This is the information page about the shipwreck Jim, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 11.124 N,1 38.723 E (52.437016666667, 1.7918333333333)

 

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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. Afrin (probably)
3. Aircraft
4. Ala
5. Alastair
6. Alto (possibly)
7. Ambient (probably)
8. Astrologer
9. Axminster (probably)
10. Barkis
11. Batavier 5
12. Bob read (probably)
13. British captain
14. British fortune (probably)
15. Brixton
16. Burtonia (possibly)
17. Bygdo (possibly)
18. Cairnside
19. Carica milica
20. Cd 14 (probably)
21. Cedarwood (possibly)
22. Churston
23. Clan monroe
24. Claudia (possibly)
25. Coalgas
26. Corcrest
27. Cormount (probably)
28. Cressdene (possibly)
29. Cresta
30. Dagmar (probably)
31. Db 8 (possibly)
32. Denewood
33. Disa (possibly)
34. Dronning maud (possibly)
35. Dulwich
36. Dunwich bank wk
37. Edernian
38. El argentino
39. Elnet
40. Empire bridge
41. Estrella (possibly)
42. European gateway (part of)
43. Eva witte
44. Excelsior
45. F stobart (probably)
46. Faithful star
47. Farmatyr
48. Firth
49. Fort massac
50. Forth
51. Friargate (possibly)
52. Friargate (possibly)
53. Gannet (possibly)
54. Gasfire
55. Gena
56. Gerhard
57. Gipsy (possibly)
58. Golconda (possibly)
59. Grantleyhall (possibly)
60. Grenadier (probably)
61. Grisdeale
62. Groeswen (probably)
63. Gulf breaker
64. H h petersen
65. Harlington (probably)
66. Harlyn (probably)
67. Harriet
68. Hebe
69. Heworth
70. Hillglen
71. Hm mgb 76 (possibly)
72. Hms adonis (possibly)
73. Hms arethusa
74. Hms christopher (possibly)
75. Hms condor (probably)
76. Hms donna nook
77. Hms donside (possibly)
78. Hms dundalk
79. Hms eros (possibly)
80. Hms forward iii
81. Hms franc tireur
82. Hms harvest gleaner
83. Hms hirose (probably)
84. Hms holdene
85. Hms japan
86. Hms jessie nutten
87. Hms john e lewis (possibly)
88. Hms ludlow
89. Hms marconi
90. Hms monarch
91. Hms moravia (possibly)
92. Hms nadine
93. Hms new comet (possibly)
94. Hms ocean plough (possibly)
95. Hms orthos (probably)
96. Hms river clyde (possibly)
97. Hms river clyde (possibly)
98. Hms sisapon
99. Hms sisters melville
100. Hms spider
101. Hms st seiriol
102. Hms tervani
103. Hms tugela
104. Hms tunisian
105. Hms waveflower
106. Hms whooper
107. Hms william wesney
108. Hmtb 10
109. Hornchurch
110. Ignis (possibly)
111. Impulsion
112. Ionian (possibly)
113. J c dalble
114. Jim
115. Khartoum (possibly)
116. Knarsdale
117. Koningen emma (part of)(probably)
118. Koningen emma (possibly)
119. Kwasind
120. Lincairn (possibly)
121. Lisette
122. Little world
123. Lonhelen (possibly)
124. Magdapur
125. Mangara
126. Maria rosa
127. Marianne (probably)
128. Mascotte
129. Mendibil mendi (possibly)
130. Mercurius
131. Mexico
132. Moidart
133. Mudo
134. Nadir
135. Nereus
136. Newhaven (possibly)
137. Nicolaos piangos
138. Nominoe
139. Norwich trader
140. Novocastrian
141. Ocean lassie
142. Ocean pride
143. Old charlton
144. Ostprussen (possibly)
145. Pescado
146. Petshenga (possibly)
147. Phryne
148. Plawsworth (possibly)
149. Polgarth
150. Princess juliana
151. Protinus (possibly)
152. Ravenscraig (possibly)
153. Ren
154. Reward (possibly)
155. Rhenas (possibly)
156. Rhineland
157. Robin iv
158. Rochester city
159. Savona (probably)
160. Scimitar
161. Sea king
162. Sea rhine
163. Sheaf field
164. Sirdar (part of)(possibly)
165. Skodsburg (possibly)
166. Southford
167. Sunbeam
168. Sunniside (probably)
169. Sweep ii
170. Taber park
171. Tergestea
172. Thornaby (possibly)
173. Thyra
174. Tidal (possibly)
175. Torchbearer
176. Tunisiana
177. Uc 11 (possibly)
178. Ui-001
179. Vae victis
180. Warrenpoint
181. White ghost
182. White lady
183. Wychwood (possibly)
184. Wyetown
185. Yewkyle (possibly)
186. Yucca (possibly)

 

Name: JIM

Length 117.3 meter, width: 15.2 meter, draught: 8.5, tonnage 4696 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: ex-yewmount '36, ex-hampshire. built in 1908 by j crown & sons ltd, sunderland. owned at time of loss by c strubin & co ltd. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 99 nhp, single shaft. machinery by ne marine eng co ltd, sunderland. passage goole for dieppe. admiralty consider vessel was sunk by german midget submarine, but probably mined. (ww2sl, llww2, sibi).

Year of registration: 1941

Water depth above wreck: 9 meter, Height above seabed: 177 cm

Known since: 1941, last detected: 20170306

Details measurements/cartography: 1.11.41 SUNK ABOUT 265DEG 1M FROM ALDEBURGH LT & WHISTLE BUOY IN 520734N 015701E. THEREFORE WK IN 520730N, 015524E. (NORE 1.11.41). - FNM 1941T/41. 8.11.41 270 DEG 2.9M FROM ALDEBURGH LT BUOY. ACCEPTED 520736N, 015218E. (FOIC YARMOUTH). NCA. 29.11.41 AREA SWEPT WITH SWEEPS AT 10FMS. NOTHING FOUND. (FOIC YARMOUTH). NCA. 15.6.45 POSN GIVEN AS 520942N, 013800E NOT MARKED WITH ANY CLASSIFICATION FOR ACCURACY ASSUMED TO BE ACCURATE. (CLOSE TO SHORE). (NORE LIST). POSN FOR FILING ONLY. H909/60 19.5.66 NOT FOUND. EXISTENCE DOUBTFUL IN THIS POSN. (HMS MYRMIDON, 30.11.65). AMENDED DEAD. NCA. H2917/83 29.3.85 NO WK IN THIS POSN. (SOISS, HI 196). NCA. 23.3.15 WK HAS BEEN LOCATED IN 5211.126N, 0138.725E [WGD]. SHOALEST POINT IS ABOUT 5.0MTRS BELOW LOCAL CD (MINSMERE SLUICE). (A RICHARDS, INSITE MARINE PROJECTS LTD, EMAIL DTD 23.3.15). UPRIGHT, FULLY COLLAPSED WITH PLATING COLLAPSED OUTWARDS. TWO BOILERS WITH ?DONKEY BOILER AND ENGINE PROMINENT. PROBABLY THIS VESSEL. INS AS DW IN REVISED POSN PENDING FURTHER INFORMATION. SEP 2016/000043503 19.2.16 LOCATED IN 5211.126N, 0138.725E [WGD]. SHOALEST PT 5MTRS BELOW [LAT], LENGTH 77.5MTRS, WIDTH 13MTRS. BELIEVED TO BE "SS JIM" NOT "SS BRITISH FORTUNE" DUE TO BOILER POSITIONS AND DIMENSIONS. (COARS, H102 DTD 17.2.16). TIDES CONSULTED REFERENCE DATUM'S(SEE H NOTE). AMEND DW 5.2MTRS. SEP 2016/000091759 29.8.17 EXAM'D 06.03.17; IN 5211.124N, 0138.723E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 4.89MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 9MTRS, LENGTH 81.7MTRS, WIDTH 17.8MTRS, HEIGHT 5.1MTRS, ORIENTATION 177/357 DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 142.1MTRS, 1.6MTRS DEEP, TOWARDS 017 DEGS. WRECK IS CLEARLY DEFINED AND IN ONE PIECE. (GARDLINE, HI 1495). AMEND DW 4.8MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 52 11.124 N,1 38.723 E

 

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