This is the information page about the shipwreck Honiton, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 30.21 N,0 46.79 E (51.4419333, 0.9285833)

 

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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. Actuality
2. Airston (probably)
3. Alberta
4. Alf everard (part of)
5. Alf everard (part of)
6. Alice marie
7. Argus
8. Aridity (probably)
9. Atherton
10. Beacon 'f'
11. Bolbec (possibly)
12. Bradglen
13. British oak
14. C 128
15. Duluth
16. E oaze light vessel
17. Explorer
18. Fox
19. Georgia
20. Great nore tower (remains)
21. Great nore towers (remains)
22. Great nore towers (remains).
23. H k daniels
24. Harcourt
25. Herland (part of)
26. Herland (part of)
27. Hmnls van meerlant (part of)
28. Hms aisha
29. Hms amethyst
30. Hms amethyst (part of)(possibly)
31. Hms ash
32. Hms beagle (re-named cgwv no 7 in 1851)
33. Hms bulwark
34. Hms capricornus
35. Hms conquistador
36. Hms danube 3
37. Hms kennymore (part of)(probably)
38. Hms london
39. Hms london
40. Hms receptive
41. Hms resolvo (part of)
42. Hms restango
43. Hms tyne
44. Hms vimiera (bow section)
45. Hms vimiera (part of)
46. Hms vimiera (stern)
47. Holba
48. Honiton
49. Hopper number 19
50. Houston city
51. Intrepid
52. Lady mine
53. Lca 551
54. Letchworth
55. Lion (part of)
56. Lowlands
57. Malrix (possibly)
58. Maplin light house
59. Mercy
60. Molliette
61. Nass beacon (ruins)
62. Pinto
63. Pisces
64. Radiant
65. Restless wave (possibly)
66. Revenge
67. Richard montgomery
68. Ryal
69. Selnes
70. Silverstone
71. Strom trooper
72. Toreador
73. Van meerlant (part of)
74. Vera
75. Wardie
76. Winifred
77. Zarga

 

Name: HONITON

Length 137.2 meter, tonnage 4914 ton
Load: foodstuffs: solid

Cause: Built in 1915 by a macmillen & sons ltd, dumbarton. onwed at time of loss by taten steam navigation co ltd. three boilers, triple expansion engine of 458nhp, single shaft. passage buenos aires for hull. struck mine laid by uc-5 2 to 2.5 miles e from longsand ltv. later beached at shoebury, essex. (wwisl & sibi).

Year of registration: 1919

Water depth above wreck: 10 meter, Height above seabed: 161 cm

Known since: 1919, last detected: 20220818

Details measurements/cartography: H7718/18 19.1.19 WK OF SS HONITION, SUNK 1915, LIES IN POSITION 513009N, 004656E. (ADMIRALTY). INS AS DW WITH LT BUOY CLOSE S.

- NM 156/19. H5574/20 7.8.20 AMEND TO DWP, WITH LT BUOY, OCC G 10S.

- NM ACTION. H1633/21 16.3.21 AMEND BUOY TO CON LT BUOY. H263/22 12.1.22 LEAST DEPTH OVER WRECK 9FT. (C8589/1 OH). H263/22 24.1.22 WK DISPERSED. LT BUOY REMOVED. (TH NM 212/22). DELETE. H6345/26 4.11.26 SHOWN AS F 19FT (1915) ON 1185. H2237/32 7.5.32 AMEND FOUL 3FMS 1FT. NE 1607. 28.5.68 AMEND WK 3FMS [LAT]. NE 1185. 26.9.73 AMEND WK 5.5MTRS. NC 1185. H3531/79 5.12.79 EXAM'D 16.10.79 IN 513011N, 004655E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR AT 5.8, FOUL AT 6.0MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 6.2 IN GEN DEPTH 7 TO 9MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 10.4MTRS. ONLY SMALL AMOUNT OF WRECKAGE REMAINS. (PLA WK RPT, MAPLIN HE 22/79). BR STD. HH244/351/01 7.1.91 EXAM'D 12.4.90 USING MICROFIX. LIES CLOSE TO THE CANT EDGE. LEAST E/S DEPTH OBTAINED 7.8 IN GEN DEPTH 6 TO 9MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 10.2MTRS. RETAIN AS CHARTED. (PLA WK NO.343/6). NCA. HH100/351/05 22.1.92 ACTUAL POSN IS 513012.5N, 004711E [? WGD]. (M SMITH). NCA YET. HH100/351/07 19.10.93 DIVED ON IN 513011N, 004651E [OGB]. LIES NNW/SSE - 5 PIECES OF PLATE, ROLLED OVER AND STANDING 2 TO 3MTRS HIGH IN A SCOUR ABOUT 25MTRS LONG. (J CARSON, 1.10.93). [WGD] POSN: 5130.210N, 0046.800E. SEP 2022/000269851 15.11.22 EXAM'D BY BDC FROM PLA SURVEY DTD 18.8.22 IN 5130.21N 0046.79E. LEAST M/B DEPTH 7.18MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 10.83MTRS. HEIGHT 1.2MTRS, LENGTH 59.94MTRS, WIDTH 27.27MTRS, ?ORIENTATION 161 DEGS. NFS. RETAIN DEPTH 5.8MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INVERTED, 5 MAIN PIECES OF PLATE IN SCOUR

Position: 51 30.21 N,0 46.79 E

 

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