This is the information page about the shipwreck Ionian (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 54.527 N,1 54.387 E (52.1500167, 1.8159667)

 

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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. Aduatiek (possibly)
2. Ambient (probably)
3. Angelus
4. Batavier 5
5. British captain
6. British fortune (probably)
7. Brixton
8. Carica milica
9. Cedarwood (possibly)
10. Churston
11. Coalgas
12. Cormorant
13. Cormount (probably)
14. Coureur des mers
15. Cressdene (possibly)
16. Dagmar (probably)
17. Disa (possibly)
18. Dolfijn (probably)
19. Duke of york (bows)
20. Dulwich
21. Ellewoutsdijk
22. Erna boldt (probably)
23. Estrella (possibly)
24. F stobart (probably)
25. Flores (probably)
26. Forth
27. Franz fischer (possibly)
28. Friargate (possibly)
29. Friargate (possibly)
30. Gannet (possibly)
31. Gena
32. Gerhard
33. Golconda (possibly)
34. Grantleyhall (possibly)
35. Grenadier (probably)
36. Groeswen (probably)
37. Hardingham (probably)
38. Harlington (probably)
39. Harlyn (probably)
40. Harriet
41. Hebe
42. Hendon hall
43. Highwave (probably)
44. Hillglen
45. Hm mgb 76 (possibly)
46. Hms adonis (possibly)
47. Hms donna nook
48. Hms duchess of hamilton
49. Hms eros (possibly)
50. Hms forward iii
51. Hms franc tireur
52. Hms hastfen
53. Hms hirose (probably)
54. Hms holdene
55. Hms kale (probably)(part of)
56. Hms leandros
57. Hms lord airedale
58. Hms monarch
59. Hms moravia (possibly)
60. Hms nadine
61. Hms new comet (possibly)
62. Hms resono (possibly)
63. Hms rhiannon (possibly)
64. Hms river clyde (possibly)
65. Hms river clyde (possibly)
66. Hms sisters melville
67. Hms tervani
68. Hms velia (possibly)
69. Hms waveflower
70. Hmsm e6
71. Hmtb 10
72. Hornchurch
73. Ignis (possibly)
74. Ingi
75. Ionian (possibly)
76. J c dalble
77. Jamesina
78. Janny
79. Jim
80. Khartoum (possibly)
81. Knarsdale
82. Kwasind
83. La flandre (possibly)
84. Lady salisbury
85. Lincairn (possibly)
86. Lisette
87. Lodewijk van nassau (probably)
88. Lonhelen (possibly)
89. Lord bute
90. Magdapur
91. Mangara
92. Marie leonhardt (probably)
93. Mecklenburg
94. Mendibil mendi (possibly)
95. Mexico
96. Michail ontchoukoff (possibly)
97. Moidart
98. Nereus
99. Newhaven (possibly)
100. Nico
101. Nicolaos piangos
102. Ocean pride
103. Old charlton
104. Ostprussen (possibly)
105. Palembang (probably)
106. Paullette
107. Peik
108. Pescado
109. Peter hamre
110. Petshenga (possibly)
111. Phryne
112. Plawsworth (possibly)
113. Polgarth
114. Port dalhousie (possibly)
115. Ravenscraig (possibly)
116. Rhenas (possibly)
117. Salerno (possibly)
118. Savona (probably)
119. Scimitar
120. Shardana
121. Simon bolivar
122. Storm
123. Tergestea
124. Thornaby (possibly)
125. Thyra
126. Torchbearer
127. Uc 11 (possibly)
128. Vae victis
129. Victorious
130. Volscian (possibly)
131. Warrenpoint
132. Wychwood (possibly)
133. Wyetown
134. Yarmouth
135. Yewkyle (possibly)

 

Name: IONIAN (POSSIBLY)

Length 105.5 meter, width: 15.2 meter, draught: 6.4, tonnage 3114 ton
Load: general and mixed goods

Cause: Built in 1938 by w gray & co ltd, hartlepool. owned at time of loss by ellerman lines. triple expansion engine, single shaft. passage london for hull. mined.

Year of registration: 1939

Water depth above wreck: 13 meter, Height above seabed: 50 cm

Known since: 1939, last detected: 1995

Details measurements/cartography: ABANDONED 340 DEG, 4 MILES FROM NEWARP LTV. (WW2SL). PLOTS IN ABOUT 515200N, 015230E. H0214/39 12.12.39 WK COULD NOT BE FOUND. (NID; HMS HASTING; FO IN C YARMOUTH). 12.12.39 PFNM 2780/39 ISSUED. CANCELLED BY PFNM 2874/39. H4139/76 12.1.77 NOT FOUND DURING CLOSE AREA DCS3 SEARCH. (HMS BULLDOG & HMS BEAGLE, HI 31/76). HH100/351/07 15.6.93 WK LOCATED ON INNER GABBARD IN 515439N, 015402E [OGB]. STANDS 3MTRS CLEAR OF SEABED BUT IN A SCOUR 2MTRS DEEP. BOW SECTION IS HIGHEST POINT. WK IS PARTLY COVERED BY SAND BUT IN PARTS STANDS MORE THAN 1MTR CLEAR. APPEARS TO BE A SS OF WW1 ERA. (BOB HICKINBOTTOM, 8.6.93). CHART AS NDW. BR STD. HH090/667/01 21.12.95 EXAM'D 12.7.95 IN 515431.62N, 015423.23E [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 12.0, FOUL 12.2MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 12.4 IN GEN DEPTH 13MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 0.5MTR, DCS3 HT 0.8MTR. LENGTH 70MTRS, WIDTH 12MTRS. LIES 050/230 DEGS. LARGE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. LARGELY BROKEN UP BUT STILL VISIBLE. WK LIES 170MTRS S AND 100MTRS E OF SHALLOWER WATER. (OCEONICS, HI 667). BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: LARGELY BROKEN UP, IN SCOUR, BOW HIGHEST PART

Position: 51 54.527 N,1 54.387 E

 

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