This is the information page about the shipwreck Margaretha (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 23.087 N,3 12.882 W (51.36625, -3.26885)

 

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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. Aeolus (probably)
2. Alice of milford
3. Bonita
4. Borderdene
5. Casper 2
6. Den of seaton
7. Devonia
8. Durdham
9. Eden force
10. Elmdale
11. Emily
12. Fernwood
13. Fleur de lys
14. Foremost 45
15. G-aydt
16. Hms oswaldian
17. Hms royal scot
18. Hongisto
19. Island queen
20. Jamaica planter
21. James & sarah (probably)
22. Kayeson
23. Lady non (possibly)
24. Lamb?
25. Maclaren
26. Margaretha (possibly)
27. Merkur
28. Mfb golden dawn
29. Middlesex
30. Mildrid
31. Mistress quigley
32. No 194 ax
33. Nornen
34. Persistent
35. Princess louise (probably)
36. Redvers buller
37. Severn transport
38. Sigvar
39. Teifi (possibly)
40. The american
41. Thomond (possibly)
42. Trio
43. Wild rose
44. Wythburn
45. Zelo

 

Name: MARGARETHA (POSSIBLY)

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 8 meter, Height above seabed: 165 cm

Known since: 1940, last detected: 2011

Details measurements/cartography: 19.11.40 POSN 512208N, 031236W BY BEARING & DISTANCE. TOP OF MAST VISIBLE AT LW. (FOIC CARDIFF). INS AS DW. - PFNM 2662/40 & TFNM 150/41. H0993/40 3.1.41 G CAN LT BUOY, GPFL(2)G.10S LAID IN 512230N, 031438W TO MARK THIS WK AND DEVONIA AND WYTHBURN. (ADMIRALTY). - TFNM 150/41. H0993/40 23.1.41 CHART AS DW. (ADMIRALTY).

- NM 129/41. H0993/40 23.4.41 MAST NO LONGER VISIBLE. G SPH LT BUOY, FL.G.10S, LAID IN 512207N, 031250W, 1C SW OF WK. (FOIC CARDIFF). - TFNM 970/41 & LATER NM 2706/41.H0993/40 7.12.42 WK NOT LOCATED DURING SEARCHES MADE BY TH TENDER GEORGES DE JOLY. BUOY WITHDRAWN. (TH). DELETE.

- NM 2673/42. H3942/88 23.5.89 LOCATED IN 512303N, 031251W [OGB]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 3.6 IN GEN DEPTH 8.4MTRS. LENGTH APPROX 100MTRS, WIDTH 25MTRS. LYING N/S. UPPER SURFACE FLAT WITH NO PROTRUSIONS AND SO THOUGHT POSSIBLY TO BE A BARGE. (LAND & MARINE ENGINEERING LTD., VIA OCC TH, 21.5.89). H3942/89 23.5.89 POSN CONFIRMED USING HSA. CHAIN SWEEP INCONCLUSIVE. LEAST DEPTH BY LEAD LINE 3.8 IN GEN DEPTH 7.2MTRS. S CARD LT BUOY, VQ(6) + LFL.10S, LAID IN 512257N, 031251W. (OCC TH, 21 & 22.5.89). INS AS WK 3.6MTRS WITH BUOY.

- NM 1721/89. H3942/88 28.7.89 FULL DETAILS OF THV MERMAID'S SURVEY 21.5.89. OBSTN DIMENSIONS, 100 X 25MTRS APPROX. CONSIDERED TO BE A WK WHICH MAY WELL LIE UPSIDE DOWN. POSN FIXED BY HSA. (TH, 4.7.89). NFA. H3942/88 10.11.89 EXAM'D 29.9.89 IN 512302.5N, 031251W USING HSA. LEAST E/S DEPTH OBTAINED 4.0MTRS [LAT] USING PREDICTED TIDES. BUOY WITHDRAWN. (THV MERMAID, 30.9.89). RETAIN CHARTED DEPTH IN REVISED POSN.

- NM 3538/89.H3942/88 25.1.90 POSITION GIVEN AS 512304N, 032148.5W USING DECCA. LOCAL KNOWLEDGE INDICATES IT TO BE A BARGE. (LAND & MARINE ENGINEERING LTD, HI 464). NCA.POSITIONS BELOW THIS POINT ARE IN DEGREES, MINUTES AND DECIMALS OF A MINUTE 31.7.06 [EUT] POSN: 5123.079N, 0312.925W. BA 1182 [7TH EDN, FEB '04]. 17.8.11 EXAM'D 26.2.11 IN 5123.087N, 0312.882W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 3.77 IN GEN DEPTH 8.7MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 95MTRS, WIDTH 25MTRS, HT 4.73MTRS. LIES 165/345 DEGS. APPARENTLY INVERTED. (NETSURVEY, HI 1326). PROBABLY CONSISTS MAINLY OF SCATTERED CARGO. AMEND WK 3.7MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: ?INVERTED, PROBABLY MAINLY SCATTERED CARGO

Position: 51 23.087 N,3 12.882 W

 

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