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 (52.1500167, 1.8159667)

 

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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. Batavier 5
6. Bonnington court
7. British captain
8. British fortune (probably)
9. Brixton
10. Burtonia (possibly)
11. Bygdo (possibly)
12. Cairnside
13. Carica milica
14. Cedarwood (possibly)
15. Churston
16. Claudia (possibly)
17. Coalgas
18. Corcrest
19. Cormorant
20. Cormount (probably)
21. Coureur des mers
22. Cressdene (possibly)
23. Cresta
24. Dagmar (probably)
25. Denewood
26. Disa (possibly)
27. Dronning maud (possibly)
28. Dulwich
29. Dunwich bank wk
30. Dynamo
31. Edernian
32. El argentino
33. Empire bridge
34. Erna boldt (probably)
35. Estrella (possibly)
36. Eva witte
37. F stobart (probably)
38. Faithful star
39. Farmatyr
40. Firth
41. Fort massac
42. Forth
43. Friargate (possibly)
44. Friargate (possibly)
45. Frumenton
46. Gannet (possibly)
47. Gasfire
48. Gena
49. Gerhard
50. Gipsy (possibly)
51. Golconda (possibly)
52. Grantleyhall (possibly)
53. Grenadier (probably)
54. Groenlo
55. Groeswen (probably)
56. H h petersen
57. Harlington (probably)
58. Harlyn (probably)
59. Harriet
60. Hebe
61. Hendon hall
62. Hillglen
63. Hm mgb 76 (possibly)
64. Hms adonis (possibly)
65. Hms donna nook
66. Hms donside (possibly)
67. Hms eros (possibly)
68. Hms forward iii
69. Hms franc tireur
70. Hms hastfen
71. Hms hirose (probably)
72. Hms holdene
73. Hms japan
74. Hms jessie nutten
75. Hms lord airedale
76. Hms monarch
77. Hms moravia (possibly)
78. Hms nadine
79. Hms new comet (possibly)
80. Hms orthos (probably)
81. Hms resono (possibly)
82. Hms river clyde (possibly)
83. Hms river clyde (possibly)
84. Hms sisters melville
85. Hms tervani
86. Hms waveflower
87. Hms whooper
88. Hms william wesney
89. Hmsm e6
90. Hmtb 10
91. Hnlms 227
92. Hornchurch
93. Ignis (possibly)
94. Ingi
95. Ionian (possibly)
96. J c dalble
97. Jamesina
98. Janny
99. Jim
100. Kenneth hawksfield
101. Khartoum (possibly)
102. Knarsdale
103. Koningen emma (possibly)
104. Kwasind
105. Lady salisbury
106. Lapwing
107. Lincairn (possibly)
108. Lisette
109. Lodewijk van nassau (probably)
110. Lonhelen (possibly)
111. Lord bute
112. Magdapur
113. Mangara
114. Maria rosa
115. Marie leonhardt (probably)
116. Mascotte
117. Mendibil mendi (possibly)
118. Mexico
119. Michail ontchoukoff (possibly)
120. Moidart
121. Morar
122. Nereus
123. Newhaven (possibly)
124. Nico
125. Nicolaos piangos
126. Norhauk
127. Ocean pride
128. Old charlton
129. Ostprussen (possibly)
130. Palembang (probably)
131. Paullette
132. Peik
133. Pescado
134. Petshenga (possibly)
135. Phryne
136. Plawsworth (possibly)
137. Polgarth
138. Ravenscraig (possibly)
139. Ren
140. Rhenas (possibly)
141. Rhineland
142. Rochester city
143. Savona (probably)
144. Scimitar
145. Second chance (possibly)
146. Simon bolivar
147. Southford
148. St patrick
149. Stad alkmaar
150. Storm
151. Sunniside (probably)
152. Taber park
153. Tergestea
154. Thornaby (possibly)
155. Thyra
156. Tidal (possibly)
157. Torchbearer
158. Uc 11 (possibly)
159. Uc 72 (possibly)
160. Vae victis
161. Vancouver
162. Victorious
163. Warrenpoint
164. Wearside
165. White lady
166. Wychwood (possibly)
167. Wyetown
168. Yarmouth
169. 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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