This is the information page about the shipwreck Hunsdon, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 19.154 N,5 27.264 W (54.233466666667, -5.7177166666667)

 

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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. Alastor
2. Amber
3. Arantzazu mendi
4. Archbald finney
5. Ave maria
6. Be ready (probably)
7. City of mobile
8. Coalman
9. Conargo
10. Daybreak (probably)
11. Dunmore
12. Empire tana
13. Enterprise
14. Florrieston (probably)
15. Frieda
16. Georgetown victory (part of)
17. Georgetown victory (part of)
18. Green hill (part of)(probably)
19. Harold
20. Helgoland
21. Hunsdon
22. Inverurie
23. Jenemi
24. Kilbroney (probably)
25. L'amite
26. Lagun
27. Leeds city
28. Loch sunart
29. Maja
30. Megawatt
31. Neotsfield
32. Peshawur
33. Pins wreck (nimble)
34. Rebecca
35. Rfa industry (probably)
36. Saint barchan
37. Silver crest
38. Silver dee
39. Silver quest 2
40. Speedbird
41. St. mungo (possibly)
42. Thornfield
43. Tide (probably)
44. Tornamona
45. Upas
46. Wild wave

 

Name: HUNSDON

Length 102.2 meter, width: 14.7 meter, draught: 6.4, tonnage 2899 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: ex-arnfield. built in 1911 by akt ges 'weser', bremen. originally a hamburg bremen afrika line vessel captured by the british in the cameroon river. owned at time of loss by the shipping controller. three boilers, triple expansion engine of 364 nhp, single shaft. passage le havre for belfast. torpedoed by ub 92. 1 man lost. (der krieg zur see; lloyds war losses, sii).

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 34 meter, Height above seabed: 67 cm

Known since: 1918, last detected: 2013

Details measurements/cartography: [NO DATE] SUNK APPROX 0.75M SE OF STRANGFORD LT BUOY, CO. DOWN. (LLOYDS WAR LOSSES). 1M S FROM STRANGFORD. (WW1SL). H6996/53 25.11.53 H6996/53 25.11.53 WK 50FT LOCATED IN 541912N, 052710W OR 104.5DEGS, 2.58M FROM ANGUS ROCK ON E9623. NOT EXAMINED. (HMS SCOTT). INS AS WK 8.25FMS IN 541912N, 052713W [OSI].

- NM 2689/53. 13.1.56 13.1.56 SHOWN AS WK 8FMS 1FT (UNEXAMINED) ON NC 2156. H4231/62 13.4.66 H4231/62 13.4.66 EXAM'D 19.5.65 IN 541908N, 052714W [OSI]. SWEPT CLEAR 66FT, NOT FOULED. LEAST E/S DEPTH 83 IN GEN DEPTH 115FT. SCOUR 3FT DEEP. STRONG SONAR RETURNS, ESPECIALLY FROM NE. (HMS DALRYMPLE, 1965 [K4817/1]). INS AS NDW.

- NM 740/66. H5292/71 10.8.72 H5292/71 10.8.72 INS AS SW 20MTRS ON NC 2156. HH100/351/06 25.1.93 HH100/351/06 25.1.93 IDENTIFIED BY DIVER AS WK OF THE HUNSDON. (N SOTHY, 12.1.93). 19.11.04 19.11.04 FORWARD MAST FALLEN FORWARD, WK IS GENERALLY UPRIGHT BUT THE BOW AND SOME SECTIONS OF HULL ARE FOLDED TO PORT. GUN IN PLACE ON STERN. (DIVER MAGAZINE NOV'04). [WGD] POSN: 5419.141N, 0527.310W. BA 44. 23.9.13 23.9.13 EXAM'D 3.6.13 IN 5419.154N, 0527.264W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 29.36 IN GEN DEPTH 33.2MTRS. LEAST W/C DEPTH 23.23MTRS. SCOUR 0.9MTR DEEP AROUND WK. LENGTH 114.2MTRS, WIDTH 18.76MTRS, HT 5.2MTRS. LIES 067/247 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (FUGRO OSAE, HI 1377). INTACT, COLLAPSED. AMEND WK 23MTRS IN REVISED POSN. 29.10.13 29.10.13 LEAST M/B DEPTH 27.01MTRS. (BDC EXAMINATION OF DIGITAL DATA). NFA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, COLLAPSED

Position: 54 19.154 N,5 27.264 W

 

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