This is the information page about the shipwreck Melanie (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 25.609 N,0 25.419 W (54.346066666667, -0.12708333333333)

 

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

 

Name: MELANIE (PROBABLY)

Length 99.1 meter, width: 14.3 meter, draught: 6.7, tonnage 2996 ton
Load: coal

Cause: torpedoed and sunk by german submarine uc 40. was on passage blyth to france.

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 46 meter, Height above seabed: 130 cm

Known since: 1918, last detected: 20161213

Details measurements/cartography: SUNK 2 MILES E OF S CHEEK, ROBIN HOOD BAY. (WW1SL). POSN 542700N, 002700W IN 26FMS. (VAEC). H4069/72 8.12.75 WRECK LOCATED IN 542538N, 022503W USING DECCA.. AREA SWEPT WITH TRANSIT SONAR. NO 'ON TOP' HEIGHT OF WK OBTAINED. (RISDON BEAZLEY, HN 13.11.75). INS AS USC 28MTRS.

- NM BLOCK. H1310/86/34 17.12.86 WK IN 542545N, 002527W CONSIDERED PROBABLY TO BE MELANIE. BOILER DETAILS AND ENGINE MEASUREMENTS CORRECT. LIES ON EVEN KEEL, BUT WELL BROKEN UP. ENGINE & BOILERS HIGHEST PART OF WK. LEAST DEPTH 40 IN GEN DEPTH 50MTRS (MHWS). (G WADSWORTH, 13.11.86). TIDAL REDUCTION 6MTRS. AMEND TO WK 34MTRS IN PREVIOUS POSN. BR STD. H6331/87 24.1.89 EXAM'D 21.5.88 IN 542535N, 002517W USING TRISPONDER [4 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR AT 37.9, FOUL AT 38.2MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 38.9 IN GEN DEPTH 46 TO 47MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 7.6MTRS, LENGTH 100MTRS, BEAM 20MTRS. LIES 125/305 DEG, WELL BROKEN UP WITH NUMEROUS HIGH POINTS. CHART AS SW 38MTRS. (LAND & MARINE, HI 414B). AMEND TO SW 38MTRS. BR STD. HH100/351/06 22.2.93 WK IN 542535.5N, 002518W REFERRED TO AS 'MELANIE GROEDELL'. (A C JACKSON, 9.2.93). NFA. SEP 2017/000002822 25.5.17 EXAM'D 13.12.16 IN 5425.609N, 0025.419W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 38.76MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 46MTRS, LENGTH 99.7MTRS, WIDTH 19.1MTRS, HEIGHT 7.1MTRS, ORIENTATION 130/310 DEGS. WRECK IS BROKEN UP AND HAS A COMPLEX ARRANGEMENT OF DEBRIS. BOW IS PARTLY SEPARATED FROM THE REST OF THE WRECK AND LIES ON ITS PORT SIDE. THE BULK OF THE WRECK HAS COLLAPSED AND SPREAD OVER A BROAD AREA EITHER SIDE OF THE BOILERS AND ENGINE. (MMT, HI 1491). AMEND NDW 38MTRS IN REVISED POSITION.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 54 25.609 N,0 25.419 W

 

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