This is the information page about the shipwreck Holme force (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 35.86 N,0 0.482 E (50.6523667, -0.6161833)

 

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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. Afon dulais
2. Alaska
3. Algiers
4. Alison (possibly)
5. Angry fish
6. Aracataca
7. Ariel
8. Armenier
9. Arno (possibly)
10. Ashford
11. Atlas (probably)
12. Axwell
13. Basil-2
14. Bettann (bow section)
15. Blanefield
16. Braunton
17. Cairndhu
18. Cambrian princess (probably)
19. Candia
20. Carbineer
21. Celtic
22. Charles m
23. City of brisbane
24. City of mexico
25. Cuba
26. D144 (possibly).
27. Dagana
28. Del rio
29. Devon coast
30. Donegal (possibly)
31. Duke of buccleuch
32. Eduard (possibly)
33. Elford
34. F/v joanna c
35. Fife coast (possibly)
36. Flag theofano
37. Fort yale
38. Fpt iv
39. Frode
40. Fulham vii (probably)
41. Gartland
42. Gascony
43. George sutton
44. Gerarda
45. Germa geisha
46. Giuseppina accame
47. Glenlee
48. Hedwig lunstedt
49. Highland corrie
50. Hilda lea (bow part)(probably)
51. Hilda lea (stern part)(probably)
52. Hmcs alberni
53. Hms apley (possibly)
54. Hms avanturine
55. Hms borneo
56. Hms evadne (possibly)
57. Hms hazardous
58. Hms implacable
59. Hms lancer ii
60. Hms moldavia
61. Hms northcoates
62. Hms ocean sunlight
63. Hms pine
64. Hms prince leopold
65. Hms sapper
66. Hms taipo
67. Hms vernon ii (possibly)
68. Hmsm a1
69. Holme force (possibly)
70. Indiana
71. Inger (possibly)
72. Jaffa
73. Joseph roberts (possibly)
74. Lalen mendi
75. Leven (possibly)
76. Lightfoot (possibly)
77. Lola (possibly)
78. London trader (possibly)
79. Lowmount
80. Marga
81. Marie marguerite (possibly)
82. Mill gate (probably)
83. Mira
84. Mohlenpris (possibly)
85. Molesey (possibly)
86. Montecrana (possibly)
87. Mount stuart
88. Mv adur valley?
89. Newent
90. Noordster
91. Ny-eeasteyr
92. Nyon
93. Petit forban
94. Polandia (possibly)
95. Porthkerry
96. Quail
97. Ramsgarth
98. Ramsholm (possibly)
99. Rfa hungerford (possibly)
100. Saint andre (probably)
101. Saint ronaig
102. Seven seas (possibly)
103. Shirala
104. Sines (possibly)
105. Spearfish
106. Stanhope
107. Stanwold
108. Stavros (possibly)
109. T r thompson
110. Teelin head
111. U 1195
112. U 275 (probably)
113. U 40 (possibly)
114. U 671
115. U 86 (formerly)
116. U 86 (possibly)
117. Ub 130
118. Ub 81
119. Vasco
120. Venus
121. Vesuvio (possibly)
122. Vigda
123. War helmet
124. Zaanstroom

 

Name: HOLME FORCE (POSSIBLY)

Length 65.8 meter, width: 10.4 meter, tonnage 1216 ton
Load: coke

Cause: Vessel, built in 1930 by goole s b & r co. and owned at the time of loss by west coast shipping co., was torpedoed and sunk by german e-boat 8m off newhaven when on passage tyne for devonport. 6 lives lost. (dods).

Year of registration: 1945

Water depth above wreck: 53 meter, Height above seabed: 135 cm

Known since: 1945, last detected: 20150921

Details measurements/cartography: H1697/45 19.4.45 UNKNOWN WK LOCATED IN 503612N, 000036E BY HMS VERNON. EXAM'D BY HMY BRIMARIC. (CSO VERNON, 19.4.45). 13.8.45 REFERRED TO AS A U-BOAT IN MSG C-IN-C PLYMOUTH TO C-IN-C PORTSMOUTH DTD 13.8.45. 22.9.45 LOCATED 8 AUG 1945 IN 503545N, 000136E. WK OF SUBMARINE. LOCATED BY HMS HEADINGHAM CASTLE DURING TRIALS OF EXPERIMENTAL GEAR. LENGTH 240FT, HEIGHT 20FT, DIRN 165/345DEGS. (CAPT A/S ESTABLISMENT FAIRLIE, 22.9.45). 23.7.71 INS AS USC PA 18MTRS. NC 1652. H2979/74 11.5.76 WK IN 503559N, 000039E. POSN BY DECCA. (E GILES, 13.4.76). 6.4.78 AMEND TO USC PA 35MTRS IN 503559N, 000039E. NE 1652. H1965/76 26.11.80 WK EXAM'D 24.4.80 IN 503549N, 000033E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [4 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 47.6 IN GEN DEPTH 56MTRS. NO SCOUR. HYDROSEARCH LENGTH 72.4MTRS, BEAM 9.7MRS, HT 10.6MTRS. LIES ON ITS SIDE OR UPSIDE DOWN ON HEADING 138/318DEGS. (HMS BULLDOG, HI37A/77). TOO LONG TO BE A SUBMARINE. AMEND TO WK 46MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. H2350/85 17.2.87 EXAM'D 9.8.86 IN 503550N, 000035E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [4 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 45 IN GEN DEPTH 57MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 0.4MTRS. DCS3 HT 9.5MTRS, LENGTH 90MTRS, BEAM 12MTRS. LYING 331/151DEGS. (NP 1008, HI 317B). AMEND TO WK 45MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. HH100/351/05 26.6.92 LOCATED IN 503543N, 000029E [OGB] USING DECCA. (C MARTIN, 13.4.92). SEP 2015/000083466 4.2.16 EXAM'D 21.09.15 IN 5035.860N, 0000.482E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 45.91MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 52.91MTRS. LENGTH 70MTRS, HT 7MTRS, WIDTH 15MTRS, SCOUR LENGTH 60MTRS, TOWARDS 135, SCOUR DEPTH 0.2MTRS. BROKEN UP WK, PARTIALLY BURIED, LYING ON ITS SIDE, STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (GARDLINE GEOSURVEY, HI 1477). AMEND NDW 45MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: ON ITS SIDE OR INVERTED

Position: 50 35.86 N,0 0.482 E

 

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