This is the information page about the shipwreck Mira, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 41.228 N,0 8.304 E (50.6523667, -0.6161833)

 

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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. 010
2. Afon dulais
3. Alan dean
4. Alaska
5. Algiers
6. Alison (possibly)
7. Angry fish
8. Aracataca
9. Ariel
10. Armenier
11. Arno (possibly)
12. Ashford
13. Atlas (probably)
14. Axwell
15. Barn hill
16. Basil-2
17. Bernicia
18. Bettann (bow section)
19. Blanefield
20. Branksome chine (possibly)
21. Braunton
22. Broadhurst (probably)
23. Cairndhu
24. Caleb sprague
25. Cambrian princess (probably)
26. Candia
27. Carbineer
28. Carrie dingle
29. Celtic
30. Charles m
31. City of brisbane
32. City of mexico
33. Clan macmillan
34. Clara
35. Cuba
36. D144 (possibly).
37. Del rio
38. Devon coast
39. Donegal (possibly)
40. Duke of buccleuch
41. Eduard (possibly)
42. Elford
43. Emerald (possibly)
44. F/v joanna c
45. Fife coast (possibly)
46. Flag theofano
47. Fort yale
48. Fpt iv
49. Frode
50. Fulham vii (probably)
51. Gartland
52. Gascony
53. George sutton
54. Gerarda
55. Germa geisha
56. Glenarm head (possibly)
57. Glenarm head (possibly)
58. Glenartney (possibly)
59. Glenlee
60. Harold
61. Heathpool
62. Heathpool
63. Hedwig lunstedt
64. Highland corrie
65. Hms apley (possibly)
66. Hms ariadne
67. Hms avanturine
68. Hms balfour
69. Hms borneo
70. Hms evadne (possibly)
71. Hms gambri (possibly)
72. Hms hazardous
73. Hms implacable
74. Hms lancer ii
75. Hms minion
76. Hms moldavia
77. Hms northcoates
78. Hms ocean sunlight
79. Hms pine
80. Hms prince leopold
81. Hms resolution (possibly)
82. Hms sapper
83. Hms taipo
84. Hms vernon ii (possibly)
85. Hmsm a1
86. Holme force (possibly)
87. Ikeda (possibly)
88. Indiana
89. Inger (possibly)
90. Ingo
91. Jaffa
92. James groves
93. Joseph roberts (possibly)
94. Lalen mendi
95. Lass o'doune (probably)
96. Leven (possibly)
97. Lightfoot (possibly)
98. Lola (possibly)
99. London trader (possibly)
100. Lowmount
101. Lulonga (possibly)
102. Maaslust
103. Marga
104. Marie marguerite (possibly)
105. Mill gate (probably)
106. Miown
107. Mira
108. Mohlenpris (possibly)
109. Molesey (possibly)
110. Montecrana (possibly)
111. Mount stuart
112. Mv adur valley?
113. Newent
114. Noordster
115. Ny-eeasteyr
116. Nyon
117. Oceana
118. Pagenturm
119. Patrice didier (probably)
120. Pentyrch
121. Polandia (possibly)
122. Porthkerry
123. Quail
124. Ramsgarth
125. Ramsholm (possibly)
126. Rfa hungerford (possibly)
127. Rytoner
128. Saint andre (probably)
129. Saint ronaig
130. Seaford
131. Seven seas (possibly)
132. Shirala
133. Sines (possibly)
134. St rogatien (possibly)
135. Stanhope
136. Stanwold
137. Stavros (possibly)
138. T r thompson
139. Teelin head
140. U 1195
141. U 212 (probably)
142. U 275 (probably)
143. U 40 (possibly)
144. U 671
145. U 86 (formerly)
146. U 86 (possibly)
147. Ub 130
148. Ub 81
149. Ub 86 (possibly)
150. Vasco
151. Venus
152. Vesuvio (possibly)
153. Vigda
154. War helmet
155. Zaanstroom

 

Name: MIRA

Length 105.2 meter, width: 14.3 meter, draught: 6.4, tonnage 3700 ton
Load: flammable liquids and gases,oil

Cause: Sunk by mine 4m sw 0.5 w of beachy head whilst en-route port arthur to dover. (ll ww1). one deck steel vessel, built 1901 sunk by mine whilst en-route port arthur to dover.

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 26 meter, Height above seabed: 20 cm

Known since: 1917, last detected: 20150716

Details measurements/cartography: H6148/17 22.1.18 WK IN 504115N, 000910E. (ADMIRALTY). CHART AS WK [OLD SYMBOL].

- NM 111/18. H1656/24 5.3.24 AMENDED TO DW. SQ. DATE. H7386/36 12.11.36 WK 8FMS 3FT LOCATED IN 504108N, 000820E OR 234.5DEGS, 4.85M FROM BEACHY HEAD LT. (HMS FLINDERS, HN DTD 7.11.36). AMEND TO WK 8FMS 3FT [15.5MTRS] IN REVISED POSN.

- NM 2261/36. H1268/66 18.5.66 LEAST DEPTH OVER WK 55FT IN GEN DEPTH 90-95FT. HULL LARGELY INTACT BUT SHOWING EXTENSIVE CORROSION LIES APPROX NE/SW ON ITS SIDE WITH SUPERSTRUCTURE FACING SOUTH. (DOLPHINS UNDERWATER DIVE CLUB, LTR REC'D 18.5.66). 1.8.69 REPD THAT BOWS POINT TO SOUTH ON HER SIDE IN THE SAND. GENERAL DEPTH BEING 100FT. THE 16FT PROPELLER STILL INTACT. MADE OF STEEL. CARGO HOLDS OPEN WITH LOTS OF FISH INSIDE. (TRITON MAGAZINE ARTICLE BY J WARTON, P.107, AUGUST 1969). 7.4.72 NOW CHARTED AS WK 15.1MTRS [LAT]. NC 536 & NC 1652. 19.8.77 NOW CHARTED AS WK 13.4MTRS. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NC 2451. H1309/79 24.9.79 BOWS POINT TO BEACHY HEAD LIGHT, ON ITS STBD SIDE. 17MTRS MAX DEPTH IN 24MTRS TO SCOURED SEA BED. HOLDS OPEN. BRIDGE AMIDSHIPS BROKEN BUT RECOGNISABLE. STERN BLOWN UP - TWISTED METAL. COVERED IN MUSSELS. CORDITE SHELL CASES HAVE BEEN FOUND. (J SALSBURY, 7.8.79). H1965/76 2.12.80 EXAM'D 18.4.80 IN 504111N, 000824E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER. LEAST E/S DEPTH 14.4MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 25MTRS. DEPTH OF SCOUR 4MTRS. HYDROSEARCH LENGTH 121.5MTRS, BEAM 8.3MTRS, HT 11.6MTRS. LYING ON SAND 043/223DEGS. BOWS SW, AGAINST SANDWAVE ON SE SIDE & PARTIALLY COVERED BY SANDWAVE. ON ITS STBD SIDE. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 37A/77). CHART AS WK 13.4MTRS IN REVISED POSN.

- NM 2795/80. DIFFERS MARKEDLY FROM 1979 REPORT. NAVAREA I 315/80 ISSUED. H1310/83/4 19.1.83 DIVED ON. EASY TO LOCATE DUE TO SURFACE DISTURBANCE OVER WK. LIES APPROX NE/SW, BOWS NE ON STBD BEAM-END, WITH DECK VERTICAL. HULL COMPLETELY SEVERED IN TWO ABOUT THIRD OF LENGTH FROM STEM, OTHERWISE INTACT, BUT IN DANGEROUS CONDITION - CORRODED, SHAKY AND HAS SHARP PLATES. (T W BENNETTO, 4.1.83). NCA. SEP 2015/000083466 8.2.16 EXAM'D 16.07.15 IN 5041.228N, 0008.304E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 16.89MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 26.89MTRS. LENGTH 110MTRS, HT 10MTRS, WIDTH 15MTRS,SCOUR 130MTRS TOWARDS 070, SCOUR DEPTH 4MTRS . LARGELY INTACT WK, SPLIT IN TWO, STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (GARDLINE GEOSURVEY, HI 1477). AMEND DW 16.8MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: HULL SEVERED IN TWO, OTHERWISE INTACT

Position: 50 41.228 N,0 8.304 E

 

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