This is the information page about the shipwreck Meandros (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 21.906 N,1 5.035 W (50.242166666667, -1.28825)

 

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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. Albatros
2. Albert
3. Angry fish
4. Asborg
5. Asger ryg
6. Ashanti (possibly)
7. Augustenburg
8. Barbara (possibly)
9. Bettann (bow section)
10. Bettann (stern section)
11. Borgsten (probably)
12. Braat ii
13. British commerce
14. Camberwell
15. Cambrian princess (probably)
16. Camswan
17. Coral
18. Cuba
19. Cuba
20. Daylesford
21. Donegal (possibly)
22. Elford
23. Faith
24. Fallodon
25. Fort yale
26. France aimee (part of)(possibly)
27. Gerarda
28. Germa geisha
29. Gorizont
30. Grip fast
31. Harry sharman
32. Hauler
33. Highland brigade
34. Hilda lea (bow part)(probably)
35. Hilda lea (stern part)(probably)
36. Hmcs alberni
37. Hms apley (possibly)
38. Hms boxer
39. Hms crestflower
40. Hms listrac (probably)
41. Hms p12 (stern section).
42. Hms prince leopold
43. Hms tiger
44. Hmsm swordfish
45. Implacable
46. Inger
47. Isleworth
48. Kurland
49. Lct 757 (possibly)
50. Leon
51. Londonier
52. Lowmount
53. Luis
54. Meandros (possibly)
55. Mendi
56. Minerva (possibly)
57. Olivine
58. Oriflamme
59. Plm 4 (possibly)
60. Polandia (possibly)
61. Redesmere
62. Saint enogat
63. Simla
64. Spearfish
65. Syrinx (part of)(possibly)
66. Tweed
67. U 1195
68. U 123
69. U 152
70. U 153 (possibly)
71. U 90
72. Ub 122 (possibly)
73. Ub 81
74. Uss osprey
75. Val de saire
76. Volkerak
77. Wapello
78. Wyndhurst
79. Y48

 

Name: MEANDROS (POSSIBLY)

Length 122.1 meter, width: 15.8 meter, draught: 7.7, tonnage 4309 ton
Load: grain

Cause: ex-williaston. built in 1914 by w dobson & co ltd, newcastle-upon-tyne. owned at time of loss by livanos bros. three boilers, triple expansion engine of 427nhp, single shaft. passage rosario for amsterdam. cargo grain. collided with 'dartford' in fog and sank off st catherine's point. (dods & sibi).

Year of registration: 1944

Water depth above wreck: 49 meter, Height above seabed: 63 cm

Known since: 1944, last detected: 2007

Details measurements/cartography: 16.6.44 CONTACT ATTACKED BY HMS SCOURGE AND OTHER HM SHIPS JUNE, 1944. CLASSIFIED AS WK AND ACCURATE POSN. (REPORT BY CO, HMS VENUS 16.6.44, AUBD 1080/44). 4.1.45 SONAR CONTACT IN APPROX 502300N, 010200W. (HMS ASCENSION, 4.1.45, AUBD 304/70). 7.8.53 7.8.53 NOW CHARTED AS NDW. NC F6841. 24.5.54 24.5.54 NOW CHARTED AS NDW. NC 2450. 14.8.74 14.8.74 NOW CHARTED AS USC 15MTRS. NC 2450. H6667/57 22.1.75 H6667/57 22.1.75 SOME SONAR CONTACTS IN VICINITY NOT EXAMINED. (HMS DALRYMPLE, 1958, SURVEY [K2007/3]). H1270/77 12.5.81 H1270/77 12.5.81 AMENDED TO NDW IN 502236N, 010512W [OGB]. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). BR STD. HH090/962/01 10.12.02 HH090/962/01 10.12.02 EXAM'D 20.6.02 IN 5021.906N, 0105.035W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 41.2 IN GEN DEPTH 49MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 120MTRS, WIDTH 15MTRS. DCS3 HT 8.2MTRS. LIES 063/243 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. INTACT AND UPRIGHT. M WOODWARD SUGGESTS THIS WK COULD BE MEANDROS. (GARDLINE, HI 962). AMEND TO WK 41MTRS. BR STD. 17.7.07 17.7.07 DIVED IN LISTED POSN. A LARGE, SUBSTANTIAL WK LYING ON ITS STBD SIDE. STANDS 11MTRS OFF THE SEABED IN PLACES. PROBABLY MEANDROS, BUT NOTHING RECOVERED TO PROVE IT. (D WENDES, EMAIL DTD 16.7.07). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, ON STBD SIDE

Position: 50 21.906 N,1 5.035 W

 

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