This is the information page about the shipwreck Montferland, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 47.203 N,1 50.324 E (52.7504, 2.0371)

 

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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. Abeona
2. Aberhill
3. Afon towy and deerwood (possibly)
4. Alice taylor
5. Alster
6. Alston
7. Artemisia
8. Atle
9. Avonwood
10. Ayrshire (possibly)
11. Barrhill
12. Begona no 5
13. Bertha
14. Blacktoft (possibly)
15. Boulderpool (after part)
16. Bovey tracy
17. Camilla weston
18. Cantabria (probably)
19. Cardanel
20. Castle galleon
21. Chevington
22. City of kobe
23. Clansman (possibly)
24. Corbrook
25. Corchester
26. Cordene
27. Corduff
28. Cormead
29. Courier (probably)
30. Crichtoun
31. Cross sand ltv
32. Daisy (possibly)
33. Dashwood
34. David b summers
35. Db 8 (possibly)
36. El dorado
37. Ems
38. English trader
39. Ethel radcliffe
40. Excellenz mehnert
41. Friesland
42. Fulgens
43. G and e (possibly)
44. Galatea (possibly)
45. Gallois and oxshott (possibly)
46. Geneva
47. George fisher
48. Georgia (for'd part)
49. Glen derry (probably)
50. Glen tilt (possibly)
51. Glynn
52. Goodwood (possibly)
53. Hector gannet
54. Helena
55. Hms agate
56. Hms cantatrice
57. Hms dhoon (probably)
58. Hms dungeness
59. Hms exmoor
60. Hms fontenoy
61. Hms force
62. Hms francolin
63. Hms glen prosen
64. Hms irvana (part of)
65. Hms kaphreda
66. Hms m a west (probably)
67. Hms pelton (probably)
68. Hms speeton (possibly)
69. Hms spider
70. Hms tettenhall
71. Hms tonbridge
72. Hms tranio
73. Hms true accord (probably)
74. Hms washington (probably)
75. Hms william stephen
76. Hmsm c 11
77. Hmsm d5
78. I t l anna b
79. Ilse
80. Impulsion
81. Ionian (probably)
82. Kentwood (probably)
83. Knitsley (part of)(probably)
84. Knitsley (possibly)
85. La perouse (possibly)
86. Langeli (possibly)
87. Leelite
88. Leopold ii
89. Lindisfarne (probably)
90. Londoner (probably)
91. Mardyke
92. Marsworth
93. Mascota (possibly)
94. Memento (possibly)
95. Meriones
96. Montferland
97. Murdoch (probably)
98. Navarra (possibly)
99. Nereus
100. Newland (possibly)
101. Nordborg (possibly)
102. Norman queen
103. Oil trader
104. Ole bull
105. Onto
106. Osprey
107. Otter
108. Oxshott (possibly)
109. Pluton
110. Polaris
111. Prima
112. Regain
113. Reward (possibly)
114. Robrix
115. Rogate
116. Roine
117. Rose marie
118. Roxanna
119. Roy
120. Rye
121. Seagull
122. Seaham
123. Sheaf water
124. Silksworth hall (probably).
125. Sir william stephenson
126. Stanmount
127. Thomas m (possibly)
128. Tregantle (possibly)
129. Trevethoe
130. Uc 62 (possibly)
131. Vanguard
132. Vigo
133. Viola (possibly)
134. Waldinge
135. Walkure
136. War mehtar
137. War valley
138. Whintown (possibly)
139. White swan
140. White swan (possibly)
141. Willowpool
142. Xanthe
143. Yewvalley (possibly)

 

Name: MONTFERLAND

Length 128 meter, tonnage 6790 ton
Load: granular or powdery material,metal: concentrate and products,natural fibres and materials in general: unprocessed and products,foodstuffs: solid,milk

Cause: built in 1921 by swan hunter & wigham richardson ltd, newcastle-upon-tyne. owned at time of loss by voortzetting van den kon. five boilers, two turbines on single shaft. 1066 hp. machinery by vickers electrical co ltd, newcastle-upon-tyne. passage mackay for london. cargo 4700 tons sugar, 1755 tons meat, 1389 tons steel, 774 tons wool and 20 tons milk powder. foundered after attack by german aircraft.

Year of registration: 1941

Water depth above wreck: 32 meter, Height above seabed: 135 cm

Known since: 1941, last detected: 2014

Details measurements/cartography: 2.7.41 SWEPT IN 524713N, 015019E. FOULED AT 20FT IN GEN DEPTH 49FT BY E/S. LIES 305/125DEGS. (HMS FRANKLIN, 2.7.41). H02316/41 15.9.41 DW IN 524713N, 015019E. (ADMIRALTY).

- NM 2055/41. G CONL LT BUOY, GPFL(3)G.10S, LIES 068DEGS, 120YDS FROM WK. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). - TFNM 2054/41. 14.10.41 INS BUOY. - FNM 2415/41. 27.5.43 AMEND TO WK 7FMS 1FT IN 524702N, 015003E. (ADMIRALTY).

- NM 1094/43. 30.7.48 OROPESA SWEEP AFTER DISPERSAL IN 524706N 015024E. SWEPT CLEAR AT 46FT. LEAST DEPTH 65FT IN GEN DEPTH 107FT BY E/S. (HMS SHARPSHOOTER, 20.7.48). AMEND TO WK 7FMS 4FT.

- NM 1712/48. 21.8.50 OROPESA SWEEP IN 524708N, 015024E, CLEAR AT 57FT, FOUL AT 58FT. (HMS SHARPSHOOTER, 17.8.50). AMEND TO WK 9FMS 3FT. 27.9.71 PROPELLORS RECOVERED BY & SOLD TO E GILES. ALSO IN 1952 1,280 TONS OF STEEL BILLETS, PART OF CARGO, WERE SOLD TO RISDON BEAZLEY BUT WRECK WAS NEVER WORKED. (WAR RISK INSURANCE, 27.9.71). H4629/71 20.1.72 LOCATED USING DECCA. HT 37FT, LYING ON PORT SIDE, STERN WEST. HULL IN SOUND CONDITION, NO DAMAGE SEEN. PROPELLORS REMOVED & WERE COVERED WITH FISH NETS. CONSIDERABLE SWIRL ON SURFACE. NO SCOUR & WK IS UNLIKELY TO SINK INTO SEABED. (E GILES, 9.1.72). 14.3.73 CHART AS WK 17.2MTRS [LAT]. NC 106. H4852/74 20.12.74 CLOSE SOUNDED BY HMS BULLDOGS 31FT MSB ON 29.7.74. LEAST DEPTH 20.2MTRS BY E/S. TWO SHIP DRIFT SWEPT CLEAR AT 20.4MTRS, FOUL AT 20.8MTRS. SLIGHT DISCREPANCY BETWEEN LEAST E/S DEPTHS AND SWEEP DEPTH POSSIBLY DUE TO SWELL. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 109/74). ACCEPT THE LEAST E/S DEPTH, 20.2MTRS, AND CHART WITH SWEEP BAR. AMENDED TO WK SW 20.2MTRS IN 524707N, 015030E. BR STD. H2334/75 22.9.76 NOT FOUND DURING DCS3 SEARCH & SOUNDING WITHIN 0.5M OF CHARTED POSITION. (HMS FAWN, HI 42/75). NCA. 24.11.80 LOCATED IN 524710N, 015028E USING HIFIX. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). H1956/80 19.10.81 LOCATED IN 524710N, 015027E USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. EXAM'D 6.5.81. SWEPT CLEAR AT 18.7MTRS, FOUL AT 18.9MTRS. LEAST DEPTH 19.2MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 30MTRS BY E/S. SCOUR 3MTRS. DCS3 HT 12MTRS. LYING APPROX NW/SE. LARGELY INTACT, LYING PARTIALLY ON ITS SIDE. LESSER DEPTH THOUGHT PROBABLY DUE TO ROLLING INTO SCOUR. (ISS, HI 26, WK 4). AMEND TO WK SW 18.7MTRS IN 524710N, 015027E.

- NM 2637/81. H2053/82 19.9.83 H2053/82 19.9.83 LOCATED IN 524710N, 015026E USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. EXAM'D 8.6.83. LEAST DEPTH 20MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 31-34MTRS BY E/S. SCOUR DEPTH 1-4MTRS. DCS3 HT 14.1MTRS. LYING 135/315 DEGS. APPROX 130MTRS LONG. (HMS ECHO, HI 125). RETAIN CHARTED DEPTH. NCA. HH090/672/01 22.5.95 LOCATED IN 524709.8N, 015027.4E USING DGPS. EXAM'D 14.4.95. SWEPT CLEAR AT 20.6MTRS, FOUL AT 20.9MTRS. LEAST DEPTH 22.8MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 31MTRS BY E/S. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 3MTRS. LENGTH 160MTRS, WIDTH 40MTRS. LIES 130/310DEGS. STRONG MAGNETOMETER DEFLECTION. LIES BETWEEN SANDWAVES. (NP 1016, HI 672). BR STD. SEP 2014/000101130 30.12.14 EXAM'D 28.7.14 IN 5247.203N, 0150.324E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 23.11 IN GEN DEPTH 32MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 160MTRS, WIDTH 34MTRS, HT 7.7MTRS. LIES 135/315 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. A BROKEN WK WHICH LIES BETWEEN SANDWAVES. (GARDLINE GEOSURVEY, HI 1428). INTACT, DEBRIS LIES CLOSE ALONG NE SIDE. AMEND WK 23MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: LIES BETWEEN SANDWAVES

Position: 52 47.203 N,1 50.324 E

 

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