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 (52.4370167, 1.7918333)

 

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