This is the information page about the shipwreck Indiana, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 47.064 N,0 22.325 W (50.57725, -0.0826)

 

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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.

 

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4. Algiers
5. Alison (possibly)
6. Ariel
7. Aristos
8. Atlas (probably)
9. Axwell
10. Broadhurst (probably)
11. Cairndhu
12. Candia
13. Carbineer
14. City of waterford
15. Clan macmillan
16. Del rio
17. Duke of buccleuch
18. Frode
19. Gartland
20. Gascony
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24. Glendinning (possibly)
25. Glenlee
26. Highland corrie
27. Hms inverclyde
28. Hms keryado (probably)
29. Hms minion
30. Hms northcoates
31. Hms pine
32. Hms vernon ii (possibly)
33. Hush wing
34. Ikeda (possibly)
35. Indiana
36. Ingo
37. Jaffa
38. Lass o'doune (probably)
39. Lightfoot (possibly)
40. Lola (possibly)
41. London trader (possibly)
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43. Maaslust
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47. Ny-eeasteyr
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49. Patrice didier (probably)
50. Pentyrch
51. Porthkerry
52. Quail
53. Ramsgarth
54. Ramsholm (possibly)
55. Rfa hungerford (possibly)
56. Shirala
57. Stanwold
58. Stavros (possibly)
59. U 212 (probably)
60. U 86 (possibly)
61. U678 (probably)/u275 (possibly)
62. Vesuvio (possibly)
63. Vigda
64. War helmet
65. Wilhelmina j
66. Zaanstroom
67. Zeester (possibly)

 

Name: INDIANA

Length 84.4 meter, width: 11.6 meter, draught: 5.8, tonnage 2226 ton
Load: general and mixed goods,foodstuffs: solid

Cause: Built in 1899 by r dixon & co, middlesbrough. owned at time of loss by bailey & leeham, hull. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 188hp, single shaft. passage buriana, via venice, for london. general cargo including oranges. collided with german vessel 'washington'. following collision was steamed towards worthing and sank one mile s of worthing pier.

Year of registration: 1963

Water depth above wreck: 5 meter, Height above seabed: 352 cm

Known since: 1963, last detected: 20180906

Details measurements/cartography: H3255/63 10.9.63 WK IN 504703N, 002212W [OGB], MARKED BY G CAN BUOY CLOSE S. LEAST DEPTH 2FT IN 15FT BY LEAD LINE. (THV 'WINSTON CHURCHILL' 31.7.63 & TH NM 70/63).

- NM 1830/63 & FNM 69/63. H3255/63 23.1.64 ORDER PLACED WITH METAL RECOVERIES LTD FOR DISPERSAL TO 14FT. (TH, 18.11.63). H3255/63 8.6.66 LEAST DEPTH OVER WK 1FM 5FT [3.4MTRS]. (UK NAV 162). LC 2450. 4.8.69 REPD TO HAVE BEEN CARRYING CARGO OF ORANGES WHEN SUNK. PIECES OF WRECKAGE SCATTERED OVER SEABED. (TRITON MAGAZINE, AUG '69, P.108) 23.2.70 CHAIN AND SINKER STILL THERE BUOY MISSING, VERY GOOD FOR FISH, CORRECTLY CHARTED. (VISIT BY R P WATTS ESQ, SUB-AQUA DIVER, TO WKS SECTION 23.2.70).

- NM 1262/70. 7.4.72 NOW CHARTED AS WK 2.8MTRS [LAT]. NC 1652. H4822/75 22.3.77 EXAM'D 23.6.76 IN 504706N, 002214W [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST DEPTH 4.0MTRS. WK WAS COMPLETELY SURROUNDED BY CRAB POTS. (FSL WATERWITCH, HI 73/76). AMEND TO WK 4.0MTRS, RETAIN ORIGINAL POSN. BR STD. 7.4.82 REPORTED AS BADLY BROKEN UP, BUT WITH LARGE SECTIONS STILL TO BE FOUND. STANDING 2MTRS HIGH IN GEN DEPTH 7MTRS. (BSAC WK REGISTER, VOL III). HH090/944/01 19.10.01 EXAM'D 12.10.01 IN 5047.067N, 0022.332W [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 1.2, FOUL 1.3MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 3.9 IN GEN DEPTH 5.3MTRS. NO SCOUR. COVERS 70 BY 40MTRS. LIES APPROX NW/SE. AN AREA OF BROKEN UP WRECKAGE. DIVING INVESTIGATION COMFIRMS THAT WK IS COVERED BY LARGE AMOUNT OF DUMPED HEAVY STEEL WIRE (APPROX 1"). MASS OF WIRE STANDS IN VERTICAL LOOPS ABOVE THE WK. (NP 1016, HI 944D). BR STD. SEP 2019/000094901 19.05.19 EXAM'D 21.10.18 IN 5047.064N, 0022.325W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 2.78 MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 5MTRS. LENGTH 91.5MTRS, WIDTH 25.5MTRS, HEIGHT 1.8MTRS, ORIENTATION 172/352 DEGS. AN AREA OF BROKEN UP WRECKAGE. (CLINTON MARINE SURVEY AB, HI 1561). AMEND TO DW 2.7MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UK NM 3576/18

Position: 50 47.064 N,0 22.325 W

 

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