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 49 58.56 N,5 40.841 W (50.27365, -5.4894666666667)

 

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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. A a raven
2. Acklington
3. Ada (possibly)
4. Aida lauro
5. Alacrity
6. Alden gifford (possibly)
7. Alster (possibly)
8. Antwerpen
9. Arbel (probably)
10. Arnside (possibly)
11. Asia
12. Aurelien
13. Austria (possibly)
14. Balbec
15. Besse (probably)
16. Bessemer city (probably)
17. Bill (part of)(possibly)
18. Bill (possibly)
19. Boynton (possibly)
20. Busby
21. Carpo (possibly)
22. Chimu
23. Christina
24. City of cardiff
25. City of westminster (& kul)
26. Congener
27. Conqueror
28. Corvus
29. Courtown
30. Denebola
31. Depois
32. Devon
33. Dunaskin
34. Emblem
35. Empire flamingo (for'd section)
36. Empire kingsley
37. Enrico parodi
38. Esther (probably)
39. Facto
40. Gallier (possibly)
41. Garthclyde (possibly)
42. Glamorgan coast
43. Glendale
44. Hellopes
45. Hms royalo
46. Hms warspite
47. Hms warspite (part of)
48. Holland xix
49. Hopeful (possibly)
50. Iona
51. J duncan
52. Jose de aramburu
53. Joshua nicholson
54. Juan ferrer
55. Kate thomas (possibly)
56. Kildonan ?
57. Kilmaho
58. Kintuck
59. Ladywood
60. Lake grafton
61. Lake grafton (possibly)
62. Liberty
63. Lincoln
64. Lovat
65. Luna
66. Lutece (part of)(possibly)
67. Luxembourg (probably)
68. Lyminge
69. Maria de larrinaga
70. Marie roberts
71. Maroc
72. Moorview
73. Mystique (possibly)
74. Nanna (possibly)
75. New pioneer
76. Nile
77. Noya (possibly)
78. Ocean harvest
79. Orion
80. Oriskany
81. Phoenix 202
82. Phoenix 203
83. Pioneer (possibly)
84. Polesley (possibly)
85. Ponthieu
86. Primrose (remains of)(possibly)
87. Regency (probably)
88. Reidar (possibly)
89. Rms mulheim
90. Sabre of newquay
91. Saint guenole
92. Saxon briton
93. Sea viper
94. Semper parates
95. Setubel(probably)
96. Sirius (possibly)
97. St chamond
98. Sylvia-mary z-525
99. Thorsa (part of)(possibly)
100. Traute sarnow
101. Tungufoss
102. U 1209 (possibly)
103. U 247 (possibly)
104. U 399
105. Umbre
106. Umdali mendi (possibly)
107. Underwood
108. Union star (parts of)(probably)
109. Veghtstroom (possibly)
110. Vigrid (possibly)
111. Vine branch (possibly)
112. Vinovia
113. Wild boar
114. William cory
115. Yewcroft
116. Zone (probably)

 

Name: Name nicht bekannt

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 61 meter, Height above seabed: 104 cm

Known since: 1917, last detected: 2005

Details measurements/cartography: 1917 WK IN 495800N, 054100W. (AP REPORT FALMOUTH, DOCKET M017693). POSN 8 MILES S OF WOLF ROCK. H2137/54 22.6.54 H2137/54 22.6.54 LOCATED BY SV 'HELP' FEB/MAY 1954 IN 495830N, 054040W USING DECCA OR 070DEGS, 5.4M FROM WOLF ROCK. DEPTH OVER WK 35FMS. HEIGHT ABOVE SEABED 34FT. TWO DECKS. RATHER SIMILAR TO WK OF 'VINOVIA' [22536]. (RISDON BEAZLEY LTD., 23.5.54). CHART AS NDW. 25.11.74 25.11.74 LOCATED IN 495834N, 054050W USING DECCA. (E GILES, 1974). NCA. 6.6.75 6.6.75 NOW CHARTED AS USC 50MTRS. NE 777. H2979/74 17.2.76 H2979/74 17.2.76 FF IN 495838N, 054047W USING DECCA. LOCATED WITH MAGNETOMETER BUT NOT DIVED ON. (E GILES, HYDROSERVE LTD, 29.1.76). NCA. H2590/76 3.3.76 H2590/76 3.3.76 LOCATED IN 495831.21N, 054047.1W [OGB] USING RO/RO HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. GOOD SONAR CONTACT FROM MANY DIRECTIONS. POSITIVE SMALL WRECK. CLOSELY SOUNDED OVER. LEAST E/S DEPTH 55MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 66MTRS. (HMS HECLA, HI 1A/75). AMENDED TO WK 55.0MTRS [30FMS] IN 495831.2N, 054047.1W. NE 777 & NE 1148. H4551/76 6.10.76 H4551/76 6.10.76 REPD 070DEGS 5.4M FROM WOLF ROCK AND TO BE 34FT HIGH. (RISDON BEAZLEY,17.9.76). [IN GEN DEPTH OF 66MTRS]. NCA. H1930/76 29.11.76 H1930/76 29.11.76 WRECK LOCATED 3,5.8.76 DURING SIMRAD SONAR TRIALS. FIXED BY DECCA. FROM DCS3 TRACE - IN GEN DEPTH 67MTRS. AFTER ONE PASS - APPEARS TO BE A PINNACLE 35FT HIGH (FROM SHADOW) AMID RIDGES LYING E/W. FROM SIMRAD SONAR - LEAST DEPTH 55MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 67MTRS. CONTACT ABOUT 400 X 100MTRS IN SIZE. CLASSED AS MULTIPLE RIDGES ON A SMOOTH SEABED LYING SW/NE. BEST CONTACT FROM THE NW AT A RANGE OF 400MTRS. FISH CONTACTS IN THE AREA. NOT CLOSELY SOUNDED. (HMS HERALD, HI 18/76). NCA. RETAIN AS CHARTED. AWAIT NEXT SURVEY FOR EXACT CLASSIFICATION. H2979/74 24.2.77 H2979/74 24.2.77 FF REPD IN 495823N, 054029W [OGB] USING DECCA. (E GILES, 3.2.77). NCA. H2979/74 11.8.77 H2979/74 11.8.77 FF IN POSN BY DECCA. CONFIRMED WK BY MAGNETOMETER. (E GILES, 3.8.77). NCA. H2979/74 16.12.77 H2979/74 16.12.77 THREE FFS REPD IN 495827N, 054023W; 495833N, 054038W; AND 495850N, 054044W. POSNS BY DECCA. (E GILES, 16.5.77). NCA. H1310/82/7 11.3.82 H1310/82/7 11.3.82 POSITIVE WK IN POSN BY DECCA. (A M JONES, 12.2.82). NCA. H5982/82 21.4.83 H5982/82 21.4.83 TWO WKS SHOWN IN 495833N, 054104W [OGB] ON KINGFISHER CHART K(SW)7, 1982. POSN BY DECCA. NCA. HH091/059/01 7.4.05 HH091/059/01 7.4.05 EXAM'D 24.9.05 IN 4958.560N, 0540.841W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 52.9 IN GEN DEPTH 61.7MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 121MTRS, WIDTH 25MTRS, HT 8.4MTRS. LIES 104/284 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. HIGHLY DEGRADED BROKEN WK. (GARDLINE, HI 1059). PROBABLE 3-ISLAND VESSEL, UPRIGHT, BROKEN AT STERN, COLLAPSED AT HOLDS WITH CARGO SPILLED NEARBY. PROBABLY BOWS W. AMEND WK 52MTRS. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: ?3 ISLAND VESSEL, BROKEN AT STERN, COLLAPSED AT HOLDS

Position: 49 58.56 N,5 40.841 W

 

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