This is the information page about the shipwreck Minerva (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 29.616 N,2 45.397 W (50.46995, -3.0108833333333)

 

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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. 20
2. Addarwa
3. Ailsa craig (probably)
4. Aleyna
5. Algarve
6. Amy
7. Apache
8. Athen
9. Avalanche
10. Bamse (probably)
11. Baygitano
12. Bayonne
13. Berar
14. Bokn (possibly)
15. Borgund i (possibly)
16. Broomhill (probably)
17. Chateau yqem
18. Chorley
19. Franziska
20. Frogner ?
21. Gibel-hamam
22. Gorizia
23. Grane
24. Greta c
25. Gripfast
26. Heroine (probably)
27. Hms amazon
28. Hms bittern
29. Hms bittern (parts of)(probably)
30. Hms boadicea
31. Hms buccaneer
32. Hms empress of india (ex renown)
33. Hms fisgard ii
34. Hms harstad
35. Hms hickory
36. Hms james fennel
37. Hms kingston cairngorm (possibly)
38. Hms landrail (probably)
39. Hms lord hailsham
40. Hms manor
41. Hms recoil (bow section)(probably)
42. Hms recoil (stern section)(probably)
43. Hms remindo (possibly)
44. Hmsm l24
45. Hmsm m2
46. Hmsm p555
47. Hmsm sidon
48. Inisinver
49. Isbjorn
50. Kongshaug (probably)
51. L h carl
52. Lct 381
53. Lst 507 (bow section)
54. Lst 507 (stern section)
55. Lst 531
56. Lucinda (possibly)
57. Majorca
58. Marguerite (possibly)
59. Marie therese
60. Martha
61. Memnon
62. Merchant royal
63. Minerva (probably)
64. Modavia
65. Moidart
66. Motano (probably)
67. Netley abbey (possibly)
68. Nyasaland
69. Ocean vagabond
70. Onward (probably)
71. Osprey (bow section) (possibly)
72. Pas (c.182)
73. Pergo
74. Pomella
75. Pomeranian
76. Reggestroom (probably)
77. Romsdalen (probably)
78. Rosten (possibly)
79. Rotorua
80. Royal adelaide
81. Salsette ii
82. Scaldis
83. Siren
84. Sparkling foam (possibly)
85. St dunstan
86. Stancrest
87. Tandil (probably)
88. Thera (possibly)
89. Tracy
90. Trito
91. Ub 74
92. Ull (probably)
93. Ursa (probably)

 

Name: MINERVA (PROBABLY)

Length 55.5 meter, width: 7.6 meter, draught: 4.6, tonnage 518 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: ex-maire. built in 1864 by akt ges 'vulkan', stettin, germany (now poland). two boilers, compound expansion engine, single shaft. passage caen for swansea. sunk by submarine action. (n r chipchase, ww1sl & sibi).

Year of registration: 1960

Water depth above wreck: 43 meter, Height above seabed: 35 cm

Known since: 1960, last detected: 20150315

Details measurements/cartography: H3971/52 22.1.60 EXAM'D IN 502934N, 024521W USING HSA. SWEPT CLEAR 18FMS, FOUL AT 19FMS. GEN DEPTH 23FMS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 116FT. LENGTH 350FT. LIES IN AN E/W DIRECTION. SHOALEST AT THE CENTRE. (HMS SCOTT, 6.6.52). INS AS SW 18FMS. BR STD. H3950/70 21.5.71 AMEND TO SW 32MTRS. NC 3315. H5982/82 25.1.83 WK SHOWN IN 502933N, 024519W. (KINGFISHER CHART K(SW)1, 1982). H2923/83 2.1.85 EXAM'D 19.7.84 IN 502935N, 024519W [OGB] USING SYLEDIS. SWEPT CLEAR AT 36.0MTRS, FOUL AT 36.5MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 36.8 IN GEN DEPTH 43MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 6MTRS, LENGTH 55MTRS, BEAM 10MTRS. LYING 050/230 DEG. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT PART OF THE WRECK IS MISSING. (GARDLINE SURVEYS, HI 202). AMEND TO SW 36MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. HH100/351/10 15.8.95 DIVED ON 22.7.95. VESSEL HAS 2 CYLINDER COMPOUND ENGINE. MEASURED LENGTH 180-185 FEET (SOME DAMAGE TO STERN RAIL). MEASURED BEAM 24 FEET. HULL WITH CLIPPER BOW TO THE S COMPLETELY INTACT WITH UPPER PART OF THE STERN MISSING. SINGLE IRON PROP WITH ONE BLADE MISSING. HULL PROBABLY OF IRON WITH DECK BEAMS AND TIE PLATES. ANCHOR IN SITU ON PORT SIDE. NO EVIDENCE OF ANY CARGO. BELIEVED TO BE 'MINERVA' (EX 'MARIE'). (N R CHIPCHASE). SEP 2015/000019320 8.7.15 EXAM'D 15.3.15 LEAST M/B DEPTH 36.83MTRS IN 5029.616N, 0245.397W [WGD], GEN DEPTHS 43MTRS. LENGTH 55.3MTRS, WIDTH 9MTRS, HEIGHT 6MTRS. ORIENTATION 035/215 DEGS. UPRIGHT. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (MMT, HI 1453). AMEND TO NDW 36MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT

Position: 50 29.616 N,2 45.397 W

 

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