This is the information page about the shipwreck Mount ida, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 10.731 N,1 55.762 E (52.8811167, 1.8525)

 

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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. Aberhill
2. Afon towy and deerwood (possibly)
3. Angele-erika
4. Blacktoft (possibly)
5. Cardanel
6. Chevington
7. Continental coaster (probably)
8. Cordene
9. Corduff
10. Dashwood
11. Ems
12. English trader
13. Galatea (possibly)
14. Gallois and oxshott (possibly)
15. Georgia (for'd part)
16. Goodwood (possibly)
17. Hector gannet
18. Hms agate
19. Hms tranio
20. Hms true accord (probably)
21. Hms william stephen
22. Jork
23. Kentwood (probably)
24. Leelite
25. Leopold ii
26. Mount ida
27. Oakgrove
28. Oxshott (possibly)
29. Rokos vergottis
30. Roy
31. St martin
32. Vanilla (probably)
33. Waldinge
34. Walkure
35. Whintown (possibly)
36. Willowpool

 

Name: MOUNT IDA

Length 115.8 meter, width: 17.1 meter, draught: 7, tonnage 4202 ton
Load: timber,grain,non-ferrous elements and ores: unrefined and refined

Cause: Built in 1938 by w m hamilton, port glasgow. owned at time of loss by atlanticos ss co & others. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 380hp, single shaft. passage vancouver for leith. cargo bulk grain, lumber, lead ingots. stranded and broke back.

Year of registration: 1939

Water depth above wreck: 7 meter, Height above seabed: 138 cm

Known since: 1939, last detected: 1992

Details measurements/cartography: H7645/39 7.11.39 H7645/39 7.11.39 STRANDED WK IN 531050N, 015600E. (HUMBER RADIO & HMT EBOR WYKE). INS AS ST. - FNM 2542/39. H7645/39 16.5.40 H7645/39 16.5.40 LOCATED IN 531050N, 015630E. MAST SHOWING 40FT ABOVE LWST. DERRICK STANDARD SHOWS 6FT ABOVE LWST. UPPERWORKS, IN VERY BROKEN CONDITION, ARE AWASH. (TH, 8.1.40). AMEND TO DW.

- NM 1213/40. H7645/39 12.9.49 H7645/39 12.9.49 EXHAUSTIVE SEARCH BY A/S & E/S FROM CUTTER HAS FAILED TO REVEAL ANY TRACE OF WK. (HMS LINDISFARNE, 2.9.49). H7645/39 29.7.50 H7645/39 29.7.50 LEAST E/S DEPTH 4FT. WK CAUSES AN OBVIOUS 'SLICK' IN THE TIDAL STREAM. POSN 531048N, 015600E. GEN DEPTH 15FT. (HMS SHARPSHOOTER, 20.7.50). H5580/68 9.8.68 H5580/68 9.8.68 EXAM'D IN 531043N, 015548E [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. GIVES A CLEAR BUT DIFFUSE SONAR RESPONSE. APPEARS TO BE SINKING IN THE SAND, BUT THE TOP OF THE REEF IN THE VICINITY IS STREWN WITH WRECKAGE. AT LEAST 200FT LONG, APPEARS TO LIE 150/330 DEG. BURIED IN ITS OWN SCOUR, WHICH ON ITS NE SIDE, MAY WELL BE 40FT DEEP. LEAST DEPTH BY E/S 9FT. PROBABLE WRECKAGE IN VICINITY HAS LEAST DEPTH 5FT. GEN DEPTH 9FT. SCOUR 24FT, POSSIBLY 40FT. SEABED OF SAND. (HMS MYRMIDON, ROS DTD 17.11.67). AMEND TO WK 1FM 0FT.

- NM 1549/68. 8.3.72 8.3.72 AMEND TO WK 1.5MTRS [LAT]. NC 105. HH090/524/01 15.1.92 HH090/524/01 15.1.92 EXAM'D 28.7.91 IN 531042.5N, 015552.6E [OGB] USING SYLEDIS. LIES IN DEEP SCOUR WITH HIGHEST PART BELOW SURROUNDING GEN DEPTH OF 6.8MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH OBTAINED 7MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 5.5MTRS. LIES 138/318 DEG. LENGTH 55MTRS, WIDTH 15MTRS. (LAND & MARINE). BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: WELL BURIED

Position: 53 10.731 N,1 55.762 E

 

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