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 (51.0898333, 1.7715833)

 

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