This is the information page about the shipwreck Hornsund (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 16.507 N,0 18.903 W (54.346066666667, -0.12708333333333)

 

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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. Aigburth
2. Albatross
3. Amsteldam
4. Amulet
5. Angelo rose
6. Appolonia
7. Ard aidhm
8. Ardens (probably)
9. Aucuba (possibly)
10. Avance (probably)
11. Balfron (probably)
12. Ballater
13. Ballogie
14. Battersea
15. Beaumanoir (probably)
16. Biesbosch
17. Birtley
18. Black prince (possibly)
19. Bonhomme richard
20. Botha (possibly)
21. Brabant
22. Brentwood
23. Bur
24. Cambrai
25. Cap palos (part of)
26. Castleford (probably)
27. Charing cross (possibly)
28. Chicago
29. Constantia
30. Corsican prince
31. Countess of strathmore (possibly)
32. Creteblock
33. Crimdon (possibly)
34. Deptford
35. Disperser
36. Dunstaffnage
37. Eaglescliffe (probably)
38. Eli
39. Erich lea
40. Ferruccio
41. Florence (possibly)
42. Florentia
43. Fred everard
44. G.3
45. Garthwaite
46. Gem (bow section)
47. Gem (stern section)
48. Gimle
49. Girl ita
50. Glamorganbrook
51. Glengarry (probably)
52. Glow (part of) (possibly)
53. Glow (part of) (possibly)
54. Goodwood
55. Greltoria (probably)
56. Gwalia (possibly)
57. Hannah
58. Harrow (probably)
59. Hercules
60. Highgate
61. Hms akranes
62. Hms banyers
63. Hms desire (possibly)
64. Hms dromio
65. Hms falmouth
66. Hms garmo (probably)
67. Hms lord ridley
68. Hms swallow
69. Hms thalia
70. Hms thomas cornwall
71. Hornsund (probably)
72. Houghton
73. Hurstwood
74. Jane
75. Jerv
76. Kilrea
77. Laconia (possibly)
78. Lady ann
79. Lady helen
80. Lady josyan
81. Lanthorn
82. Leander
83. Leersum (probably)
84. Lerwick (probably)
85. Linaria (probably)
86. Lindum
87. London
88. Lowtyne (possibly)
89. M c holm
90. Madame renee
91. Malvina (fwd part)
92. Manx queen
93. Marie stuart
94. Martina
95. Mazeppa
96. Melanie (probably)
97. Membland (possibly)
98. Middlesborough
99. Modemi (possibly)
100. Mongolian
101. Moorlands
102. Norenda (possibly)
103. Norhilda
104. Novillo
105. Oakwell
106. Paddington (possibly) & unknown
107. Paul
108. Phare (probably)
109. Philander (probably)
110. Polanna
111. Polruan
112. Potomac
113. Princess olga (possibly)
114. Quaggy (probably)
115. Rikard nordraak
116. Riviere
117. Rosa
118. Runswick
119. Saint ninian
120. Sapphire (probably)
121. Sarah thinnesen
122. Scotia
123. Seistan
124. Sir francis
125. Sirajah
126. Sixty-six
127. Skane
128. Sna ii
129. Sote (aft part)
130. Southborough
131. Springhill
132. Sumus (probably)
133. Suntrap (probably)
134. Tangistan
135. Taurus (probably)
136. Thea
137. Tredegar hall
138. Trelyon
139. Trongate
140. Ub 107 & malvina (after part)
141. Ub 30
142. Ub 41
143. Ub 75
144. Vaaren
145. Vaaren (possibly)
146. Victo (bow section)
147. Victo (stern section)
148. Victoria (probably)
149. Wallsend
150. War crocus (possibly)
151. Westowrie
152. Woodstock (bow section)
153. Woodstock (stern section)
154. Zeepaard

 

Name: HORNSUND (PROBABLY)

Length 114.6 meter, width: 15.5 meter, draught: 6.4, tonnage 3646 ton
Load: coal

Cause: torpedoed and sunk by german submarine while on passage tyne to london. ex german vessel requisitioned by admiralty.

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 22 meter, Height above seabed: 65 cm

Known since: 1917, last detected: 20160220

Details measurements/cartography: SANK 2.5M ESE FROM SCARBOROUGH. (WW1SL). POSN 541645N, 001900W APPROX. SANK 3 M ESE FROM SCARBOROUGH. (LLOYDS WAR LOSSES). H6391/19 INS WK IN 541645N, 001900W. H3752/26 11.6.26 AMEND TO NDWPA (1917). 21.6.72 AMEND TO NDW (PA). NC 129. 5.12.74 AMEND TO USCPA 15MTRS. NC 129. H1310/84/22 1.8.84 DIVED IN 541631N, 001850W USING RADAR. STANDS 3MTRS HIGH IN GEN DEPTH 28MTRS [HWS]. (P J LASSEY, 19.7.84). HH100/351/06 5.3.93 LOCATED IN 541630.5N, 001849W USING GPS. (A C JACKSON, 9.2.93). AMEND TO WK 19MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. HH090/730/01 18.11.97 NOT SURVEYED AS LIES WITHIN FISHING AREA EXCLUSION ZONE. (GARDLINE, HI 730). NCA. 19.11.97 POSN AMENDED TO THAT OF JACKSON 1993. BR STD. SEP 2016/000007250 07.06.16 EXAM'D 20.02.16 IN 5416.507N, 0018.903W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 20.16MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 22MTRS. LENGTH 17.3MTRS, WIDTH 8.9MTRS, HT 3.7MTRS, ORIENTATION 065/245. SCOUR LENGTH 10MTRS, 1.8MTRS DEEP TOWARDS 057 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY, TWO FEATURES CAN BE SEEN, NOT POSSIBLE TO TELL IF THEY ARE ASSOCIATED, LARGE FEATURE POTENTIALLY BURIED. (EGS, HI 1472). AMEND DW 20.1MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: Mainly buried.

Position: 54 16.507 N,0 18.903 W

 

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