This is the information page about the shipwreck Mersey, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 17.216 N,1 28.042 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. Atlantic (possibly)
14. Avon
15. Balakani
16. Bravore
17. Ca 4
18. Camisard
19. Cap de la hague
20. Carmen
21. Cathay (part of)
22. Cedrington court
23. Cerne
24. Christianssund
25. City of brisbane
26. Colbert (possibly)
27. Constanzia
28. Corhaven
29. Correct
30. D'artagnan
31. Dalryan
32. Diana
33. Dinard
34. Dolcoath (part)
35. Dolcoath (part)
36. Duiveland
37. Dunbar castle
38. E goodwin ltv
39. Efford
40. Eidsiva (probably)
41. Eleonora
42. Embla (possibly)
43. Emile deschamps
44. Emma
45. Emma (possibly)
46. Empire lough (probably)
47. Empress of fort william (probably)
48. Empress of midland (possibly)
49. En avant
50. Erins isle (possibly)
51. Falcon (probably)
52. Fearless
53. Filleigh
54. Flachsee
55. Flandres
56. Francesco ciampa
57. Fred everard
58. Frons olivae (probably)
59. Fulmar
60. G 85 (possibly)
61. G-42 (possibly)
62. Gad 23
63. Genimar
64. Grazia (possibly)
65. Grosser kurfurst (possibly)
66. Halcyon
67. Harcalo
68. Hawksdale
69. Hawnby
70. Henry moon
71. Hm mgb 328 (possibly)
72. Hm mms 39 (part of)(probably)
73. Hmhs anglia
74. Hms alert ?
75. Hms aragonite (part of)
76. Hms aries (possibly)
77. Hms artic trapper
78. Hms brazen
79. Hms carilon
80. Hms carlton
81. Hms cayton wyke (probably)
82. Hms chestnut (probably)
83. Hms city of dundee
84. Hms cleon
85. Hms desiree
86. Hms drumtochty (possibly)
87. Hms falmouth iii (possibly)
88. Hms fauvette
89. Hms flirt
90. Hms glen boyne
91. Hms gracie (probably)
92. Hms guardsman
93. Hms kingston galena
94. Hms lydian
95. Hms marcella
96. Hms mastiff (possibly)
97. Hms myrtle
98. Hms napia
99. Hms niger (possibly)
100. Hms northumberland (probably)
101. Hms othello ii
102. Hms peridot
103. Hms pyrope
104. Hms ray of hope
105. Hms restoration (possibly)
106. Hms rodino
107. Hms stirling castle (probably)
108. Hms tamarisk
109. Hms torbay ii (probably)
110. Hms tourmaline
111. Hms tranquil
112. Hms war sepoy
113. Hms weigelia
114. Hms wessex
115. Hmsm b2
116. Hundvaag
117. Ilaro
118. Ira (possibly)
119. Irene
120. Jacob luckenbach
121. James harrod
122. Josephine willis
123. Kabinda
124. Kadru
125. Karmt
126. Katharina kolkmann
127. Kielce
128. Kirsten skou
129. Koenigshaven
130. L'armandeche
131. Lady stella
132. Latona
133. Laurl coin
134. Lbv (m)396
135. Le pelerin de la mer
136. Leicester
137. Leo
138. Lisbeth m
139. Loanda
140. Lord hamilton (possibly)
141. Luray victory
142. Lusitania
143. Mahratta
144. Mahratta ii
145. Maloja 1
146. Malta (probably)
147. Menapier
148. Merel (part of)(possibly)
149. Mersey
150. Mi amigo
151. Monarch
152. Mudlark
153. Murillo
154. Nancy moran
155. Newlands
156. Niki
157. Norman
158. Norman
159. North eastern victory
160. Opal
161. Ousel (probably)
162. Paros isle
163. Polgrange
164. Ponzano
165. Preussen
166. Pulborough
167. Quentovic
168. Rubislaw
169. Rydal force
170. Rynanna
171. S goodwin ltv (lv 69)
172. S.folkestone gate (ltv no.75)
173. Sabac
174. Saidieh
175. Saint michael veillez sur nous
176. Saint ronan (possibly)
177. Saint ronan (possibly)
178. Sambut
179. San calisto
180. Santagata
181. Santagata (?part of)
182. Sea serpent
183. Selma (possibly)
184. Shenandoah
185. Slesvig
186. Spaarndem
187. St cecilia
188. Strathclyde
189. Surrey
190. Teeswood
191. Texaco caribbean (after section)
192. Texaco caribbean (forward section)
193. The queen
194. Tina primo
195. Tongue sand tower (remains)
196. Toward
197. Traquair (probably)
198. Tummel (probably)
199. U 11 (possibly)
200. U 16 (possibly)
201. U 48
202. Uama
203. Ub 108 (possibly)
204. Ub 109
205. Ub 31 ?
206. Ub 55 (probably)
207. Ub 78
208. Uc 21 (possibly)
209. Uc 26
210. Uc 46
211. Uc 46 (possibly)
212. Uc 77 (possibly)
213. Ursus (part)
214. Virginie
215. W a scholten
216. Westerley star
217. Wheatman (possibly)
218. Will and maggie (probably)
219. Woodtown (possibly)
220. Xanthence

 

Name: MERSEY

Length 77.7 meter, width: 11 meter, draught: 4.9, tonnage 1037 ton

Cause: Built in 1906 by swan hunter & wigham richardson. owned at the time of loss by london midland & scottish railway. struck a mine and sank in the downs near mildrake buoy. 14 lives lost. (dods).

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 12 meter, Height above seabed: 49 cm

Known since: 1940, last detected: 20190505

Details measurements/cartography: SANK IN 511711N, 012805E. (VA DOVER). H0403/40 23.4.40 PFNM 1088/40 ISSUED. H0411/40 16.5.40 INS DW IN 511711N, 012805E. - FNM 1198/40. H0565/40 19.8.40 INS DW.

- NM 2080/40. H0403/40 22.2.50 DISPERSED TO BELOW LEVEL OF ADJACENT SEA BED. (C-IN-C NORE, 22.2.50). H0403/40 21.6.50 WK IN 511712N, 012808E USING HSA. LUCAS WIRE DRIFT SWEEP SMLS 324 325 ON 20 & 21.4.50 & 28.4.50. CLEAR AT 28FT FOUL AT 29FT. GEN DEPTH 33-40FT. DEPTHS OF 27FT EXIST WITHIN 2C TO THE S. (SML 324, 6.5.50). AMENDED TO WK 4FMS 4FT

- NM 1172/50. H0403/40 30.3.60 LUCAS WIRE DRIFT SWEEP 14.7.59 IN 511709N, 012806E USING HSA. CLEAR AT 29FT FOUL AT 30FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 37FT IN GEN DEPTH 39FT. SCOUR 49FT. SEABED SAND & SHINGLE. (ECES, SWEEP REPORT, 23.2.60). AMENDED TO SW 4FMS 5FT IN 511709N, 012806E. LC 1828 & NC 1895. H8033/68 12.12.68 A VERY POOR SONAR CONTACT IN 511710N, 012806E USING HSA. LEAST E/S DEPTH 35FT IN GEN DEPTH 40FT. SCOUR DEPTH 45FT. (HMS ENTERPRISE, HI 9/68). CHART AS SW 4FMS 4FT IN 511710N, 012806E. NE 1828 [NEW DATUM]. H8033/68 6.1.69 TO REMAIN AS SW 4FMS 5FT ON BA 1895 [OLD DATUM]. (HMS ENTERPRISE, H525 DTD 3.10.68). H5498/69 14.11.69 WK LOCATED 7.8.69 IN 511713N, 012806E USING HSA & DECCA. TWO BOAT DRIFT SWEEP 6.9.69, CLEAR AT 9.1MTRS FOUL AT 9.6MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 10.5MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 11.5MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 14.0MTRS. SEA BED IS SMOOTH. GOOD SONAR FROM E & W. LIES IN ITS OWN SCOUR. (HMS ENTERPRISE, HI 163/69, HI 8(B)/69). AMENDED TO SW 9.1MTRS [5FMS] IN 511713N, 012806E.

- NM 1837/69. H2100/74 30.1.74 WK IN 511710N, 012807E USING HIFIX. CLOSE SOUNDED. LEAST E/S DEPTH 10.9MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 12.0MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 13.6MTRS [LAT]. FLAT SEABED. SMALL WRECK SITTING IN OWN SCOUR. LIES APPROX E/W. (HMS ECHO, H525 NO.19/73). H1938/78 24.3.81 EXAM'D 20.10.80 IN 511710N, 012809E USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. SCATTERED WRECKAGE COVERING AREA 65 X 65MTRS. SWEPT CLEAR AT 9.5, FOUL AT 9.8MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 10.1 IN GEN DEPTH 12MTRS. NO SCOUR. WK ALMOST COVERED. CHART AS FOUL. (HMS ENTERPRISE, HI 61A/80). AMEND TO SW 9.5MTRS IN 511710N, 012809E. BR SD. H1951/80 29.5.81 H1951/80 29.5.81 EXAM'D 8.4.81. WRECKAGE COVERING AREA 50 X 40MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 10.1MTRS. RETAIN 1980 SWEPT DEPTH. (HMS ENTERPRISE, HI 21A). H2331/85 12.11.86 EXAM'D 27.6.86 & 6.7.86 IN 511710N, 012809E USING TRISPONDER. LIES IN ITS OWN SCOUR 13MTRS DEEP COVERING AN AREA 40 X 30MTRS APPROX. LEAST E/S DEPTH 10.5 IN GEN DEPTH 11.5-12.2MTRS. RETAIN SWEPT DEPTH. (NP 1016, HI 298). NCA. HH090/629/01 6.7.94 EXAM'D 16.6.94 IN 511711N, 012809E USING TRISPONDER [4 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 11.3 IN GEN DEPTH 12.3MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 13.3MTRS. NO DCS3 HT. COVERS 45 BY 35MTRS. MODERATE MAGNETOMETER DEFLECTION. (NP 1016, HI 629). NCA. HH242/400/14 24.8.04 LEAST E/S DEPTH 11.3MTRS. (TH SURVEY DTD 29/30.5.04). AMEND WK 11.3MTRS. BR STD. SEP 2010/000174707 20.10.10 LEAST M/B DEPTH 10.9MTRS. (TH SURVEY DTD AUG 2010). NCA. SEP 2011/000169714 12.10.11 LOCATED IN 5117.212N, 0128.038E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 10.9MTRS. (TH SURVEY DTD JULY 2011). BR STD. SEP 2019/000022679 27.6.19 EXAM'D 5.5.19; IN 5117.216N, 0128.042E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 10.584MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 12.15MTRS, LENGTH 29.78MTRS, WIDTH 30.99MTRS, HT 1.06MTRS, ORIENTATION 049 DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 10.71MTRS, WIDTH 8.71MTRS, 13.86MTRS DEEP, TOWARDS 096 DEGS. HEAVILY DEGRADED/BROKEN UP WRECK. DEBRIS FIELD; LENGTH 47.9MTRS, TOWARDS 093 DEGS. (CLINTON MARINE SURVEY AB, HI1585). AMEND DW 10.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: AREA OF WRECKAGE

Position: 51 17.216 N,1 28.042 E

 

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