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 (52.437016666667, 1.7918333333333)

 

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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. Bob read (probably)
12. British captain
13. British fortune (probably)
14. Brixton
15. Burtonia (possibly)
16. Bygdo (possibly)
17. Cairnside
18. Carica milica
19. Cd 14 (probably)
20. Cedarwood (possibly)
21. Churston
22. Clan monroe
23. Claudia (possibly)
24. Coalgas
25. Corcrest
26. Cormorant
27. Cormount (probably)
28. Cressdene (possibly)
29. Cresta
30. Dagmar (probably)
31. Db 8 (possibly)
32. Denewood
33. Disa (possibly)
34. Dronning maud (possibly)
35. Dulwich
36. Dunwich bank wk
37. Edernian
38. El argentino
39. Elnet
40. Empire bridge
41. Estrella (possibly)
42. Eva witte
43. Excelsior
44. F stobart (probably)
45. Faithful star
46. Farmatyr
47. Firth
48. Fort massac
49. Forth
50. Friargate (possibly)
51. Friargate (possibly)
52. Frumenton
53. Gannet (possibly)
54. Gasfire
55. Gena
56. Gerhard
57. Gipsy (possibly)
58. Golconda (possibly)
59. Grantleyhall (possibly)
60. Grenadier (probably)
61. Grisdeale
62. Groenlo
63. Groeswen (probably)
64. Gulf breaker
65. H h petersen
66. Harlington (probably)
67. Harlyn (probably)
68. Harriet
69. Hebe
70. Heworth
71. Hillglen
72. Hm mgb 76 (possibly)
73. Hms adonis (possibly)
74. Hms arethusa
75. Hms christopher (possibly)
76. Hms condor (probably)
77. Hms donna nook
78. Hms donside (possibly)
79. Hms dundalk
80. Hms eros (possibly)
81. Hms fontenoy
82. Hms forward iii
83. Hms franc tireur
84. Hms harvest gleaner
85. Hms hirose (probably)
86. Hms holdene
87. Hms japan
88. Hms jessie nutten
89. Hms john e lewis (possibly)
90. Hms ludlow
91. Hms marconi
92. Hms monarch
93. Hms moravia (possibly)
94. Hms nadine
95. Hms new comet (possibly)
96. Hms ocean plough (possibly)
97. Hms orthos (probably)
98. Hms river clyde (possibly)
99. Hms river clyde (possibly)
100. Hms sisters melville
101. Hms spider
102. Hms st seiriol
103. Hms tervani
104. Hms tettenhall
105. Hms tugela
106. Hms waveflower
107. Hms whooper
108. Hms william wesney
109. Hornchurch
110. Ignis (possibly)
111. Impulsion
112. Ionian (possibly)
113. J c dalble
114. Jim
115. Kenneth hawksfield
116. Khartoum (possibly)
117. Knarsdale
118. Koningen emma (part of)(probably)
119. Koningen emma (possibly)
120. Kwasind
121. Lapwing
122. Lincairn (possibly)
123. Lingfield
124. Lisette
125. Little world
126. Lonhelen (possibly)
127. Magdapur
128. Mangara
129. Maria rosa
130. Marianne (probably)
131. Mascota (possibly)
132. Mascotte
133. Memento (possibly)
134. Mendibil mendi (possibly)
135. Mercurius
136. Mexico
137. Moidart
138. Mudo
139. Nadir
140. Nereus
141. Newhaven (possibly)
142. Nicolaos piangos
143. Nominoe
144. Norwich trader
145. Novocastrian
146. Ocean pride
147. Old charlton
148. Ostprussen (possibly)
149. Pescado
150. Petshenga (possibly)
151. Phryne
152. Plawsworth (possibly)
153. Polgarth
154. Protinus (possibly)
155. Ravenscraig (possibly)
156. Ren
157. Reward (possibly)
158. Rhenas (possibly)
159. Rhineland
160. Robin iv
161. Rochester city
162. Savona (probably)
163. Scimitar
164. Sea king
165. Sea rhine
166. Sheaf field
167. Sirdar (part of)(possibly)
168. Skodsburg (possibly)
169. Southford
170. St patrick
171. Sunbeam
172. Sunniside (probably)
173. Taber park
174. Tergestea
175. Thornaby (possibly)
176. Thyra
177. Tidal (possibly)
178. Torchbearer
179. Tunisiana
180. Uc 11 (possibly)
181. Uc 62 (possibly)
182. Ui-001
183. Vae victis
184. Victorious
185. Warrenpoint
186. White ghost
187. White lady
188. Wychwood (possibly)
189. Wyetown
190. Yewkyle (possibly)
191. 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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