This is the information page about the shipwreck Moidart, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 58.923 N,1 48.653 E (51.761916666667, 1.5857333333333)

 

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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. Aduatiek (possibly)
2. Alastair
3. Ambient (probably)
4. Angelus
5. Annie
6. Atlanticos
7. Balgownie (probably)
8. Batavier 5
9. Blackhill
10. Bonnington court
11. British captain
12. British fortune (probably)
13. Brixton
14. Cairnside
15. Carica milica
16. Cedarwood (possibly)
17. Churston
18. Coalgas
19. Corcrest
20. Cormorant
21. Cormount (probably)
22. Coureur des mers
23. Cressdene (possibly)
24. Cresta
25. Dagmar (probably)
26. Denewood
27. Denise germaine (possibly)
28. Disa (possibly)
29. Duke of york (bows)
30. Dulwich
31. Dunwich bank wk
32. Dynamo
33. Edernian
34. El argentino
35. Ellewoutsdijk
36. Empire bridge
37. Erna boldt (probably)
38. Estrella (possibly)
39. Eva witte
40. F stobart (probably)
41. Faithful star
42. Farmatyr
43. Firth
44. Fort massac
45. Forth
46. Friargate (possibly)
47. Friargate (possibly)
48. Gannet (possibly)
49. Gena
50. Gerhard
51. Gipsy (possibly)
52. Golconda (possibly)
53. Grantleyhall (possibly)
54. Grenadier (probably)
55. Groeswen (probably)
56. Harlington (probably)
57. Harlyn (probably)
58. Harriet
59. Hebe
60. Hendon hall
61. Heworth
62. Hillglen
63. Hm mgb 76 (possibly)
64. Hms adonis (possibly)
65. Hms coquette
66. Hms donna nook
67. Hms duchess of hamilton
68. Hms eros (possibly)
69. Hms forward iii
70. Hms franc tireur
71. Hms hastfen
72. Hms hirose (probably)
73. Hms holdene
74. Hms japan
75. Hms kale (probably)(part of)
76. Hms leandros
77. Hms lord airedale
78. Hms marconi
79. Hms monarch
80. Hms moravia (possibly)
81. Hms nadine
82. Hms new comet (possibly)
83. Hms resono (possibly)
84. Hms rhiannon (possibly)
85. Hms river clyde (possibly)
86. Hms river clyde (possibly)
87. Hms sisters melville
88. Hms st seiriol
89. Hms tervani
90. Hms velia (possibly)
91. Hms waveflower
92. Hms whooper
93. Hms william wesney
94. Hmsm e6
95. Hmtb 10
96. Hmtb no.11 (possibly)
97. Hnlms 227
98. Hornchurch
99. Ignis (possibly)
100. Ingi
101. Ionian (possibly)
102. Iris (possibly)
103. J c dalble
104. Jamesina
105. Janny
106. Jim
107. Khartoum (possibly)
108. Knarsdale
109. Koningen emma (part of)(probably)
110. Koningen emma (possibly)
111. Kwasind
112. La flandre (possibly)
113. Lady salisbury
114. Lapwing
115. Lapwing (possibly)
116. Lincairn (possibly)
117. Lisette
118. Little world
119. Lodewijk van nassau (probably)
120. Lonhelen (possibly)
121. Lord bute
122. Magdapur
123. Mangara
124. Marie leonhardt (probably)
125. Mascotte
126. Mecklenburg
127. Mendibil mendi (possibly)
128. Mexico
129. Michail ontchoukoff (possibly)
130. Moidart
131. Morar
132. Nereus
133. Newhaven (possibly)
134. Nico
135. Nicolaos piangos
136. Norhauk
137. Norwich trader
138. Ocean pride
139. Old charlton
140. Ostprussen (possibly)
141. Palembang (probably)
142. Paullette
143. Peik
144. Persistant whisper
145. Pescado
146. Petshenga (possibly)
147. Phryne
148. Plawsworth (possibly)
149. Polgarth
150. Profit
151. Protinus (possibly)
152. Ravenscraig (possibly)
153. Rhenas (possibly)
154. Rumania
155. Salerno (possibly)
156. Salerno (possibly)
157. Savona (probably)
158. Scimitar
159. Sea king
160. Second chance (possibly)
161. Shardana
162. Simon bolivar
163. Storm
164. Sunk head tower
165. Tergestea
166. Terukuni maru
167. Thornaby (possibly)
168. Thyra
169. Torchbearer
170. Uc 11 (possibly)
171. Uc 72 (possibly)
172. Vae victis
173. Vancouver
174. Victorious
175. Volscian (possibly)
176. Walsingham
177. Warrenpoint
178. Wearside
179. Wychwood (possibly)
180. Wyetown
181. Yarmouth
182. Yewkyle (possibly)
183. Ypapanti

 

Name: MOIDART

Length 70.1 meter, width: 11 meter, draught: 4.9, tonnage 1262 ton
Load: cement

Cause: single boiler, triple expansion engine, single shaft. passage greenhithe for newcastle-upon-tyne. cargo bagged cement. mined.

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 36 meter, Height above seabed: 107 cm

Known since: 1940, last detected: 20190701

Details measurements/cartography: H0722/40 30.4.44 POSN 515852N, 014818E. SWEPT CLEAR AT 40FT. (GREAT YARMOUTH, 30.4.44). H0722/40 19.9.40 INS DW.

- NM 2276/40. H0722/40 12.4.44 AMEND TO WK 6FMS 4FT IN REVISED POSN. (GREAT YARMOUTH 1944).

- NM 1029/44. H0722/40 27.7.48 MAY 1948. OROPESA SWEEP CLEAR 50FT. SEABED 75FT. (HMS SHARPSHOOTER, 27.7.48). AMEND TO WK 8FMS 2FT.

- NM 1656/48. 7.11.73 AMEND TO WK 15.2MTRS IN 515903N, 014842E. NC 2052. H4139/76 11.1.77 LOCATED 12.6.76 IN 515855.8N, 014843.2E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR 31.1, FOUL 31.6 MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 31.1 IN GEN DEPTH 35MTRS. MEDIUM WK LYING IN DEPRESSION. NO SCOUR. APPROX 65MTRS X 25MTRS. LYING ENE/WSW. (HMS BULLDOG/BEAGLE, HI 31/76). BR STD. HH090/667/01 14.12.95 EXAM'D 29.7.95 IN 515855.53N, 014839.22E [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 32.8, FOUL 33.0MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 33.1 IN GEN DEPTH 35-37MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 1.5MTR. DCS3 HT 1.5MTRS. LENGTH 45MTRS, WIDTH 10MTRS. LIES 110/290 DEGS. GOOD MAGNETOMETER DEFLECTION. UPRIGHT, APPEARS PARTLY COVERED WITH SAND AND THERE ARE SMALL PIECES OF DEBRIS IN THE VICINITY. (OCEONICS, HI 667). NOT FULLY SWEPT. RETAIN AS SW 31MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. SEP 2019/000272653 22.11.19 EXAM'D 01.07.19; IN 5158.923N, 0148.653E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 32.98MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 36MTRS, LENGTH 55.86MTRS, WIDTH 8.93MTRS, HEIGHT 3MTRS, ORIENTATION 107/287 DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 37.15MTRS, WIDTH 18.15MTRS, 0.39MTRS DEEP, TOWARDS 215 DEGS. WRECK SITS UPRIGHT, PARTIALLY BURIED AND DEGRADED. (CLINTON MARINE, HI 1584). AMEND NDW 32MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, PARTLY BURIED

Position: 51 58.923 N,1 48.653 E

 

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