This is the information page about the shipwreck Josephine willis, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 1.337 N,1 11.475 E (51.0759833, 1.4147)

 

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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. Afghanistan (probably)
2. Africa
3. Alcantara
4. Alice
5. Amplegarth
6. Angelus (possibly)
7. Argo
8. Atlantic (possibly)
9. Avoca
10. Bobby
11. Brandenburg
12. Cabo espartel
13. Charente
14. Christianssund
15. City of dresden (possibly)
16. Constanzia
17. Corhaven
18. De fontaine
19. Dinard
20. Durango
21. Efford
22. Eidsiva (probably)
23. Electra
24. Eleonora
25. Emma
26. Emma (possibly)
27. Empire lough (probably)
28. Empress of fort william (probably)
29. En avant
30. Eustratios (probably)
31. Excellence pleske
32. Falcon (probably)
33. Fearless
34. Flachsee
35. Flandres
36. Francesco ciampa
37. G-asad
38. Gad 23
39. Grit (probably)
40. Grosser kurfurst
41. Grosser kurfurst (possibly)
42. Gwendoline (part of)(possibly)
43. Halcyon
44. Harcalo
45. Henry moon
46. Heron
47. Hmhs anglia
48. Hms aragonite (part of)
49. Hms aries (possibly)
50. Hms blackwater
51. Hms brazen
52. Hms carlton
53. Hms cayton wyke (probably)
54. Hms city of dundee
55. Hms cleon
56. Hms drumtochty (possibly)
57. Hms falmouth iii (possibly)
58. Hms ghurka
59. Hms glen boyne
60. Hms kingston galena
61. Hms lydian
62. Hms marcella
63. Hms myrmidon
64. Hms napia
65. Hms niger (possibly)
66. Hms northumberland (probably)
67. Hms othello ii
68. Hms peridot
69. Hms restoration (possibly)
70. Hms rodino
71. Hms torbay ii (probably)
72. Hms tranquil
73. Hms war sepoy
74. Hms waterfly
75. Hms weigelia
76. Hmsm b2
77. Hmt gullfoss
78. Holland
79. Hundvaag
80. Hydaspes (possibly)
81. Ilaro
82. Jacob luckenbach
83. James harrod
84. Jokai
85. Josephine willis
86. Kabinda
87. Kadru
88. Katharina kolkmann
89. Kielce
90. Kirsten skou
91. Koenigshaven
92. La somme (probably)
93. Lacer
94. Lady stella
95. Latona
96. Le tregor
97. Leicester
98. Leila najia
99. Leo
100. Lizzonia
101. Loanda
102. Loic
103. Lusitania
104. Mahratta
105. Mahratta ii
106. Maloja 1
107. Malta (probably)
108. Mersey
109. Milbanke (probably)
110. Monarch
111. Morgenster
112. Mrav
113. Murillo
114. Nancy moran
115. Naranco
116. Negrier
117. Newcastle
118. Niki
119. Norman
120. Northfleet
121. Nunima
122. Ousel (probably)
123. Polgrange
124. Portslade (possibly)
125. Preussen
126. Pulborough
127. Revenge
128. River levan
129. Rochester castle (possibly)
130. Roode zee (possibly)
131. Roseburn
132. S goodwin ltv (lv 69)
133. S.folkestone gate (ltv no.75)
134. Sabac
135. Saint ronan (possibly)
136. Salbya (possibly)
137. Samida
138. Sea serpent
139. Seine
140. Shenandoah
141. Sierra bravia
142. Sir russell
143. St cecilia
144. Strathclyde
145. T s webb
146. Teeswood
147. Texaco caribbean (after section)
148. Texaco caribbean (forward section)
149. The queen
150. Tokufuku maru
151. Toward
152. Traquair (probably)
153. Trooper
154. U 11 (possibly)
155. U 16 (possibly)
156. U 8
157. Ub 103 (possibly)
158. Ub 108 (possibly)
159. Ub 109
160. Ub 31 ?
161. Ub 38
162. Ub 55 (probably)
163. Ub 56 (possibly)
164. Ub 58 (possibly)
165. Ub 78
166. Ub-33 (probably)
167. Uc 46 (possibly)
168. Uc 63
169. Uc 77 (possibly)
170. Unity
171. Vittoria claudia
172. W a scholten
173. Welsh belle
174. Wheatman (possibly)
175. Will and maggie (probably)

 

Name: JOSEPHINE WILLIS

Year of registration: 1977

Water depth above wreck: 22 meter, Height above seabed: 136 cm

Known since: 1977, last detected: 2016

Details measurements/cartography: H4199/78 24.10.78 BROKEN UP WRECK OR OBSTN LOCATED 26.9.77 IN 505914N, 011027E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [2 LOP]. NOT FOUND BY E/S, BUT OBVIOUS ON DCS3. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 35/77). CHART AS FOUL. BR STD. 10.10.22 The wreck was rediscovered by divers in approximately 2018. Diving investigation revealed that a large quantity of the ceramic cargo was still in situ. The ceramic assemblage is principally comprised of wares from three Staffordshire based potteries ? Mexborough, Charles Meigh, and Davenport. Several of the ceramic types discovered are unknown in current museum collections, or have previously only been seen in the formof wasters.Interpretation of geophysical data indicates that the full length of the vessel survives in situ, with a maximum length of 46m, and a maximum width of 10-11m, which is consistent with the known dimensions of thevessel. A potential vertical break in the hull is located approximately halfway along the wreck mound. This corresponds with the position which the Mangerton was reported to have collided with the Josephine Willis. Itwould appear that the wreck has broken it?s back and the remaining structure lies in two halves. The wreck mound is orientated NNW-SSE on a seabed comprised of gravelly sand, at a depth of approximately 23m. The mound extends to a height of 0.9m. The height of the surviving wreck mound indicates that there is likely to be a considerable depth of surviving stratigraphy. 10.10.22 "JOSEPHINE WILLIS" LOCATED IN 5101.330N, 0111.488E [WGD] HAS BEEN AWARDED SCHEDULED MONUMENT STATUS (The Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979), DTD 25/08/2022. LIST ENTRY NUMBER 1477893. AMEND DIST REMAINS OF WRECK AND ADD "HISTORIC" TO STATUS, ADD REST'D AREA 50m RADIUS. RSDRA2022000251442 12.12.2022 EXAM'D BY BDC; WK LOCATED IN 5101.337N, 0111.475E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 21.31MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 22MTRS. LENGTH 48.23MTRS, WIDTH 17.25MTRS, HT 1.05MTRS, ORIENTATION 316/136 DEGS. (GARDLINE GEOSURVEY, BDC H525.2(LITE), HI1497). AMEND WK 21.3MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UK NM 672/23

Position: 51 1.337 N,1 11.475 E

 

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