This is the information page about the shipwreck Magdapur, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 11.546 N,1 42.43 E (52.4370167, 1.7918333)

 

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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. Aduatiek (possibly)
2. Afrin (probably)
3. Ala
4. Alastair
5. Alto (possibly)
6. Ambient (probably)
7. Astrologer
8. Axminster (probably)
9. Barkis
10. Batavier 5
11. British captain
12. British fortune (probably)
13. Brixton
14. Burtonia (possibly)
15. Bygdo (possibly)
16. Cairnside
17. Carica milica
18. Cd 14 (probably)
19. Cedarwood (possibly)
20. Churston
21. Clan monroe
22. Claudia (possibly)
23. Coalgas
24. Corcrest
25. Cormorant
26. Cormount (probably)
27. Cressdene (possibly)
28. Cresta
29. Dagmar (probably)
30. Denewood
31. Disa (possibly)
32. Dronning maud (possibly)
33. Dulwich
34. Dunwich bank wk
35. Edernian
36. El argentino
37. Empire bridge
38. Estrella (possibly)
39. Eva witte
40. F stobart (probably)
41. Faithful star
42. Farmatyr
43. Firth
44. Fort massac
45. Forth
46. Friargate (possibly)
47. Friargate (possibly)
48. Frumenton
49. Gannet (possibly)
50. Gasfire
51. Gena
52. Gerhard
53. Gipsy (possibly)
54. Golconda (possibly)
55. Grantleyhall (possibly)
56. Grenadier (probably)
57. Grisdeale
58. Groenlo
59. Groeswen (probably)
60. Gulf breaker
61. H h petersen
62. Harlington (probably)
63. Harlyn (probably)
64. Harriet
65. Hebe
66. Hillglen
67. Hm mgb 76 (possibly)
68. Hms adonis (possibly)
69. Hms arethusa
70. Hms christopher (possibly)
71. Hms condor (probably)
72. Hms donna nook
73. Hms donside (possibly)
74. Hms eros (possibly)
75. Hms fontenoy
76. Hms forward iii
77. Hms franc tireur
78. Hms hirose (probably)
79. Hms holdene
80. Hms japan
81. Hms jessie nutten
82. Hms john e lewis (possibly)
83. Hms ludlow
84. Hms marconi
85. Hms monarch
86. Hms moravia (possibly)
87. Hms nadine
88. Hms new comet (possibly)
89. Hms ocean plough (possibly)
90. Hms orthos (probably)
91. Hms river clyde (possibly)
92. Hms river clyde (possibly)
93. Hms sisters melville
94. Hms spider
95. Hms tervani
96. Hms tettenhall
97. Hms tugela
98. Hms waveflower
99. Hms whooper
100. Hms william wesney
101. Hornchurch
102. Ignis (possibly)
103. Impulsion
104. Ionian (possibly)
105. J c dalble
106. Jim
107. Kenneth hawksfield
108. Khartoum (possibly)
109. Knarsdale
110. Koningen emma (part of)(probably)
111. Koningen emma (possibly)
112. Kwasind
113. Lapwing
114. Lincairn (possibly)
115. Lingfield
116. Lisette
117. Lonhelen (possibly)
118. Magdapur
119. Mangara
120. Maria rosa
121. Marianne (probably)
122. Mascota (possibly)
123. Mascotte
124. Memento (possibly)
125. Mendibil mendi (possibly)
126. Mercurius
127. Mexico
128. Moidart
129. Mudo
130. Nadir
131. Nereus
132. Newhaven (possibly)
133. Nicolaos piangos
134. Nominoe
135. Norwich trader
136. Novocastrian
137. Ocean pride
138. Old charlton
139. Ostprussen (possibly)
140. Pescado
141. Petshenga (possibly)
142. Phryne
143. Plawsworth (possibly)
144. Polgarth
145. Protinus (possibly)
146. Ravenscraig (possibly)
147. Ren
148. Reward (possibly)
149. Rhenas (possibly)
150. Rhineland
151. Robin iv
152. Rochester city
153. Savona (probably)
154. Scimitar
155. Sea rhine
156. Sirdar (part of)(possibly)
157. Skodsburg (possibly)
158. Southford
159. St patrick
160. Sunbeam
161. Sunniside (probably)
162. Taber park
163. Tergestea
164. Thornaby (possibly)
165. Thyra
166. Tidal (possibly)
167. Torchbearer
168. Uc 11 (possibly)
169. Ui-001
170. Vae victis
171. Victorious
172. Warrenpoint
173. White ghost
174. White lady
175. Wychwood (possibly)
176. Wyetown
177. Yewkyle (possibly)
178. Yucca (possibly)

 

Name: MAGDAPUR

Length 144.2 meter, width: 19.5 meter, draught: 10.4, tonnage 8641 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: Built in 1921 by lithgows ltd, port glasgow. owned at time of loss by thos & jho brocklebank ltd. two boilers, turbine of 1147hp, single shaft. machinery by parson marine steam turbine co ltd. passage south shields for southampton. in ballast. struck mine laid by german aircraft. broke in two and sank. six men lost.

Year of registration: 1939

Water depth above wreck: 29 meter, Height above seabed: 124 cm

Known since: 1939, last detected: 20161211

Details measurements/cartography: POSN 521100N, 014300E, APPROX. (WW2SL). H6615/39 22.9.39 INS DW WITH ONE G CON BUOY TO N OF WRECK AND ONE G CON BUOY TO S OF WRECK. BOTH FL G. (TH).

- NM ACTION. H6615/39 13.1.42 AMEND BUOYS TO G SPH. H6615/39 15.3.45 AMEND BUOY TO G CAN GP FL(2)G 10 SEC, 270 DEG 1 CABLE FROM WRECK.

- NM 760/45. H6615/39 3.7.49 OROPESA SWEEP 3.6.49 CLEAR AT 47FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 63FT. DEPTH IN VICINITY 82FT. (HMS SHARPSHOOTER, 2.7.49). AMEND TO WK 7FMS 5FT AND DELETE BUOY.

- NM 1101/49. H3273/62 10.9.62 LOCATED IN 521143N, 014220E. LEAST E/S DEPTH 72FT IN 83FT. (HMS SCOTT 1962). AMEND POSN. BR STD. H909/66 19.5.66 LEAST E/S DEPTH 72FT IN 86FT. SONAR CONTACT AT 600YDS. (HMS MYRMIDON, 30.11.65). AMEND TO WK 12FMS. BR STD. H4629/71 21.12.72 COMPLETELY PULVERISED, ONLY STEEL FOUND. IMPOSSIBLE TO TELL LIE OF VESSEL. CANNOT IDENTIFY PARTS EXCEPT ENGINE ROOM COMPONENTS. SEABED SOFT SAND. (E GILES, UNDERMARINE OPS 26.6.72). 31.7.74 AMEND TO WK 22MTRS. NC 1543. H2917/83 1.4.85 EXAM'D 16.10.84 IN 521131N, 014233E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 20.9 IN GEN DEPTH 28MTRS. NO SCOUR. DISPERSED WRECKAGE LYING OVER AREA APPROX 175 X 50MTRS. CONSIDER CONTACT REPORTED BY MYRMIDON IN 1965 WAS FROM SHARP RIDGE RUNNING NW THROUGH THE POSN QUOTED. (SOISS, HI 196). AMEND TO WK 20.5MTRS. BR STD. SEP 2016/000091753 31.08.17 EXAM'D 11.12.16; IN 5211.546N, 0142.430E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 20.39MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 29MTRS, LENGTH 162.7MTRS, WIDTH 29.2MTRS, HEIGHT 5.3MTRS, ORIENTATION 124/304 DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 69.29MTRS, 3.86MTRS DEEP, TOWARDS 173 DEGS. WRECK IS BROKEN AND PARTIALLY BURIED. (GARDLINE, HI 1495). AMEND DW 20.3MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 52 11.546 N,1 42.43 E

 

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