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 (51.398883333333, 2.4536166666667)

 

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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. Calypso
8. Clan macalister
9. Clan macneil (possibly)
10. Deo gratias
11. Douaisien (possibly)
12. Ely
13. Estafette
14. Fauvette
15. Fenella (possibly)
16. Fennella
17. Floride (probably)
18. Foudroyant
19. Foudroyant (possibly)
20. Ganko
21. Garden city
22. Halo (probably)
23. Hms blackburn rovers (possibly)
24. Hms brighton queen
25. Hms grenade
26. Hms keith
27. Hms king orry
28. Hms maida (possibly)
29. Hms redcar
30. Hms skipjack
31. Hms st abbs
32. Hms thuringia (possibly)
33. Hms westella
34. Hoegh aigrette
35. Horst
36. Hs 97 (possibly)
37. Jaguar
38. Jarita
39. Jean pierre et phillipe
40. Jonrix
41. Kestrel
42. L'urtiga (possibly)
43. Laura
44. Le copain d'abord
45. Lorina
46. Lorina (possibly)
47. Lst 364 (probably)
48. M 345 (possibly)
49. Madimba (probably)
50. Marthe
51. Medee
52. Melrose
53. Merlijn
54. Mona's queen
55. Nautilus
56. Neppo (possibly)
57. Netty (possibly)
58. Normannia
59. Okeania
60. Paris (possibly)
61. Peppinella
62. Port nicholson (probably)
63. Prinses astrid
64. R.93 (possibly)
65. Rigel
66. Saint camille
67. Sea hunter
68. Sint annaland
69. St corentin
70. St fagan
71. St pierre (aft section)
72. St pierre (fore portion)
73. Sterre der zee
74. Toquet
75. Trifels
76. Tringa
77. U 37
78. Uc 1
79. Uc 63
80. V 201 (possibly)
81. Vecht (probably)
82. West-hinder
83. Western farmer (bow section)
84. Wielingen ii (possibly)
85. 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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