This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms northumberland (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 15.479 N,1 30.013 E (51.089833333333, 1.7715833333333)

 

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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. 150
2. Acer
3. Admiral gardner
4. Africa
5. Agen
6. Alabama (possibly)
7. Albion (probably)
8. Algeria
9. Amplegarth
10. Andaman
11. Angelus (possibly)
12. Archon
13. Ashley
14. Atlantic (possibly)
15. Avon
16. Balakani
17. Brandenburg
18. Bravore
19. Brendonia
20. Ca 4
21. Camisard
22. Cap de la hague
23. Carmen
24. Cathay (part of)
25. Cedrington court
26. City of brisbane
27. Colbert
28. Colbert (possibly)
29. Constanzia
30. Corhaven
31. Corheath
32. Correct
33. Costas michalos (aft section)
34. Costas michalos (fwd part)
35. D'artagnan
36. Dalryan
37. Diana
38. Dinard
39. Dixie
40. Dolcoath (part)
41. Dolcoath (part)
42. Dortejensen
43. Duiveland
44. Dunbar castle
45. E goodwin ltv
46. Efford
47. Eidsiva (probably)
48. Eleonora
49. Embla (possibly)
50. Emile deschamps
51. Emma
52. Emma (possibly)
53. Empire lough (probably)
54. Empress of fort william (probably)
55. Empress of midland (possibly)
56. En avant
57. Erins isle (possibly)
58. Falcon (probably)
59. Fearless
60. Filleigh
61. Flachsee
62. Flandres
63. Francesco ciampa
64. Fred everard
65. Frons olivae (probably)
66. Fulmar
67. G 85 (possibly)
68. G-42 (possibly)
69. Gad 23
70. Genimar
71. Girasol
72. Grazia (possibly)
73. Grosser kurfurst (possibly)
74. Halcyon
75. Harcalo
76. Hawksdale
77. Hawnby
78. Henry b plant
79. Henry moon
80. Hm mgb 328 (possibly)
81. Hm mms 39 (part of)(possibly)
82. Hm mms 39 (part of)(probably)
83. Hmhs anglia
84. Hms alert ?
85. Hms aragonite (part of)
86. Hms aragonite (part of)
87. Hms aries (possibly)
88. Hms artic trapper
89. Hms blanche
90. Hms brazen
91. Hms carilon
92. Hms carlton
93. Hms cayton wyke (probably)
94. Hms chestnut (probably)
95. Hms city of dundee
96. Hms drumtochty (possibly)
97. Hms falmouth iii (possibly)
98. Hms fauvette
99. Hms flirt
100. Hms glen boyne
101. Hms gracie (probably)
102. Hms guardsman
103. Hms kingston galena
104. Hms lydian
105. Hms marcella
106. Hms mastiff (possibly)
107. Hms myrtle
108. Hms napia
109. Hms niger (possibly)
110. Hms northumberland (probably)
111. Hms othello ii
112. Hms peridot
113. Hms pyrope
114. Hms ray of hope
115. Hms restoration (possibly)
116. Hms rodino
117. Hms stirling castle (probably)
118. Hms tamarisk
119. Hms torbay ii (probably)
120. Hms tourmaline
121. Hms tranquil
122. Hms war sepoy
123. Hms weigelia
124. Hms wessex
125. Hmsm b2
126. Hundvaag
127. Ilaro
128. Ira (possibly)
129. Irene
130. Jacob luckenbach
131. James harrod
132. Josephine charlotte
133. Josephine willis
134. Jupiter (probably)
135. Jupiter tr 1 (possibly)
136. Kabinda
137. Kadru
138. Karmt
139. Katharina kolkmann
140. Kielce
141. Kirsten skou
142. Koenigshaven
143. L'armandeche
144. Lady stella
145. Latona
146. Laurl coin
147. Lbv (m)396
148. Lcp(r) 1961 (possibly)
149. Le pelerin de la mer
150. Leicester
151. Leo
152. Lighter 83
153. Lisbeth m
154. Loanda
155. Lolworth
156. Lord hamilton (possibly)
157. Luray victory
158. Lusitania
159. Mahratta
160. Mahratta ii
161. Maloja 1
162. Malta (probably)
163. Margate sand beacon
164. Mariner moon
165. Menapier
166. Merel (part of)(possibly)
167. Mersey
168. Monarch
169. Monica (possibly)
170. Mudlark
171. Murillo
172. Nancy moran
173. Newlands
174. Niki
175. Norman
176. Norman
177. North eastern victory
178. Nw shingles bn (remains of)
179. Ocean hound
180. Ocean king (possibly)
181. Opal
182. Ousel (probably)
183. Paros isle
184. Polgrange
185. Ponzano
186. Preussen
187. Pulborough
188. Quentovic
189. Rd barge 59 (part of)(possibly)
190. Regin (possibly)
191. Rooswijk
192. Rubislaw
193. Rydal force
194. Rynanna
195. S goodwin ltv (lv 69)
196. S.folkestone gate (ltv no.75)
197. Sabac
198. Saidieh
199. Saint michael veillez sur nous
200. Saint ronan (possibly)
201. Saint ronan (possibly)
202. Sambut
203. San calisto
204. Santagata
205. Santagata (?part of)
206. Selma (possibly)
207. Shenandoah
208. Slesvig
209. Spaarndem
210. Spanish prince
211. Sperrbrecher 171 (possibly)
212. Strathclyde
213. Surrey
214. Tbd 317
215. Teeswood
216. Texaco caribbean (after section)
217. Texaco caribbean (forward section)
218. The queen
219. Tina primo
220. Tongue sand tower (remains)
221. Toornvliet (probably)
222. Toromoree
223. Toward
224. Traquair (probably)
225. Tummel (probably)
226. U 11 (possibly)
227. U 16 (possibly)
228. U 48
229. Ub 108 (possibly)
230. Ub 109
231. Ub 12 (possibly)
232. Ub 29 (possibly)
233. Ub 38
234. Ub 55 (probably)
235. Ub 56 (possibly)
236. Ub 58 (possibly)
237. Ub 78
238. Uc 21 (possibly)
239. Uc 26
240. Uc 46
241. Uc 46 (possibly)
242. Uc 77 (possibly)
243. Ursus (part)
244. Virginie
245. W a scholten
246. Warfleth
247. Westerley star
248. Wheatman (possibly)
249. Will and maggie (probably)
250. Woodtown (possibly)
251. Xanthence

 

Name: HMS NORTHUMBERLAND (PROBABLY)

Length 45.7 meter, width: 12.5 meter, tonnage 1041 ton

Cause: built in 1679 by bailey, bristol. 3rd rate, 70 guns. driven ashore on goodwins in the great storm of 1703. all hands lost. most of the wreck uncovered in the early 1980's causing an excessive load on her weakened timbers and the wreck has largely collapsed. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1980

Water depth above wreck: 14 meter, Height above seabed: 139 cm

Known since: 1980, last detected: 20210916

Details measurements/cartography: H1291/80 3.11.80 WK LOCATED IN 511545.5N, 013001.1E USING DECCA. BELL RECOVERED DATED 1701. POSSIBLY WK OF HMS NORTHUMBERLAND. DESIGNATION AS AN HISTORIC WK REQUESTED. (I MILLIGAN, DOT, TELECON DTD 31.10.80). NCA YET. 29.10.80 DESCRIBED AS 'WRECK MOUND', COVERING A LARGE AREA, WITH CONSIDERABLE PORTIONS OF SHIP STRUCTURE ON SEABED. (DESIG. APPLICATION, 29.10.80). H1951/80 28.5.81 NOT FOUND WITHIN 1C OF LISTED POSITION, DURING DCS3 & E/S SEARCH. POSSIBLE WK FOUND IN 511540N, 013010E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. NOT EXAMINED DUE TO LACK OF TIME. (HMS ENTERPRISE, HI 21A). PLOTS ABOUT 220MTRS SE OF LISTED POSN. H1291/81 7.7.81 DESIGNATED AS HISTORIC WK BY STATUTORY INSTRUMENT NO 827/81. H1270/75 7.7.81 CHART AS REST'D AREA, RADIUS 50MTRS, CENTRED ON 511545.5N, 013001E, WITH LEGEND. BR STD. H1291/81 30.11.81 DCS3 SURVEY REVEALED WK STILL CLEAR OF SANDS. (ISLE OF THANET ARCHAEOLOGICAL UNIT, DTD 14.10.81). H1310/84/23 12.9.84 COMPLETE BOW SECTION FOR 50FT ONLY. RIBS SHOWING. REMAINDER OF STBD SIDE COMPRESSED DOWN TO 15FT. PORT SIDE 'SANDED IN'. (E. KENT MARITIME TRUST, DTD 23.7.84). H2331/85 12.11.86 NOT FOUND DURING BASIC AREA SOUNDING IN CHARTED POSN, BUT WK LOCATED 12.7.86 IN 511527N, 013007E USING TRISPONDER. LEAST E/S DEPTH 10.7 IN GEN DEPTH 14.5-16MTRS. SLIGHT SCOUR. LENGTH APPROX 50MTRS, BEAM 15MTRS. LIES E/W. (NP 1016, HI 298). 26.7.89 WK IN THIS POSN DIVED ON & FOUND TO BE AN 18TH CENTURY WARSHIP. THOUGHT TO BE HMS NORTHUMBERLAND. (ADU REPORT NO.041). 7.12.89 STATUTORY INSTRUMENT NO.2089 ISSUED AMENDING POSN TO 511527N, 013007E. NC 1828. HH090/511/01 15.10.91 EXAM'D 26.6.91 IN 511527.3N, 013006E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [4 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 11.2 IN GEN DEPTH 15.5MTRS. SCOUR 16.5MTRS. DCS3 HT 6MTRS. LARGE WK LYING 140/320DEGS. A FURTHER PIECE OF WKGE LIES CLOSE TO THE NE OF THIS WK. (NP 1016, HI 511). RETAIN CHARTED DEPTH. HH090/738/01 23.7.97 EXAM'D 19.6.97 IN 511527.3N, 013006.4E [OGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 11.0, FOUL 11.4MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 12.3 IN GEN DEPTH 15.5MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 2MTRS. LENGTH 30MTRS, WIDTH 20MTRS. LIES 170/350DEGS. SMALL MAGNETIC ANOMALY. IN ONE PIECE WITH NO DEBRIS. (NP 1016, HI 738). BR STD. SEP 2007/000004711 18.1.07 REST'D AREA NOW RADIUS 300MTRS CENTRED ON 5115.4802N, 0130.0161E [WGD]. (STATUTORY INSTRUMENT 2395/04). AMEND REST'D AREA, NOW NOT CENTRED ON WK.

- NM 767/07. 7.6.11 LOCATED 10.9.08 IN 5115.4850N, 0130.005E [WGD] USING DGPS. LENGTH 44.8MTRS, WIDTH 28.6MTRS, HT 1.5MTRS. LIES 120/300 DEGS. SCOUR EXTENDS TOWARDS 060 DEGS. DEBRIS EXTENDS TOWARDS 270 DEGS. STONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. ONE MAIN STRUCTURE, THE SUSPECTED SITE OF NORTHUMBERLAND. (WESSEX ARCHAEOLOGY, REPORT REC'D 7.6.11). AMEND POSN. BR STD. SEP 2019/000100085 13.5.19 LOCATED 14.3.17 IN 5115.4788N, 0130.0137E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 9.77MTRS, LENGTH 27MTRS, WIDTH 15MTRS, HEIGHT 2MTRS. NFS.(MSDS MARINE, 2017 2019-078769 GOODWIN SANDS NORTHUMBERLAND). AMEND DW 9.7MTRS IN REVISED POSN. RSDRA2022000003820 21.03.22 EXAM'D 16.09.2021; IN 5115.479N, 0130.013E [WGD]. LEAST W/C DEPTH 10.78MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 14MTRS. LENGTH 36.82MTRS, WIDTH 16.38MTRS, HEIGHT 2.42MTRS, ORIENTATION 139/319 DEGS. MOSTLY BURIED, APPEARS INTACT, SCOUR TO NE. (A-2-SEA SOLUTIONS LTD, HI1743, H5252-WI-14756). AMEND DW 10.7MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: MOSTLY BURIED, APPEARS INTACT, SCOUR TO NE

Position: 51 15.479 N,1 30.013 E

 

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