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 (53.610900, 0.264850)

 

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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. Acklamd (possibly)
2. Airdrie (possibly)
3. B o borjesson
4. Bellerophon
5. Benmacdhui
6. Biesbosch
7. Boys own
8. Brema
9. British councillor
10. British prince
11. Briton (possibly)
12. Cadmus
13. Canada
14. Caroline
15. Chant 63
16. Charing cross (possibly)
17. Chicago
18. Chloris (possibly)
19. Commonwealth
20. Corhampton
21. Corinth (possibly)
22. Cyclope
23. Dana (possibly)
24. Diana
25. Diana
26. Dido
27. Dryade
28. Dryburgh (part of)(possibly)
29. Elfrida
30. Empress (probably)
31. Feltre
32. Fermo
33. Forest queen
34. Francis
35. Frithof eide
36. Georgios
37. Gerhardt (possibly)
38. Giuseppe
39. Gluckauf (possibly)
40. Graafjeld
41. Grangemouth
42. Hannah louisa
43. Harnis (probably)
44. Helmsman (probably)
45. Hms benvolio
46. Hms botanic
47. Hms dirk
48. Hms fairy
49. Hms falcon (stern section)
50. Hms warland (possibly)
51. Homer
52. Horsted
53. Hugh taylor
54. Ida
55. Ionic (probably)
56. J b paddon
57. Jane (possibly)
58. Janet helen (possibly)
59. John rettig (probably)
60. Kalo (probably)
61. Katina bulgari
62. Kieldrecht (possibly)
63. Kilrea (probably)
64. Kimberley (possibly)
65. Kingston cameo
66. Knuthenborg
67. Laconia (possibly)
68. Ladas (possibly)
69. Lady anstruther (probably)
70. Lady josyan
71. Laurel (possibly)
72. Leonora
73. Lifeguard (possibly)
74. Longbenton (probably)
75. Lyra (bow section)
76. Magdalyn ann
77. Maggie
78. Magnolia (probably)
79. Manchester engineer (probably)
80. Mangalore (part of)(possibly)
81. Marian francis
82. Markersdall (probably)
83. Marshall (probably)
84. Merchiston
85. Modig
86. Modiva (possibly)
87. Nadod (possibly)
88. Nautilus
89. Nitedal
90. Norfolk coast
91. Onward (possibly)
92. Ophir ii (possibly)
93. Orsa
94. Otis tetrax
95. Our lorraine
96. Paddington (possibly) & unknown
97. Paraciers
98. Peebles (possibly)
99. Peggotty
100. Portia
101. Realf
102. Reculver
103. Revello
104. Revi
105. River don (part of)(probably)
106. Riviere
107. Saltoun
108. Sna iii
109. Sota eduardo
110. Stanburn
111. Storm drift
112. Teano
113. Tees
114. Togston (possibly)
115. Tredegar hall
116. Uc 39
117. Uc 47
118. Uc 75
119. Umbe
120. Upminster (possibly)
121. Varangmalm (possibly)
122. Vechstroom
123. Ville de valenciennes
124. War crocus (possibly)
125. Wayside flower (possibly)
126. Whitemantle (possibly)
127. Winga

 

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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