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 45.611 N,0 43.655 W (50.652366666667, -0.61618333333333)

 

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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. Afon dulais
2. Ala
3. Alaska
4. Algiers
5. Alison (possibly)
6. Angry fish
7. Armenier
8. Arno (possibly)
9. Atlas (probably)
10. Axwell
11. Basil-2
12. Bettann (bow section)
13. Bettann (stern section)
14. Cairndhu
15. Cambrian princess (probably)
16. Campeador 5 (bow section)(probably)
17. Candia
18. Capable
19. Carbineer
20. Cuba
21. Duke of buccleuch
22. Elford
23. Excelsior
24. Flag theofano
25. Fpt iv
26. Frode
27. Gartland
28. Gascony
29. Gerarda
30. Germa geisha
31. Glenlee
32. Hedwig lunstedt
33. Highland corrie
34. Hms apley (possibly)
35. Hms evadne (possibly)
36. Hms hazardous
37. Hms implacable
38. Hms kingston jacinth (possibly)
39. Hms northcoates
40. Hms pine
41. Hms prince leopold
42. Hms sapper
43. Hms undine
44. Hms velox
45. Hms vernon ii (possibly)
46. Hmsm a1
47. Irishman
48. Jaffa
49. Lightfoot (possibly)
50. Lola (possibly)
51. Lowmount
52. Molesey (possibly)
53. Montecrana (possibly)
54. Ramsholm (possibly)
55. Rfa hungerford (possibly)
56. Shirala
57. Sinah
58. Syrinx (part of)(possibly)
59. U 1195
60. U 86 (possibly)
61. Ub 21
62. Ub 81
63. Vesuvio (possibly)
64. Vigda
65. War helmet
66. Withern
67. Zaanstroom

 

Name: Name nicht bekannt

Year of registration: 1947

Water depth above wreck: 2 meter, Height above seabed: 128 cm

Known since: 1947, last detected: 2019

Details measurements/cartography: H4878/44 23.3.48 NUMEROUS OBSTRUCTIONS WITHIN LIMITS:- 504607.5N, 004356.5W [COAST]; 504505N, 004110W; 504409.5N, 004114.5W; 504316N, 004315W & 504417.5N, 004557W [COAST]. (CSO PORTSMOUTH, SURVEY [E8205], 1947).

- NM BLOCK 628/48. 23.7.71 NOW CHARTED AS OBP (DRIES 2.7MTRS). NC 1652. H2318/74 7.4.72 NOW CHARTED AS OBP (DRIES 2.1MTRS). [LAT]. NC 1652.H2318/74 16.9.75 PHOENIX UNIT FIXED IN 504536N, 004336W [OGB] USING HSA. EXAMINED WHILST UNCOVERED. MEASURED HEIGHT ABOVE WATER LEVEL - DRIES 2.0MTRS. GENERAL DEPTH BY E/S 1.8MTRS. MARKED BY BN AT NW CORNER. LOCATED & FIXED 9.6.75. (SCES, HI 62/75). AMENDED TO OBP (DRIES 2.1MTRS) IN 504536N, 004336W [OGB], MARKED BY BN. R/P. 27.2.80 REPD TO BE A CONCRETE STRUCTURE, 90X60FT APPROX, SHOWING SOME 3FT ABOVE WATER LEVEL AT LW. STANDS ON RELATIVELY EVEN KEEL, EXTENDING ABOUT 12FT ABOVE SEABED. MARKED BY 20FT HIGH STEEL BEACON WITH CAN/CAGE TOPMARK WHICH LEANS SOME 60DEGS FROM VERTICAL & NO LONGER SHOWS ABOVE MHWS. (MOORING & SALVAGE OFFICER, PORTSMOUTH 29.1.80 IN NCS111/1511 & D/NL/63/1/35). NCA. H4723/77 5.8.83 WK HAS TILTED OVER PAST TWO YEARS AND LEGS OF BEACON HAVE STARTED TO COLLAPSE. BN NOW COVERS COMPLETELY AT HW AND ITSELF CONSTITUTES AN ADDED OBSTN. RE-MARKING OF WK REQUESTED BY PAGHAM YACHT CLUB. (LTR DTD 26.4.83, LM D/DS16/19/1/46). H4723/77 24.4.84 FURTHER REQUEST FOR THIS STRUCTURE TO BE RE-MARKED. (K B KIDD, 6.4.84). [FORWARD TO NL FOR ACTION]. H3492/81 18.2.85 REFERRED TO AS 'INNER PAGHAM' IN PSA HAZARD & WRECK MARKER LIST. H1283/85/153 30.5.85 BEACON HAS BEEN DESTROYED BY HEAVY SEAS. (W PLEDGER). 27.1.87 OBSTN IN 504536N, 004327W [PSA DESIGNATION SE13] REMARKED BY A BEACON ON 29.8.86. (PSA, 12WN/3682/19/RMG/CE, 14.11.86). NCA.POSITIONS BELOW THIS POINT ARE IN DEGREES, MINUTES AND DECIMALS OF A MINUTE HH091/003/01 17.1.03 EXAM'D 30.11.02 IN 5045.619N, 0043.647W [WGD] USING DGPS. POSN IS MEAN OF FOUR POSNS TAKEN WHEN PASSING CLOSE BY EITHER SIDE OF THE WK. DRIES AT ALMOST ALL STATES OF THE TIDE. MARKED BY BEACON VISIBLE AT ALL STATES OF THE TIDE. THE BEACON IS NOW INCLINED AT 60DEGS AND IS IN A POOR STATE OF REPAIR. GEN DEPTH 2MTRS. (NP 1016, HI 1003). RETAIN AS OBP DRIES 2MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. HH232/680/09 4.8.03 BEACON NOW MISSING. (MRSC SOLENT, FAX DTD 31.7.03). DELETE BEACON.

- NM 4570/03. SEP 2016/000235959 16.10.16 EXAM'D 6.6.16; CENTRED ON 5045.621N, 0043.658W. LEAST DEPTH NOT FOUND AS STRUCTURE TOO CLOSE TO THE SURFACE AT HIGH TIDE. GEN DEPTH 2MTRS, LENGTH 19.6MTRS, 14.1MTRES, ORIENTATION 128 DEG. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. SCOUR DIMENSIONS LENGTH 7.7MTRS, 0.5MTRS DEEP, TOWARD 134 DEGS. (EGS, HI 1524). RETAIN AS OBSTN DRIES 2MTRES. SEP 2020/000196628 13.8.20 PHOENIX CAISSON(aka Inner Mulberry) CENTRED ON 5045.621N, 0043.658W [WGD] HAS BEEN AWARDED SCHEDULED MONUMENT STATUS (The Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979), DTD 31/5/2019. LIST ENTRY NUMBER 1452912. ADD "HISTORIC" TO STATUS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 50 45.611 N,0 43.655 W

 

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