This is the information page about the shipwreck La somme (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 49.529 N,0 55.301 E (50.8163, 0.959)

 

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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. Actuality
2. Afghanistan (bow section)
3. Afghanistan (probably)
4. Albuera
5. Alcantara
6. Alice
7. Argonaut
8. Ash
9. Australier (probably)
10. Avoca
11. Bobby
12. Broderick (probably)
13. Cabo espartel
14. Carlisle castle
15. Ceta (stern section)
16. Charente
17. Christianssund
18. City of dresden (possibly)
19. Corinia (possibly)
20. De fontaine
21. Dona isabel (probably)
22. Duc richard
23. Durango
24. Eco vouga
25. Electra
26. Ella sayer
27. Enero (probably)
28. Euphorbia
29. Evg(no rx152)?
30. Excellence pleske
31. G-asad
32. Grit (probably)
33. Grosser kurfurst
34. Grosser kurfurst (possibly)
35. Gwendoline (part of)(possibly)
36. Henry moon
37. Heron
38. Hms anne
39. Hms blackwater
40. Hms caulonia
41. Hms cleon
42. Hms ghurka
43. Hms myrmidon
44. Hms waterfly
45. Hmt gullfoss
46. Hoheweg
47. Holland
48. Hydaspes (possibly)
49. Irene
50. Jan brons
51. Jokai
52. Josephine willis
53. Kielce
54. Kingfisher (probably)
55. La somme (probably)
56. Lacer
57. Lady alice
58. Leila najia
59. Lepanto/le panto/panta/panto
60. Lizzonia
61. Maxwell
62. Milbanke (probably)
63. Mon bijou/fias
64. Monarch
65. Morgenster
66. Mrav
67. My astor
68. Naranco
69. Negrier
70. Newcastle
71. Northfleet
72. Nunima
73. Portslade (possibly)
74. River levan
75. Robin hood
76. Roecliff
77. Roode zee (possibly)
78. Roseburn
79. Rushing water
80. Rydal hall (possibly)
81. Saint emilion (probably)
82. Saint jean pierre
83. Salbya (possibly)
84. Samida
85. Sea serpent
86. Seine
87. Shenandoah
88. Sierra bravia
89. Sir russell
90. Skerryvore
91. Sparta (possibly)
92. St cecilia
93. Storaa
94. Swale (probably)
95. T s webb
96. Tokufuku maru
97. Trooper
98. Ub 31 ?
99. Ub 58 (possibly)
100. Umba (probably)
101. Unity
102. Veerman
103. Ville de dunkirk (stern) (possibly)
104. Vittoria claudia
105. War monarch
106. Waterland (possibly)
107. Welsh belle

 

Name: LA SOMME (PROBABLY)

Length 78.3 meter, width: 10.1 meter, draught: 6.4, tonnage 1477 ton
Load: coal

Cause: Ex-emmanuel, ex-frosso, ex-mineria. built in 1882 by r & j evans & co, liverpool. owned at time of loss by cie. des chemins de fer du nord, two boilers, compound expansion engine of 134hp, single shaft. passage swansea for dieppe. cargo coal. mined. (ll ww1 & dods). torpedoed by ub-57. (der krieg zur see).

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 35 meter, Height above seabed: 20 cm

Known since: 1918, last detected: 20150608

Details measurements/cartography: 29.4.18 REPD TORPEDOED 5M SW OF DUNGENESS LTV. (HMS ARUN, TRANSPORT). 30.4.18 FIRST REPD ABOUT 4M WEST OF DUNGENESS. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). H6391/19 CHARTED AS WK PA IN 504900N, 005700E. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). BR STD. DEC 1922 WK OF 'WELSH BELLE' REPD TO BE IN THE SAME POSN 504900N, 005700E. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). [SEE WK [20570] IN 504858N, 005737E]. AMEND TO DW. BR STD. H1656/24 5.3.24 AMENDED TO DW PA. BA 2612. H4890/55 POSNS HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED FOR THESE TWO WKS BUT THEY HAVE NOT BEEN IDENTIFIED FURTHER. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). H4890/55 13.9.55 OROPESA SWEEP IN 504929N, 005522E USING DECCA 12.7.55. CLEAR AT 54FT IN GEN DEPTH 116FT. LEAST DEPTH BY E/S 85FT. SEA BED SAND. APPROX DIMENSIONS OF WK LENGTH 190FT, HEIGHT 43FT. DIRECTION 015/195DEGS. (HMS SCOTT, SWEEP REPORT, 12.7.55). AMEND TO WK 14FMS IN REVISED POSN.

- NM 2159/55. H4980/55 9.11.59 AMENDED TO WK 9FMS. (HMS SCOTT).

- NM 2674/59. H2805 4.6.57 LOCATED BY ASDIC GOOD FIRM RESPONSE. (HMS GRENVILLE) H4890/55 16.11.61 OROPESA SWEEP CLEAR AT 69FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 93FT IN GEN DEPTH 125FT. (HMS SCOTT, 7.3.61). 24.1.62 NOW CHARTED AS NDW. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). LC 536. H4890/55 9.10.68 NOW CHARTED AS WK 15FMS. (HMS SCOTT, 1961).

- NM 1760/68. 14.7.71 AMEND TO WK 28MTRS. NC 536. H4959/73 26.3.75 EXAM'D 25.7.74 IN 504927N, 005525E [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR AT 25.5MTRS FOUL AT 25.9MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 28.4MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 36.0MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 1.0MTR. SEABED ROUGH. DCS3 LENGTH 100FT. (HMS BEAGLE, HI 55/74). AMEND TO SW 25.5MTRS (13FMS 5FT) IN REVISED POSN.

- NM 1531/75. SEP 2015/000083464 12.2.16 EXAM'D 8.6.15; IN 5049.529N, 0055.301E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 26.01MTRS, GEN DEPTH 35MTRS. LENGTH 67MTRS, WIDTH 15MTRS, HT 7MTRS, ORIENTATION 020/200. SCOUR 250MTR TOWARDS 045, SCOUR DEPTH 2MTRS. WK INTACT, UPRIGHT, STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (HI 1475, GARDLINE GEOSURVEY). AMEND DW 26MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 50 49.529 N,0 55.301 E

 

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