This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms whooper, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 15.936 N,1 42.472 E (52.437016666667, 1.7918333333333)

 

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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. Ala
3. Alastair
4. Alto (possibly)
5. Ambient (probably)
6. Astrologer
7. Axminster (probably)
8. Barkis
9. Batavier 5
10. Bob read (probably)
11. British captain
12. British fortune (probably)
13. Brixton
14. Burtonia (possibly)
15. Bygdo (possibly)
16. Carica milica
17. Castle galleon
18. Cd 14 (probably)
19. Cedarwood (possibly)
20. Churston
21. Clan monroe
22. Claudia (possibly)
23. Coalgas
24. Cresta
25. Crichtoun
26. Dagmar (probably)
27. David b summers
28. Db 8 (possibly)
29. Denewood
30. Disa (possibly)
31. Dronning maud (possibly)
32. Dulwich
33. Dunwich bank wk
34. Edernian
35. El argentino
36. El dorado
37. Elnet
38. Estrella (possibly)
39. Eva witte
40. F stobart (probably)
41. Faithful star
42. Farmatyr
43. Firth
44. Forth
45. Friargate (possibly)
46. Friargate (possibly)
47. Frumenton
48. G and e (possibly)
49. Gannet (possibly)
50. Gasfire
51. Gena
52. Gerhard
53. Gipsy (possibly)
54. Golconda (possibly)
55. Grantleyhall (possibly)
56. Grenadier (probably)
57. Groenlo
58. Gulf breaker
59. H h petersen
60. Harlington (probably)
61. Harlyn (probably)
62. Heworth
63. Hillglen
64. Hms adonis (possibly)
65. Hms arethusa
66. Hms christopher (possibly)
67. Hms condor (probably)
68. Hms donside (possibly)
69. Hms eros (possibly)
70. Hms fontenoy
71. Hms forward iii
72. Hms harvest gleaner
73. Hms hirose (probably)
74. Hms holdene
75. Hms irvana (part of)
76. Hms jessie nutten
77. Hms kaphreda
78. Hms ludlow
79. Hms m a west (probably)
80. Hms monarch
81. Hms moravia (possibly)
82. Hms nadine
83. Hms new comet (possibly)
84. Hms ocean plough (possibly)
85. Hms orthos (probably)
86. Hms river clyde (possibly)
87. Hms river clyde (possibly)
88. Hms sisters melville
89. Hms speeton (possibly)
90. Hms spider
91. Hms tervani
92. Hms tettenhall
93. Hms tugela
94. Hms waveflower
95. Hms whooper
96. Hornchurch
97. Ignis (possibly)
98. Impulsion
99. J c dalble
100. Jim
101. Kenneth hawksfield
102. Knarsdale
103. Kwasind
104. Lapwing
105. Lincairn (possibly)
106. Lingfield
107. Lisette
108. Lonhelen (possibly)
109. Magdapur
110. Mangara
111. Mardyke
112. Maria rosa
113. Marianne (probably)
114. Mascota (possibly)
115. Mascotte
116. Memento (possibly)
117. Mendibil mendi (possibly)
118. Mercurius
119. Moidart
120. Mudo
121. Nadir
122. Nereus
123. Newhaven (possibly)
124. Nicolaos piangos
125. Nominoe
126. Novocastrian
127. Ocean pride
128. Old charlton
129. Ostprussen (possibly)
130. Pescado
131. Petshenga (possibly)
132. Phryne
133. Plawsworth (possibly)
134. Polgarth
135. Ren
136. Reward (possibly)
137. Rhenas (possibly)
138. Rhineland
139. Robin iv
140. Rochester city
141. Roxanna
142. Savona (probably)
143. Scimitar
144. Sea king
145. Sea rhine
146. Sheaf field
147. Silksworth hall (probably).
148. Sirdar (part of)(possibly)
149. Skodsburg (possibly)
150. Southford
151. St patrick
152. Sunbeam
153. Sunniside (probably)
154. Taber park
155. Tergestea
156. Thomas m (possibly)
157. Thornaby (possibly)
158. Tidal (possibly)
159. Torchbearer
160. Tregantle (possibly)
161. Tunisiana
162. Uc 62 (possibly)
163. Ui-001
164. Vae victis
165. Victorious
166. Warrenpoint
167. White ghost
168. White lady
169. White swan
170. White swan (possibly)
171. Wychwood (possibly)
172. Wyetown
173. Yewkyle (possibly)
174. Yucca (possibly)

 

Name: HMS WHOOPER

Length 38.5 meter, width: 7.1 meter, draught: 4, tonnage 302 ton

Cause: built in 1914 by j duffrey torrey ss co, aberdeen for the cygnet steam fishing co, fleetwood. hired in 1914. one boiler, triple expansion engine of 61hp, single shaft. machinery by j abernethy & co, aberdeen. mined. nine lost.

Year of registration: 1916

Water depth above wreck: 16 meter, Height above seabed: 89 cm

Known since: 1916, last detected: 20161211

Details measurements/cartography: SANK OFF LOWESTOFT. (WW1SL). H2917/83 11.12.84 UNCHARTED WK LOCATED IN 521554N, 014236E. LEAST E/S DEPTH 12.3MTRS. (HMS ECHO, SIGNAL DTD 6.12.84).

- NM 24/85. H2917/83 2.4.85 EXAM'D 6.12.84 IN 521554N, 014235E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 12.3 IN GEN DEPTH 16.7MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 17.4 TO 18.8MTRS. DCS3 HT 2 TO 3.5MTRS, LENGTH ABOUT 55MTRS. SMALL, INTACT CONTACT. LYING 105/285 DEG. LEAST DEPTH AT W END OF WK. STATED BY LOCAL FISHERMEN TO BE WK OF HMS WHOOPER. GRAVES OF SHIPS CO ARE IN SOUTHWOLD CHURCHYARD. (SOISS, HI 196). NFA. SEP 2016/000091759 1.9.17 EXAM'D 11.12.16; IN 5215.936N, 0142.472E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 13.21MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 16MTRS, LENGTH 33MTRS, WIDTH 8MTRS, HEIGHT 4.3MTRS, ORIENTATION 089/269 DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 56MTRS, 2.05MTRS DEEP, TOWARDS 024 DEGS. WRECK IS LARGELY INTACT AND PARTIALLY BURIED. (GARDLINE, HI 1495). AMEND DW 13.2MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 52 15.936 N,1 42.472 E

 

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