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 9.398 N,2 45.414 W (50.11025, -2.8444333333333)

 

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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. Aleyna
2. Algarve
3. Amy
4. Athen
5. Avalanche
6. Bamse (probably)
7. Bayonne
8. Bokn (possibly)
9. Bonita
10. Borgund i (possibly)
11. Broomhill (probably)
12. Chorley
13. Conch
14. Einar jarl
15. Gateway (probably)
16. Gorizia
17. Greenville
18. Greta c
19. Gripfast
20. Gudrun
21. Hms amazon
22. Hms bittern
23. Hms bittern (parts of)(probably)
24. Hms boadicea
25. Hms harstad
26. Hms kingston cairngorm (possibly)
27. Hms lord hailsham
28. Hms manor
29. Hms recoil (bow section)(probably)
30. Hms recoil (stern section)(probably)
31. Hms remindo (possibly)
32. Hmsm l24
33. Isbjorn
34. K m b (possibly)
35. Klein famile
36. Kongshaug (probably)
37. L h carl
38. La portaise (probably)
39. Lct 381
40. Lst 507 (bow section)
41. Lst 507 (stern section)
42. Lst 531
43. Lucinda (possibly)
44. Majorca
45. Marie therese
46. Martha
47. Memnon
48. Merchant royal
49. Miniota
50. Modavia
51. Moel tryvan
52. Motano (probably)
53. Netley abbey (possibly)
54. Nyasaland
55. Ocean vagabond
56. Osprey (bow section) (possibly)
57. Pas (c.182)
58. Pergo
59. Perintis
60. Pomella
61. Reggestroom (probably)
62. Regina coeli (possibly)
63. Roi leopold (possibly)
64. Romsdalen (probably)
65. Rosten (possibly)
66. Rotorua
67. Siren
68. Stancrest
69. Tandil (probably)
70. Trito
71. U 1055 or u 1191 (probably)
72. U 1191
73. Ub 19 (probably)

 

Name: Name nicht bekannt

Year of registration: 1944

Water depth above wreck: 60 meter, Height above seabed: 8 cm

Known since: 1944, last detected: 2003

Details measurements/cartography: 9.12.44 AUBD 303/61 SONAR CONTACT IN APPROX 500924N, 024442W. (HMS BEACONHILL, 9.12.44) H3135/44 21.11.44 H3135/44 WK IN 500924N, 024442W. (PORTSMOUTH LIST, 21.11.44). H113/45 25.3.45 H113/45 SONAR CONTACT IN APPROX 500930N, 024515W. (PLYMOUTH LIST, 25.3.45). H4638/55 22.7.55 H4638/55 22.7.55 EXAM'D IN 500922N, 024518W USING DECCA. LEAST E/S DEPTH 28FMS IN GEN DEPTH 33FMS. SEABED GRAVEL, SHELL AND SAND. (SCES/HMS SCOTT 7.9.54). INS AS WK 28FMS. BR STD. H2829/72 3.5.72 H2829/72 3.5.72 WK 51MTRS IN 500930N, 024505W [EUR]. (FRENCH NM 72 15 10). NCA. 18.1.80 18.1.80 SHOWN AS WKPA 51.0MTRS ON FRENCH 878 [NE DEC 79]. NCA. HH100/351/10 30.8.95 HH100/351/10 30.8.95 STEAMSHIP IN UPRIGHT POSITION. DECKS COLLAPSED INTO HULL WITH BRIDGE DECK PARTIALLY INTACT. STERN IS MISSING. BOILER LIES ON SEABED ON STBD SIDE. SPARE IRON PROP LIES INSIDE THE AFTER PART OF THE HULL. SHIP'S FURNACE BRICKS ARE MARKED 'LUCAS' - A TYNESIDE COMPANY. BEAM MEASURED AT 34FT. ENGINE A 2 CYLINDER COMPOUND, ESTIMATED AT 200 HP. PROBABLY BUILT ABOUT 1880, WITH TONNAGE OF SOME 1800 TONS GROSS. (N R CHIPCHASE). HH090/912/01 9.2.01 HH090/912/01 9.2.01 LOCATED 9.9.00 IN 5009.398N, 0245.448W [WGD] USING DGPS. NOT INVESTIGATED AS NOT IN SURVEY AREA. GEN DEPTH 60MTRS. LENGTH 80MTRS, WIDTH 11MTRS. DCS3 HT 8.0MTRS. LIES 024/204 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. NO SCOUR. REASONABLY INTACT, UPRIGHT. (GARDLINE, HI 912). AMEND TO WK 50MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. HH090/961/01 16.12.03 HH090/961/01 16.12.03 EXAM'D 27.7.03 IN 5009.398N, 0245.414W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 52.3 IN GEN DEPTH 60MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 85MTRS, WIDTH 16MTRS. DCS3 HT 8.6MTRS. LIES 008/188 DEGS WITH BOWS PROBABLY TOWARDS 188 DEGS. MODERATE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. INTACT. (GARDLINE, HI 961). AMEND WK 52MTRS. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, WELL COLLAPSED, STERN MISSING, BOWS ?188 DEGS

Position: 50 9.398 N,2 45.414 W

 

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