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 (52.4370167, 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. Bovey tracy
11. British captain
12. British fortune (probably)
13. Brixton
14. Burtonia (possibly)
15. Bygdo (possibly)
16. Cairnside
17. Carica milica
18. Cd 14 (probably)
19. Cedarwood (possibly)
20. Churston
21. Claudia (possibly)
22. Coalgas
23. Cormorant
24. Cormount (probably)
25. Cressdene (possibly)
26. Cresta
27. Dagmar (probably)
28. Denewood
29. Disa (possibly)
30. Dronning maud (possibly)
31. Dulwich
32. Dunwich bank wk
33. Edernian
34. El argentino
35. Estrella (possibly)
36. Eva witte
37. F stobart (probably)
38. Faithful star
39. Farmatyr
40. Fidelio
41. Firth
42. Forth
43. Friargate (possibly)
44. Friargate (possibly)
45. Frumenton
46. Gannet (possibly)
47. Gasfire
48. Gena
49. Gerhard
50. Gipsy (possibly)
51. Golconda (possibly)
52. Grantleyhall (possibly)
53. Grenadier (probably)
54. Groenlo
55. Gulf breaker
56. H h petersen
57. Harlington (probably)
58. Harlyn (probably)
59. Harriet
60. Hillglen
61. Hm mgb 76 (possibly)
62. Hms adonis (possibly)
63. Hms christopher (possibly)
64. Hms condor (probably)
65. Hms donna nook
66. Hms donside (possibly)
67. Hms eros (possibly)
68. Hms evesham (possibly)
69. Hms exmoor
70. Hms fontenoy
71. Hms forward iii
72. Hms franc tireur
73. Hms hirose (probably)
74. Hms holdene
75. Hms japan
76. Hms jessie nutten
77. Hms monarch
78. Hms moravia (possibly)
79. Hms nadine
80. Hms new comet (possibly)
81. Hms ocean plough (possibly)
82. Hms orthos (probably)
83. Hms river clyde (possibly)
84. Hms river clyde (possibly)
85. Hms sisters melville
86. Hms spider
87. Hms tervani
88. Hms tettenhall
89. Hms tugela
90. Hms waveflower
91. Hms whooper
92. Hms william wesney
93. Hornchurch
94. Ignis (possibly)
95. Impulsion
96. Ionian (possibly)
97. J c dalble
98. Jamesina
99. Jim
100. Kenneth hawksfield
101. Knarsdale
102. Kwasind
103. Lapwing
104. Lincairn (possibly)
105. Lingfield
106. Lisette
107. Lonhelen (possibly)
108. Lord bute
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. Mexico
120. Mirella
121. Moidart
122. Mudo
123. Nadir
124. Nereus
125. Newhaven (possibly)
126. Nicolaos piangos
127. Nominoe
128. Novocastrian
129. Ocean pride
130. Old charlton
131. Ostprussen (possibly)
132. Pescado
133. Petshenga (possibly)
134. Phryne
135. Plawsworth (possibly)
136. Polgarth
137. Ravenscraig (possibly)
138. Ren
139. Reward (possibly)
140. Rhenas (possibly)
141. Rhineland
142. Robin iv
143. Rochester city
144. Savona (probably)
145. Scimitar
146. Scotia
147. Sea rhine
148. Sirdar (part of)(possibly)
149. Skodsburg (possibly)
150. Southford
151. St patrick
152. Stad alkmaar
153. Sunniside (probably)
154. Taber park
155. Tergestea
156. Thornaby (possibly)
157. Thyra
158. Tidal (possibly)
159. Torchbearer
160. U 13 (probably)
161. Uc 11 (possibly)
162. Ui-001
163. Vae victis
164. Victorious
165. Warrenpoint
166. White lady
167. Wychwood (possibly)
168. Wyetown
169. Yarmouth
170. Yewkyle (possibly)
171. 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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