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 (52.437016666667, 1.7918333333333)

 

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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. Bob read (probably)
13. Boulderpool (after part)
14. Bovey tracy
15. British captain
16. British fortune (probably)
17. Burtonia (possibly)
18. Bygdo (possibly)
19. Castle galleon
20. Cd 14 (probably)
21. Cedarwood (possibly)
22. City of kobe
23. Claudia (possibly)
24. Cormead
25. Cresta
26. Crichtoun
27. Cross sand ltv
28. Daisy (possibly)
29. David b summers
30. Db 8 (possibly)
31. Denewood
32. Dronning maud (possibly)
33. Dulwich
34. Dunwich bank wk
35. Edernian
36. El argentino
37. El dorado
38. Elnet
39. Ethel radcliffe
40. Eva witte
41. Excellenz mehnert
42. F stobart (probably)
43. Farmatyr
44. Fidelio
45. Firth
46. Frumenton
47. G and e (possibly)
48. Gannet (possibly)
49. Gasfire
50. Gena
51. Geneva
52. George fisher
53. Gipsy (possibly)
54. Glen tilt (possibly)
55. Glynn
56. Golconda (possibly)
57. Grantleyhall (possibly)
58. Grenadier (probably)
59. Groenlo
60. Gulf breaker
61. H h petersen
62. Helena
63. Hms cantatrice
64. Hms christopher (possibly)
65. Hms condor (probably)
66. Hms dhoon (probably)
67. Hms donside (possibly)
68. Hms evesham (possibly)
69. Hms exmoor
70. Hms fontenoy
71. Hms glen prosen
72. Hms harvest gleaner
73. Hms hirose (probably)
74. Hms irvana (part of)
75. Hms jessie nutten
76. Hms kaphreda
77. Hms m a west (probably)
78. Hms new comet (possibly)
79. Hms ocean plough (possibly)
80. Hms orthos (probably)
81. Hms pelton (probably)
82. Hms river clyde (possibly)
83. Hms river clyde (possibly)
84. Hms speeton (possibly)
85. Hms spider
86. Hms tettenhall
87. Hms tonbridge
88. Hms tugela
89. Hms washington (probably)
90. Hms whooper
91. Hmsm d5
92. Hornchurch
93. Ignis (possibly)
94. Impulsion
95. Jamesina
96. Jim
97. Kenneth hawksfield
98. Knitsley (part of)(probably)
99. Knitsley (possibly)
100. Kwasind
101. Langeli (possibly)
102. Lapwing
103. Lapwing (possibly)
104. Lincairn (possibly)
105. Lindisfarne (probably)
106. Lingfield
107. Lisette
108. Magdapur
109. Mangara
110. Mardyke
111. Maria rosa
112. Marianne (probably)
113. Mascota (possibly)
114. Mascotte
115. Memento (possibly)
116. Mendibil mendi (possibly)
117. Mercurius
118. Mirella
119. Mudo
120. Murdoch (probably)
121. Nadir
122. Navarra (possibly)
123. Nereus
124. Newhaven (possibly)
125. Nominoe
126. Nordborg (possibly)
127. Novocastrian
128. Ocean pride
129. Oil trader
130. Osprey
131. Petshenga (possibly)
132. Phryne
133. Plawsworth (possibly)
134. Pluton
135. Polaris
136. Prima
137. Regain
138. Ren
139. Reward (possibly)
140. Rhenas (possibly)
141. Rhineland
142. Robin iv
143. Rochester city
144. Rogate
145. Roxanna
146. Scimitar
147. Scotia
148. Sea king
149. Sea rhine
150. Silksworth hall (probably).
151. Sir william stephenson
152. Sirdar (part of)(possibly)
153. Skodsburg (possibly)
154. Southford
155. St patrick
156. Stad alkmaar
157. Stanmount
158. Sunniside (probably)
159. Taber park
160. Tergestea
161. Thomas m (possibly)
162. Tidal (possibly)
163. Tregantle (possibly)
164. Tunisiana
165. U 13 (probably)
166. Uc 62 (possibly)
167. Ui-001
168. Vanguard
169. Vigo
170. Viola (possibly)
171. War valley
172. White lady
173. White swan
174. White swan (possibly)
175. Wyetown
176. Yewkyle (possibly)
177. 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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