This is the information page about the shipwreck Mercurius, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 25.112 N,1 47.408 E (52.4370167, 1.7918333)

 

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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. Abeona
2. Aduatiek (possibly)
3. Ala
4. Alastair
5. Alto (possibly)
6. Ambient (probably)
7. Astrologer
8. Avonwood
9. Axminster (probably)
10. Barkis
11. Begona no 5
12. Boulderpool (after part)
13. Bovey tracy
14. British captain
15. British fortune (probably)
16. Brixton
17. Burtonia (possibly)
18. Bygdo (possibly)
19. Castle galleon
20. Cd 14 (probably)
21. Cedarwood (possibly)
22. City of kobe
23. Claudia (possibly)
24. Cormead
25. Cresta
26. Crichtoun
27. Cross sand ltv
28. Dagmar (probably)
29. David b summers
30. Denewood
31. Dronning maud (possibly)
32. Dulwich
33. Dunwich bank wk
34. Edernian
35. El argentino
36. El dorado
37. Ethel radcliffe
38. Eva witte
39. Excellenz mehnert
40. F stobart (probably)
41. Farmatyr
42. Fidelio
43. Firth
44. Frumenton
45. Gannet (possibly)
46. Gasfire
47. Gena
48. Geneva
49. George fisher
50. Gipsy (possibly)
51. Glen tilt (possibly)
52. Glynn
53. Golconda (possibly)
54. Grantleyhall (possibly)
55. Grenadier (probably)
56. Groenlo
57. Gulf breaker
58. H h petersen
59. Helena
60. Hms christopher (possibly)
61. Hms condor (probably)
62. Hms dhoon (probably)
63. Hms donside (possibly)
64. Hms evesham (possibly)
65. Hms exmoor
66. Hms fontenoy
67. Hms glen prosen
68. Hms hirose (probably)
69. Hms irvana (part of)
70. Hms jessie nutten
71. Hms kaphreda
72. Hms m a west (probably)
73. Hms new comet (possibly)
74. Hms ocean plough (possibly)
75. Hms orthos (probably)
76. Hms pelton (probably)
77. Hms river clyde (possibly)
78. Hms river clyde (possibly)
79. Hms sisters melville
80. Hms speeton (possibly)
81. Hms spider
82. Hms tettenhall
83. Hms tonbridge
84. Hms tugela
85. Hms washington (probably)
86. Hms whooper
87. Hmsm d5
88. Hornchurch
89. Ignis (possibly)
90. Impulsion
91. Jamesina
92. Jim
93. Kenneth hawksfield
94. Knitsley (part of)(probably)
95. Knitsley (possibly)
96. Kwasind
97. Langeli (possibly)
98. Lapwing
99. Lincairn (possibly)
100. Lindisfarne (probably)
101. Lingfield
102. Lisette
103. Magdapur
104. Mangara
105. Mardyke
106. Maria rosa
107. Marianne (probably)
108. Mascota (possibly)
109. Mascotte
110. Memento (possibly)
111. Mendibil mendi (possibly)
112. Mercurius
113. Mirella
114. Mudo
115. Murdoch (probably)
116. Nadir
117. Navarra (possibly)
118. Nereus
119. Newhaven (possibly)
120. Nominoe
121. Nordborg (possibly)
122. Novocastrian
123. Ocean pride
124. Oil trader
125. Osprey
126. Petshenga (possibly)
127. Phryne
128. Plawsworth (possibly)
129. Pluton
130. Polaris
131. Prima
132. Regain
133. Ren
134. Reward (possibly)
135. Rhenas (possibly)
136. Rhineland
137. Robin iv
138. Rochester city
139. Rogate
140. Roxanna
141. Scimitar
142. Scotia
143. Sea rhine
144. Silksworth hall (probably).
145. Sirdar (part of)(possibly)
146. Skodsburg (possibly)
147. Southford
148. St patrick
149. Stad alkmaar
150. Stanmount
151. Sunniside (probably)
152. Taber park
153. Tergestea
154. Thomas m (possibly)
155. Tidal (possibly)
156. Tregantle (possibly)
157. U 13 (probably)
158. Ui-001
159. Vanguard
160. Viola (possibly)
161. War valley
162. White lady
163. White swan
164. White swan (possibly)
165. Wyetown
166. Yewkyle (possibly)
167. Yucca (possibly)

 

Name: MERCURIUS

Year of registration: 1916

Water depth above wreck: 22 meter, Height above seabed: 292 cm

Known since: 1916, last detected: 20161217

Details measurements/cartography: H3964/16 SUNK 3 MILES SE OF LOWESTOFT IN 522520N, 014820E. APPROX. (BMVS). - FNM 504B ISSUED. H7452/18 11.12.18 INS WK [OLD SYMBOL] IN 522520N, 014820E. BR STD. 1923 AMEND TO NDW. BA 1543. H2615/28 28.2.28 POSN NOW 522508N, 014730E. (TH, L 3552/23). AMEND TO WK 44FT (1916) IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. H03774/45 1.4.46 LEAST DEPTH OVER WRECK 61FT. (HMS SCOTT, SURVEY [E7604], 1945). AMEND TO WK 61FT. LC 1543. 31.7.74 NOW CHARTED AS WK 18.3MTRS [LAT]. NC 1543. H4658/71 29.11.77 LOCATED IN 522505N, 014731E USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. NOT CLOSELY EXAMINED. LIES E/W, PARTIALLY BURIED. (HMS ENTERPRISE, R-OF-S, 25.10.77). AMEND TO REVISED POSN. NE 1536. H2098/74 6.9.78 EXAMINED 6.9.78 IN 522509N, 014730E USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 17.4 IN GEN DEPTH 20-21MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 23.6MTRS, NW OF WK, WHICH LIES 020/200DEGS. LENGTH ABOUT 100FT. NEEDS TO BE WIRE SWEPT AT NEXT OPPORTUNITY. (HMS ENTERPRISE, HI 64A/78). [SHOWN AS WK 17.2MTRS ON FAIR SHEET!]. AMEND TO WK 17.2MTRS IN REVISED POSN.

- NM 66/79. H2098/74 10.10.79 EXAM'D 11.7.79 IN 522504.3N, 014730.5E USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR AT 17.9, FOUL AT 18.4MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 18.4 IN GEN DEPTH 22MTRS. DCS3 HT 3.9MTRS, LENGTH 35MTRS. LIES 120/300DEGS, PARTIALLY BURIED. SCOUR 1MTR DEEP TO N OF WK. (HMS EGERIA, HI 63A/79). AMEND TO SW 17.9MTRS IN REVISED POSN. R/P. H1960/79 30.10.80 EXAM'D 11.9.80 IN 522504.8N, 014730.6E USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR AT 17.7, FOUL AT 18.1MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 18.7 IN GEN DEPTH 22MTRS. SCOUR 1MTR DEEP. DCS3 HT 2MTRS. NO OBVIOUS ORIENTATION, BUT GEN TREND IS E/W WITH SCOUR TO N. (HMS ECHO, HI 62A/80). AMEND TO SW 17.7MTRS. NE 1536 & NE 1543. H1942/80 31.8.82 EXAM'D 24.2.82 IN 522504N, 014732E USING HIFIX/6 [3 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 17.7 IN GEN DEPTH 22MTRS. NO SCOUR. HYDROSEARCH VERTICAL HT 4.7MTRS. LYING BETWEEN 2 SANDWAVES AND APPARENTLY BROKEN IN TWO. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 11). RETAIN SWEPT DEPTH. HH090/546/01 8.7.92 LARGE CONTACT OBTAINED 8.5.92 IN 522504.5N, 014730.5E [OGB] USING DCS3 AND 3-RANGE TRISPONDER. OUTSIDE SURVEY AREA - NOT EXAMINED. (NP 1016, HI 546). NCA. HH090/624/01 6.4.94 LOCATED 6.4.94 OUTSIDE SURVEY AREA. NOT EXAMINED. RETAIN AS CHARTED. (NP 1016, HI 624). NCA. SEP 2016/000091758 24.7.17 EXAM'D 17.12.16 IN 5225.112N, 0147.408E [WGD]. LEAST W/D DEPTH 18.05MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 22.9MTRS, LENGTH 66.2MTRS, WIDTH 18.3MTRS, HEIGHT 5.7MTRS, ORIENTATION 292/112 DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 145MTRS, 6.8MTRS DEEP, TOWARDS 014 DEGS. WRECK IS BROKEN AND PARTIALLY BURIED. (GARDLINE, HI 1494). AMEND DW 18MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: BROKEN IN TWO

Position: 52 25.112 N,1 47.408 E

 

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