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 (53.6109, 0.26485)

 

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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. Albatross
4. Appolonia
5. B o borjesson
6. Beaconsfield
7. Bellerophon
8. Benmacdhui
9. Bonhomme richard
10. Brabant
11. Brema
12. British councillor
13. British prince
14. Briton (possibly)
15. Cadmus
16. Cambrai
17. Canada
18. Caroline
19. Carson
20. Chant 63
21. Chloris (possibly)
22. Coastal fort no 1 (part of)(possibly)
23. Coastal fort no-1
24. Cook s26
25. Corhampton
26. Corinth (possibly)
27. Cyclope
28. Dana (possibly)
29. Diana
30. Diana
31. Dido
32. Dryade
33. Dryburgh (part of)(possibly)
34. Elfrida
35. Empress (probably)
36. Feltre
37. Fermo
38. Forest queen
39. Francis
40. G.3
41. Georgios
42. Gerhardt (possibly)
43. Girl ita
44. Giuseppe
45. Gluckauf (possibly)
46. Goodwood
47. Grangemouth
48. Greltoria (probably)
49. Hannah louisa
50. Harnis (probably)
51. Helmsman (probably)
52. Hercules
53. Hms akranes
54. Hms benvolio
55. Hms botanic
56. Hms dirk
57. Hms fairy
58. Hms falcon (stern section)
59. Hms falmouth
60. Hms silicia
61. Hms thalia
62. Hms warland (possibly)
63. Homer
64. Horsted
65. Hugh taylor
66. Hvitveis
67. Ida
68. Ionic (probably)
69. J b paddon
70. Jane (possibly)
71. Janet helen (possibly)
72. John rettig (probably)
73. Kalo (probably)
74. Katina bulgari
75. Kernoozer
76. Kieldrecht (possibly)
77. Kilrea
78. Kilrea (probably)
79. Kimberley (possibly)
80. Kingston cameo
81. Knuthenborg
82. Ladas (possibly)
83. Lady anstruther (probably)
84. Laurel (possibly)
85. Leonora
86. Lifeguard (possibly)
87. Lyra (bow section)
88. Magdalyn ann
89. Maggie
90. Malvina (fwd part)
91. Manchester engineer (probably)
92. Marian francis
93. Marie l
94. Markersdall (probably)
95. Meeuw
96. Merchiston
97. Middlesborough
98. Modig
99. Modiva (possibly)
100. Mongolian
101. Nar
102. Nitedal
103. Norfolk coast
104. Onward (possibly)
105. Ophir ii (possibly)
106. Orsa
107. Otis tetrax
108. Our lorraine
109. Paraciers
110. Peebles (possibly)
111. Portia
112. Realf
113. Reculver
114. Revello
115. Revi
116. River don (part of)(probably)
117. Saltoun
118. Seistan
119. Sergei
120. Sirajah
121. Sna iii
122. Sota eduardo
123. Stanburn
124. Storm drift
125. Tees
126. Thea
127. Togston (possibly)
128. Trongate
129. Ub 107 & malvina (after part)
130. Uc 39
131. Uc 47
132. Uc 75
133. Umbe
134. Upminster (possibly)
135. Uralar segundo (cargo debris)
136. Varangmalm (possibly)
137. Vechstroom
138. Ville de valenciennes
139. Violet (probably)
140. Wayside flower (possibly)
141. Whitemantle (possibly)
142. 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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