This is the information page about the shipwreck Ikeda (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 42.333 N,0 14.391 W (50.70555, -0.23985)

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.

Name: IKEDA (POSSIBLY)

Length 125 meter, width: 16.2 meter, draught: 11.3, tonnage 6311 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: Torpedoed & sunk by german submarine ub40, whilst en-route london to galveston. (der krieg zur see).

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 22 meter, Height above seabed: 80 cm

Known since: 1918, last detected: 2018

Details measurements/cartography: H3538/18 2.7.18 WK IN 504214N, 001422W WITH G BUOY 60YDS S. (ADMIRALTY). CHART AS WK [OLD SYMBOL].

- NM 801/18. H5542/21 7.9.21 CLEAR DEPTH OF 50FT AT LWST OVER WRECK, SUNK APPROX 7.75M TO SW OF BRIGHTON IN 504220N, 001420W. BUOY WITHDRAWN. (TH EX3566/21). AMEND TO WK 8FMS 0FT & DELETE BUOY.

- NM 1579/21. H632/31 10.2.31 NOW CHARTED AS WK 8FMS 2FT. SQ. DATE. H7789/35 3.12.35 LOCATED IN 504218N, 001415W. DRIFT SWEPT CLEAR AT 52FT. (HMS FLINDERS, 15.11.35). AMEND TO REVISED POSN.

- NM 2138/35. H3273/53 3.6.53 NOW CHARTED AS WK 8FMS 4FT. NC 2450. H1245/70 10.12.70 WRECK DIVED ON BY BRIGHTON BSAC DURING 1970 REPD TO BE WELL BROKEN UP & ALMOST UNRECOGNISABLE. STATED BY LOCAL LIFEBOAT MEN AT SHOREHAM TO BE THE 'CITY OF WATERFORD' BUT IS THOUGHT TO BE UNTRUE AS SHE WAS SUNK 14.4.49 & THIS WK WAS FIRST LOCATED IN 1921 BY TH. (R P WATTS, 8.12.70). 23.7.71 NOW CHARTED AS SW 15.2MTRS. NC 1652. 28.1.74 NOW CHARTED AS SW 14.6MTRS [LAT]. NC 1652. H3823/78 21.8.79 SMALL COASTER, PROBABLY LESS THAN 1000GRT. LYING ON ONE SIDE, 10FT HIGH. (E GILES, 16.8.79). NCA. H1965/76 1.12.80 EXAM'D 9.2.80 IN 504218N, 001417W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER. DECCA USED. LEAST E/S DEPTH 17 IN GEN DEPTH 23MTRS. NO SCOUR. HYDROSEARCH LENGTH 123.6MTRS, BEAM 22.6MTRS, HT 6.2MTRS. LYING 080/260DEGS, BOWS E. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 37A/77). CHART AS WK 16.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN. [POSSIBILITY OF 2 WRECKS IN THIS VICINITY]. H1310/82/18 9.7.82 POSN DIVED ON 2.4.82. NOT LARGE ENOUGH TO BE THE 'IKEDA'. ONLY FOUND A MOSTLY UPSIDE DOWN SECTION OF A SMALL WK, WITH WKGE TO THE SIDES. (D M DILLINGHAM, 5.7.82). H1310/86/10 3.4.86 WK LOCATED USING DECCA. THOUGHT POSSIBLY TO BE WK OF 'CITY OF LONDON'. (SOUTHERN MARINE SERVICES, WK NO 155). NCA. [NO RECORD OF OF THIS WK HELD IN WKS].POSITIONS BELOW THIS POINT ARE IN DEGREES, MINUTES AND DECIMALS OF A MINUTE SEP 2015/000083467 5.5.16 EXAM'D 16.10.15; IN 5042.333N, 0014.391W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 18.07MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 22.1MTRS. LENGTH 120MTRS, WIDTH 15MTRS, HT 4MTRS, ORIENTATION 080/260. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. VESSEL BROKEN AND PARTIALLY BURIED. (GARDLINE 2015, HI 1478). AMEND DW 18MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UK NM 3576/18

Position: 50 42.333 N,0 14.391 W

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