This is the information page about the shipwreck Memnon, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 12.25 N,2 40.982 W (50.39495, -2.4067166666667)

 

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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. Addarwa
2. Aleyna
3. Algarve
4. Amy
5. Apache
6. Athen
7. Avalanche
8. Black hawk (aft section)
9. Bokn (possibly)
10. Bonita
11. Borgund i (possibly)
12. Britannia (possibly)
13. Broomhill (probably)
14. Centurion
15. Chateau yqem
16. Conch
17. Einar jarl
18. Franziska
19. Gorizia
20. Grane
21. Greta c
22. Gripfast
23. Gudrun
24. Hms amazon
25. Hms boadicea
26. Hms buccaneer
27. Hms empress of india (ex renown)
28. Hms fisgard ii
29. Hms hickory
30. Hms kingston cairngorm (possibly)
31. Hms recoil (bow section)(probably)
32. Hms recoil (stern section)(probably)
33. Hms remindo (possibly)
34. Hmsm l24
35. Inisinver
36. K m b (possibly)
37. L h carl
38. Lst 507 (bow section)
39. Lst 507 (stern section)
40. Lst 531
41. Lucinda (possibly)
42. Majorca
43. Marie therese
44. Martha
45. Memnon
46. Merchant royal
47. Minerva (probably)
48. Miniota
49. Moel tryvan
50. Netley abbey (possibly)
51. Nyasaland
52. Osprey (bow section) (possibly)
53. Pas (c.182)
54. Reggestroom (probably)
55. Regina coeli (possibly)
56. Romsdalen (probably)
57. Rosten (possibly)
58. Salsette ii
59. Siren
60. Stancrest
61. Tandil (probably)
62. Thera (possibly)
63. Trito
64. U 1055 or u 1191 (probably)
65. U 322 (possibly)
66. Ub 19 (probably)
67. Ull (probably)
68. Valdes (probably)

 

Name: MEMNON

Length 105.3 meter, width: 12.5 meter, draught: 8.2, tonnage 3203 ton
Load: armament,general and mixed goods

Cause: ex-plassey. built in 1890 by harland & wolff, belfast. owned at time of loss by elders dempster & co ltd. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 278nhp, single shaft. passage dakar for hull. general cargo. torpedoed and sunk by uc-66. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1944

Water depth above wreck: 59 meter, Height above seabed: 79 cm

Known since: 1944, last detected: 2003

Details measurements/cartography: H3135/44 21.11.44 H3135/44 WK IN 501200N, 024130W. (PORTSMOUTH LIST, 21.11.44). SONAR CONTACT IN APPROX 501200N, 024130W. (AUBD 303/57, ESCORT GROUP 4). H4638/55 22.7.55 H4638/55 22.7.55 EXAM'D IN 501214N, 024050W USING DECCA. LEAST E/S DEPTH 26FMS IN GEN DEPTH 32FMS. (HMS SCOTT, 3.9.54). INS AS WK 26FMS. BR STD. H2829/72 3.5.72 H2829/72 3.5.72 WK 47MTRS IN 501225N, 024050W [EUR]. (FRENCH NM 72 15 10). NCA. 18.1.80 18.1.80 SHOWN AS WKPA 47MTRS IN 501230N, 024100W [EUR] ON FRENCH 878 [NE '79, SCALE 1:240,000]. NCA. HH100/351/17 31.7.01 HH100/351/17 31.7.01 POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED AS MEMNON. (N R CHIPCHASE). NCA. HH090/961/01 15.12.03 HH090/961/01 15.12.03 EXAM'D 5.8.03 IN 5012.250N, 0240.982W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 52.5 IN GEN DEPTH 59MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 123MTRS, WIDTH 22MTRS. DCS3 HT6.6MTRS. LIES 079/259 DEGS. MODERATE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. UPRIGHT, SLIGHTLY BROKEN. (GARDLINE, HI 961). AMEND WK 52MTRS. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, SLIGHTLY BROKEN

Position: 50 12.25 N,2 40.982 W

 

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