Wreck: Milbanke (probably) (Steam ship)

This is the information page about the shipwreck Milbanke (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 53.98 N,0 59.558 E (50.8163, 0.959)


 

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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง, 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.

 

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Shipwreck details

Name: MILBANKE (PROBABLY)

Length 74.1 meter, width: 9.4 meter, draught: 5.5, tonnage 1296 ton
Load: metal: concentrate and products,non-ferrous elements and ores: unrefined and refined

Cause: sank following collision with ss 'hankow'. en route england from carthagena. 14 crew lost. built in sunderland in 1868. owned at time of loss by r m hudson. steam engines of 150hp. (dods).

Year of registration: 1961

Water depth above wreck: 30 meter, Height above seabed: 135 cm

Known since: 1961, last detected: 20150617

Details measurements/cartography: H5824/60 3.3.61 SWEPT CLEAR BY OROPESA AT 60FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 83FT IN GEN DEPTH 94-104FT. SCOUR DEPTH 6FT. (HMS SCOTT, 25.5.60). CHART AS NDW. BR STD. 13.2.70 AMEND TO WK 13FMS. BR STD. 14.7.71 AMEND TO WK 23MTRS. NC 536. H4959/73 23.3.75 EXAM'D 12.6.74 IN 505356N, 0005939E USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR 23.0MTRS, FOUL 23.6MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 25.0MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 30-31 MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 1MTR. LENGTH 120FT. (HMS BEAGLE, HI 55/74). H4199/78 9.10.78 LOCATED 3.8.77 IN 505357N, 005939E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 23.6MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 31-32MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 32MTRS. DCS3 HT 8.3MTRS. LENGTH 40MTRS. LYING 120/300DEGS. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 35/78). RETAIN SWEPT DEPTH. AMEND TO SW 23MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. H1310/83/4 19.1.83 DIVED IN 1982. WK BROKEN IN TWO AT APPROX AMIDSHIPS. AFTER SECTION INTACT, LISTING 25DEGS AND STANDING ABOUT 25FT ABOVE SEABED. FOR'D SECTION COLLAPSED. CARGO IS LEAD INGOTS, PROBABLY OF SPANISH ORIGIN. THOUGHT TO BE THE 'MILBANKE'. HAVE CLAIMED TO BE SALVOR IN POSSESION ON BEHALF OF EUROSALVE. REQUEST COMMERCIAL IN CONFIDENCE. CARGO WILL BE RECOVERED IN 1983. (T W BENNETTO, 4.1.83). H1310/84/32 7.9.84 SALVAGE OF LEAD CARGO STILL NOT COMPLETED. UNLIKELY THAT IT WILL BE FINISHED BEFORE 1985. (T W BENNETTO, 4.9.84). H1310/86/29 26.11.86 SALVAGE OF LEAD CARGO COMPLETED DURING 1986. (T W BENNETTO, 28.10.86). HH090/685/01 16.10.96 EXAM'D 24.9.96 IN 505359.2N, 005931.1E [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 24.9, FOUL 25.2MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 25.7 IN GEN DEPTH 30.6MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 4.6MTRS. LENGTH 45MTRS, WIDTH 10MTRS. LIES 130/310DEGS. LARGE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. IN TWO PARTS. NO DEBRIS. (NP 1016, HI 685). AMEND TO SW 24.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.POSITIONS BELOW THIS POINT ARE IN DEGREES, MINUTES AND DECIMALS OF A MINUTE SEP 2015/000083464 13.2.16 EXAM'D 17.6.15; IN 5053.980N, 0059.558E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 25.11MTRS, GEN DEPTH 30MTRS. LENGTH 80MTRS, WIDTH 15MTRS, HT 4.6MTRS, ORIENTATION 135/315. SCOUR 17MTRS TOWARDS 135, SCOUR DEPTH 4MTRS. WK BROKEN, PARTIALLY BURIED, STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (HI 1475, GARDLINE GEOSURVEY). AMEND DW 25MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 50 53.98 N,0 59.558 E

 

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