This is the information page about the shipwreck Juno, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 50.984 N,3 53.43 W (50.1442, -4.17415)

 

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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.

 

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2. Amelie (probably)
3. August conseil (possibly)
4. Bell virtue
5. Belle ile (possibly)
6. Benin
7. Birgitte
8. Cheapside (possibly)
9. Chelydra (possibly)
10. Chloe t
11. City of antwerp
12. Claverley (possibly)
13. Dartmeet
14. East point
15. Eastern prince
16. Edam ii
17. Elizabeth caroline
18. Exploiter
19. Fiona mary
20. Flying foam (possibly)
21. Grelhame (probably)
22. Halfdan (possibly)
23. Haugastol (possibly)
24. Havbris (probably)
25. Hms chorley (possibly)
26. Hms penylan (e part)
27. Hms penylan (w part)
28. Hms stockforce (possibly)
29. Hms transvaal (possibly)
30. Hms ullswater
31. Hmsm m1
32. Juno
33. Koningin der engelen (probably)
34. La belle poule
35. La negra
36. Lab
37. Lochwood
38. Merc enterprise (probably)
39. Perm (possibly)
40. St katharine (probably)
41. Stanhope
42. Ternefjell
43. Torridge (probably)
44. U 1063
45. U 988 (possibly)
46. Uc 51
47. W.s.w. one
48. Yewforest

 

Name: JUNO

Length 91.4 meter, width: 11.6 meter, draught: 6.4, tonnage 2416 ton
Load: solid fuel,vehicles,machinery and mechanical parts,non-ferrous elements and ores: unrefined and refined

Cause: built i 1888 by e withy & co, west hartlepool. owned at time of loss by a/s juno. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 232nhp, single shaft. machinery by t richardson & sons, hartlepool. passage new york for le havre. torpedoed by u-84. (sibi). captured and sunk by submarine. (ww1sl).

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 72 meter, Height above seabed: 132 cm

Known since: 1917, last detected: 2005

Details measurements/cartography: SUNK 15M SSW OF START POINT. (LL WW1). H5277/53 H5277/53 SALVAGE OPS AUG-OCT 1953. (RISDON BEAZLEY). H7317/53 H7317/53 GRABS MADE ON CARGO OF FIREBRICKS, TRUCKS & LATHES. ONLY FORE PART OF SHIP REMAINING. (RISDON BEAZLEY, NOV 1953). CHART AS NDW. BR STD. H3110/72 9.1.73 H3110/72 9.1.73 WK IN 495056.2N, 035320.9W [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. GOOD SONAR CONTACT BUT POOR E/S TRACE. WRECK IN PIECES ON FLAT BOTTOM. LEAST E/S DEPTH 68 IN GEN DEPTH 72MTRS. BOTTOM FINE SAND, BROKEN SHELLS & SMALL GRAVEL. NO SCOUR. (HMS HECATE, 1972). AMEND TO WK 68MTRS [37FMS] IN 495056N, 035321W [OGB]. BR STD. H4551/76 5.1.77 H4551/76 5.1.77 'JUNO' REPD IN 495100N, 035324W WITH A HEIGHT OF 12FT. ASDIC CONTACT ONLY BETWEEN BEARINGS 005DEGS & 030DEGS. FIRST DIVE REVEALED ONLY THE FORE PART OF THE SHIP (FOCSLE AND NO 1 HOLD). TWO BOILERS AND MAIN ENGINE REMAINED STANDING, UPRIGHT ON SAND BOTTOM, IN 40FMS, HEADING APPROXIMATELY 150DEGS. ONLY EXPOSED CARGO REMAINED IN AREAS OF NO 2,3 AND 4 HOLDS, COMPRISING FIREBRICKS, TRUCKS, LATHES, FENCING WIRE AND COPPER. (RISDON BEAZLEY, 30.11.76, SURVEYED IN 1953). NCA. H2791/86 23.5.86 H2791/86 23.5.86 LOCATED 3.3.86 IN 495039N, 035316W USING SAT-NAV. LEAST DEPTH 65MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 72MTRS. HEADING 090DEGS. WK EXTENSIVELY SALVAGED. BOILERS HIGHEST PART. (DSV BRITISH PROVIDENT HN 1/86, 7.3.86 & SEASALVE MARINE REPORT). AMEND TO WK 65MTRS, RETAIN HMS HECATE'S 1972 POSN. BR STD. HH091/059/01 18.4.05 HH091/059/01 18.4.05 EXAM'D 4.7.04 IN 4050.984N, 0353.430W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 66.7 IN GEN DEPTH 72.4MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 104MTRS, WIDTH 24MTRS, HT 5.7MTRS. LIES 132/312 DEGS WITH BOWS TOWARDS 312 DEGS. MODERATE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. AN AREA OF DEBRIS, REMAINS OF A WK. (GARDLINE, HI 1059). AMEND WK 66MTRS. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: WK EXTENSIVELY SALVAGED, AN AREA OF DEBRIS

Position: 49 50.984 N,3 53.43 W

 

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