This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms condor (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 28.286 N,1 46.437 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. Ala
3. Alastair
4. Alto (possibly)
5. Astrologer
6. Avonwood
7. Axminster (probably)
8. Barkis
9. Begona no 5
10. Bob read (probably)
11. Boulderpool (after part)
12. Bovey tracy
13. British captain
14. Burtonia (possibly)
15. Bygdo (possibly)
16. Castle galleon
17. Cd 14 (probably)
18. City of kobe
19. Claudia (possibly)
20. Cormead
21. Cresta
22. Crichtoun
23. Cross sand ltv
24. Daisy (possibly)
25. David b summers
26. Db 8 (possibly)
27. Denewood
28. Dronning maud (possibly)
29. Dunwich bank wk
30. Edernian
31. El argentino
32. El dorado
33. Elnet
34. Ethel radcliffe
35. Eva witte
36. Excellenz mehnert
37. Farmatyr
38. Fidelio
39. Firth
40. Frumenton
41. G and e (possibly)
42. Gasfire
43. Gena
44. Geneva
45. George fisher
46. Gipsy (possibly)
47. Glen tilt (possibly)
48. Glynn
49. Groenlo
50. Gulf breaker
51. H h petersen
52. Helena
53. Hms cantatrice
54. Hms christopher (possibly)
55. Hms condor (probably)
56. Hms dhoon (probably)
57. Hms donside (possibly)
58. Hms evesham (possibly)
59. Hms exmoor
60. Hms fontenoy
61. Hms glen prosen
62. Hms harvest gleaner
63. Hms irvana (part of)
64. Hms jessie nutten
65. Hms kaphreda
66. Hms m a west (probably)
67. Hms ocean plough (possibly)
68. Hms orthos (probably)
69. Hms pelton (probably)
70. Hms speeton (possibly)
71. Hms spider
72. Hms tettenhall
73. Hms tonbridge
74. Hms tugela
75. Hms washington (probably)
76. Hms whooper
77. Hmsm d5
78. Hornchurch
79. Ignis (possibly)
80. Impulsion
81. Jim
82. Kenneth hawksfield
83. Knitsley (part of)(probably)
84. Knitsley (possibly)
85. Langeli (possibly)
86. Lapwing
87. Lapwing (possibly)
88. Lindisfarne (probably)
89. Lingfield
90. Magdapur
91. Mangara
92. Mardyke
93. Maria rosa
94. Marianne (probably)
95. Marsworth
96. Mascota (possibly)
97. Mascotte
98. Memento (possibly)
99. Mercurius
100. Mudo
101. Murdoch (probably)
102. Nadir
103. Navarra (possibly)
104. Nereus
105. Newhaven (possibly)
106. Nominoe
107. Nordborg (possibly)
108. Novocastrian
109. Ocean pride
110. Oil trader
111. Osprey
112. Pluton
113. Polaris
114. Prima
115. Regain
116. Ren
117. Reward (possibly)
118. Rhineland
119. Robin iv
120. Robrix
121. Rochester city
122. Rogate
123. Roxanna
124. Rye
125. Scimitar
126. Scotia
127. Sea king
128. Sea rhine
129. Silksworth hall (probably).
130. Sir william stephenson
131. Sirdar (part of)(possibly)
132. Skodsburg (possibly)
133. Southford
134. St patrick
135. Stad alkmaar
136. Stanmount
137. Sunniside (probably)
138. Taber park
139. Thomas m (possibly)
140. Tidal (possibly)
141. Tregantle (possibly)
142. Trevethoe
143. Tunisiana
144. U 13 (probably)
145. Uc 62 (possibly)
146. Ui-001
147. Vanguard
148. Vigo
149. Viola (possibly)
150. War valley
151. White lady
152. White swan
153. White swan (possibly)
154. Wyetown
155. Yewvalley (possibly)
156. Yucca (possibly)

 

Name: HMS CONDOR (PROBABLY)

Length 38.1 meter, width: 6.7 meter, draught: 3.4, tonnage 227 ton

Cause: built in 1905 by cook, welton & gemmel, beverley for t bascombe. requisitioned in 1914. one boiler, triple expansion engine of 63hp, single shaft. wrecked near lowestoft.

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 7 meter, Height above seabed: 83 cm

Known since: 1918, last detected: 20221017

Details measurements/cartography: H7452/18 11.12.18 WK IN 522815N, 014630E. (C-IN-C LOWESTOFT). H4292/19 4.6.19 UNLIT WK BUOY PLACED 278DEGS, 40YDS FROM THE WK. THE BUOY LIES IN 14FT LWST IN LOWESTOFT N PIER HD 273 DEGS. 6.33 CABLES. BR STD. H2191/21 9.4.21 DISPERSED LEVEL WITH GROUND. WK AND BUOY DELETED. (TH 1412/21). BR STD. H7688/68 20.9.69 FOUND 20.9.69. LIES ON THE SIDE OF A BANK AND FOUND WHILE TURNING ONTO LINE AND AGAIN AS THE END OF ANOTHER LINE. POSN IS BEST ESTIMATE SO IS PA. IT IS NOT CONSIDERED THAT THE WK CONSTITUTES A SIGNIFICANT DANGER ON ACCOUNT OF ITS POSN AND THE SHOALER DEPTHS OF THE NEARBY BANKS. NO CONTACT BY A/S. RECOMMEND CHARTED AS PA AND AN AREA SWEEP CARRIED OUT WITH LOW PRIORITY. LEAST E/S DEPTH 6.6MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 5-8MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 9.4MTRS. ON SLOPE SIDE OF BANK. (HMS EGERIA, 24.11.69). CHART AS WK PA 3FMS 3FT.

- NM 1921/69. H7688/68 26.11.70 FIXED 9.6.70 IN 522813N, 014629E [OGB] USING HSA. LEAST E/S DEPTH 3.4MTRS [11FT] IN GEN DEPTH 5-7MTRS [16-23FT]. SCOUR DEPTH 5.0MTRS [16FT]. SEABED SLOPING. WK LIES ON THE SIDE OF A BANK. (HMS EGERIA, 1.10.70). AMEND TO WK 1FM 5FT.

- NM 75/71. H7688/68 20.9.71 NOT LOCATED BY DCS3. NO INDICATION OF WK BUT BOTTOM SOUNDING OF 3MTRS [10FT] FOUND IN AREA CONSIDERED TO BE PART OF BANK. (HMS EGERIA). NCA. H7688/68 16.11.72 NOT LOCATED BY CLOSE SOUNDING. NO INDICATION FOUND. (HMS EGERIA). AMEND TO ABEY. BR STD. HH7688/68 12.9.73 INTERLINED ON SCALE OF SURVEY. NOTHING FOUND. (SOISS, ROS DTD 13.6.73). H2098/74 19.11.74 NOTHING FOUND BY CLOSE SOUNDING WITH SMB. (ISS REPORT DTD 1974). H4658/71 28.11.77 NOT FOUND. INVESTIGATED BY CLOSE SOUNDIG. (HMS ENTERPRISE, R-OF-S DTD 25.10.77). HH090/735/01 7.5.97 EXAM'D 4.4.97 IN 522815.6N, 014632.2E [OGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 6.6MTRS, NOT FOULED. LEAST E/S DEPTH 6.1 IN GEN DEPTH 7.5MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 1MTR. LENGTH 15MTRS, WIDTH 10MTRS. LIES 090/270DEGS. SMALL MAGNETIC ANOMALY. ONE DISTINCT PIECE WITH NO EVIDENCE OF SCATTERED DEBRIS. NOT FOULED DUE TO LIMITED DEPTH OF WATER. (NP 1016, HI 735). CHART AS SW 6.1MTRS. BR STD. HH090/849/01 10.6.99 EXAM'D 21.5.99 IN 5228.289N, 0146.437E [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 6.2, FOUL 6.5MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 6.0 IN GEN DEPTH 8MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 2MTRS. COVERS AREA 75 BY 30MTRS. LIES 000/180DEGS. MEDIUM MAGNETIC ANOMALY. AREA OF BROKEN AND PARTIALLY BURIED WRECKAGE. (NP 1016, HI 849). RETAIN AS SW 6.1MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. HH090/884/01 12.4.00 LOCATED, NOT EXAMINED. NO DCS3 HT. (NP 1016, HI 884). NCA. HH242/530/08 14.1.02 LOCATED IN 5228.287N, 0146.443E [WGD]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 6.4MTRS. (TH, SURVEY DTD 28.9.01). NCA. HH090/999/01 10.5.02 NOT LOCATED. (NP 1016, HI 999). NCA. HH242/530/08 26.7.02 EXAM'D IN LISTED POSN. LEAST E/S DEPTH 5.7MTRS. (TH SURVEY DTD 12.5.02). NCA. HH091/021/01 9.5.03 EXAM'D 27.2.03 IN 5228.287N, 0146.434E [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 6.5, FOUL 6.8MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 6.5 IN GEN DEPTH 6.7MTRS. SCOUR 0.8MTR. LENGTH 20MTRS, WIDTH 5MTRS. DCS3 HT 1.3MTRS. LIES 140/320 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. APPEARS INTACT. (NP 1016, HI 1021). AMEND TO SW 6.5MTRS. BR STD. SEP 2006/000383662 3.11.06 LOCATED BY M/B. NOT EXAM'D. (MARIN MATTEKNIK, HI 1164). NCA. HH091/219/01 1.10.07 LOCATED, NOT EXAM'D. LEAST M/B DEPTH 6.23MTRS. LENGTH 8MTRS, WIDTH 4MTRS, HT 1.7MTRS. (NETSURVEY, HI 1219). NCA. SEP 2009/000011013 19.2.09 SHOWN AS WK 5.9MTRS ON TH SURVEY OF STANFORD CHANNEL DTD 28.1.09. BR STD. 12.12.12 EXAM'D 5.10.12 IN 5228.286N, 0146.437E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 6.20 IN GEN DEPTH 7MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 6.6MTRS, WIDTH 4.1MTRS, HT 1.49MTRS. LIES 060/240 DEGS. NO MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (NETSURVEY, HI 1397). AMEND WK 6.2MTRS. SEP 2017/000317850 4.1.18 EXAM’D 24.7.17 IN 5228.286N, 0146.437E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 6.06MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 7MTRS. LENGTH 4.66MTRS, WIDTH 3.51MTRS, HT 0.8MTRS. ORIENTATION 90/270 DEGS. NFS. (TH SURVEY 2017). AMEND DW 6.06MTRS IN REVISED POSN. SEP 2017/000186964 10.4.18 EXAM’D 11.11.17; LOCATED IN 5228.286N, 0146.437E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 6.10MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 7MTRS. LENGTH 7.1MTRS, WIDTH 4.3MTRS, HT 1.01MTRS. ORIENTATION 90/270 DEGS. WK CONSISTS OF SHARP ANGULAR PINNACLES. (EGS, HI 1545). AMEND DW 6.1MTRS IN REVISED POSN. SEP 2018/000222717 10.09.18 EXAM’D 05.06.18; LOCATED IN 5228.286N, 0146.436E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 6.4MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 7MTRS. LENGTH 3.8MTRS, WIDTH 3.8MTRS, HT 0.7MTRS. NFS. (TRINITY HOUSE SURVEY, 2018). NFA. SEP 2018/000262693 18.1.19 LOCATED IN M/B SURVEY (2018). LEAST M/B DEPTH 6.21MTRS. NFS. (HI 1612, A-2-SEA SOLUTIONS LTD). RETAIN DW 6.1MTRS. SEP 2020/000228498 23.9.20 EXAM’D 6.6.20 IN POSN 5228.286N, 0146.437E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 6.22 MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 7 MTRS. LENGTH 6.8 MTRS, WIDTH 3.8 MTRS, HT 0.8 MTRS. SCOUR LENGTH 9.2 MTRS, WIDTH 7 MTRS, DEPTH 0.3 MTRS, ORIENTATION 000/180 DEGS. INTACT WRECK WITH ONE PIECE OF DEBRIS TO THE EAST. (HI 1688, A-2-SEA SOLUTIONS LTD). RETAIN DW 6.1 MTRS. SEP 2021/000230471 28.9.2021 WRECK LOCATED IN M/B DATASET 2021. NFS. (TH SURVEY DTD 12-13.8.21). NFA. SEP 2022/000002191 17.1.22 LOCATED IN M/B DATASET (2021). NOT SHOALER THAN CHARTED. NFS. (A-2-SEA SOLUTIONS LTD, HI 1738). NFA. RSDRA2023000011569 07.02.23 EXAM'D 17.10.2022 IN 5228.286N, 0146.437E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 6.17MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 7MTRS. LENGTH 5.8MTRS, WIDTH 3.41MTRS, HEIGHT 0.91MTRS, ORIENTATION 083/263 DEGS. PARTIALLY COVERED AND DISMANTLED WK. (A-2-SEA SOLUTIONS LTD, HI 1762 - H525-10901). NFA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: PARTIALLY COVERED AND DISMANTLED WK

Position: 52 28.286 N,1 46.437 E

 

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