This is the information page about the shipwreck Murdoch (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 40.163 N,1 46.416 E (52.4370167, 1.7918333)

 

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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. Abeona
2. Aberhill
3. Actuosity (possibly)
4. Afon towy and deerwood (possibly)
5. Ala
6. Alice taylor
7. Alster
8. Alston
9. Alto (possibly)
10. Artemisia
11. Astrologer
12. Avonwood
13. Axminster (probably)
14. Barkis
15. Barrhill
16. Begona no 5
17. Boulderpool (after part)
18. Boulderpool (fwd part)
19. Bovey tracy
20. Burtonia (possibly)
21. Bygdo (possibly)
22. Camilla weston
23. Cardanel
24. Castle galleon
25. Cd 14 (probably)
26. City of kobe
27. Clansman (possibly)
28. Claudia (possibly)
29. Corchester
30. Corduff
31. Cormead
32. Courier (probably)
33. Crichtoun
34. Cross sand ltv
35. Dashwood
36. David b summers
37. Dronning maud (possibly)
38. El dorado
39. Ems
40. English trader
41. Ethel
42. Ethel radcliffe
43. Excellenz mehnert
44. Fidelio
45. Frumenton
46. Fulgens
47. Galatea (possibly)
48. Gallois and oxshott (possibly)
49. Geneva
50. George fisher
51. Georgia (for'd part)
52. Glen derry (probably)
53. Glen tilt (possibly)
54. Glynn
55. Gulf breaker
56. Helena
57. Hms agate
58. Hms christopher (possibly)
59. Hms condor (probably)
60. Hms dhoon (probably)
61. Hms dungeness
62. Hms evesham (possibly)
63. Hms exmoor
64. Hms fontenoy
65. Hms force
66. Hms francolin
67. Hms glen prosen
68. Hms irvana (part of)
69. Hms kaphreda
70. Hms m a west (probably)
71. Hms ocean plough (possibly)
72. Hms orthos (probably)
73. Hms pelton (probably)
74. Hms speeton (possibly)
75. Hms spider
76. Hms tettenhall
77. Hms tonbridge
78. Hms tranio
79. Hms tugela
80. Hms washington (probably)
81. Hmsm d5
82. Ilse
83. Impulsion
84. Ionian (probably)
85. King egbert
86. Knitsley (part of)(probably)
87. Knitsley (possibly)
88. La perouse (possibly)
89. Langeli (possibly)
90. Leelite
91. Leopold ii
92. Lindisfarne (probably)
93. Lingfield
94. Londoner (probably)
95. Mardyke
96. Maria rosa
97. Marianne (probably)
98. Marsworth
99. Mascota (possibly)
100. Memento (possibly)
101. Mercurius
102. Montferland
103. Mudo
104. Murdoch (probably)
105. Nadir
106. Navarra (possibly)
107. Nereus
108. Nominoe
109. Nordborg (possibly)
110. Norman queen
111. Novocastrian
112. Oil trader
113. Ole bull
114. Osprey
115. Otter
116. Oxshott (possibly)
117. Pacific (possibly)
118. Pluton
119. Polaris
120. Prima
121. Regain
122. Ren
123. Reward (possibly)
124. Rhineland
125. Robin iv
126. Robrix
127. Rogate
128. Roine
129. Rose marie
130. Roxanna
131. Rye
132. Scotia
133. Sea rhine
134. Seagull
135. Seaham
136. Sheaf water
137. Silksworth hall (probably).
138. Sirdar (part of)(possibly)
139. Skodsburg (possibly)
140. Stad alkmaar
141. Stanmount
142. Sunniside (probably)
143. Thomas m (possibly)
144. Tidal (possibly)
145. Tregantle (possibly)
146. Trevethoe
147. U 13 (probably)
148. Ui-001
149. Vanguard
150. Varoy
151. Viola (possibly)
152. Waldinge
153. Walkure
154. War valley
155. Whintown (possibly)
156. White swan
157. White swan (possibly)
158. Willowpool
159. Xanthe
160. Yewvalley (possibly)
161. Yucca (possibly)

 

Name: MURDOCH (PROBABLY)

Length 94.9 meter, width: 13.5 meter, draught: 5.9, tonnage 2717 ton
Load: coal

Cause: Built in 1941 by s p austin & son, sunderland. owned at time of loss by the gaslight & coke co. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 242 hp, single shaft. machinery aft by ne maring engine co, sunderland. passage sunderland for london. cargo coal. struck a sunken wk, continued on passage with a severe leak and sank inside the n scroby sand.

Year of registration: 1941

Water depth above wreck: 16 meter, Height above seabed: 156 cm

Known since: 1941, last detected: 20170708

Details measurements/cartography: H02494/41 15.9.41 AGROUND, HDG 057DEGS, ON EVEN KEEL. TWO MASTS AND TOP OF BRIDGE STRUCTURE SHOW ABOVE LW. [FOREMAST 23FT, MAINMAST 14FT, BRIDGE 5FT] IN 524000N, 014621E. (FOIC YARMOUTH, 24.8.41). INS ST IN 524000N, 014621E.

- NM 2055/41. H3478/45 27.8.45 AMEND TO DW. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED).

- NM BLOCK. H02494/41 3.2.47 AMEND TO WK 1FM 4FT. (HMS SCOTT).

- NM 161/47. 1.7.50 FOLLOWING DISPERSAL SWEPT BY WIRE. CLEAR AT 42, FOUL AT 43FT. GEN DEPTH 45-58FT. SHOALS, WITH DEPTHS 26-32FT LIE 1C TO SE. POSN 524001N, 014617E. (HMS SHARPSHOOTER, 15.6.50). AMENDED TO WK 7FMS.

- NM 1275/50. H1333/60 10.5.60 LEAST E/S DEPTH 44FT. (ECES, 1959). H2358/65 2.9.65 SEARCHED FOR USING SONAR AND E/S. NOT FOUND. (SURVEY [K4594]). AMENDED TO FOUL.

- NM 1614/65. H1927/69 10.1.69 NOT FOUND USING SONAR AND E/S. RECOMMEND RETAIN AS FOUL. AREA IS VERY UNEVEN WITH GEN DEPTH 44FT. (HMS ECHO, HI 40B/68). NCA. 16.12.70 SEARCHED FOR USING SONAR. NOT FOUND. (HMS ECHO, HI 7A/70). H1927/69 21.5.73 SLIGHT CONTACT OBTAINED USING SONAR BUT THIS PROBABLY THE BUOY MOORINGS. (ISS, R-OF-S DTD 12.9.72). DELETED. BR STD. H4852/74 18.12.74 SEARCHED FOR USING TRANSIT SONAR. NOT FOUND. (ISS, HI 11/74). H1960/79 30.3.81 NOT FOUND. (HMS EGERIA, HI 62B/80). HH090/487/01 27.6.90 EXAM'D 21.4.90 IN 524007.8N, 014631.7E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [7 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 8.0 IN GEN DEPTH 10MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 1.5MTRS. LENGTH 45MTRS, BEAM 7MTRS. LIES 175/355DEGS ON FEATURELESS SANDY BOTTOM. A SIZEABLE MAGNETOMETER DEFLECTION WAS OBSERVED IN THE VICINITY. (NP 1016, HI 487). INS AS WK 8MTRS. BR STD. HH090/569/01 13.7.93 LOCATED 24.4.93 DURING ROUTINE SONAR SEARCH. NO DISCERNIBLE HEIGHT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 8.7 IN GEN DEPTH 11.5MTRS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. NOT EXAM'D. RETAIN AS CHARTED. (NP 1016, HI 569). HH090/686/01 22.3.96 EXAM'D 29.2.96 IN 524008.5N, 014631.6E [OGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 8.5, FOUL 8.8MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 9.0 IN GEN DEPTH 13MTRS. NO SCOUR. NO DCS3 HT. LENGTH 50MTRS, WIDTH 10MTRS. LIES 160/340DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. SOLID SONAR CONTACT. (NP 1016, HI 686). BR STD. HH090/844/01 13.4.99 EXAM'D 12.3.99 IN 5240.162N, 0146.423E [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 9.2, FOUL 9.5MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 9MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 13MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 60MTRS, WIDTH 20MTRS. DCS3 HT 3MTRS. LIES 135/315DEGS. LARGE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. PARTIALLY BURIED. (NP 1016, HI 844). AMEND TO SW 9MTRS. BR STD. HH091/110/01 16.8.05 EXAM'D 27.4.05 IN 5240.156N, 0146.418E [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 11.2MTRS, FOUL 11.5MTRS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 10.97 IN GEN DEPTH 18MTRS. SCOUR 2.5MTRS DEEP EXTENDS 150 MTRS TOWARDS 355 DEGS AND 200MTRS TOWARDS 175 DEGS. LENGTH 78MTRS, WIDTH 25MTRS, HT 7.9MTRS. LIES 160/340 DEGS. MODERATE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. UPRIGHT. (NP 1016, HI 1110). AMEND WK 10.9MTRS. BR STD. HH091/259/01 23.10.08 LOCATED, NOT EXAM'D. (NETSURVEY, HI 1259). NCA. SEP 2017/000186964 25.4.18 EXAM'D 8.7.17; LOCATED IN 5240.163N, 0146.416E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 11.42MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 16MTRS. LENGTH 53.2MTRS, WIDTH 20.2MTRS, HEIGHT 10.94MTRS, ORIENTATION 156/336 DEGS. SCOUR DIMENSIONS LENGTH 223.1MTRS DEPTH 6.23MTRS TOWARDS 003DEGS. WK GENERALLY RETAINS FOOTPRINT, HULL HAS COLLAPSED, EXPOSING DECAYED INTERNAL STRUCTURE- IRREGULAR, ANGULAR REGTANGULAR AND CYLINDRICAL FEATURES. [EGS, HI 1545]. AMEND DW 11.4MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 52 40.163 N,1 46.416 E

 

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