This is the information page about the shipwreck Nautilus, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 36.52 N,0 26.02 E (53.556, 0.1333)

 

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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. Ac 9
2. Airdrie (possibly)
3. Amelie-mathilde
4. Amenity
5. Audacity
6. Avalon
7. B o borjesson
8. Benmacdhui
9. Box hill
10. British councillor
11. British prince
12. Briton (possibly)
13. Cadmus
14. Capitaine edmond laborie
15. Catford
16. Cecil (possibly)
17. Chloris (possibly)
18. City of birmingham
19. Corhampton
20. Corinth (possibly)
21. Corland
22. Cramlington (possibly)
23. Dayrian
24. Deerpool (after section)
25. Deerpool (for'd section)
26. Deodata
27. Diana
28. Dido
29. Dryburgh (part of)(possibly)
30. Dunsany
31. Empress (probably)
32. Ethel (possibly)
33. Exmoor
34. Fane
35. Faunus
36. Fermo
37. Flourish
38. Fowberry tower (part)
39. Fowberry tower (part)
40. Fryken
41. Gerhardt (possibly)
42. Girl kitty (possibly)
43. Giuseppe
44. Gladeto
45. Gluckauf (possibly)
46. Gothic
47. Grangemouth
48. Harlech
49. Helmsman (probably)
50. Hms benvolio
51. Hms botanic
52. Hms calverton
53. Hms corfield
54. Hms cortina
55. Hms dervish
56. Hms egret
57. Hms kos xvi (probably)
58. Hms lormont
59. Hms princess victoria
60. Hms strathborve (part)
61. Hms susarion
62. Hms warland (possibly)
63. Homer
64. Horsted
65. Ightham (possibly)
66. Inge marguerite (possibly)
67. Ionic (probably)
68. J b paddon
69. Jane (possibly)
70. Janet helen (possibly)
71. Jersey (probably)
72. John and thomas
73. John rettig (probably)
74. Kalo (probably)
75. Katina bulgari
76. Kimberley (possibly)
77. Konstantinos hadjipateras
78. Kyma
79. Ladas (possibly)
80. Lady anstruther (probably)
81. Lancaster (possibly)
82. Laurel (possibly)
83. Lifeguard (possibly)
84. Lightship no 83
85. Lincolnshire time and tide bell
86. Lindy sue
87. Lismore
88. Lord haig (possibly)
89. Lord selborne
90. Lottie (possibly)
91. Lucerne
92. Lutha
93. Maggie
94. Magnolia
95. Marian francis
96. Marie dawn
97. Marshall (probably)
98. Matanuska (probably)
99. Merchiston
100. Modig
101. Modiva (possibly)
102. Nautilus
103. Nimrod
104. Onesta
105. Ophir ii (possibly)
106. Orsa
107. Otis tetrax
108. Paraciers
109. Petroswift
110. Polzella (possibly)
111. Portia
112. Rado (possibly)
113. Ravonia (part)
114. Ravonia (part) (possibly)
115. Rayford
116. Realf
117. Revello
118. Revi
119. Revigo (possibly)
120. Rhuys
121. Rievaulx abbey
122. Rivaulx
123. River don (part of)(probably)
124. River witham
125. Rivergate
126. Rochester (possibly)
127. Rosebud (possibly)
128. Royston
129. Salacon
130. Salmondby
131. Saltoun
132. Sarah visholm 2 (probably)
133. Schieland (possibly)
134. Scotia (possibly)
135. Sea pearl
136. Sna iii
137. Sota eduardo
138. Stylianos chandris
139. Thessaly
140. Togston (possibly)
141. Trignac (possibly)
142. Triton
143. Umbe
144. Upminster (possibly)
145. Varangmalm (possibly)
146. Vechstroom
147. Venture (possibly)
148. Vereingte (possibly)
149. Victoria
150. Wayside flower (possibly)
151. Whitemantle (possibly)
152. Windsor (part of)
153. Winga
154. Xavier
155. Xavier

 

Name: NAUTILUS

Length 58.5 meter, width: 9.4 meter, draught: 3.4, tonnage 800 ton

Cause: sunk in collision.

Year of registration: 1941

Water depth above wreck: 20 meter

Known since: 1941, last detected: 2002

Details measurements/cartography: H01916/41 25.5.41 H01916/41 25.5.41 SUNK AS A RESULT OF A COLLISION IN POSN 533550N, 002548E. ONE MAST SHOWING 6FT AT HW. (FO HUMBER, 24.5.41). H01916/41 29.6.41 H01916/41 29.6.41 TWO MASTS SHOWING AT LW. FOREMAST SHOWS 7FT, MAINMAST 4FT. LIES IN 62FT ON AN EVEN KEEL. POSN 533559N, 002528E. MARKED BY A BUOY SITUATED 238DEG 150YARDS FROM WK. (HMS FRANKLIN, 28.6.41). H01916/41 16.7.41 H01916/41 16.7.41 INS AS DW IN 533550N, 002548E. - NM 1636/41. H01916/41 25.7.41 H01916/41 25.7.41 INS GREEN SPHERICAL LT BUOY, FLG 10SEC, 225DEG 320FT FROM WK. - TFNM 1735/41. H01916/41 15.10.41 H01916/41 15.10.41AMENDED POSN 533638N, 002613E. BUOY 238DEG 150YARDS FROM WK. (CAPT M/S, HMS COLONSAY HN DTD 25.9.41 & SO GRIMSBY, 14.10.41). H01916/41 8.11.42 H01916/41 8.11.42 EXAM'D IN 533630N, 002608E. SWEPT CLEAR 15FT, FOUL 18FT. LEAST E/S 20FT. (HMS FRANKLIN, 7.11.42). H01916/41 28.11.42 H01916/41 28.11.42 AMEND TO 2.5FMS IN 533630N, 002608E. GREEN CAN LT BUOY. (HMS SHARPSHOOTER & TH).

- NM 2608/42. H01916/41 8.5.47 H01916/41 8.5.47 NOT FOUND MAY 1947. (WDO GRIMSBY, 7.5.47). H01916/41 24.9.48 H01916/41 24.9.48 WK BELIEVED TO BE NAUTILUS LOCATED IN 533630N, 002602E. (HMS SCOTT, 23.9.47). H01916/41 13.6.50 H01916/41 13.6.50 SEARCH CARRIED OUT UNDER GOOD CONDITIONS BY A/S CENTRED ON 533630N, 002608E. OROPESA SWEEP CLEAR 48FT. DOD SAY THAT WK WAS BLOWN TO BITS IN 1946. (HMS SHARPSHOOTER, 12.6.50). AMEND TO WK 8FMS 0FT, DELETE LT BUOY. 23.6.75 23.6.75 AMEND TO SW 13.9MTRS. NC 107. H3805/72 28.2.78 H3805/72 28.2.78 NOT FOUND DURING DCS3 AREA SEARCH. (SOISS HI 54/77). DELETED. BR STD. HH100/351/19 6.1.03 HH100/351/19 6.1.03 DIVED 8.02 IN 5336.520N, 0026.020W [WGD] USING GPS. REMAINS OF WK SPREAD OVER A WIDE AREA. EXTENDS >100MTRS IN ALL DIRECTIONS. NOTHING STANDS ABOVE 1MTR HIGH AND NOTHING FOUND LARGER THAN 2 BY 2MTRS. SEABED SAND. MODERATE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (K SMITH). INS AS FOUL. BR STD. 4.9.13 4.9.13 NOT LOCATED 7.4.13 BY M/B. (NETSURVEY, HI 1401). RETAIN FOUL. NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: SPREAD OVER LARGE AREA, HT BY DIVER

Position: 53 36.52 N,0 26.02 E

 

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