (possibly)

 

Name: HMS CHRISTOPHER (POSSIBLY)

Length 33.5 meter, width: 7.6 meter, tonnage 316 ton

Cause: Built in 1911. hired in 1915. (srn). mined whilst on admiralty service. (ll ww1).

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 23 meter, Height above seabed: 165 cm

Known since: 1917, last detected: 20161215

Details measurements/cartography: 30.3.17 SANK IN 522600N, 014800E. (A.T.). H4282/26 14.10.26 NOW CHARTED AS NDW PA (1917). BA 1543. H335/31 13.1.31 NOW CHARTED AS NDW PA. BA 1543. H03774/45 1.4.46 LOCATED. LEAST DEPTH 56FT. (HMS SCOTT, SURVEY [E7604], 1946). AMEND TO WK 56FT [9FMS 2FT]. LC 1543. H8031/68 6.12.68 LOCATED IN 522600N, 014806E USING DECCA. LEAST E/S DEPTH 53 IN GEN DEPTH 62-75FT. SCOUR DEPTH 72FT. LIES ON UNEVEN BOTTOM MAKING LOCATION BY SONAR DIFFICULT. (HMS ENTERPRISE, H525, HI 40/68). AMEND TO WK 8FMS 5FT. NE 1536. 24.12.76 NOW CHARTED AS WK 15.8MTRS. NC 1504. H1960/79 30.10.80 EXAM'D 11.9.80 IN 522558.2N, 014806.6E USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR AT 17.3, FOUL AT 17.7MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 17.3 IN GEN DEPTH 22MTRS. NO SCOUR. IN TWO SECTIONS - LARGER 30MTRS LONG, LIES N/S, SMALLER IS ALMOST COMPLETELY BURIED & LIES 60MTRS DUE W. IN AREA OF SANDWAVES 1-3MTRS HIGH. (HMS ECHO, HI 62A/80). AMEND TO SW 17.3MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. H1942/80 31.8.82 ONE OF TWO WKS LYING CLOSE TOGETHER. EXAM'D 1.3.82 IN 522558N, 014803E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [3 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 15.4 IN GEN DEPTH 22MTRS. NO SCOUR. HYDROSEARCH VERTICAL HT 7.2MTRS, LENGTH 33.9MTRS, BEAM 7.8MTRS. LYING 168/348DEGS, BOWS NNW. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 11). AMEND WK 15.4MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. SEP 2016/000091758 24.7.17 EXAM'D 15.12.16 IN 5225.997N, 0147.937E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 17.81MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 23MTRS, LENGTH 36.1MTRS, WIDTH 15.8MTRS, HEIGHT 5.4MTRS, ORIENTATION 165/345 DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 160MTRS, 1.5MTRS DEEP, TOWARDS 011 DEGS. WRECK IS BROKEN IN TWO PARTS. (GARDLINE, HI 1494). AMEND DW 17.8MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: See Also: 10665

Position: 52 25.997 N,1 47.937 E

 

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