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 (51.0898333, 1.7715833)

 

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