This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms polly johnson, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 9.917 N,2 43.021 E (51.1325, 2.5103666666667)

 

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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. A 10 (possibly)
2. A-15 (possibly)
3. Aloha
4. Anton hammerbacher
5. Apache
6. Ardmount
7. Auretta
8. Bourrasque
9. Bowsprite (bow section)
10. Bowsprite (bow section)
11. Bramden (possibly)
12. Clan macalister
13. Clan macneil (possibly)
14. Cmb 1
15. Cmb 71a
16. Croxteth hall
17. Dageraad
18. De wandilaar
19. Dortmund
20. Douaisien (possibly)
21. Emeraude
22. Empire path
23. Etendard
24. Fl5
25. G 96
26. Gold shell
27. Heinkel 111
28. Hm motor launch 561
29. Hms basilisk
30. Hms brilliant
31. Hms colsay
32. Hms gracie fields
33. Hms grafton
34. Hms grafton
35. Hms hayburn wyke
36. Hms keith
37. Hms plumpton (probably)
38. Hms polly johnson
39. Hms sirius
40. Hms skipjack
41. Hms st abbs
42. Hms st achilleus (possibly)
43. Hms wakeful
44. Hms waverley
45. Hms whitley
46. Hoop op vrede (n 741)
47. Horst
48. Kap arkona
49. Kestrel
50. Keulse vaart iv
51. Kilmore
52. Laura
53. Lct(r) 457
54. Lorina
55. Lorina (possibly)
56. Lst 420 (bow section)
57. Lst 420 (stern section)
58. Lucy jenny ii
59. M 3610
60. Marie
61. Mariner (possibly)
62. Maurice
63. Mont louis
64. Msc alyssa
65. Nashaba
66. Nautica ena
67. P 319
68. Putten
69. Queen of the channel (possibly)
70. Quo vadis
71. Ra.2 (possibly)
72. Rita
73. Robert l vann
74. Robert-clara
75. S 220
76. S.192 (possibly)
77. Sabrina
78. Saint therese de jesus
79. Sampa
80. Sea hunter
81. Senator holthusen
82. Senator sthamer
83. Sigurds faulbaums
84. Sperrbrecher 170 (probably)
85. Sperrbrecker no 141 (probably)
86. Sterre der zee
87. Torpilleur branlebas
88. Tringa
89. U 11
90. Ub29
91. Vlaanderen (probably)
92. West-hinder
93. Wielingen ii (possibly)
94. Wielingen ltv
95. Wolf
96. Zeester

 

Name: HMS POLLY JOHNSON

Year of registration: 1952

Water depth above wreck: 5 meter

Known since: 1952, last detected: 2018

Details measurements/cartography: H564/52 16.6.52 POSN 510927N, 024315E - 072 DEG, 328YDS FROM NIEUPORT EAST PIER. VISIBLE AT LW. (BELGIAN NM 2.3.52). H564/52 21.2.64 SW 2.4MTRS IN 510927N, 024315E. G CON BUOY COSE N. (OSTENDE NM 25/215, 26/223/63). INS AS SW 1FM 2FT WITH G CONL BUOY CLOSE N.

- NM 289/64. H802/61 1.5.69 INS RA REFL ON BUOY. (BELGIAN NM 4/48/69). BR STD. 12.1.73 NOW CLEAR AT 2.6MTRS. (BELGIAN CHART). 12.1.73 AMEND SW 2.6MTRS, G CONL BUOY, RAREFL, CLOSE N, IN 510956N, 024306E [EUR]. NC 125. 23.4.74 SHOWN AS DW ON NETH 1035. NCA. 12.1.77 BUOY NOW N CARD, 'VIS', 100MTRS N OF WK. IALA NE 125. H1310/84/13 17.4.84 BELL RECOVERED FROM WK - MARKED 'POLLY - JOHAN, 1919, SCARBOROUGH'. REPD BY LOCAL FISHERMEN TO BE WK OF FV SUNK BY DIVEBOMBERS IN 1940. (J COULON, 24.3.84). ONLY VESSEL SUNK WITH NAME RESEMBLING THIS WAS THE TRAWLER POLLY JOHNSON. H4489/76 29.1.85 POSN NOW 510957.8N, 024306E [EUR]. (OSTEND NM 136/84). BR STD. H1311/88/56 15.12.88 WK REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN REMOVED EARLY IN NOV. 1988. (J COULON, 14.11.88). NCA YET. HH342/350/01 31.7.89 POSN NOW FOUL. (BELGIAN NM 110/89). NO REFERENCE TO BUOY. BR STD. HH342/350/01 22.9.89 BUOY REMOVED. (BELGIAN NM 128/89). AMEEND FOUL, DELETE BUOY. - M 2988/89. HH100/351/02 9.4.90 WK OF POLLY JOHNSON IN 510958N, 024306E WAS REMOVED IN OCTOBER 1988. (D TERMOTE, 26.3.90). SEP 2010/000138707 18.10.10 SHOWN IN 5109.917N, 0243.021E [WGD] ON BELGIAN 102 [NE 1.6.10, 1:60,000].
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 51 9.917 N,2 43.021 E

 

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