This is the information page about the shipwreck Middleton (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 55 6.609 N,5 29.281 W (54.846216666667, -5.7131)

 

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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. Agba
2. Ailsa
3. Alamance (probably)
4. Albia (probably)
5. Alcedo
6. Ardglass
7. Argyle (possibly)
8. Baron glamis (probably)
9. Berbice
10. Bonvilston
11. Buffalo (possibly)
12. Byron darnton
13. Carrick
14. Dalriada
15. Davaar
16. Dettifoss
17. Dove of oban
18. Empire adventure
19. Empress of japan (possibly)
20. Ethel crawford
21. Foxy lady
22. George
23. Haileybury
24. Harrington
25. Harvest hope (possibly)
26. Hms adept (possibly)
27. Hms breda
28. Housatonic (possibly)
29. Karen
30. Lairdscastle (probably)
31. Lakemoor
32. Lupina
33. M.j.craig (probably)
34. Maria
35. Menck
36. Middleton (probably)
37. Mobeka
38. Norseman
39. Nyanza (possibly)
40. Overton
41. Perelle (possibly)
42. Peridot
43. Quesada (possibly)
44. Quesada (possibly)
45. Rowan
46. Sandhurst
47. Setter (possibly)
48. Solway queen (possibly)
49. St conan
50. State of louisiana (bow section)
51. State of louisiana (stern section)
52. U 776
53. Ub 82 (possibly)
54. Ub-85 / ub-82?
55. Vera louise
56. William castle
57. Wilmere (probably)
58. Woods

 

Name: MIDDLETON (PROBABLY)

Length 118.9 meter, width: 16.2 meter, tonnage 4297 ton

Cause: 18.2.41 ex- darcolm. built in 1935 by hamilton wm. & co, glasgow. owned at time of loss by lambert bros. ltd, london. involved in a collison on 18.2.41 & sank. (wrecksite.eu)

Year of registration: 1945

Water depth above wreck: 108 meter, Height above seabed: 77 cm

Known since: 1945, last detected: 2021

Details measurements/cartography: H0109/45 9.5.45 WK IN 550640N, 052912W.(WESTERN APPROACHES LIST, WAGO 524. SIGNAL 9.5.45). H0109/45 21.2.45 GOOD POSN, GOOD SONAR CONTACT. WIDTH 140FT, HEIGHT 36FT. ROCK. (AUBD 318/54, ESCORT GROUP 19). H45 21.3.45 SONAR CONTACT IN 550600N, 053000W PA. H45FT. (AUBD 318/56, ESCORT GROUP 21). 18.8.53 INS NDW ON NC F6629 ONLY. H3671/72 20.7.72 WK EXAM'D 19.6.72 IN 550637N, 052914W [OGB] USING HIFIX. LEAST E/S DEPTH 103.2MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 108MTRS. (HMS FOX, HN). H3671/72 12.9.72 POSN BY HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 103.2MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 108-111MTRS. NO SCOUR. SEABED SAND & SHELL. THIS IS A LARGE WK AND NOT A ROCK. LYING ABOUT 080/260 DEGS. LENGTH 370FT. ON THE SIDE OF A SAND RIDGE. (HMS FOX, HI 51/72). INS AS WK 56FMS. BR STD. H2265/73 13.6.73 AMEND TO WK 103MTRS. NC 2199. H1285/79 THIS IS ALMOST CERTAIN TO BE MIDDLETON. (A CROTHALL). SEP 2021/000322449 22.12.21 XAM’D 13.5.21 IN 5506.609N, 0529.281W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 99.55MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 108MTRS. LENGTH 118.80MTRS, WIDTH 27.19MTRS, HT 9.04MTRS. ORIENTATION 077/257 DEGS. SCOUR DIMENSIONS LENGTH 70.5MTRS, WIDTH 56.6MTRS, 4.9MTRS DEEP, TOWARD 119 DEGS. (A-2-SEA SOLUTIONS LTD, HI 1718). INTACT, HEAVILY DEGRADED. AMEND NDW 99MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT THOUGH HEAVILY DEGRADED, ON THE SIDE OF SAND RIDGE

Position: 55 6.609 N,5 29.281 W

 

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