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 (50.7460167, 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 (fwd part)
17. D'artagnan
18. Dartmore
19. Dixie
20. Dotterel
21. Elizabeth and unknown
22. En avant
23. Eustratios (probably)
24. Evolution
25. Express
26. Flachsee
27. Gladys
28. Gloire a sainte therese
29. Harmatris
30. Hippocampe (?hypocampe)
31. Hmhs anglia
32. Hms brazen
33. Hms carlton
34. Hms drumtochty (possibly)
35. Hms falmouth iii (possibly)
36. Hms glen boyne
37. Hms lord grey
38. Hms wessex
39. Iltis (possibly)
40. Ines
41. Jupiter tr 1 (possibly)
42. Kadru
43. L'intrepide
44. La fleche
45. Latona
46. Le tregor
47. Les aulnays
48. Loic
49. Lorraine
50. Lusitania
51. Marie-ange loic
52. Mariner moon
53. Mercator
54. Merida
55. Moise
56. Moorside (probably)
57. Munificent
58. Nicolaw
59. Niendorf (possibly)
60. Niki
61. Notre dame des trois epis
62. Ophelie
63. Pallieter
64. Petit antoine
65. Phoenix
66. Rhea
67. Rio parana
68. Rochester castle (possibly)
69. S.folkestone gate (ltv no.75)
70. Saint benoit labre
71. Sainte marie de la mer
72. Smarapaan
73. Sperrbrecher 171 (possibly)
74. Sultana
75. Tbd 317
76. Texaco caribbean (after section)
77. Texaco caribbean (forward section)
78. Tusnastabb (possibly)
79. U 8
80. U 93 (probably)
81. Ub 103 (possibly)
82. Ub 108 (possibly)
83. Ub 38
84. Ub 55 (probably)
85. Ub 56 (possibly)
86. Ub 78
87. Ub-33 (probably)
88. Uc 26
89. Uc 63
90. Uc 77 (possibly)
91. Uc 78 or uc 79
92. Vent arriere
93. 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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