This is the information page about the shipwreck Milly (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 40.538 N,4 51.787 W (50.822183333333, -4.5627833333333)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐ฌ๐ง, 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.
Name: MILLY (POSSIBLY)
Length 99.1 meter, width: 14.4 meter, draught: 6.8, tonnage 2964 ton
Load: ballast
Cause: ex-ludwig groedel. built in 1904 by w gray & co, west hartlepool. owned at time of loss by alexander & mair, london. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 276 nhp. single shaft. passage brest for barry roads. torpedoed by ub 87. two men lost. (ww1sl, ll ww1, der kreig zur see & sibi).
Year of registration: 1918
Water depth above wreck: 39 meter
Known since: 1918, last detected: 2010
Details measurements/cartography: 7.9.18 7.9.18 SANK IN 5 MINS IN 503900N, 044900W. (SIO, SWANSEA; IDSA, DOCKET M41864). 10.9.18 10.9.18 SANK 4M N OF PORT ISAAC. (RA FALMOUTH, AP REPORT, DOCKET M014279). H5529/18 2.10.18 H5529/18 2.10.18 WK IN 503900N, 045100W. SWEPT CLEAR AT 10FMS. NO DANGER TO NAVIGATION. (RA FALMOUTH). 10.10.18 10.10.18 SANK ABOUT 10M N OF TREVOSE HD. (BOT, WR 8/209, DOCKET M46620). H6391/19 22.4.20 H6391/19 22.4.20 SANK 2.25M W 0.75 S FROM TINTAGEL HEAD. THIS POSN ACCEPTED AS 503900N, 045100W APPROX. (LORDS COMMISSIONERS OF THE ADMIRALTY). CHART AS WK [OLD SYMBOL].
- NM 674/20. H2537/28 6.6.28 H2537/28 & H4337/28 6.6.28 NOW CHARTED AS NDW (1918). (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NE 1178. 18.8.52 18.8.52 NOW CHARTED AS NDW PA. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NC 1178. 14.11.72 14.11.72 NOW CHARTED AS USC 10FMS [18MTRS]. (TONNAGE KNOWN). NE 1178. H1247/69 17.5.79 H1247/69 17.5.79 LOCATED IN 504036N, 045150W [OGB] USING DECCA. IDENTIFIED BY RECOVERED BELL. (R DAVIS, 14.5.79). AMEND TO USC 20MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. HH100/351/04 19.3.91 HH100/351/04 19.3.91 DIVED ON IN 504034N, 045133W {OGB] USING DECCA. LIES IN GEN DEPTH 47MTRS. MAX. HT NOT DETERMINED BUT LEAST DEPTH OBTAINED 45MTRS. MUCH WRECKAGE SEEN BUT POOR UNDERWATER VISIBILITY HAMPERED DIVERS. (R A MAPPLEBECK, 6.1.91). NCA YET. HH220/350/01 25.9.91 HH220/350/01 25.9.91 GUN HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM WK BY LOUGHTON BSAC MEMBERS. WILL BE RESTORED FOR DISPLAY AT GOLDEN LION PUBLIC HOUSE, PORT ISAAC. (CORNISH GUARDIAN, 29 & 30.8.91). 11.6.97 11.6.97 WK NOW OWNED BY M JEFFORD & N STAHL. (VISIT TO HO, 11.6.97). 10.8.11 10.8.11 LOCATED 27.3.10 IN 5040.538N, 0451.787W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 38.98 IN GEN DEPTH 39.4MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 11MTRS, WIDTH 10MTRS, HT 0.5MTR. (FUGRO OSAE, HI 1157). PROBABLY DEBRIS. AMEND FOUL IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: ?DEBRIS
Position: 50 40.538 N,4 51.787 W