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 (51.7619167, 1.5857333)

 

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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. Atlanticos
6. Balgownie (probably)
7. Batavier 5
8. Bonnington court
9. British captain
10. British fortune (probably)
11. Brixton
12. Cairnside
13. Carica milica
14. Cedarwood (possibly)
15. Churston
16. Coalgas
17. Corcrest
18. Cormorant
19. Cormount (probably)
20. Coureur des mers
21. Cressdene (possibly)
22. Cresta
23. Dagmar (probably)
24. Denewood
25. Denise germaine (possibly)
26. Disa (possibly)
27. Duke of york (bows)
28. Dulwich
29. Dunwich bank wk
30. Dynamo
31. Edernian
32. El argentino
33. Ellewoutsdijk
34. Empire bridge
35. Erna boldt (probably)
36. Estrella (possibly)
37. Eva witte
38. F stobart (probably)
39. Faithful star
40. Farmatyr
41. Firth
42. Fort massac
43. Forth
44. Friargate (possibly)
45. Friargate (possibly)
46. Gannet (possibly)
47. Gena
48. Gerhard
49. Gipsy (possibly)
50. Golconda (possibly)
51. Grantleyhall (possibly)
52. Grenadier (probably)
53. Groeswen (probably)
54. Harlington (probably)
55. Harlyn (probably)
56. Harriet
57. Hebe
58. Hendon hall
59. Hillglen
60. Hm mgb 76 (possibly)
61. Hms adonis (possibly)
62. Hms coquette
63. Hms donna nook
64. Hms duchess of hamilton
65. Hms eros (possibly)
66. Hms forward iii
67. Hms franc tireur
68. Hms hastfen
69. Hms hirose (probably)
70. Hms holdene
71. Hms japan
72. Hms kale (probably)(part of)
73. Hms leandros
74. Hms lord airedale
75. Hms marconi
76. Hms monarch
77. Hms moravia (possibly)
78. Hms nadine
79. Hms new comet (possibly)
80. Hms resono (possibly)
81. Hms rhiannon (possibly)
82. Hms river clyde (possibly)
83. Hms river clyde (possibly)
84. Hms sisters melville
85. Hms tervani
86. Hms velia (possibly)
87. Hms waveflower
88. Hms whooper
89. Hms william wesney
90. Hmsm e6
91. Hmtb 10
92. Hnlms 227
93. Hornchurch
94. Ignis (possibly)
95. Ingi
96. Ionian (possibly)
97. J c dalble
98. Jamesina
99. Janny
100. Jim
101. Khartoum (possibly)
102. Knarsdale
103. Koningen emma (part of)(probably)
104. Koningen emma (possibly)
105. Kwasind
106. La flandre (possibly)
107. Lady salisbury
108. Lapwing
109. Lincairn (possibly)
110. Lisette
111. Lodewijk van nassau (probably)
112. Lonhelen (possibly)
113. Lord bute
114. Magdapur
115. Mangara
116. Marie leonhardt (probably)
117. Mascotte
118. Mecklenburg
119. Mendibil mendi (possibly)
120. Mexico
121. Michail ontchoukoff (possibly)
122. Moidart
123. Morar
124. Nereus
125. Newhaven (possibly)
126. Nico
127. Nicolaos piangos
128. Norhauk
129. Norwich trader
130. Ocean pride
131. Old charlton
132. Ostprussen (possibly)
133. Palembang (probably)
134. Paullette
135. Peik
136. Persistant whisper
137. Pescado
138. Petshenga (possibly)
139. Phryne
140. Plawsworth (possibly)
141. Polgarth
142. Profit
143. Protinus (possibly)
144. Ravenscraig (possibly)
145. Rhenas (possibly)
146. Salerno (possibly)
147. Salerno (possibly)
148. Savona (probably)
149. Scimitar
150. Second chance (possibly)
151. Shardana
152. Simon bolivar
153. Storm
154. Sunk head tower
155. Tergestea
156. Terukuni maru
157. Thornaby (possibly)
158. Thyra
159. Torchbearer
160. Uc 11 (possibly)
161. Uc 72 (possibly)
162. Vae victis
163. Vancouver
164. Victorious
165. Volscian (possibly)
166. Walsingham
167. Warrenpoint
168. Wearside
169. Wychwood (possibly)
170. Wyetown
171. Yarmouth
172. Yewkyle (possibly)
173. 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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