This is the information page about the shipwreck King egbert, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 55.127 N,1 30.944 E (52.795983333333, 1.6965)

 

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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. Aberhill
2. Actuosity (possibly)
3. Afon towy and deerwood (possibly)
4. Algarve
5. Alice taylor
6. Alster
7. Alston
8. Artemisia
9. Asteria
10. Ayrshire (possibly)
11. Barrhill
12. Bertha
13. Birtley
14. Boulderpool (after part)
15. Boulderpool (fwd part)
16. British triumph
17. Camilla weston
18. Cantabria (probably)
19. Cardanel
20. Clan morrison
21. Clansman (possibly)
22. Continental (possibly)
23. Corchester
24. Cordene
25. Corduff
26. Corea
27. Courier (probably)
28. Duncarron
29. Efos
30. Eikhaug
31. Empress
32. Ems
33. Ethel
34. Friesland
35. Fulgens
36. Gallois and oxshott (possibly)
37. Gardenia
38. Geneva
39. Georgia (for'd part)
40. Georgia (stern section)
41. Glen derry (probably)
42. Granta
43. Hauxley (possibly)
44. Hms agate
45. Hms arley
46. Hms cantatrice
47. Hms caroline moller
48. Hms cloughton wyke
49. Hms dhoon (probably)
50. Hms dungeness
51. Hms force
52. Hms francolin
53. Hms kylemore
54. Hms nogi
55. Hms tonbridge
56. Hms vortigern
57. Hms washington (probably)
58. Hms william stephen
59. Hmsm c 11
60. Homefire
61. I t l anna b
62. Ilse
63. Jessie maersk
64. Jevington court
65. Kenton
66. Keymun
67. King egbert
68. Lanterna (probably)
69. Leelite
70. Londoner (probably)
71. Marden
72. Marsworth
73. Meriones
74. Minorca
75. Murdoch (probably)
76. Norman queen
77. Oakgrove
78. Ole bull
79. Osprey
80. Ottar jarl
81. Otter
82. Oxshott (possibly)
83. Pacific (possibly)
84. Pacific (possibly)
85. Pegrix
86. Pontfield (forepart)
87. Prima
88. Regain
89. Rimac
90. Rose marie
91. Salvus ii
92. Seagull
93. Seaham
94. Sheaf water
95. Sitona
96. St mark
97. Tayjack 1 (part of)
98. Tayjack 1 (part of)
99. Tayjack 1 (part of)
100. Teddington
101. Thursonian
102. Trelissick
103. Tyneford
104. Upminster
105. Varoy
106. Vigo
107. Viola (possibly)
108. Walkure
109. War valley
110. Welholme (possibly)
111. Western mist (possibly)
112. Westland
113. Whintown (possibly)
114. Winhill or whinhill
115. Xanthe

 

Name: KING EGBERT

Length 122.1 meter, width: 16.7 meter, draught: 7.2, tonnage 4535 ton
Load: coal

Cause: built by harland & wolff ltd, belfast. owned by king line ltd. six cylinder oil engine of 489hp, single shaft. passage the tyne for port said. cargo coal. mined.

Year of registration: 1939

Water depth above wreck: 18 meter, Height above seabed: 5 cm

Known since: 1939, last detected: 2014

Details measurements/cartography: H0243/39 21.12.39 SUNK 4 MILES SW OF HAISBORO LTV. - PFNM 2874/39. H0259/40 14.5.40 POSN 525524N, 013000E. (FOIC YARMOUTH). INS ADW.

- NM 1179/40.. H0243/39 11.1.41 LOCATED IN 525530N, 013100E - 090 DEG, 7.2 MILES FROM CROMER LTHO. LEAST DEPTH 6FT IN GEN DEPTH 75FT [LWST]. (TH, 31.10.40). AMEND TO WK 0.25FM IN REVISED POSN.

- NM 350/41. H0243/39 11.1.41 INS G CON BUOY, GPFL(3) G, CLOSE E. - TFNM 313/41. H0243/39 7.2.46 WK DISPERSED. OROPESA SWEEP CLEAR TO 45FT. POSN 525503N, 013100E OR 354DEG 52MIN, 5.6 MILES FROM HAISBORO CH. (HMS SCOTT, 30.12.45). AMEND TO WK 7FMS 3FT.

- NM 448/46. DELETE BUOY. (THNM 525/46).

- NM 775/46. 14.3.73 AMEND TO WK 13.1MTRS {LAT]. NC 106. 29.11.77 AMEND TO SW 13.1MTRS. NE 106 H1952/80 26.1.83 EXAM'D 14.8.82 IN 525506N, 013103E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 15.8 IN GEN DEPTH 17.5 TO 19MTRS. SCOUR 3MTRS DEEP. DCS3 HT 3MTRS, LENGTH 200MTRS, BREADTH 75MTRS. LYING 010/190 DEGS. (SOISS, HI22). RETAIN AS SW 13.1MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. HH242/550/04 30.11.93 EXAM'D 10.7.93 IN 525506.1N, 013103.5E [OGB] USING SYLEDIS [4 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR AT 14.8, FOUL AT 15.1MTRS. LEAST DEPTH 15.2 IN GEN DEPTH 18MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 20.5MTRS. DCS3 HT 1.8MTRS, LENGTH 115MTRS, BREADTH 30MTRS. BROKEN WK, WITH SCATTERED DEBRIS AROUND, LYING 010/190 DEG. (OCEONICS (UK) LTD., HI 22). BR STD. SEP 2015/000041896 22.5.15 EXAM'D 19.10.14 IN 5255.127N, 0130.944E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 15.12MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 3MTRS, EXTENDS 90MTRS TOWARDS 150 DEGREES. LENGTH 170MTRS, WIDTH 40MTRS, HT 2MTRS. LIES 005/180 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. BROKEN UP. (GARDLINE GEOSURVEY HI1427). AMEND DW 15.1MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: BROKEN UP

Position: 52 55.127 N,1 30.944 E

 

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