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 (52.150016666667, 1.8159666666667)

 

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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. Blackhill
6. British captain
7. British fortune (probably)
8. Brixton
9. Carica milica
10. Cedarwood (possibly)
11. Churston
12. Coalgas
13. Cormorant
14. Cormount (probably)
15. Coureur des mers
16. Cressdene (possibly)
17. Dagmar (probably)
18. Disa (possibly)
19. Dolfijn (probably)
20. Duke of york (bows)
21. Dulwich
22. Ellewoutsdijk
23. Erna boldt (probably)
24. Estrella (possibly)
25. F stobart (probably)
26. Flores (probably)
27. Forth
28. Franz fischer (possibly)
29. Friargate (possibly)
30. Friargate (possibly)
31. Gannet (possibly)
32. Gena
33. Gerhard
34. Golconda (possibly)
35. Grantleyhall (possibly)
36. Grenadier (probably)
37. Groeswen (probably)
38. Hardingham (probably)
39. Harlington (probably)
40. Harlyn (probably)
41. Harriet
42. Hebe
43. Hendon hall
44. Heworth
45. Highwave (probably)
46. Hillglen
47. Hm mgb 76 (possibly)
48. Hms adonis (possibly)
49. Hms donna nook
50. Hms duchess of hamilton
51. Hms eros (possibly)
52. Hms forward iii
53. Hms franc tireur
54. Hms hastfen
55. Hms hirose (probably)
56. Hms holdene
57. Hms kale (probably)(part of)
58. Hms leandros
59. Hms lord airedale
60. Hms monarch
61. Hms moravia (possibly)
62. Hms nadine
63. Hms new comet (possibly)
64. Hms resono (possibly)
65. Hms rhiannon (possibly)
66. Hms river clyde (possibly)
67. Hms river clyde (possibly)
68. Hms sisters melville
69. Hms tervani
70. Hms velia (possibly)
71. Hms waveflower
72. Hmsm e6
73. Hmtb 10
74. Hornchurch
75. Ignis (possibly)
76. Ingi
77. Ionian (possibly)
78. J c dalble
79. Jamesina
80. Janny
81. Jim
82. Khartoum (possibly)
83. Knarsdale
84. Kwasind
85. La flandre (possibly)
86. Lady salisbury
87. Lincairn (possibly)
88. Lisette
89. Lodewijk van nassau (probably)
90. Lonhelen (possibly)
91. Lord bute
92. Magdapur
93. Mangara
94. Marie leonhardt (probably)
95. Mecklenburg
96. Mendibil mendi (possibly)
97. Mexico
98. Michail ontchoukoff (possibly)
99. Moidart
100. Nereus
101. Newhaven (possibly)
102. Nico
103. Nicolaos piangos
104. Ocean pride
105. Old charlton
106. Ostprussen (possibly)
107. Palembang (probably)
108. Paullette
109. Peik
110. Pescado
111. Peter hamre
112. Petshenga (possibly)
113. Phryne
114. Plawsworth (possibly)
115. Polgarth
116. Port dalhousie (possibly)
117. Ravenscraig (possibly)
118. Rhenas (possibly)
119. Salerno (possibly)
120. Savona (probably)
121. Scimitar
122. Shardana
123. Simon bolivar
124. Storm
125. Tergestea
126. Thornaby (possibly)
127. Thyra
128. Torchbearer
129. Uc 11 (possibly)
130. Vae victis
131. Victorious
132. Volscian (possibly)
133. Warrenpoint
134. Wychwood (possibly)
135. Wyetown
136. Yarmouth
137. 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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