This is the information page about the shipwreck Monarch, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 2.213 N,1 13.654 E (51.0759833, 1.4147)
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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: MONARCH
Length 73.2 meter, width: 10.1 meter, draught: 4, tonnage 1122 ton
Cause: Mined. (ll ww1).
Year of registration: 1915
Water depth above wreck: 22 meter, Height above seabed: 67 cm
Known since: 1915, last detected: 20160912
Details measurements/cartography: NO DATE. NO PREVIOUS RECORD. POSN 510215N, 011330E TAKEN FROM NAME CARD INDEX. NO FURTHER DETAILS. 16.2.72 REPD IN 510158N, 011354E. LEAST E/S DEPTH 42FT. (TELECON FOLKESTONE SALVAGE CO/CDR GLEN [TIDES]). NAVEAM ISSUED. 16.2.72 AMEND TO WK 12.8MTRS. NC 1892. H6738/68 2.3.72 POSN AMENDED TO 510209N, 011336E. (FOLKESTONE SALVAGE CO). AMEND POSN. BR STD. H4199/78 31.8.78 LOCATED 19.10.77 IN 510211N, 011344E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 14.5MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 23MTRS. DCS3 HT 5.8MTRS, LENGTH 65MTRS. LYING 073/253DEGS. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 35/77). AMEND TO WK 14.8MTRS. BR STD. H1310/86/15 24.6.86 IDENTIFICATION CONFIRMED. PLATE BEARING HER CREST AND DAMAGED BELL RECOVERED. (P G WEATHERLEY, 9.6.86). NCA. HH090/711/01 22.1.97 EXAM'D 9.8.96 IN 510212N, 011338E [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 13.9, FOUL 14.2MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 14.7 IN GEN DEPTH 21.5MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 7MTRS. LENGTH 80MTRS, WIDTH 20MTRS. LIES 070/250DEGS. IN ONE PIECE. GOOD SONAR TARGET. (NP 1016, HI 711). AMEND TO SW 13.9MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 21.4.11 DIVED IN LISTED POSN. TWO BOILERS AND TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE LOCATED. (S HUTCHINSON, LTR DTD 19.4.11). NCA. SEP 2016/000091764 19.4.17 EXAM'D 12.9.16 IN 5102.213N, 0113.654E [WGD]. LEAST W/C DEPTH 13.459MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 22MTRS, LENGTH 78.1MTRS, WIDTH 11.3MTRS, HEIGHT 8.3MTRS, ORIENTATION 067/247 DEGS. WK INTACT & UPRIGHT. (GARDLINE, HI 1497). AMEND TO DW 13.4MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, UPRIGHT
Position: 51 2.213 N,1 13.654 E