This is the information page about the shipwreck Horseferry (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 51.948 N,2 9.486 E (52.7504, 2.0371)

 

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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.

 

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59. Trevethoe
60. Vanguard
61. Vanilla (probably)
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64. Waldinge
65. War mehtar
66. Waterloo
67. Willowpool
68. Yewvalley (possibly)

 

Name: HORSEFERRY (PROBABLY)

Length 66.1 meter, width: 9.8 meter, draught: 4, tonnage 951 ton
Load: coal

Cause: Built in 1930 by j crown & sons ltd, sunderland. owned at time of loss by the gas light & coke co. one boiler, triple expansion engine of 115hp, single shaft. machinery aft. passage the tyne for london. cargo coal. torpedoed by e boat.

Year of registration: 1942

Water depth above wreck: 42 meter, Height above seabed: 178 cm

Known since: 1942, last detected: 20181230

Details measurements/cartography: H01065/42 12.9.42 SWEPT CLEAR 43FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 99FT IN GEN DEPTH 127FT. POSN 525151N, 020937E. (FOIC YARMOUTH 25.8.42). INS AS NDW.

- NM 1972/42. H3730/69 29.5.69 EXAM'D IN 525218N, 021001E [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 119FT IN GEN DEPTH 126FT. SCOUR DEPTH 130FT. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 111/69). AMEND TO WK 20FMS. BR STD. 20.11.72 SHOWN IN 525157N, 020934E [EUR] ON NETHERLANDS FISHERIES 1954, 7.11.72. AMEND POSN. BR STD. 26.3.73 AMEND TO WK 36MTRS. NC 106. HH090/616/01 22.11.94 EXAM'D 18.6.94 IN 525154.98N, 020936.01E [OGB] USING SYLEDIS [3 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR 32.7, FOUL 33.2MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 34.0 IN GEN DEPTH 40MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 44MTRS. DCS3 HT 10.0MTRS. LENGTH 62MTRS, WIDTH 14MTRS. LIES 175/355 DEGS. INTACT. (GARDLINE, HI 616).

- NM 4277/94. HH100/351/19 2.10.02 DIVED IN 5251.940N, 0209.480E [WGD] USING GPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 36 IN GEN DEPTH 40MTRS, CORRECTED FOR TIDE. WK IS INVERTED AND INTACT. DEBRIS FIELD AROUND WK. (G E BUXTON, FAX DTD 1.10.02). NCA. SEP 2020/000100123 22.5.20 EXAM'D 30.12.18; IN 5251.948N, 0209.486E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 35.24MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 42MTRS, LENGTH 58.6MTRS, WIDTH 15.2MTRS, HEIGHT 6.8MTRS, ORIENTATION 178/358 DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 165MTRS, WIDTH 34MTRS, 3MTRS DEEP, TOWARDS 340 DEGS. (MERITAITO, HI 1580). WRECK INVERTED AND INTACT. STERN IS PROMINENT, BUT THE BOW IS PARTLY SUBMERGED. AMEND NDW 35MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, INVERTED

Position: 52 51.948 N,2 9.486 E

 

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