This is the information page about the shipwreck Munificent, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 55.945 N,1 39.951 E (51.089833333333, 1.7715833333333)

 

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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. Admiral gardner
4. Advent
5. Africa
6. Agen
7. Alhama
8. Amandine
9. Andaman
10. Argo
11. Ashley
12. Belford
13. Blanc nez
14. British liberty (possibly)
15. Ca 4
16. Cachalot
17. Camisard
18. Cap de la hague
19. Carmen
20. Colbert
21. Colbert (possibly)
22. Constanzia
23. Costas michalos (aft section)
24. Costas michalos (fwd part)
25. D'artagnan
26. Dartmore
27. Dinard
28. Dixie
29. Dotterel
30. Dyck ltv
31. Eidsiva (probably)
32. Eleonora
33. Elizabeth and unknown
34. Emma
35. Emma (possibly)
36. En avant
37. Eustratios (probably)
38. Evolution
39. Fearless
40. Flandres
41. Francesco ciampa
42. G 85 (possibly)
43. G-42 (possibly)
44. Genimar
45. Gladys
46. Gloire a sainte therese
47. Harmatris
48. Hippocampe (?hypocampe)
49. Hm mgb 328 (possibly)
50. Hms aragonite (part of)
51. Hms aragonite (part of)
52. Hms aries (possibly)
53. Hms cayton wyke (probably)
54. Hms flirt
55. Hms glen boyne
56. Hms hermes
57. Hms kingston galena
58. Hms lord grey
59. Hms lydian
60. Hms niger (possibly)
61. Hms othello ii
62. Hms peridot
63. Hms rodino
64. Hms tranquil
65. Hms weigelia
66. Hms wessex
67. Hmsm b2
68. Hundvaag
69. Iltis (possibly)
70. Ines
71. Ira (possibly)
72. Jacob luckenbach
73. James harrod
74. Jean pierre et phillipe
75. Jupiter (probably)
76. Jupiter tr 1 (possibly)
77. Kirsten skou
78. L'armandeche
79. La fleche
80. Le pelerin de la mer
81. Le tregor
82. Loanda
83. Loic
84. Luray victory
85. Mahratta
86. Marie-ange loic
87. Mariner moon
88. Mercator
89. Moise
90. Moorside (probably)
91. Munificent
92. Murillo
93. Nagro (possibly)
94. Nancy moran
95. Nicolaw
96. Niendorf (possibly)
97. North eastern victory
98. Notre dame des trois epis
99. Ophelie
100. Ousel (probably)
101. Pallieter
102. Petit antoine
103. Phoenix
104. Preussen
105. Quentovic
106. Rio parana
107. Rochester castle (possibly)
108. S goodwin ltv (lv 69)
109. Sabac
110. Saint antoine de padoue
111. Saint benoit labre
112. Saint michael veillez sur nous
113. Saint ronan (possibly)
114. Saint ronan (possibly)
115. Sambut
116. Santagata
117. Santagata (?part of)
118. Smarapaan
119. Sperrbrecher 171 (possibly)
120. St claire (possibly)
121. Tbd 317
122. The queen
123. Toornvliet (probably)
124. Toward
125. Tusnastabb (possibly)
126. U 11 (possibly)
127. U 16 (possibly)
128. U 37
129. Ub 103 (possibly)
130. Ub 29 (possibly)
131. Ub 38
132. Ub 56 (possibly)
133. Uc 26
134. Uc 46
135. Uc 46 (possibly)
136. Uc 78 or uc 79
137. Virginie
138. Virgo sancta
139. W a scholten
140. Wheatman (possibly)
141. Will and maggie (probably)
142. Xanthence

 

Name: MUNIFICENT

Length 106.7 meter, width: 12.8 meter, draught: 5.2, tonnage 3270 ton
Load: coal

Cause: torpedoed and sunk by german submarine 3.5m nnw from cap gris nez whilst en route from tyne to dunkirk. 3 lives lost. (ll ww1 & ww1sl).

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 12 meter

Known since: 1917, last detected: 2017

Details measurements/cartography: H1255/17 1.3.17 SUNK IN 505554N 014006E OR 3.5M NNW FROM CAP GRIS NEZ. BOWS STILL SHOWING. (TELEGRAM HMS LANTRAIL). CHART AS WK [OLD SYMBOL]. DEC 22 AMEND OBSOLETE WK SYMBOL TO DW IN 504924N 011524E. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NE 1895. H1797/27 17.3.27 LETTER TO & FROM FR HYDRO. NO ACTION. 10.9.73 SHOWN IN 505554N 014003E [OGB] ON NC 1892. 11.9.86 DW PD SHOWN IN 505559.8N, 014001.9E [EUR] ON FR 6681 [1986 EDN]. SHOWN IN FR WK RECORDS, NO 21601049, BUT NOT AS PD. AMEND TO DW PD IN 505554N, 014003E [OGB]. NE 1892 & NC 323. [WGD] POSN: 5055.945N, 0139.951E.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 50 55.945 N,1 39.951 E

 

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