This is the information page about the shipwreck Iolanthe, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 27.667 N,2 8.067 W (50.167166666667, -11.000666666667)

 

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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. Abel tasman (part of)(possibly)
2. Advanti
3. Aeneas (probably)
4. Aeolian sky
5. Alex van opstal
6. Alexandrovna
7. Aparima
8. Arctic dawn
9. Arfon
10. Balmoralwood
11. Barryman
12. Betelgeuse (bow section)
13. Binnendijk
14. Black hawk (aft section)
15. Black hawk (fwd section)
16. Bobbyb
17. Bretagne
18. British inventor (bow section)
19. Carentan
20. Castlereagh
21. Centurion
22. Chasseur 6
23. Chasseur 7
24. Cheyenne
25. Countess of erne
26. Dagmar
27. Derna (probably)
28. Deucalion
29. Earl of abergavenny
30. El kahira
31. Elena r
32. Elmcrest
33. Emile miguet
34. Enecuri
35. Ethel (probably)
36. Evertsen
37. Finn
38. Fleur de lys
39. Fluent
40. Forester (& pontoon)
41. Frigga
42. General jackson
43. Georgios kyriakides
44. Girnigoe
45. Goathland
46. Halsewell
47. Hartburn (probably)
48. Hartlepool (part of)
49. Hartlepool (part of)
50. Heronspool
51. Himalaya
52. Hms arfon
53. Hms blackwood
54. Hms courageous
55. Hms dark gladiator
56. Hms delight
57. Hms fame
58. Hms golden sunset (possibly)
59. Hms warrior ii
60. Hms waterlily
61. Hmsm a3
62. Hmsm safari (ex p 211)
63. Ice prince
64. Iolanthe
65. Iona
66. Janna
67. Juvenile delinquent
68. Kafiristan
69. Kolga
70. Kyarra
71. Lady of avenel
72. Lcvp 120
73. Leny (possibly)
74. Leticia
75. License to kill (possibly)
76. Lil boat
77. Lochavon
78. Longsand
79. Louisiane
80. Mallard (possibly)
81. Mayflower
82. Meknes
83. Michelle
84. Midland queen
85. Miefield
86. Milo
87. Nailsea lass
88. Navasota
89. Neree (possibly)
90. Neree (probably)
91. Nestlea
92. Normandy
93. Orne (possibly)
94. Pescalanza
95. Piedras
96. Pitchipoy (possibly)
97. Prinses juliana (part of)(possibly)
98. Rapana
99. Rowella
100. San fernando
101. Saratoga
102. Seahawk
103. Security (possibly)
104. Sheer grace
105. Snowdrop
106. Southampton
107. Spiral (possibly)
108. Start
109. Sudon (possibly)
110. Surdelo
111. Terrapin
112. Theodoros t
113. Tiiu
114. Togimo
115. U 322 (possibly)
116. Valdes (probably)
117. Vera (probably)
118. Vikholmen
119. Waitara
120. Woodbury
121. Xania

 

Name: IOLANTHE

Length 99.1 meter, width: 14.9 meter, draught: 6.7, tonnage 3081 ton
Load: railway: stock and construction materials,vehicles,foodstuffs: solid

Cause: torpedoed and sunk by german submarine uc76 while on passage glasgow to helen's roads. (ww1sl).

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 41 meter, Height above seabed: 135 cm

Known since: 1918, last detected: 2007

Details measurements/cartography: 15.4.45 ESCORT GROUP 17 REPD NSC IN 502754N, 020806W, ACCURATE TO WITHIN 200YDS ON 15.4.45. (AUBD 304/114). H2291/64 19.5.65 SMALL RIDGE RUNNING 080/260DEGS RISES TO 126FT IN SURROUNDING DEPTHS OF 24FMS, BUT BOTTOM IS RATHER IRREGULAR IN VICINITY SONAR RETURN WEAK & FROM NORTH OF RIDGE ONLY. (HMS SCOTT 1964). HH100/351/07 13.9.93 LOCATED IN 502739N, 020759W [OGB] USING DECCA. LIES SSE/NNW, BOWS SSE. STERN ALMOST COMPLETELY BURIED IN SEABED BUT BOW STANDS WELL CLEAR AS DO BOILERS AND CONDENSER. HIGHEST PART - FOR'D MAST AND DERRICKS WHICH STAND 6MTRS ABOVE SEABED. STRAW FOUND IN FWD HOLD. RAILWAY LINES, BOGEY WHEELS AND TRUCKS IN OTHER HOLDS. VARIOUS PLATES AND WRECKAGE LIES EITHER SIDE OF THE WRECK. SCOUR DEPTH 3MTRS. (M WELCH, 9.9.93). CHART AS USCPA 30MTRS.

- NM 3273/93. HH100/351/08 9.11.93 SUNK BY SUBMARINE UC 76. (M WELCH, 13.10.93). HH090/533/01 13.5.94 EXAM'D 28.2.94 IN 502740N, 020804W [WGD] USING HYPERFIX [3 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 35 IN GEN DEPTH 41MTRS. NO SCOUR DCS3 HT 4.5MTRS. LENGTH 110MTRS, WIDTH 25MTRS. APPEARS TO BE FAIRLY INTACT, POSSIBLY INVERTED. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 533).

- NM 1100/94. 11.7.07 INTACT, FULLY COLLAPSED. ONLY BOILERS, BOW AND STERN RISE 4MTRS ABOVE THE GENERAL WRECKAGE. (DIVER MAGAZINE, JUNE 2007). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, FULLY COLLAPSED

Position: 50 27.667 N,2 8.067 W

 

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