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.

 

1. Abeona
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. Daisy (possibly)
25. Dashwood
26. David b summers
27. El dorado
28. Ems
29. English trader
30. Ethel radcliffe
31. Excellenz mehnert
32. Galatea (possibly)
33. Gallois and oxshott (possibly)
34. Geneva
35. George fisher
36. Georgia (for'd part)
37. Glen derry (probably)
38. Glen tilt (possibly)
39. Glynn
40. Goodwood (possibly)
41. Hamsterley
42. Hector gannet
43. Helena
44. Hms agate
45. Hms bracklyn (possibly)
46. Hms cantatrice
47. Hms dhoon (probably)
48. Hms force
49. Hms glen prosen
50. Hms irvana (part of)
51. Hms m a west (probably)
52. Hms tonbridge
53. Hms tranio
54. Hms true accord (probably)
55. Hms washington (probably)
56. Hms william stephen
57. Hmsm d5
58. Horseferry (probably)
59. Ilse
60. Ionian (probably)
61. Kentwood (probably)
62. Knitsley (part of)(probably)
63. Knitsley (possibly)
64. La perouse (possibly)
65. Langeli (possibly)
66. Leelite
67. Leopold ii
68. Liliane (possibly)
69. Lindisfarne (probably)
70. Marsworth
71. Meriones
72. Montferland
73. Murdoch (probably)
74. Navarra (possibly)
75. Nereus
76. Newland (possibly)
77. Nordborg (possibly)
78. Norman queen
79. Oil trader
80. Onto
81. Osprey
82. Otis tarda
83. Oxshott (possibly)
84. Philipp m
85. Pluton
86. Polaris
87. Prima
88. Regain
89. Robrix
90. Roine
91. Rokos vergottis
92. Roy
93. Rye
94. Seagull
95. Seaham
96. Sheaf water
97. Sir william stephenson
98. Stanmount
99. Togston
100. Trevethoe
101. Vanguard
102. Vanilla (probably)
103. Vigo
104. Viola (possibly)
105. Virgilia
106. Waldinge
107. Walkure
108. War mehtar
109. War valley
110. Whintown (possibly)
111. White swan
112. Willowpool
113. Xanthe
114. 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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