This is the information page about the shipwreck Melrose, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 20.801 N,2 10.653 E (51.3988833, 2.4536167)

 

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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. Amor
2. Andre
3. Breda
4. Brighton
5. British liberty (possibly)
6. Bruno heinemann (z.8)
7. Clan macalister
8. Clan macneil (possibly)
9. Deo gratias
10. Douaisien (possibly)
11. Estafette
12. Fauvette
13. Fennella
14. Floride (probably)
15. Foudroyant
16. Foudroyant (possibly)
17. Ganko
18. Garden city
19. Hms blackburn rovers (possibly)
20. Hms brighton queen
21. Hms grenade
22. Hms keith
23. Hms king orry
24. Hms maida (possibly)
25. Hms redcar
26. Hms skipjack
27. Hms st abbs
28. Hms thuringia (possibly)
29. Hms westella
30. Hoegh aigrette
31. Horst
32. Jaguar
33. Jarita
34. Jean pierre et phillipe
35. Jonrix
36. Kestrel
37. L'urtiga (possibly)
38. Laura
39. Le copain d'abord
40. Lorina
41. Lorina (possibly)
42. Lst 364 (probably)
43. Madimba (probably)
44. Marthe
45. Medee
46. Melrose
47. Merlijn
48. Mona's queen
49. Nautilus
50. Neppo (possibly)
51. Netty (possibly)
52. Okeania
53. Paris (possibly)
54. Peppinella
55. Port nicholson (probably)
56. Prinses astrid
57. R.93 (possibly)
58. Rigel
59. Saint camille
60. Sint annaland
61. St fagan
62. St pierre (aft section)
63. St pierre (fore portion)
64. Sterre der zee
65. Toquet
66. Trifels
67. Tringa
68. U 37
69. Uc 1
70. Uc 63
71. V 201 (possibly)
72. Vecht (probably)
73. West-hinder
74. Western farmer (bow section)
75. Wielingen ii (possibly)
76. Wielingen ltv

 

Name: MELROSE

Length 79.2 meter, width: 12.2 meter, draught: 5.2, tonnage 1589 ton
Load: general and mixed goods,metal: concentrate and products

Cause: Built in 1906 by ramage & ferguson. owned at time of loss by g gibson & co. triple expansion engine of 200nhp for 11 knots. mined. 17 men lost. (dods).

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 31 meter, Height above seabed: 130 cm

Known since: 1940, last detected: 2017

Details measurements/cartography: H0362/40 15.6.40 DWPA IN 512100N, 021300E. (NOIC ANTWERP).

- NM 1502/40. 17.3.55 DELETE. (PARIS NM 54/46/26). - FNM 21/55 & NM 610/55. H0325/40 27.9.56 DELETED FROM 2675.

- NM 2376/56. H5472/60 6.3.61 EXAM'D IN 512048N, 021048E. OROPESA SWEEP CLEAR 60FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 70FT IN GEN DEPTH 95FT. SCOUR 4FT. (HMS SCOTT, 13.9.60). INS AS NDW.

- NM 521/61. H5472/60 5.6.67 AMEND WK 11FMS. (HMS SCOTT, 1960).

- NM 1644/67. H579/67 6.9.67 LOCATED IN 512045N, 021048E. SINGLE OROPESA SWEEP CLEAR AT 61FT BUT ACCEPTED 60FT. SWEPT FOUL AT 61FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 71FT IN GEN DEPTH 102FT. SCOUR 112FT AT NW AND SE ENDS. SEABED OF SAND AND GRAVEL. A 300FT LONG WRECK LYING 130/310DEG. (HMS MYRMIDON HI 11/67). AMEND SW 10FMS IN. BR STD. H8169/68 14.1.69 LOCATED BY SONAR BUT OUTSIDE AREA. (HMS BULLDOG, ROS 26.9.68). H6738/68 28.1.69 HULL AND BRIDGE SUPERSTRUCTURE REMAIN. HIGHEST PART BRIDGE. FO'C'SLE COLLAPSED TO STARBOARD. UNEVEN SEABED ALONGSIDE WK. MAX HEIGHT 8MTRS, LENGTH ABOUT 115MTRS, BEAM 18MTRS. LIES UPRIGHT ON SEABED. (NETH SURVEY 9/68). NCA. H5472/60 11.5.70 INS G CONL INT QKFLG LT BUOY WITH APEX TO APEX TRIANGULAR TOPMARK ABOUT 2C ESE IN POSN 512045N, 021100E. (FRENCH AVIS AUX NAVIGATORS NO 18/70 & PARIS NM 70 19 15).

- NM 884/70. H4667/70 4.1.71 LOCATED IN 512051N, 021043E [EUR] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LENGTH 300FT. HT 40FT ABOVE SEABED. CENTRE OF WRECK COMPLETELY COVERED IN SAND, POSSIBLY BROKEN ITS BACK. LEAST DEPTH BY DIVER 62FT. (HMS BEAGLE HMS NURTON, 13.10.70). H3297/69 27.3.72 AMEND SW 10FMS WITH BRW SPH ISO 4SEC LT BUOY WITH RA REFL, 'SANDETTIE NE' CLOSE SE. (PARIS NM 50/16/71(P)). BR STD. 11.9.72 AMEND SW 18.2MTRS. NC 323. H2820/71 9.11.81 NOT SHOWN ON DUTCH SURVEY, MAR/APL 1981, K8495/21. NCA. H4951/84 20.8.86 NOW SW 21.5MTRS. (FRENCH NM 86 27 28).

- NM 2588/86. 26.5.11 SHOWN AS SW 21.5MTRS [LAT] IN 5120.801N, 0210.653E [WGD] WITH ISO DANGER BUOY, 'HINDER 1', FL(2) 6 SEC, 2 CABLES E ON FR401030 [EDN 1.44]. 14.11.11 SEP 2011/000196067 14.11.11 SHOWN AS WK 23.5MTRS ON FRENCH 7412 [EDN 3 DTD 2011, 1:60,000].
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, BOW COLLAPSED TO STBD

Position: 51 20.801 N,2 10.653 E

 

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