This is the information page about the shipwreck Horsted, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 53.767 N,0 15.751 E (53.665666666667, -3.093)

 

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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. Abana (part of)(possibly)
2. Abana (part of)(possibly)
3. Abydos
4. Acklamd (possibly)
5. Action
6. Adgillus
7. Afton
8. Airdrie (possibly)
9. Albatross
10. Alliance
11. Amber rose
12. Amicus
13. Amstelland
14. Anastasia
15. Appolonia
16. Arcona champion
17. Ardbeg (probably)
18. Ariel (possibly)
19. Aurora
20. B o borjesson
21. Ballina
22. Barrister
23. Barrister (possibly)
24. Bassa
25. Be ready (probably)
26. Beaconsfield
27. Bella
28. Bellerophon
29. Ben cruachan
30. Ben rein (ex-starling)
31. Bengollyun
32. Benmacdhui
33. Bessie
34. Beursplein
35. Blanche (possibly)
36. Bonhomme richard
37. Brabant
38. Brema
39. Briar
40. British councillor
41. British prince
42. Briton (possibly)
43. C s parnell
44. Cadmus
45. Calista (probably)
46. Cambrai
47. Canada
48. Cardea
49. Carley marie
50. Carmelite (possibly)
51. Caroline
52. Carson
53. Casanare
54. Chant 63
55. Chloris (possibly)
56. Chrysopolis
57. Citrine
58. Clan macmaster
59. Clan menzies
60. Clwyd (probably)
61. Coastal fort no 1 (part of)(possibly)
62. Coastal fort no-1
63. Conargo
64. Conargo
65. Conisbro castle
66. Coniston (probably)
67. Connemara
68. Conovium (probably)
69. Cook s26
70. Coral bank
71. Corhampton
72. Corinth (possibly)
73. Corrientes
74. Counsellor iii
75. Cressado
76. Creteboom
77. Crois bhride
78. Crusader (possibly)
79. Cyclope
80. Dalewood (probably)
81. Dana (possibly)
82. Darro
83. Dawn waters
84. Diana
85. Diana
86. Dido
87. Don boscoe
88. Doris b
89. Downshire (possibly)
90. Downshire (possibly)
91. Downshire (probably)
92. Dryade
93. Dryburgh (part of)(possibly)
94. Dunavil forth (possibly)
95. Dundalk
96. Dunstaffnage
97. Eilean glas
98. El oso
99. Eleanor
100. Elfrida
101. Embassage
102. Emerald dawn
103. Empire airman
104. Empire of peace
105. Empire wind
106. Empress (probably)
107. Empress eugenie
108. Endymion
109. Fb 116 (possibly)
110. Fb 265 (possibly)
111. Fb 267 (possibly)
112. Fb 278 (possibly)
113. Fb 295 (possibly)
114. Fb 296 (possibly)
115. Fb 297 (possibly)
116. Fb 300 (possibly)
117. Fb 83 (possibly)
118. Feltre
119. Fenella ann
120. Fermo
121. Florence
122. Flowerette
123. Flying meteor
124. Forest queen
125. Francis
126. G-azjy
127. G.3
128. George & mary
129. Georgios
130. Gerhardt (possibly)
131. Ginette michel
132. Ginger
133. Girl ita
134. Girl sylvia
135. Giuseppe
136. Glencona
137. Glenford
138. Glenmaroon (possibly)
139. Globe trotter
140. Gluckauf (possibly)
141. Goodwood
142. Grangemouth
143. Greltoria (probably)
144. Grinder
145. Hannah louisa
146. Harnis (probably)
147. Hebe
148. Heemskerk
149. Helmsman (probably)
150. Herbie
151. Hercules
152. Hibernian
153. Hms akranes
154. Hms benvolio
155. Hms botanic
156. Hms dirk
157. Hms fairy
158. Hms falcon (stern section)
159. Hms falmouth
160. Hms manners (stern section)
161. Hms racehorse
162. Hms silicia
163. Hms thalia
164. Hms warland (possibly)
165. Homer
166. Horsted
167. Hugh taylor
168. Hvitveis
169. Ida
170. Ionic (probably)
171. Irene chalmers
172. J b paddon
173. Jane (possibly)
174. Jane brown
175. Janet helen (possibly)
176. Jeanette
177. John rettig (probably)
178. Kalo (probably)
179. Katina bulgari
180. Kernoozer
181. Kieldrecht (possibly)
182. Kilcoan (probably)
183. Kilrea
184. Kilrea (probably)
185. Kimberley (possibly)
186. Kingston cameo
187. Knuthenborg
188. Labora (possibly)
189. Ladas (possibly)
190. Lady anstruther (probably)
191. Lady louisa
192. Lagun
193. Largo (possibly)
194. Laurel (possibly)
195. Leeds (probably)
196. Leonora
197. Lifeguard (possibly)
198. Lily
199. Limesfield
200. Linda blanche
201. Lindum
202. Liverpool
203. Lough fisher
204. Lucy
205. Lunevale
206. Lurigethan
207. Lyra
208. Lyra (bow section)
209. Madge wildfire
210. Magdalyn ann
211. Maggie
212. Maja
213. Malaguena
214. Malvina (fwd part)
215. Manchester engineer (probably)
216. Mangalore (part of)(possibly)
217. Marguerite
218. Marian francis
219. Marie l
220. Markersdall (probably)
221. Marshall (probably)
222. Mary heeley
223. Mayfield
224. Mazeppa
225. Meeuw
226. Megawatt
227. Melfort
228. Merchiston
229. Mfv polaris
230. Mhari l
231. Middlesborough
232. Miriam thomas
233. Modig
234. Modiva (possibly)
235. Mongolian
236. Montreal
237. Moonlight
238. Moonlight (possibly)
239. Munster
240. Murielle
241. Nadejda (possibly)
242. Nalon
243. Nar
244. Nautilus
245. Nichola ann
246. Nitedal
247. No.163
248. Noel du marin
249. Nora
250. Norfolk coast
251. North jordan bn
252. Ocean harvest ii
253. Octavia
254. Old haws pt lt or west pile
255. Onward (possibly)
256. Opal (possibly)
257. Ophir ii (possibly)
258. Orsa
259. Otis tetrax
260. Our golden promise
261. Our lassie
262. Our lorraine
263. Pacific (possibly)
264. Paraciers
265. Peaceful star
266. Peebles (possibly)
267. Peru (probably)
268. Peveril
269. Portia
270. Potomac
271. Princess victoria
272. Pt1 or pt2
273. Rea 7 (possibly)
274. Realf
275. Rebecca
276. Reculver
277. Residu
278. Retriever
279. Revello
280. Revi
281. Ringwall
282. River don (part of)(probably)
283. Rosa
284. Roussalka
285. Rudyard kipling
286. Saint mirren (possibly)
287. Salaminia (probably)
288. Saltaro (fwd part)
289. Saltaro (fwd part)
290. Saltaro (fwd part)
291. Saltoun
292. Samaria
293. Sarpfos
294. Scathros
295. Scomber (part of)(possibly)
296. Scorpio
297. Sea dog
298. Seagull
299. Seamew (possibly)
300. Seistan
301. Sergei
302. Sharelga
303. Silver crest
304. Silver dee
305. Silver quest 2
306. Sirajah
307. Skerries
308. Skomer
309. Sna iii
310. Sota eduardo
311. Sote (aft part)
312. Speedwell
313. Speke (possibly)
314. St elwyn
315. Stamila
316. Stanburn
317. Stanleigh
318. Star of hope
319. Stonedale 2 (possibly)
320. Storm drift
321. Sulairia
322. Sunbeam
323. Sunrise (possibly)
324. Sy sol
325. Teano
326. Tees
327. Thea
328. Thornfield
329. Thracian
330. Tijl uilenspiegel
331. Tilley anne
332. Tinker
333. Togston (possibly)
334. Topaz
335. Tower base
336. Treveal
337. Trongate
338. Tt 6 (possibly)
339. Tullaghmurray lass
340. Tumi joy 2
341. Tuskar
342. U 1024 (possibly)
343. U 1024 (probably)
344. U 246
345. U-1051
346. Ub 107 & malvina (after part)
347. Ubier (probably)
348. Uc 39
349. Uc 47
350. Uc 75
351. Umbe
352. Upminster (possibly)
353. Uralar segundo (cargo debris)
354. Vanadis (possibly)
355. Varangmalm (possibly)
356. Vechstroom
357. Vedra
358. Ville de valenciennes
359. Violet (probably)
360. Waltham (probably)
361. Wayside flower (possibly)
362. Whitemantle (possibly)
363. William hanbury
364. Winga
365. Wisemans
366. Ystroom (probably)
367. Zealandia

 

Name: HORSTED

Length 78 meter, width: 11.3 meter, draught: 4.9, tonnage 1670 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: built in 1936 by the burntisland shipbulding & engineering co ltd, burntisland, with two boilers, triple expansion engine of 197nhp, single shaft. machinery by d rowan & co ltd., glasgow. owned at time of loss by stephenson, clarke & associates ltd. passage london for sunderland in convoy. sunk by large explosion under the hull, either mine or torpedo. 5 lives lost. (sibi, dods & wrecksite.eu)

Year of registration: 1939

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

Known since: 1979, last detected: 20160321

Details measurements/cartography: POSN 079DEGS, 10.2M FROM WITHERNSEA LTHO. (FO HUMBER & TH). H0146/39 27.12.39 HORSTED IN 534542N, 001824E. STERN MAST & FUNNEL SHOWING. (SHIPPING CASUALTIES). H5084/77 17.3.80 EXAM'D 6.12.79 IN 535344N, 001550E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST DEPTH 35.8 IN GEN DEPTH 43MTRS. DCS3 HT 6.7MTRS, LENGTH 65MTRS. LYING 010/190DEG. (HMS EGERIA, HI 64/79). INS AS WK 35MTRS. BR STD. 2.4.09 WK HAS BEEN POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED AS HORSTED, BASED ON MATCHING MACHINERY, LENGTH AND CORRESPONDING ARTEFACTS RECOVERED INCLUDING CROCKERY WITH SHIP'S & OWNER'S NAMEPRINTED ON IT. (CARL RACEY, E-MAIL DTD 30.3.09) NCA. SEP 2016/000053291 11.10.16 EXAM'D 21.3.16; IN 5353.767N, 0015.751E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 35.98MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 42MTRS, LENGTH 88.1MTRS, WIDTH 21.1MTRS, HEIGHT 6.7MTRS, ORIENTATION 178/358 DEGS. WRECK SITS UPRIGHT ON ITS HULL BUT HAS BROKEN UP WITH TWO BOILERS AND ENGINE VISIBLE NEAR STERN. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (MMT, HI 1473). AMEND NDW 35MTRS IN REVISED POSITION.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 53 53.767 N,0 15.751 E

 

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