This is the information page about the shipwreck Martina, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 24.669 N,0 21.824 W (54.3460667, -0.1270833)

 

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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. Aigburth
2. Albatross
3. Amulet
4. Angelo rose
5. Appolonia
6. Ard aidhm
7. Ardens (probably)
8. Ardgantoch
9. Aucuba (possibly)
10. Avance (probably)
11. Balfron (probably)
12. Ballater
13. Ballogie
14. Battersea
15. Beaumanoir (probably)
16. Berwick (possibly)
17. Black prince (possibly)
18. Bonhomme richard
19. Botha (possibly)
20. Brentwood
21. Bur
22. Cap palos (part of)
23. Castleford (probably)
24. Constantia
25. Corsican prince
26. Countess of strathmore (possibly)
27. Creteblock
28. Crimdon (possibly)
29. Defiant
30. Deptford
31. Disperser
32. Doris burton (probably)
33. Eaglescliffe (probably)
34. Eli
35. Ellida (probably)
36. Erich lea
37. Ferruccio
38. Florence (possibly)
39. Florentia
40. Fred everard
41. G.3
42. Garthwaite
43. Gem (bow section)
44. Gem (stern section)
45. Gimle
46. Glamorganbrook
47. Glengarry (probably)
48. Glow (part of) (possibly)
49. Glow (part of) (possibly)
50. Greltoria (probably)
51. Gwalia (possibly)
52. Hannah
53. Harrow (probably)
54. Hercules
55. Hercules
56. Highgate
57. Hms banyers
58. Hms desire (possibly)
59. Hms desire (possibly)
60. Hms dromio
61. Hms garmo (probably)
62. Hms lord ridley
63. Hms swallow
64. Hms thalia
65. Hms thomas cornwall
66. Hornsund (probably)
67. Houghton
68. Hurstwood
69. Jane
70. Jerv
71. Kilrea
72. Lady ann
73. Lady helen
74. Lampada (probably)
75. Lanthorn
76. Leander
77. Leersum (probably)
78. Lerwick (probably)
79. Linaria (probably)
80. London
81. Lowtyne (possibly)
82. M c holm
83. Madame renee
84. Malvina (fwd part)
85. Manx queen
86. Marchioness of londonderry
87. Marie stuart
88. Martina
89. Melanie (probably)
90. Membland (possibly)
91. Merrie islington
92. Middlesborough
93. Modemi (possibly)
94. Mongolian
95. Moorlands
96. Norenda (possibly)
97. Norhilda
98. Novillo
99. Oakwell
100. Paul
101. Phare (probably)
102. Philander (probably)
103. Polanna
104. Polruan
105. Princess olga (possibly)
106. Quaggy (probably)
107. Rema
108. Rikard nordraak
109. Runswick
110. Saint ninian
111. Sapphire (probably)
112. Sarah thinnesen
113. Seistan
114. Serenity
115. Sir francis
116. Sirajah
117. Sixty-six
118. Skane
119. Sna ii
120. Southborough
121. Springhill
122. Sumus (probably)
123. Suntrap (probably)
124. Tangistan
125. Taurus (probably)
126. Trongate
127. Ub 107 & malvina (after part)
128. Ub 30
129. Ub 41
130. Ub 75
131. Uc 70
132. Vaaren
133. Vaaren (possibly)
134. Victo (bow section)
135. Victo (stern section)
136. Victoria (probably)
137. Wallsend
138. Westowrie
139. Woodstock (bow section)
140. Woodstock (stern section)
141. Zeepaard

 

Name: MARTINA

Length 41.8 meter, width: 7 meter, draught: 2.7, tonnage 335 ton
Load: foodstuffs: solid

Cause: Ex-olwe '58. built in 1940 by scheeps 'voorultgang', foxhol, with 6 cylinder oil engine of 300bhp, single shaft. owned at time of loss by maria wessels. passage rotterdam for hartlepool. took on heavy list when cargo shifted in heavy weather. crew recovered from liferafts. (sibi)

Year of registration: 1993

Water depth above wreck: 47 meter, Height above seabed: 302 cm

Known since: 1993, last detected: 20160221

Details measurements/cartography: HH100/351/06 23.2.93 WK, REFERRED TO AS 'UPSIDE DOWN WK', 5.78M FROM N CHEEK, ROBIN HOOD'S BAY; 3.71M FROM NEAREST LAND. (A C JACKSON, 9.2.93). NCA YET. HH090/730/01 14.11.97 EXAM'D 26.7.97 IN 542440.7N, 002150.5W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 42.4 IN GEN DEPTH 47MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 6.0MTRS. NOT INVESTIGATED BY DCS3 DUE TO STATIC FISHING GEAR. LENGTH 46MTRS, WIDTH 10MTRS. LIES 135/315DEGS. APPEARS TO BE IN TWO PIECES WITH CENTRAL SECTION BURIED IN SAND. APPEARS UPRIGHT. (GARDLINE, HI 730). BR STD. 30.8.01 EUT POSN: 5424.678N, 0021.842W. NE 134. HH100/351/18 29.8.02 DIVED IN CHARTED POSN ON 28.8.02 WITH CARL RACEY. VESSEL UPRIGHT, DANGEROUS TO DIVE AS MIDDLE CARGO HOLD COLLAPSED ON TO SEABED, NETS ON BOW, BOW ANCHOR STILL IN SITU. TELEGRAPH OF DUTCH MANUFACTURE. BELL NOT LOCATED. NO CARGO, STONE BALLAST. ENGLISH POTTERY WITH DUTCH PATTERNS FOUND. BOW DAMAGED POSSIBLY MINED. KNOWN LOCALLY AS JOLLY BOB'S WRECK. (S OLD/G FURSE TELECON 29.8.02). NCA. HH100/351/19 19.9.02 A DIESEL POWERED COASTER. TELEGRAPH RECOVERED MARKED: FA J KOSTER, HZN, SCHEEPSWERF GIDEON, CRONINGEN, HOLLAND. ONE LARGE HOLD FWD FLAT TO SEABED. STONE WALLS OF ?BALLAST/?CARGO TO STBD SIDE. POSSIBLY DUTCH SHIP BUT ENGLISH BULB IN TELEGRAPH MARKED 'GEC'. STANDS 5MTRS HIGH BY DEPTH GAUGE. POSSIBLY MV SERENITY. (S OLD & B JOLLEY, EMAIL DTD 18.9.02). NCA. HH100/351/21 4.6.04 A COASTER-TYPE STEEL VESSEL ON AN EVEN KEEL. IN ADVANCED STATE OF DECAY. STERN STANDING WITH STEERING QUADRANT IN PLACE. NO CARGO SEEN IN THE FWD HOLDS. NO GUN OR SHELL CASES SEEN. (A C JACKSON & C A RACEY). NCA. 28.4.08 POSSIBLY DUTCH. A SMALL COASTER WITH A SMALL FOREPEAK, HOLD, AFT ENGINE AND BRIDGE, WINCH IN FRONT IF BRIDGE. ALSO REMAINS OF SOME LIFTING GEAR ON THE FOREPEAK. DIESEL POWERED WITH ?TWO ENGINES. NOT SUCH AN OLD WRECK AS PORTHOLES DO NOT BREAK UP. HORN AND TELEGRAPH HAVE BEEN RECOVERED. DINNER PLATES ARE MARKED IN DUTCH AND ENGLISH. SOME 200FT BY 25FT WITH THE HOLD FLAT TO THE SEABED. STANDS 15FT HIGH. BOWS HAVE FALLEN BACKWARDS. (B JOLLY, VIA R YOUNG, EMAIL DTD 14.4.08). NCA. 31.3.09 WK NOW KNOWN TO BE MARTINA. IDENTITY BASED ON MANY NAMED & DATED ARTIFACTS, DUTCH & ENGLISH CROCKERY, POSITION OF LOSS, MACHINERY DETAILS, LENGTH AND PICTURES OF VESSEL OBTAINED. (CARL RACEY, E-MAIL DTD 27.3.09) SEP 2016/000007250 16.06.16 EXAM'D 21.02.16 IN 5424.669N, 0021.824W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 41.7MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 47MTRS. LENGTH 39.8MTRS, WIDTH 7.3MTRS, HT 5.4MTRS, ORIENTATION 302/122. SCOUR LENGTH 32.1MTRS, 0.5MTRS DEEP TOWARDS 301 DEGS. THE WRECK IS ONLY PARTIALLY INTACT, WITH ONLY THE BOW AND STERN STRUCTURE OF THE WRECK SURVIVING. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (EGS, HI 1472). AMEND NDW 41MTRS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: Partially intact

Position: 54 24.669 N,0 21.824 W

 

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