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 (52.437016666667, 1.7918333333333)

 

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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. Bob read (probably)
13. Boulderpool (after part)
14. Bovey tracy
15. British captain
16. British fortune (probably)
17. Brixton
18. Burtonia (possibly)
19. Bygdo (possibly)
20. Castle galleon
21. Cd 14 (probably)
22. Cedarwood (possibly)
23. City of kobe
24. Claudia (possibly)
25. Cormead
26. Cresta
27. Crichtoun
28. Cross sand ltv
29. Dagmar (probably)
30. Daisy (possibly)
31. David b summers
32. Db 8 (possibly)
33. Denewood
34. Dronning maud (possibly)
35. Dulwich
36. Dunwich bank wk
37. Edernian
38. El argentino
39. El dorado
40. Elnet
41. Ethel radcliffe
42. Eva witte
43. Excellenz mehnert
44. F stobart (probably)
45. Farmatyr
46. Fidelio
47. Firth
48. Frumenton
49. G and e (possibly)
50. Gannet (possibly)
51. Gasfire
52. Gena
53. Geneva
54. George fisher
55. Gipsy (possibly)
56. Glen tilt (possibly)
57. Glynn
58. Golconda (possibly)
59. Grantleyhall (possibly)
60. Grenadier (probably)
61. Groenlo
62. Gulf breaker
63. H h petersen
64. Helena
65. Hms cantatrice
66. Hms christopher (possibly)
67. Hms condor (probably)
68. Hms dhoon (probably)
69. Hms donside (possibly)
70. Hms evesham (possibly)
71. Hms exmoor
72. Hms fontenoy
73. Hms glen prosen
74. Hms harvest gleaner
75. Hms hirose (probably)
76. Hms irvana (part of)
77. Hms jessie nutten
78. Hms kaphreda
79. Hms m a west (probably)
80. Hms new comet (possibly)
81. Hms ocean plough (possibly)
82. Hms orthos (probably)
83. Hms pelton (probably)
84. Hms river clyde (possibly)
85. Hms river clyde (possibly)
86. Hms sisters melville
87. Hms speeton (possibly)
88. Hms spider
89. Hms tettenhall
90. Hms tonbridge
91. Hms tugela
92. Hms washington (probably)
93. Hms whooper
94. Hmsm d5
95. Hornchurch
96. Ignis (possibly)
97. Impulsion
98. Jamesina
99. Jim
100. Kenneth hawksfield
101. Knitsley (part of)(probably)
102. Knitsley (possibly)
103. Kwasind
104. Langeli (possibly)
105. Lapwing
106. Lapwing (possibly)
107. Lincairn (possibly)
108. Lindisfarne (probably)
109. Lingfield
110. Lisette
111. Magdapur
112. Mangara
113. Mardyke
114. Maria rosa
115. Marianne (probably)
116. Mascota (possibly)
117. Mascotte
118. Memento (possibly)
119. Mendibil mendi (possibly)
120. Mercurius
121. Mirella
122. Mudo
123. Murdoch (probably)
124. Nadir
125. Navarra (possibly)
126. Nereus
127. Newhaven (possibly)
128. Nominoe
129. Nordborg (possibly)
130. Novocastrian
131. Ocean pride
132. Oil trader
133. Osprey
134. Petshenga (possibly)
135. Phryne
136. Plawsworth (possibly)
137. Pluton
138. Polaris
139. Prima
140. Regain
141. Ren
142. Reward (possibly)
143. Rhenas (possibly)
144. Rhineland
145. Robin iv
146. Rochester city
147. Rogate
148. Roxanna
149. Scimitar
150. Scotia
151. Sea king
152. Sea rhine
153. Silksworth hall (probably).
154. Sir william stephenson
155. Sirdar (part of)(possibly)
156. Skodsburg (possibly)
157. Southford
158. St patrick
159. Stad alkmaar
160. Stanmount
161. Sunniside (probably)
162. Taber park
163. Tergestea
164. Thomas m (possibly)
165. Tidal (possibly)
166. Tregantle (possibly)
167. Tunisiana
168. U 13 (probably)
169. Uc 62 (possibly)
170. Ui-001
171. Vanguard
172. Vigo
173. Viola (possibly)
174. War valley
175. White lady
176. White swan
177. White swan (possibly)
178. Wyetown
179. Yewkyle (possibly)
180. 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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