This is the information page about the shipwreck Morar, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 49.848 N,1 33.534 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. Afrin (probably)
2. Agamemnon
3. Alabama (possibly)
4. Albion (probably)
5. Ambient (probably)
6. Angelus
7. Atlanticos
8. Balgownie (probably)
9. Baltrader
10. Bonnington court
11. British fortune (probably)
12. Brixton
13. Cairnside
14. Carica milica
15. Cerne
16. Churston
17. City of brisbane
18. Clan monroe
19. Coalgas
20. Corcrest
21. Cormount (probably)
22. Coureur des mers
23. Cressdene (possibly)
24. Dagmar (probably)
25. Denise germaine (possibly)
26. Disa (possibly)
27. Duiveland
28. Dynamo
29. Empire bridge
30. Empire ghyll
31. Erins isle (possibly)
32. Erna boldt (probably)
33. Estrella (possibly)
34. European gateway (part of)
35. Faithful star
36. Fleurita
37. Flores (probably)
38. Fort massac
39. Forth
40. Franz fischer (possibly)
41. Friargate (possibly)
42. Friargate (possibly)
43. Fulmar
44. Gerhard
45. Ghc (possibly)
46. Golconda (possibly)
47. Grantleyhall (possibly)
48. Grisdeale
49. Groeswen (probably)
50. Hardingham (probably)
51. Harlington (probably)
52. Harlyn (probably)
53. Harriet
54. Hawksdale
55. Hebe
56. Highwave (probably)
57. Hillglen
58. Hm mgb 76 (possibly)
59. Hm mms 39 (part of)(probably)
60. Hm torpedo boat no.12
61. Hmml 127 (possibly)
62. Hmmtb 16 (possibly)
63. Hms adonis (possibly)
64. Hms arethusa
65. Hms coquette
66. Hms donna nook
67. Hms duchess of hamilton
68. Hms eros (possibly)
69. Hms forward iii
70. Hms franc tireur
71. Hms hastfen
72. Hms japan
73. Hms john e lewis (possibly)
74. Hms kale (probably)(part of)
75. Hms leandros
76. Hms lord airedale
77. Hms ludlow
78. Hms marconi
79. Hms marsa
80. Hms monarch
81. Hms moravia (possibly)
82. Hms nadine
83. Hms oriana
84. Hms resono (possibly)
85. Hms rhiannon (possibly)
86. Hms sisapon
87. Hms sisters melville
88. Hms tervani
89. Hms tunisian
90. Hms velia (possibly)
91. Hms william wesney
92. Hmsm e6
93. Hmtb 10
94. Hnlms 227
95. Ingi
96. J c dalble
97. Janny
98. Josefina thorden (after part)
99. Kankakee
100. Khartoum (possibly)
101. Knarsdale
102. Koningen emma (part of)(probably)
103. Koningen emma (possibly)
104. Kwasind
105. Lady salisbury
106. Lincairn (possibly)
107. Lindfar
108. Lonhelen (possibly)
109. Lowland
110. Mac 5 (possibly)
111. Mahseer
112. Main topman
113. Marie leonhardt (probably)
114. Mexico
115. Mi amigo
116. Michail ontchoukoff (possibly)
117. Moidart
118. Morar
119. Neptune (possibly)
120. Nereus
121. Nico
122. Nicolaos piangos
123. Niore
124. Norhauk
125. Norwich trader
126. Old charlton
127. Ostprussen (possibly)
128. Pallieter (possibly)
129. Paullette
130. Peik
131. Persistant whisper
132. Pescado
133. Peter hamre
134. Polgarth
135. Port dalhousie (possibly)
136. Prince igor (probably)
137. Princess juliana
138. Profit
139. Protinus (possibly)
140. Quickstep
141. Ravenscraig (possibly)
142. Rubislaw
143. Salerno (possibly)
144. Salerno (possibly)
145. San calisto
146. Savona (probably)
147. Second chance (possibly)
148. Simon bolivar
149. Spaarndem
150. Stad maastricht
151. Storm
152. Sunbeam
153. Sunk beacon (remains)
154. Sunk head tower
155. Sweep ii
156. Tay bar
157. Telegraaf xviii
158. Terukuni maru
159. The sultan
160. Thornaby (possibly)
161. Thyra
162. Torchbearer
163. Tummel (probably)
164. Uc 11 (possibly)
165. Uc 72 (possibly)
166. Ursus (part)
167. Vae victis
168. Vancouver
169. Volscian (possibly)
170. Walsingham
171. Warrenpoint
172. Wearside
173. White ghost
174. Wychwood (possibly)
175. Yassou
176. Ypapanti

 

Name: MORAR

Length 73.2 meter, width: 11.3 meter, draught: 5.5, tonnage 1507 ton
Load: cement

Cause: Built in 1924 by swan, hunter & wigham richardson. owned at time of loss by the western navigation co. triple expansion engine of 168 nhp. passage london for belfast. mined. 14 crew and 3 gunners lost. (ww2sl, lloyds war losses).

Year of registration: 1943

Water depth above wreck: 16 meter, Height above seabed: 250 cm

Known since: 1943, last detected: 20201010

Details measurements/cartography: H03660/43 27.11.43 DW IN 514952N, 013345E. MARKED BY G LT BUOY, FL(2)G, 10S. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED).

- NM 200/44. H03660/43 12.4.44 NOW CHARTED AS WK 5FMS 5FT. BUOY WITHDRAWN. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED).

- NM 790/44. H03660/43 21.10.50 SWEPT CLEAR AT 42FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 43FT IN GEN DEPTH 50FT. (HMS SHARPSHOOTER, 9.2.49).

- NM 064/50. H1334/60 6.5.60 NOT SWEPT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 45FT. LOCATED IN 514947N, 013342E. CONSIDERED PART OF MORAR. (ECES, 1959). H03660/43 6.3.61 SWEPT CLEAR 38, FOUL AT 40FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 45 IN GEN DEPTH 52-57FT. LIES 071/251 DEG, APPARENTLY IN ONE PIECE. LENGTH ABOUT 200FT. NO SIGN OF WRECKAGE IN ANOTHER SCOUR 650FT WNW OF THIS WK. POSN BY HSA. (ECES, 18.10.60).

- NM 3106/60. H2847/67 19.10.67 LEAST E/S DEPTH 48FT IN GEN DEPTH 53-54FT. SCOUR DEPTH 57FT. (HMS EGERIA, 8.6.67). NCA. H2134/70 26.2.70 EXAM'D 18.5.69 IN 514950N, 013340E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR 12.7, FOUL 13.1MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 13.2 IN GEN DEPTH 16MTRS. (HMS EGERIA, HI 1/69). BR STD. H2101/74 16.1.74 EXAM'D IN 514950N, 013339E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 14.0 IN GEN DEPTH 17MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 17.2MTRS. WELL BURIED IN SEABED. STANDS SOME 3MTRS PROUD OF BOTTOM. (HMS ENTERPRISE). NCA. H3180/74 29.9.75 EXAM'D 4.3.75 IN 514949N, 013340E [OGB]. LEAST E/S DEPTH IN GEN DEPTH 16.6 - 17.0MTRS. NO SCOUR. (HMS ENTERPRISE, HI 11/75). H4399/71 4.5.79 EXAM'D 28.6.78 IN 514950N, 013339E [OGB] USING HIFIX.6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 13.9 IN GEN DEPTH 17MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 17.4MTRS. NO DCS3 HT. WK HAS BROKEN UP OVER A WIDE AREA. RETAIN SWEPT DEPTH. (SOISS, HI 51B/77). NCA. H1955/80 22.3.82 EXAM'D 9.11.81 IN 514950N, 013339E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR 12.6, FOUL 13.0MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 14 IN GEN DEPTH 16.5MTRS. SCOUR 0.8MTRS. DCS3 HT 2-3MTRS. BROKEN UP OVER AREA APPROX 80 X 25MTRS. LYING 035/215DEGS. (SOISS, HI 25). BR STD. H2913/83 17.10.84 LOCATED 28.6.84. NFS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 15.5 IN GEN DEPTH 16.5MTRS. WELL-DISPERSED WRECKAGE. RETAIN SWEPT DEPTH. (HMS ECHO, HI 192). NCA. H4024/86 10.2.88 EXAM'D 24.8.87 IN 514949N, 013339E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [4 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR 13.3, FOUL 13.6MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 13.8MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 17MTRS. DCS3 HT 1.7MTRS. SCATTERED OVER AREA SOME 80 X 40MTRS. HIGH POINT TO THE N. MAG ANOMALY INDICATES IRON CONTENT OF SOME 860 TONNES. (NP 1016, HI 373).

- NM 768/88. HH090/494/01 22.8.90 EXAM'D 29.6.90 IN 514950N, 013339E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [7 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 14.6 IN GEN DEPTH 16.5MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 17MTRS. NO DCS3 HT. SONAR LENGTH 75MTRS, WIDTH 20MTRS. LIES 025/205DEGS. VERY BROKEN AND PARTIALLY BURIED. LARGE MAGNETIC ANOMALY OBSERVED. RETAIN AS CHARTED. (NP 1016, HI 494). NCA. HH090/573/01 30.9.93 LOCATED 2.8.93 IN VICINITY OF CHARTED POSN. GEN DEPTH NOW 14.5MTRS. NOT EXAM'D. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. RETAIN AS CHARTED. (NP 1016, HI 573). NCA. HH090/690/01 20.5.96 LOCATED, NOT EXAMINED. (NP 1016, HI 690). NCA. HH244/430/05 19.4.99 NOW SW 13.0MTRS. (PLA NAVWARNING 4/99).

- NM 1765/99. HH090/851/01 6.7.99 EXAM'D 5.6.99 IN 5149.841N, 0133.550E [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 13.1, FOUL 13.4MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 14.1 IN GEN DEPTH 16MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 60MTRS, WIDTH 30MTRS. NO DCS3 HT. LIES 000/180 DEGS. MODERATE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. AN AREA OF BROKEN AND PARTIALLY BURIED WRECKAGE. (NP 1016, HI 851). BR STD. SEP 2012/000129754 17.7.12 LOCATED 23.3.12 IN 5149.85641N, 0133.54427E [WGD]. LENGTH 73.2MTRS, WIDTH 38.7MTRS, HT 1.6MTRS. WK, LARGELY BROKEN UP. (EMU, FOR HANSON AGGREGATES, REPORT DTD 22.6.12). NCA. 28.2.13 EXAM'D 24.11.12 IN 5150.848N, 0131.534E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 13.92 IN GEN DEPTH 16MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 68.8MTRS, WIDTH 44.4MTRS, HT 2.5MTRS. LIES 010/190 DEGS. MODERATE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (NETSURVEY, HI 1398). RETAIN SW 13.1MTRS IN REVISED POSN. SEP 2014/000153152 13.10.14 EXAM'D 24.6.14 IN 5149.848N, 0133.535E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 13.79 IN GEN DEPTH 16.3MTRS. SCOUR 0.9MTRS DEEP EXTENDS 48MTRS. LENGTH 64.4MTRS, WIDTH 43.2MTRS, HT 2.5MTRS. DISINTEGRATED INTO DEBRIS. (EGS, HI 1459). AMEND WK 13.7MTRS. SEP 2016/000181430 8.3.16 EXAM'D 14.08.16; IN 5149.848N, 0133.534E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 13.65MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 16MTRS, LENGTH 66.33MTRS, WIDTH 20.9MTRS, HEIGHT 3.5MTRS, ORIENTATION 015/195 DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 79.07MTRS, 0.9MTRS DEEP, TOWARDS 038 DEGS. WRECK APPEARS TO BE LARGELY BROKEN UP WITH THE PRESENCE OF DEBRIS AROUND THE MAIN FEATURE OF THE WRECK. (EGS, HI 1522, RRS TE5A SUNK). AMEND WK 13.6MTRS IN REVISED POSN. SEP 2017/000295266 14.2.18 EXAM'D 18.07.17; IN 5149.848N, 0133.534E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 13.75MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 16MTRS, LENGTH 72MTRS, WIDTH 28MTRS, HEIGHT 3.54MTRS, ORIENTATION 005/185 DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 50MTRS, 0.7MTRS DEEP, TOWARDS 053 DEGS. (EGS, HI 1546). AMEND DW 13.7MTRS. SEP 2019/000038066 27.2.19 EXAM'D 11.12.18 IN 5149.848N, 0133.534E [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 13.64 IN GEN DEPTH 16.2MTRS. LENGTH 71.88TRS, WIDTH 37.28MTRS, HEIGHT 3.85MTRS. LIES 070/250 DEGS. BROKEN WRECKAGE. (A-2-SEA SOLUTIONS LTD, HI 1615, RRS TE5A). AMEND DW 13.6MTRS. SEP 2019/000262458 11.11.19 LOCATED 25.08.19 IN 5149.848N, 0133.534E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 13.96 MTRS IN GENERAL DEPTH 16 MTRS. [A-2 SEA SOLUTIONS LTD, CHP HI 1642). RETAIN DW 13.6MTRS. SEP 2020/000280429 20.11.20 EXAM'D 10.10.20; IN 5149.848N, 0133.534E [WGD]. LEAST MB DEPTH 13.64MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 16MTRS. (A-2-SEA, HI1692). NFS. RSDRA2021000339560 14.02.22 EXAM'D 10.10.2020 IN 5149.848N, 0133.534E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 13.64MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 16MTRS. LENGTH 71.88MTRS, WIDTH 37.28MTRS, HEIGHT 3.85MTRS, ORIENTATION 250/070 DEGS. NO SPECIAL SEARCH REQUIRED UNDER HI. LEAST DEPTH OF MAINLINE BATHYMETRY DEEPER THAN LISTED DEPTH (13.64M). NO INVESTIGATION CONDUCTED.. (A2 SEA SOLUTIONS LTD - HI1740). CHART/ENC ACTION LTA
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: No special search required under HI. Least depth of mainline bathymetry deeper than listed depth (13.64m). No investigation conducted.

Position: 51 49.848 N,1 33.534 E

 

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