This is the information page about the shipwreck Jamaica planter, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 21.679 N,3 14.846 W (51.36625, -3.26885)

 

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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. Aeolus (probably)
2. Alice of milford
3. Bonita
4. Borderdene
5. Casper 2
6. Den of seaton
7. Devonia
8. Durdham
9. Eden force
10. Elmdale
11. Emily
12. Fleur de lys
13. Foremost 45
14. Hms oswaldian
15. Hms royal scot
16. Hongisto
17. Island queen
18. Jamaica planter
19. James & sarah (probably)
20. Kayeson
21. Lady non (possibly)
22. Lamb?
23. Maclaren
24. Margaretha (possibly)
25. Merkur
26. Mfb golden dawn
27. Middlesex
28. Mildrid
29. Mistress quigley
30. No 194 ax
31. Nornen
32. Persistent
33. Princess louise (probably)
34. Redvers buller
35. Severn transport
36. Sigvar
37. Teifi (possibly)
38. The american
39. Thomond (possibly)
40. Trio
41. Wild rose
42. Wythburn
43. Zelo

 

Name: JAMAICA PLANTER

Length 108.8 meter, width: 15.2 meter, draught: 9.4, tonnage 4098 ton
Load: foodstuffs: preserved,foodstuffs: solid

Cause: built in 1936 by lithgows ltd, port glasgow. owned at time of loss by jamaica banana prod ss co. oil engines, twin shaft. machiney by j g kincaid & co ltd, greenock. passaage halifax for avonmouth. sank following a collision with us tanker wellesley in thick fog. later dispersed. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1944

Water depth above wreck: 21 meter, Height above seabed: 90 cm

Known since: 1944, last detected: 2011

Details measurements/cartography: H05309/44 29.12.44 H05309/44 29.12.44 SUNK IN 512145N, 031422W IN 12FMS. MARKED BY SPHERIAL BUOY, FL G 10S, LAID 1.75C, 257 DEG FROM WK. (FOIC CARDIFF, 29 & 30.12.44). H05309/44 31.1.45 H05309/44 31.1.45 POSN NOW 522139N, 031450W. (TH, 23.1.45). H053094/44 16.2.45 H053094/44 16.2.45 INS AS DW IN 512139N, 031450W WITH G CON BUOY, FL G,

- NM 445/45. H05309/44 6.10.49 H05309/44 6.10.49 WK DISPERSED TO 45FT [MLWS]. (C IN C NORE, 4.10.49). 5.10.49 5.10.49 DRIFT SWEPT IN 512139N, 031448W. CLEAR AT 44, FOUL AT 45FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 49 IN GEN DEPTH 11.5FMS. NO SCOUR. (HMS SEAGULL, 5.10.49). H05309/44 19.11.49 H05309/44 19.11.49 BUOY WITHDRAWN. (TH 4.11.49). AMEND TO WK 7FMS 2FT. DELETE BUOY.

- NM 2397/49. H2897/69 16.6.69 H2897/69 16.6.69 NOT LOCATED, NOT DISPROVED. (HMS WOODLARK, 1968). H2897/69 16.9.69 H2897/69 16.9.69 INS AS SW 15.2MTRS ON 1152, 1179.

- NM 1536/69. H2897/69 30.3.70 H2897/69 30.3.70 EXAM'D 9.9.69 IN 512140N, 031448W. SWEPT CLEAR AT 15.2, FOUL AT 15.4MTRS. LIES IN GEN DEPTH 21MTRS. SEABED OF PEBBLES. (HMS WOODLARK, 1969). BR STD. H3942/88 23.1.90 H3942/88 23.1.90 EXAM'D 3.8.89 IN 512139N, 031446.5W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [4 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR AT 15.7, FOUL AT 16MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 16.0 IN GEN DEPTH 21MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 3.0MTRS, LENGTH 130MTRS, WIDTH 30MTRS. LIES 090/270 DEG WITH HIGH POINT AT W END. TURBULENT WATER NOTICED AROUND THE WK. (LAND & MARINE, HI 464). BR STD. HH090/859/01 19.10.99 HH090/859/01 19.10.99 LOCATED, NOT EXAMINED. (NP 1016, HI 859). NCA. HH090/911/01 24.7.00 HH090/911/01 24.7.00 LOCATED, NOT EXAMINED. (NP 1016, HI 911). NCA. 1.8.06 1.8.06 [EUT] POSN: 5121.679N, 0314.850W. BA 1182 [7TH EDN, FEB '04]. 17.8.11 17.8.11 EXAM'D 6.3.11 IN 5121.679N, 0314.846W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 16.66 IN GEN DEPTH 21.5MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 108MTRS, WIDTH 42MTRS, HT 4.84MTRS. LIES 090/270 DEGS. COLLAPSED WITH SOME PROMINENT FEATURES. (NETSURVEY, HI 1326). AMEND WK 16.6MTRS. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: COLLAPSED, TURBULENCE AROUND WK

Position: 51 21.679 N,3 14.846 W

 

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