This is the information page about the shipwreck Merel (part of)(possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 19.644 N,1 30.713 E (51.0898333, 1.7715833)

 

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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. 150
2. Admiral gardner
3. Africa
4. Agen
5. Alabama (possibly)
6. Albion (probably)
7. Algeria
8. Amplegarth
9. Andaman
10. Angelus (possibly)
11. Archon
12. Ashley
13. Avon
14. Balakani
15. Bravore
16. Camisard
17. Carmen
18. Cathay (part of)
19. Cedrington court
20. Cerne
21. City of brisbane
22. Colbert (possibly)
23. Constanzia
24. Corhaven
25. Correct
26. Dalryan
27. Diana
28. Dinard
29. Dolcoath (part)
30. Dolcoath (part)
31. Duiveland
32. Dunbar castle
33. E goodwin ltv
34. Efford
35. Eidsiva (probably)
36. Eleonora
37. Embla (possibly)
38. Emile deschamps
39. Emma
40. Emma (possibly)
41. Empire lough (probably)
42. Empress of fort william (probably)
43. Empress of midland (possibly)
44. En avant
45. Erins isle (possibly)
46. Falcon (probably)
47. Fearless
48. Filleigh
49. Flachsee
50. Flandres
51. Francesco ciampa
52. Franz fischer (possibly)
53. Fred everard
54. Frons olivae (probably)
55. Fulmar
56. G 85 (possibly)
57. G-42 (possibly)
58. Gad 23
59. Genimar
60. Grazia (possibly)
61. Grosser kurfurst (possibly)
62. Halcyon
63. Harcalo
64. Hawksdale
65. Hawnby
66. Henry b plant
67. Hibernia
68. Hm mgb 328 (possibly)
69. Hm mms 39 (part of)(probably)
70. Hmhs anglia
71. Hms alert ?
72. Hms aragonite (part of)
73. Hms aries (possibly)
74. Hms artic trapper
75. Hms brazen
76. Hms carilon
77. Hms carlton
78. Hms cayton wyke (probably)
79. Hms chestnut (probably)
80. Hms city of dundee
81. Hms drumtochty (possibly)
82. Hms falmouth iii (possibly)
83. Hms fauvette
84. Hms flirt
85. Hms glen boyne
86. Hms gracie (probably)
87. Hms guardsman
88. Hms kingston galena
89. Hms lydian
90. Hms marcella
91. Hms mastiff (possibly)
92. Hms myrtle
93. Hms napia
94. Hms niger (possibly)
95. Hms northumberland (probably)
96. Hms othello ii
97. Hms peridot
98. Hms pyrope
99. Hms ray of hope
100. Hms restoration (possibly)
101. Hms rodino
102. Hms stirling castle (probably)
103. Hms tamarisk
104. Hms torbay ii (probably)
105. Hms tourmaline
106. Hms tranquil
107. Hms war sepoy
108. Hms weigelia
109. Hmsm b2
110. Hundvaag
111. Ilaro
112. Ira (possibly)
113. Irene
114. Jacob luckenbach
115. James harrod
116. Kabinda
117. Kadru
118. Karmt
119. Kielce
120. Kirsten skou
121. Koenigshaven
122. L'armandeche
123. Lady stella
124. Latona
125. Laurl coin
126. Lbv (m)396
127. Le pelerin de la mer
128. Leicester
129. Leo
130. Lisbeth m
131. Loanda
132. Lord hamilton (possibly)
133. Luray victory
134. Lusitania
135. Mahratta
136. Mahratta ii
137. Maloja 1
138. Malta (probably)
139. Menapier
140. Merel (part of)(possibly)
141. Mersey
142. Mi amigo
143. Monarch
144. Murillo
145. Nancy moran
146. Newlands
147. Norman
148. Norman
149. North eastern victory
150. Ocean hound
151. Opal
152. Ousel (probably)
153. Paros isle
154. Polgrange
155. Ponzano
156. Port dalhousie (possibly)
157. Preussen
158. Pulborough
159. Quentovic
160. Rubislaw
161. Rydal force
162. Rynanna
163. S goodwin ltv (lv 69)
164. S.folkestone gate (ltv no.75)
165. Sabac
166. Saidieh
167. Saint michael veillez sur nous
168. Saint ronan (possibly)
169. Saint ronan (possibly)
170. Sambut
171. San calisto
172. Santagata
173. Santagata (?part of)
174. Selma (possibly)
175. Shenandoah
176. Slesvig
177. Spaarndem
178. Strathclyde
179. Surrey
180. Teeswood
181. The queen
182. Tina primo
183. Tongue sand tower (remains)
184. Toornvliet (probably)
185. Toward
186. Traquair (probably)
187. Tummel (probably)
188. U 11 (possibly)
189. U 16 (possibly)
190. U 48
191. Ub 109
192. Ub 29 (possibly)
193. Ub 55 (probably)
194. Uc 21 (possibly)
195. Uc 26
196. Uc 46
197. Uc 46 (possibly)
198. Uc 77 (possibly)
199. Ursus (part)
200. Virginie
201. W a scholten
202. Westerley star
203. Wheatman (possibly)
204. Will and maggie (probably)
205. Woodtown (possibly)
206. Xanthence

 

Name: MEREL (PART OF)(POSSIBLY)

Length 74.7 meter, width: 11 meter, draught: 3.7, tonnage 1088 ton
Load: general and mixed goods,metal: concentrate and products

Cause: Built in 1925 by ayrshire dockyard co, irvine, ayrshire. owned at time of loss by the general steam navigation co. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 298hp, single shaft. passage havre for london. general cargo of 1000 tons including brass rods, aniline & casein. mined. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 12 meter, Height above seabed: 100 cm

Known since: 1940, last detected: 20150903

Details measurements/cartography: H0561/40 19.8.40 DW REPD IN 511939N, 013045E. (LT R BILL, RN DOVER).

- NM 2080/40. H0561/40 5.6.50 POSN 511939N, 013045E USING HSA. SWEPT 10.5.50, AFTER DISPERSAL ON 25.3.50. CLEAR 27FT, FOUL 28FT, SEABED 32-40FT, BUT DEPTHS OF 24-28FT EXIST WITHIN 2C SW. (SML 324, 28.5.50).

- NM 1018/50. H0561/40 15.2.61 SWEPT CLEAR 30FT, FOUL 32FT. LEAST E/S 34 IN GEN DEPTH 40FT. SCOUR 42FT. FIXED USING HSA. (ECES, 13.10.60). BR STD. H2714/69 4.3.69 SWEPT ON 19 & 24.9.68 IN 511938N, 013048E USING HSA. LEAST E/S 30FT IN GEN DEPTH 30-40FT. NO SCOUR. SEABED NOT KNOWN. (HMS EGERIA, HI 8A/68). BR STD. H2100/74 30.1.74 SMALL WK IN WIDE TROUGH IN 511936N, 013048E USING HIFIX. CLOSE SOUNDED. LEAST DEPTH 9.8MTRS IN 10-12MTRS. SCOUR 12.6MTRS [LAT]. IRREGULARLY UNDULATING SEABED. (HMS EGERIA, HI 121/73). NCA. H4453/72 13.3.80 NOT FOUND DURING DCS3 AREA SEARCH. (HMS ECHO, HI 62/79). NCA. H1938/78 28.10.80 EXAM'D IN 511937N, 013049E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 8.9 IN GEN DEPTH 12MTRS. DCS3 HT 3MTRS. WK LIES IN 2 PIECES, ABOUT 40MTRS APART. NORTHERN PART SHOALEST, BUT DEEPER THAN SEABED LEVEL NEARBY. DOES NOT REQUIRE TO BE SWEPT. (HMS ENTERPRISE, HI 61B/80). BR STD. H2331/85 10.7.86 EXAM'D IN 511936N, 013048E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER. ONLY S PORTION OF WK WAS FOUND, THE N PORTION IS THOUGHT TO HAVE BEEN BURIED. LEAST DEPTH BY E/S 10MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 7.5-11.5MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 12.3MTRS. DUE TO MOBILE NATURE OF SEABED RETAIN CURRENT CHARTED DEPTH. (NP 1016, HI 298). HH090/647/01 28.10.94 EXAM'D IN 511936.2N, 013048.7E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [3 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 9.6 IN GEN DEPTH 9.9-11.7MTRS. NO SCOUR. NO DCS3 SHADOW. COVERS 37 BY 17MTRS. ORIENTATED NE/SW. STRONG MAGNETOMETER DEFLECTION. (NP 1016, HI 647). AMEND TO WK 9.6MTRS IN 511936N, 013049E [OGB]. BR STD. 19.10.05 [EUT] POSN: 5119.633N, 0130.712E. NE 1827. SEP 2008/000058660 17.7.08 LOCATED IN 5119.6446N, 0130.7150E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 8.91MTRS. (SDC EXAMINATION OF THANET WIND FARM SURVEY, M4734, GARDLINE HYDRO). NCA. SEP 2010/000060716 26.3.10 EXAM'D 3.8.09 IN 5119.644N, 0130.714W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 9.07 IN GEN DEPTH 12.0MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 5MTRS, WIDTH 4MTRS, HT 2.9MTRS. POSSIBLE ADDITONAL WRECKAGE TO THE S OF THE MAIN CONTACT. (MARIN MATTEKNIK, HI 1294). SINGLE, STRONG CONTACT IN MINOR SCOUR. ?BOILER(S). AMEND WK 9MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. SEP 2015/000083470 10.12.15 EXAM'D 3.9.15 IN 5119.644N, 0130.713E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 8.9MTRS IN GEN DEPTHS 11.5MTRS. LENGTH 5.23MTRS, WIDTH 4.56MTRS, HEIGHT 2.5MTRS, ORIENTATION 100DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 5.0MTRS, SCOUR DEPTH 1.1MTRS, ORIENTATION 200DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (EGS, HI 1484). AMEND TO DW 8.9MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: SINGLE STRONG CONTACT, ?BOILER

Position: 51 19.644 N,1 30.713 E

 

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