This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms monarch, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 5.902 N,1 50.123 E (52.150016666667, 1.8159666666667)

 

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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. Aduatiek (possibly)
2. Alastair
3. Ambient (probably)
4. Angelus
5. Annie
6. Batavier 5
7. Blackhill
8. Bonnington court
9. British captain
10. British fortune (probably)
11. Brixton
12. Burtonia (possibly)
13. Bygdo (possibly)
14. Cairnside
15. Carica milica
16. Cedarwood (possibly)
17. Churston
18. Claudia (possibly)
19. Coalgas
20. Corcrest
21. Cormorant
22. Cormount (probably)
23. Coureur des mers
24. Cressdene (possibly)
25. Cresta
26. Dagmar (probably)
27. Denewood
28. Disa (possibly)
29. Dronning maud (possibly)
30. Dulwich
31. Dunwich bank wk
32. Dynamo
33. Edernian
34. El argentino
35. Empire bridge
36. Erna boldt (probably)
37. Estrella (possibly)
38. Eva witte
39. F stobart (probably)
40. Faithful star
41. Farmatyr
42. Firth
43. Fort massac
44. Forth
45. Friargate (possibly)
46. Friargate (possibly)
47. Frumenton
48. Gannet (possibly)
49. Gasfire
50. Gena
51. Gerhard
52. Gipsy (possibly)
53. Golconda (possibly)
54. Grantleyhall (possibly)
55. Grenadier (probably)
56. Groenlo
57. Groeswen (probably)
58. H h petersen
59. Harlington (probably)
60. Harlyn (probably)
61. Harriet
62. Hebe
63. Hendon hall
64. Heworth
65. Hillglen
66. Hm mgb 76 (possibly)
67. Hms adonis (possibly)
68. Hms donna nook
69. Hms donside (possibly)
70. Hms eros (possibly)
71. Hms forward iii
72. Hms franc tireur
73. Hms harvest gleaner
74. Hms hastfen
75. Hms hirose (probably)
76. Hms holdene
77. Hms japan
78. Hms jessie nutten
79. Hms lord airedale
80. Hms monarch
81. Hms moravia (possibly)
82. Hms nadine
83. Hms new comet (possibly)
84. Hms orthos (probably)
85. Hms resono (possibly)
86. Hms river clyde (possibly)
87. Hms river clyde (possibly)
88. Hms sisters melville
89. Hms st seiriol
90. Hms tervani
91. Hms waveflower
92. Hms whooper
93. Hms william wesney
94. Hmsm e6
95. Hmtb 10
96. Hmtb no.11 (possibly)
97. Hnlms 227
98. Hornchurch
99. Ignis (possibly)
100. Ingi
101. Ionian (possibly)
102. J c dalble
103. Jamesina
104. Janny
105. Jim
106. Kenneth hawksfield
107. Khartoum (possibly)
108. Knarsdale
109. Koningen emma (possibly)
110. Kwasind
111. Lady salisbury
112. Lapwing
113. Lapwing (possibly)
114. Lincairn (possibly)
115. Lisette
116. Lodewijk van nassau (probably)
117. Lonhelen (possibly)
118. Lord bute
119. Magdapur
120. Mangara
121. Maria rosa
122. Marie leonhardt (probably)
123. Mascotte
124. Mendibil mendi (possibly)
125. Mexico
126. Michail ontchoukoff (possibly)
127. Moidart
128. Morar
129. Nereus
130. Newhaven (possibly)
131. Nico
132. Nicolaos piangos
133. Norhauk
134. Ocean pride
135. Old charlton
136. Ostprussen (possibly)
137. Palembang (probably)
138. Paullette
139. Peik
140. Pescado
141. Petshenga (possibly)
142. Phryne
143. Plawsworth (possibly)
144. Polgarth
145. Ravenscraig (possibly)
146. Ren
147. Rhenas (possibly)
148. Rhineland
149. Rochester city
150. Savona (probably)
151. Scimitar
152. Sea king
153. Second chance (possibly)
154. Simon bolivar
155. Southford
156. St patrick
157. Stad alkmaar
158. Storm
159. Sunniside (probably)
160. Taber park
161. Tergestea
162. Thornaby (possibly)
163. Thyra
164. Tidal (possibly)
165. Torchbearer
166. Uc 11 (possibly)
167. Uc 72 (possibly)
168. Vae victis
169. Vancouver
170. Victorious
171. Warrenpoint
172. Wearside
173. White lady
174. Wychwood (possibly)
175. Wyetown
176. Yarmouth
177. Yewkyle (possibly)

 

Name: HMS MONARCH

Length 69.5 meter, width: 9.8 meter, draught: 5.8, tonnage 1150 ton
Load: wood: unprocessed and products,metal: concentrate and products

Cause: built in 1916 by swan, hunter & wigham, richardson, newcastle-upon-tyne. owned at time of loss by hm postmaster general. twin turbine, twin shaft. requisitioned by admiralty. torpedoed and sunk by u 2324.

Year of registration: 1945

Water depth above wreck: 29 meter, Height above seabed: 10 cm

Known since: 1945, last detected: 20161213

Details measurements/cartography: H2184/45 8.8.45 INS DWPA.

- NM 2337/45. H2184/45 20.8.48 AMEND TO WK 3FMS 3FT. (AUTHORITY NOT KNOWN).

- NM 1841/48. H2184/45 16.8.49 INS G CAN BUOY, GPFL(2)G, 10SEC, 270DEG 1 CABLE FROM WK. (TH).

- NM 1667/49. H2184/45 5.11.50 LOCATED 20.10.50 USING HSA. SWEPT CLEAR 46FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 78FT IN GEN DEPTH 100FT. (HMS SHARPSHOOTER, 4.11.50). DELETED BUOY. (TH). AMEND TO WK 7FMS 4FT & DELETE BUOY.

- NM 2350/50. H3273/61 10.9.62 LEAST E/S 89FT IN 101FT. (HMS SCOTT 1962). 7.11.73 AMEND TO SW 14.0 MTRS. NC 2052. H4139/76 4.1.77 EXAM'D 1.10.76 IN 520554N, 0015013.2E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR 24.1, FOUL 24.6MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 26.9 IN GEN DEPTH 30MTRS. NO SCOUR. AREA OF SCATTERED WRECKAGE APPROX 50MTRS X 40MTRS. ALIGNED NE/SW. (HMS BULLDOG & HMS BEAGLE, HI 31/76). AMEND TO SW 24.1MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. HH090/616/01 6.1.95 EXAM'D 11.8.94 IN 520552.27N, 015013.88E [OGB] USING SYLEDIS [3 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR 24.1, FOUL 24.4MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 24.5 IN GEN DEPTH 28.5MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 4MTRS. LENGTH 32MTRS, WIDTH 17MTRS. LIES 000/180 DEGS. BADLY BROKEN UP, LOOKS LIKE SCATTERED DEBRIS. (GARDLINE, HI 616). AMEND TO SW 24MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 23.4.16 EXAM'D BY BDC; WK IN 5205.903N, 0150.123E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 26.27MTRS, IN GEN DEPTH 29MTRS. LENGTH 65MTRS, WIDTH 40MTRS, ORIENTATION 185. NFS. (DS26 ORFORD INSHORE MCZ, CEFAS SURVEY 2012). MOVE TO REVISED POSN BUT RETAIN PREVIOUS DEPTH SW 24.0MTRS. SEP 2017/000091759 4.9.17 EXAM'D 13.12.16; IN 5205.902N, 0150.123E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 24.57MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 29MTRS, LENGTH 60.30MTRS, WIDTH 31.50MTRS, HEIGHT 4.60MTRS, ORIENTATION 010/190 DEGS. WRECK IS BROKEN AND PARTIALLY BURIED. (GARDLINE, HI 1495). AMEND DW 24.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 52 5.902 N,1 50.123 E

 

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