This is the information page about the shipwreck Ionian (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 51.676 N,1 55.145 E (52.7504, 2.0371)

 

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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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2. Aberhill
3. Afon towy and deerwood (possibly)
4. Alice taylor
5. Alster
6. Alston
7. Atle
8. Avonwood
9. Barrhill
10. Begona no 5
11. Blacktoft (possibly)
12. Boulderpool (after part)
13. Cardanel
14. Chevington
15. City of kobe
16. Continental coaster (probably)
17. Corbrook
18. Cordene
19. Corduff
20. Cormead
21. Courier (probably)
22. Crichtoun
23. Cross sand ltv
24. Dashwood
25. David b summers
26. El dorado
27. Ems
28. English trader
29. Ethel radcliffe
30. Excellenz mehnert
31. Galatea (possibly)
32. Gallois and oxshott (possibly)
33. Geneva
34. George fisher
35. Georgia (for'd part)
36. Glen derry (probably)
37. Glen tilt (possibly)
38. Glynn
39. Goodwood (possibly)
40. Hamsterley
41. Hector gannet
42. Helena
43. Hms agate
44. Hms bracklyn (possibly)
45. Hms dhoon (probably)
46. Hms force
47. Hms glen prosen
48. Hms irvana (part of)
49. Hms m a west (probably)
50. Hms tonbridge
51. Hms tranio
52. Hms true accord (probably)
53. Hms washington (probably)
54. Hms william stephen
55. Hmsm d5
56. Horseferry (probably)
57. Ilse
58. Ionian (probably)
59. Kentwood (probably)
60. Knitsley (part of)(probably)
61. Knitsley (possibly)
62. La perouse (possibly)
63. Langeli (possibly)
64. Leelite
65. Leopold ii
66. Liliane (possibly)
67. Lindisfarne (probably)
68. Marsworth
69. Montferland
70. Murdoch (probably)
71. Navarra (possibly)
72. Nereus
73. Newland (possibly)
74. Nordborg (possibly)
75. Norman queen
76. Oil trader
77. Onto
78. Osprey
79. Otis tarda
80. Oxshott (possibly)
81. Philipp m
82. Pluton
83. Polaris
84. Prima
85. Regain
86. Robrix
87. Roine
88. Rokos vergottis
89. Roy
90. Rye
91. Seagull
92. Seaham
93. Sheaf water
94. Stanmount
95. Togston
96. Trevethoe
97. Vanguard
98. Vanilla (probably)
99. Viola (possibly)
100. Virgilia
101. Waldinge
102. Walkure
103. War mehtar
104. War valley
105. Whintown (possibly)
106. White swan
107. Willowpool
108. Xanthe
109. Yewvalley (possibly)

 

Name: IONIAN (PROBABLY)

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

Cause: Vessel, built 1938 by w gray & co, struck a mine & sank while on passage from london to hull. owned at the time of loss by ellerman lines. (dods).

Year of registration: 1939

Water depth above wreck: 22 meter, Height above seabed: 91 cm

Known since: 1939, last detected: 20190213

Details measurements/cartography: 21.12.39 'IONIAN' REPD LOST IN 525430N, 020300E. (FOIC YARMOUTH). - PFNM ISSUED. MINED ABOUT 4M N OF NEWARP LTV. (LLOYDS WW2). 31.1.40 LATER REPD IN 525400N, 020300E. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). 24.6.41 CHART AS DW PA IN 525400N, 020300E.

- NM 1450/41. H0214/39 21.11.49 NOTHING FOUND IN 525400N, 020300E. (HMS SHARPSHOOTER). DELETED.

- NM 2380/49. 14.12.50 WK LOCATED IN 525136N, 015518E. LEAST DEPTH 18FT. (HMS SHARPSHOOTER, 1950). CHART AS WK 5FMS 3FT. BR STD. H4167/59 3.7.70 NOT FOUND BY MINEHUNTER DURING AREA SEARCH FOR CRASHED AIRCRAFT. (HMS BRONINGTON, 17.6.70). 14.3.73 CHART AS WK 5.3MTRS. NC 106. HH090/563/01 3.11.92 EXAM'D 17.9.92 IN 525139N, 015518E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [4 LOP]. LEAST DEPTH 12.6MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 18MTRS BY E/S. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 4.5MTRS, LENGTH 95MTRS. LIES 085/265 DEG WITH A SANDWAVE FORMED AROUND IT. LARGE WK GIVING A GOOD SONAR TRACE AND A STRONG MAGNETIC DEFLECTION. (NP 1016, HI 563). AMEND TO WK 12.6MTRS.

- NM 3460/92. SEP 2020/000100123 14.5.20 EXAM'D 13.02.19; IN 5251.676N, 0155.145E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 15.56MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 22MTRS, LENGTH 103.9MTRS, WIDTH 45MTRS, HEIGHT 6.4MTRS, ORIENTATION 091/271 DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 133MTRS, WIDTH 35MTRS, 3MTRS DEEP, TOWARDS 318 DEGS. WRECK HAS DISINTEGRATED. (MERITAITO, HI 1580). AMEND DW 15.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, SANDWAVE FORMED AROUND WK

Position: 52 51.676 N,1 55.145 E

 

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