This is the information page about the shipwreck Mill gate (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 42.348 N,0 9.834 E (50.577250, -0.082600)

 

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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. Alan dean
2. Alaunia
3. Aracataca
4. Aristos
5. Ashford
6. Barn hill
7. Bernicia
8. Blanefield
9. Branksome chine (possibly)
10. Braunton
11. Caleb sprague
12. Carrie dingle
13. Celtic
14. Charles m
15. City of brisbane
16. City of waterford
17. Clara
18. D144 (possibly).
19. Davenport
20. Devon coast
21. Eduard (possibly)
22. Emerald (possibly)
23. Esperanza
24. F d lambert (possibly)
25. F/v joanna c
26. Fife coast (possibly)
27. Fortuna
28. Fulham vii (probably)
29. George sutton
30. Girlvine (possibly)
31. Glenartney (possibly)
32. Gull (possibly)
33. Harold
34. Heathpool
35. Heathpool
36. Hms ariadne
37. Hms avanturine
38. Hms balfour
39. Hms borneo
40. Hms gambri (possibly)
41. Hms inverclyde
42. Hms keryado (probably)
43. Hms lancer ii
44. Hms ocean sunlight
45. Hms resolution (possibly)
46. Hms taipo
47. Holme force (possibly)
48. Hush wing
49. Inger (possibly)
50. James groves
51. Joseph roberts (possibly)
52. Lalen mendi
53. Leven (possibly)
54. Lornaston (possibly)
55. Mill gate (probably)
56. Mira
57. Mohlenpris (possibly)
58. Mount stuart
59. Mv adur valley?
60. Newent
61. Noordster
62. Nyon
63. Oceana
64. Ouse (possibly)
65. Rytoner
66. Saint ronaig
67. Seaford
68. Seven seas (possibly)
69. Sitakund (part of)(possibly)
70. Stanhope
71. T r thompson
72. U 275 (probably)
73. U 40 (possibly)
74. U678 (probably)/u275 (possibly)
75. Ub 130
76. Vasco
77. Venus
78. Wilhelmina j
79. Zeester (possibly)

 

Name: MILL GATE (PROBABLY)

Length 43.8 meter, width: 7.3 meter, draught: 3.3, tonnage 403 ton
Load: cement

Cause: built 1898 by t.a. walker & co., sudbrook with 2 cylinder compound engine, single shaft. owned at time of loss by manchester coasting & gen. shipping. passage guernsey for london. cargo shifted and engine room flooded in sw gale. crew of 10 rescued by lifeboat. capsized at anchor 4m se of newhaven. (dive sussex, sibi)

Year of registration: 1976

Water depth above wreck: 22 meter, Height above seabed: 145 cm

Known since: 1976, last detected: 20150716

Details measurements/cartography: H4121/76 14.7.76 WK EXAM'D 14.6.76 IN 504219N, 000955E [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 17.3 IN GEN DEPTH 20.7MTRS. DCS3 HT 3MTRS, LENGTH 43MTRS [LENGTH FROM SOUNDING PLOT 23MTRS]. DIVED ON,WELL ENCROACHED BY SAND. CARGO CEMENT. (HMS ECHO, HI 41/76). CHART AS WK 17.3MTRS [9FMS 3FT].

- NM 1546/76. H2979/74 24.11.76 WK, LOCATED WITH AID OF HMS ENTERPRISE. WK IS BADLY RUSTED AND HOLED. LIES E/W. THE STERN STANDING 14FT HIGH IS THE HIGHEST PART OF THE WK. (E GILES, 13.11.76). H1965/76 2.12.80 EXAM'D 17.4.80 IN 504219N, 000957E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER. LEAST E/S DEPTH 18MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 22.5MTRS. NO SCOUR. HYDROSEARCH LENGTH 40.5MTRS, BEAM 10MTRS, HT 4MTRS. UPRIGHT & SILTED UP. LIES 130/310DEGS [BOWS SE]. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 37A/77). NCA. HH100/351/05 8.5.92 LOCATED IN 504215N, 000942E [OGB] USING DECCA. (C MARTIN, 13.4.92). 11.10.07 NAME GIVEN AS MILL GATE. (M HOLLIS, TELECON 11.10.07) CONFIRMED BY ENTRIES IN DIVE SUSSEX & SIBI. AMENDED TO MILL GATE (PROBABLY). NCA. SEP 2015/000083466 3.2.16 EXAM'D 16.07.15 IN 5042.348N, 0009.834E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 18.72MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 22.22MTRS. NO SCOUR, LENGTH 40MTRS, HT 3.5MTRS, WIDTH 25MTRS. BROKEN WK AND PARTIALLY BURIED, STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (GARDLINE GEOSURVEY, HI 1477). AMEND DW 18.7MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT & SILTED UP

Position: 50 42.348 N,0 9.834 E

 

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