This is the information page about the shipwreck Moorside (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 44.911 N,1 33.487 E (50.746016666667, 1.54795)

 

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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. Acer
2. Acer
3. Advent
4. Aiglon
5. Alhama
6. Amandine
7. Argo
8. Atlantic (possibly)
9. Belford
10. Blanc nez
11. Brandenburg
12. Ca 4
13. Cachalot
14. Cap de la hague
15. Colbert
16. Costas michalos (aft section)
17. Costas michalos (fwd part)
18. D'artagnan
19. Dartmore
20. Dixie
21. Dotterel
22. Elizabeth and unknown
23. En avant
24. Eustratios (probably)
25. Evolution
26. Express
27. Flachsee
28. Gladys
29. Gloire a sainte therese
30. Harmatris
31. Hippocampe (?hypocampe)
32. Hmhs anglia
33. Hms brazen
34. Hms carlton
35. Hms drumtochty (possibly)
36. Hms falmouth iii (possibly)
37. Hms glen boyne
38. Hms lord grey
39. Hms wessex
40. Iltis (possibly)
41. Ines
42. Jupiter (probably)
43. Jupiter tr 1 (possibly)
44. Kadru
45. L'intrepide
46. La fleche
47. Latona
48. Le tregor
49. Les aulnays
50. Loic
51. Lorraine
52. Lusitania
53. Marie-ange loic
54. Mariner moon
55. Mercator
56. Merida
57. Moise
58. Moorside (probably)
59. Munificent
60. Nicolaw
61. Niendorf (possibly)
62. Niki
63. Notre dame des trois epis
64. Ophelie
65. Pallieter
66. Petit antoine
67. Phoenix
68. Rhea
69. Rio parana
70. Rochester castle (possibly)
71. S.folkestone gate (ltv no.75)
72. Saint benoit labre
73. Sainte marie de la mer
74. Smarapaan
75. Sperrbrecher 171 (possibly)
76. St claire (possibly)
77. Sultana
78. Tbd 317
79. Texaco caribbean (after section)
80. Texaco caribbean (forward section)
81. Tusnastabb (possibly)
82. U 8
83. U 93 (probably)
84. Ub 103 (possibly)
85. Ub 108 (possibly)
86. Ub 38
87. Ub 55 (probably)
88. Ub 56 (possibly)
89. Ub 78
90. Ub-33 (probably)
91. Uc 26
92. Uc 63
93. Uc 77 (possibly)
94. Uc 78 or uc 79
95. Vent arriere
96. Virgo sancta

 

Name: MOORSIDE (PROBABLY)

Length 41.1 meter, width: 7 meter, draught: 3, tonnage 311 ton
Load: coal

Cause: mined en route from leith to dunkirk. (ll ww1).

Year of registration: 1915

Water depth above wreck: 12 meter

Known since: 1915, last detected: 2016

Details measurements/cartography: MINED & SUNK IN POSN BEARING S BY W 0.5 W FROM BREAKWATER BUOY, BOULOGNE. (LL WW1). H7386/18 5.2.19 WK IN 504500N, 013340E. (FRENCH WRECK LIST 1918). CHART AS WK [OLD SYMBOL]. LCS 438, 1895, 1431, 2148 & 2612. H7143/19 27.9.19 WK, WITH LEAST DEPTH 3FMS 3FT IN 504500N, 013330E. (PARIS NM 1873/19).

- NM BLOCK 1796/19. H9630/19 17.12.19 B CONL LT BUOY, FR, HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED 50MTRS SW OF WK 'MOORSIDE', LEAST DEPTH 6.4MTRS [3FMS 3FT], IN 504500N, 013330E. (THE ENGINEER, BOULOGNE).

- NM 38/20. H1141/20 12.2.20 LIGHT BUOY REPORTED DISAPPEARED. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NCA. H6496/20 11.9.20 R BUOY, WHISTLE, HAS BEEN PLACED PROVISIONALLY CLOSE W OF WK. (BOULOGNE). NCA. H6343/20 8.9.20 WK REPD TO BE MARKED BY B LT BUOY, FR. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NCA. H2961/22 18.5.22 AMEND POSN OF WK TO 504459N 013331E. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). SQ. DTD. H4325/22 12.7.22 NOT DANGEROUS TO NAVIGATION. (PARIS NM 26/851/22). H2961/22 18.5.22 WK IN 504459N, 013331E. (BOULOGNE). H4139/23 14.6.23 WK TO BE DISPERSED & BUOY REMOVED. (PARIS NM 1118/23).

- NM 924/23. H8599/24 18.2.25 WK STILL EXISTS IN 504513N, 013413E WITH LEAST DEPTH 11MTRS [6FMS] OVER IT. (HAGUE NM 41/453). NCA. H1210/28 22.2.28 WK 11MTRS [6FMS] IN 504458N, 013336E. (PARIS NM 313/28). SQ. DATE. H6383/53 18.11.53 NOT SHOWN ON FR 5525. DELETED.

- NM 2679/53. H4984/74 30.1.76 WK, LEAST DEPTH 9MTRS EXISTS IN 504458N, 013326E [EUR]. (FR NM 75 52 10). [OGB] POSN 504452N, 013327E.

- NM 528/76. H4984/74 24.8.78 WK NOW WITH LEAST DEPTH 8.1MTRS. (FR NM 78 27 26).

- NM 2111/78. 8.7.81 WK 8.1MTRS SHOWN IN 504457.6N, 013333.6E [EUR] ON FR 6436 [1981 EDN]. CHART AS WK 8.1MTRS IN 504457.6N, 013333.6E [EUR] WITH EXTENDED DANGER LINE TO COVER WKS CLOSE NW & SE. NE 438. 11.11.92 WK OF 'MOORSIDE' IN 504457.8N, 013334E [EUR] [+/-20MTRS]. LEAST DEPTH 8.1 IN GEN DEPTH 12MTRS, HT 4MTRS ABOVE SEABED. (FR WK RECORDS [1987] NO 21601079). SHOWN ON FR 7247 [1991 EDN]. AMEND TO WK 8.1MTRS IN REVISED POSN. NC 438. [WGD] POSN: 5044.911N, 0133.487E. 17.2.12 SHOWN AS WK PA 8.1MTRS ON FRENCH 438 [EDN 3 DTD 2011].
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 50 44.911 N,1 33.487 E

 

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