This is the information page about the shipwreck Name nicht bekannt, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 6.437 N,4 55.625 W (49.967, -5.1835166666667)

 

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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. Adams (possibly)
2. Adolf vinnen
3. Alexander kennedy
4. Almond branch (possibly)
5. Andola
6. Andromeda
7. Arab
8. Ardgarry
9. Arvor
10. Atlantis (possibly)
11. Atlantis (possibly)
12. Bamse (probably)
13. Bay of panama
14. Beatrice (possibly)
15. Bellucia
16. Ben asdale
17. Ben rein
18. Benito
19. Bjornvik (possibly)
20. Brest
21. Bretonne (probably)
22. Cape finisterre (probably)
23. Carmarthen
24. Caroline
25. Carolus
26. Caroni river
27. Caroni river (part of)(probably)
28. Centurion (possibly)
29. Cieszyn
30. Citrine
31. City of ghent
32. Clan apline
33. Clan malcolm
34. Cristina
35. Cromdale
36. Czar
37. Dionne marie
38. Dispatch (possibly)
39. Eastfield
40. Elisabeth (possibly)
41. Epsilon
42. Erato
43. Eric calvert (possibly)
44. Eskdale
45. Eva (possibly)
46. Forde
47. Foylemore (possibly)
48. Ganymede
49. Gap
50. Godolphin
51. Gunvor
52. Hanover
53. Hansy
54. Happy returns (possibly)
55. Hera
56. Hmcs trentonian
57. Hmml 380
58. Hms almond (after part)
59. Hms almond (bow part)
60. Hms brandlebas
61. Hms comet
62. Hms gloaming
63. Hms kurd
64. Hms lady of the isles
65. Hms narwhal
66. Hms primrose
67. Hms rinovia
68. Hms roche bonne
69. Hms torrent
70. Hmy sappho (possibly)
71. Hnlms brielle
72. Ilston
73. Jersey queen (possibly)
74. John
75. Julie anne ii (part of)(possibly)
76. Juno
77. Kantoeng (part of)
78. Karen marie
79. Kerris reed
80. King harry (probably)
81. Kremsertor
82. Krosfond
83. Kwester
84. La suippe
85. Lady dalhousie
86. Le vieux tigre
87. Leander
88. Leon martin (part of)
89. Lord snowden (probably)
90. Lucent (possibly)
91. Lydie
92. Mary
93. Merle
94. Mina cantiquin
95. Mitera marigo
96. Mohegan
97. Mosel
98. Mountby
99. Mourne (probably)
100. N g petersen
101. Normand
102. Nyassa
103. Ocklinge
104. Omer denise
105. Orfordness
106. Ospra
107. Par time and tide bell
108. Pearl (possibly)
109. Pegasus
110. Penelope jane (possibly)
111. Pindos
112. Plantaganet
113. Poljames
114. Poljames
115. Ponus
116. Port chalmers
117. Prestige
118. Queen (possibly)
119. Rigmor (possibly)
120. Robert
121. Rock island bridge
122. Rosehill
123. Royal anne galley
124. Shoal fisher
125. Silver laurel
126. Spital
127. Spyridion vagliano
128. Stanwood
129. Tregenna (possibly)
130. Twilight water
131. U 95
132. Ub 106 (possibly)
133. Ub 112 (possibly)
134. Ub 113
135. Ub 128 (possibly)
136. Ub 86 (possibly)
137. Ub 97 (possibly)
138. Ula
139. Veritas
140. Ville de thann (bow section)(possibly)
141. Ville de thann (stern section)(possibly)
142. Violet
143. Volnay
144. War tune
145. Wilhelmina maria
146. Wyndcliffe
147. Zebra

 

Name: Name nicht bekannt

Year of registration: 1973

Water depth above wreck: 61 meter, Height above seabed: 68 cm

Known since: 1973, last detected: 2014

Details measurements/cartography: H3193/70 15.6.73 WK, PROBABLY OF A LIBERTY SHIP, LOCATED IN 500624N, 045527W [OGB] USING DECCA. STANDS 42FT HIGH, LENGTH 300FT. LIES E/W. (R DAVIS & C WILLIAMS, 25.4.73). CHART AS WK 44MTRS. BR STD. H3110/72 27.11.73 NOT FOUND DURING AREA SONAR SWEEP, BUT NOT SEARCHED FOR. (HMS HECATE, 1973). DELETE. BR STD. 27.9.76 FF IN 500636N, 045532W [OGB] USING DECCA. (E GILES, 29.1.76). NCA. 22.5.78 RE-INSERT WK 44MTRS. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). BR STD. H5982/82 8.4.83 WK SHOWN IN 500637N, 045534W [OGB] ON KINGFISHER CHART K(SW 6) [1982 EDN]. NCA. HH232/354/01 23.4.91 EXAM'D 1.3.91 IN 500626.5N, 045536W [WGD] USING GPS AND TRISPONDER. LEAST E/S DEPTH 47 IN GEN DEPTH 60MTRS. DCS3 HT 12MTRS, LENGTH 120MTRS, APPROX. LIES 250/070DEGS. LARGE INTACT WK WITH HIGH POINT AT E END. (HMS BULLDOG, HN DTD 19.3.91). AMEND TO WK 47MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 14.4.00 DIVED IN 5006.396N, 0455.568W [WGD] USING DGPS. DEPTH TO WK 56MTRS IN GEN DEPTH BY DEPTH GAUGE 64MTRS AT LW SPRINGS. LIES 070/250 DEGS. LENGTH 250MTRS. (J ROSEVEARE, TELECON 14.4.00). AMEND POSN. BR STD. 4.5.00 VESSEL IS OLD AND PROBABLY OF WW2 ORIGIN. DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE A LIBERTY SHIP. UPRIGHT AND GENERALLY INTACT. SLIGHT LIST TO PORT. BOWS STAND SOME 7-8MTRS HIGH. HOLDS COLLAPSED INWARDS. BOWS E. BOW SECTION NETTED. J ROSEVEARE, TELECON 4.5.00). NCA. HH100/351/22 16.6.05 APPEARS TO BE UPRIGHT WITH SLIGHT LIST TO PORT WITH STBD HULL FOLDED OUT FROM MAIN WRECKAGE. DECKS ARE UPRIGHT ALTHOUGH COLLAPSED GIVING ACCESS TO BOILERS. THREE LARGE BOILERS, ONE OF WHICH APPEARS INVERTED. SEVERAL CARGO HOLDS WITH HATCH COMBINGS. STANDS 6MTRS HIGH BY DEPTH GAUGE. VISIBLITY POOR, MAKING REPORTING DIFFICULT. (L BISHOP). NCA. SEP 2014/000153151 18.9.14 EXAM'D 21.7.14 IN 5006.432N, 0455.642W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 50.75 IN GEN DEPTH 61MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 127MTRS, WIDTH 27MTRS, HT 10.25MTRS. LIES 068/248 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. UPRIGHT AND INTACT. (MMT, HI 1455). BOWS ENE. AMEND WK 50MTRS IN REVISED POSN. SEP 2014/000153151 5.11.14 LEAST M/B DEPTH 50.35MTRS IN 5006.437N, 0455.625W [WGD]. (BDC, HI 1455). RETAIN WK 50MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT & INTACT, COLLAPSED, BOWS ENE

Position: 50 6.437 N,4 55.625 W

 

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