This is the information page about the shipwreck Joseph hodgkins (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 19.407 N,4 12.605 W (54.290033333333, -3.9008833333333)

 

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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. Albatross
2. Angle
3. Argo (possibly)
4. Ballina
5. Ben veg
6. Cevic
7. Crown
8. Dawn waters
9. Elizabeth hyam
10. Fire king ii
11. G a savage (probably)
12. Girl may
13. Glendun
14. Inkosi
15. Joseph hodgkins (probably)
16. Lady louisa
17. Lembas (probably)
18. Limesfield
19. Malaguena
20. Mary heeley
21. Merisia
22. Neils john
23. Octavia
24. Playmate (possibly)
25. Polarlight
26. Queen of the isles (probably)
27. Rian
28. Robert dee
29. Sustain
30. Sy sol
31. Teasel
32. Tetsuko
33. The quiet man
34. Viking
35. Westburn (possibly)

 

Name: JOSEPH HODGKINS (PROBABLY)

Length 38.1 meter, width: 7 meter, draught: 4, tonnage 276 ton

Cause: built in 1919 by hepple & co, south shields as an admiralty class trawler. 120 net tons, with an engine of 62 hp built by bellis & morcom ltd, birmingham. owned at time of loss by f r sampson of london (s & b trawling co). registered in aberdeen. during passage from fleetwood to the fishing grounds was in collision with steam trawler 'curiasse'. sank quickly taking the boat with it. crew of 10 rescued by the fleetwood steam trawler 'jacinta'. (a corkill).

Year of registration: 1997

Water depth above wreck: 18 meter, Height above seabed: 120 cm

Known since: 1997, last detected: 1997

Details measurements/cartography: HH090/728/01 24.9.97 EXAM'D 6.8.97 IN 541924.4N, 041236.3W [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 16.6, FOUL 16.8MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 16.8 IN GEN DEPTH 18.2MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 2.1MTRS. LENGTH 31MTRS, WIDTH 15MTRS. LIES 120/200 DEGS. (NP 1008, HI 728). APPEARS TO BE AREA OF BROKEN WRECKAGE WITH ONE MAJOR HIGH PART. INS AS SW 16.6MTRS.

- NM 3911/97. HH100/351/13 17.10.97 LOCATED AND DIVED IN LISTED POSN. WK VERY BROKEN UP AND SILTED WITH LITTLE WRECKAGE ABOVE THE SEABED. NO POSITIVE IDENTIFICATION. DEFINITELY A STEAM TRAWLER AS THE BOILER AND ENGINE ARE PRESENT TOGETHER WITH A VERY LARGE WINCH COMPLETE WITH STEEL CABLES. PROBABLY 'JOSEPH HODGKINS'. (A CORKILL).
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: STEEL HULL, AREA OF BROKEN WRECKAGE

Position: 54 19.407 N,4 12.605 W

 

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