This is the information page about the shipwreck Hornchurch, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 11.839 N,1 51.251 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. Bovey tracy
12. British captain
13. British fortune (probably)
14. Brixton
15. Burtonia (possibly)
16. Bygdo (possibly)
17. Cairnside
18. Carica milica
19. Cd 14 (probably)
20. Cedarwood (possibly)
21. Churston
22. Claudia (possibly)
23. Coalgas
24. Cormorant
25. Cormount (probably)
26. Cressdene (possibly)
27. Cresta
28. Dagmar (probably)
29. Db 8 (possibly)
30. Denewood
31. Disa (possibly)
32. Dronning maud (possibly)
33. Dulwich
34. Dunwich bank wk
35. Edernian
36. El argentino
37. Elnet
38. Estrella (possibly)
39. Eva witte
40. F stobart (probably)
41. Faithful star
42. Farmatyr
43. Fidelio
44. Firth
45. Forth
46. Friargate (possibly)
47. Friargate (possibly)
48. Frumenton
49. G and e (possibly)
50. Gannet (possibly)
51. Gasfire
52. Gena
53. Gerhard
54. Gipsy (possibly)
55. Golconda (possibly)
56. Grantleyhall (possibly)
57. Grenadier (probably)
58. Groenlo
59. Gulf breaker
60. H h petersen
61. Harlington (probably)
62. Harlyn (probably)
63. Harriet
64. Heworth
65. Hillglen
66. Hm mgb 76 (possibly)
67. Hms adonis (possibly)
68. Hms christopher (possibly)
69. Hms condor (probably)
70. Hms donna nook
71. Hms donside (possibly)
72. Hms eros (possibly)
73. Hms evesham (possibly)
74. Hms exmoor
75. Hms fontenoy
76. Hms forward iii
77. Hms franc tireur
78. Hms harvest gleaner
79. Hms hirose (probably)
80. Hms holdene
81. Hms japan
82. Hms jessie nutten
83. Hms monarch
84. Hms moravia (possibly)
85. Hms nadine
86. Hms new comet (possibly)
87. Hms ocean plough (possibly)
88. Hms orthos (probably)
89. Hms river clyde (possibly)
90. Hms river clyde (possibly)
91. Hms sisters melville
92. Hms spider
93. Hms st seiriol
94. Hms tervani
95. Hms tettenhall
96. Hms tugela
97. Hms waveflower
98. Hms whooper
99. Hms william wesney
100. Hornchurch
101. Ignis (possibly)
102. Impulsion
103. Ionian (possibly)
104. J c dalble
105. Jamesina
106. Jim
107. Kenneth hawksfield
108. Knarsdale
109. Kwasind
110. Lapwing
111. Lapwing (possibly)
112. Lincairn (possibly)
113. Lingfield
114. Lisette
115. Lonhelen (possibly)
116. Lord bute
117. Magdapur
118. Mangara
119. Mardyke
120. Maria rosa
121. Marianne (probably)
122. Mascota (possibly)
123. Mascotte
124. Memento (possibly)
125. Mendibil mendi (possibly)
126. Mercurius
127. Mexico
128. Mirella
129. Moidart
130. Mudo
131. Nadir
132. Nereus
133. Newhaven (possibly)
134. Nicolaos piangos
135. Nominoe
136. Novocastrian
137. Ocean pride
138. Old charlton
139. Ostprussen (possibly)
140. Pescado
141. Petshenga (possibly)
142. Phryne
143. Plawsworth (possibly)
144. Polgarth
145. Ravenscraig (possibly)
146. Ren
147. Reward (possibly)
148. Rhenas (possibly)
149. Rhineland
150. Robin iv
151. Rochester city
152. Savona (probably)
153. Scimitar
154. Scotia
155. Sea king
156. Sea rhine
157. Sirdar (part of)(possibly)
158. Skodsburg (possibly)
159. Southford
160. St patrick
161. Stad alkmaar
162. Sunniside (probably)
163. Taber park
164. Tergestea
165. Thornaby (possibly)
166. Thyra
167. Tidal (possibly)
168. Torchbearer
169. Tunisiana
170. U 13 (probably)
171. Uc 11 (possibly)
172. Uc 62 (possibly)
173. Ui-001
174. Vae victis
175. Victorious
176. Warrenpoint
177. White lady
178. Wychwood (possibly)
179. Wyetown
180. Yarmouth
181. Yewkyle (possibly)
182. Yucca (possibly)

 

Name: HORNCHURCH

Length 85.3 meter, width: 12.2 meter, draught: 12.2, tonnage 2162 ton
Load: coal

Cause: built in 1919 by osbourne, graham & co ltd, sunderland. owned at time of loss by hudson ss co ltd. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 231hp, single shaft. machinery by maccoll & pollock ltd, sunderland. passage methil for london. cargo coal. bombed and sunk. crew of 22 saved.

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 31 meter, Height above seabed: 40 cm

Known since: 1940, last detected: 20161216

Details measurements/cartography: H0650/40 6.9.40 INS AS DW(PA).

- NM 2207/40. H0650/40 9.11.42 CLEAR AT 44FT. LEAST E/S 68FT. DEPTH IN VICINITY 103FT. NOT DANGEROUS. (FOIC YARMOUTH 30.8.42). AMEND TO NDW. - N 2443/42. H0650/40 9.11.61 DRIFT SWEEP CLEAR 61FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 68FT IN 106FT. (HMS SCOTT 18.8.61). AMEND TO SW 10FMS 1FT. LC 1543. 11.12.72 AMEND TO SW 18.6MTRS [LAT]. NC 1543. HH090/616/01 5.1.95 EXAM'D 26.5.94 IN 521148.24N, 015121.19E [OGB] USING SYLEDIS [3 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR 19.9, FOUL 20.1MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 20.0 IN GEN DEPTH 31MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 1.0MTR. DCS3 HT 6.0MTRS. LENGTH 90MTRS, WIDTH 16MTRS. LIES 040/220 DEGS. INTACT. (GARDLINE, HI 616). BR STD. SEP 2016/000091759 23.8.17 EXAM'D 16.12.16; IN 5211.839N, 0151.251E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 20.13MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 31MTRS, LENGTH 89.2MTRS, WIDTH 16.9MTRS, HEIGHT 11.1MTRS, ORIENTATION 040/220 DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 142.24MTRS, 2.14MTRS DEEP, TOWARDS 023 DEGS. WRECK IS PARTIALLY BROKEN. (GARDLINE, HI 1495). AMEND DW 20.1MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 52 11.839 N,1 51.251 E

 

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