This is the information page about the shipwreck Neches (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 11.109 N,3 39.125 W (50.207816666667, -3.7034)

 

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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. Aldershot
2. Ambassador
3. Amelie (probably)
4. Amelie-suzanne
5. Ann marie (possibly)
6. Antonio (probably)
7. Avalon g ii
8. Baychattan
9. Belle ile (possibly)
10. Bleamoor (probably)
11. Blue marlin
12. Brenda
13. Bretagne
14. Bretton hall
15. Broadmayne (part of)
16. Brunhilda
17. Buesten
18. Bull steamer (possibly)
19. Cantabria
20. Catherine allen
21. Cheapside (possibly)
22. Chloe t
23. Christoffel colombus (possibly)
24. Claverley (possibly)
25. Claverley (possibly)
26. Colorado (possibly)
27. Demetrios
28. Dudley rose
29. Eagle
30. Elizabeth caroline
31. Elsa
32. Elsa (possibly)
33. Emma
34. Empire harry
35. Emsstrom
36. Farn
37. Fiona mary
38. Flourish
39. Garm (possibly)
40. Girl barbara
41. Glory
42. Greatham
43. Grelhame (probably)
44. Gro
45. Halloween
46. Haugastol (possibly)
47. Havbris (probably)
48. Hazelpark (possibly)
49. Herzogin cecilie
50. Heye p
51. Hildegard (possibly)
52. Hms benton castle
53. Hms chorley (possibly)
54. Hms crocodile
55. Hms jasper (possibly)
56. Hms newbridge (probably)
57. Hms penylan (e part)
58. Hms penylan (w part)
59. Hms picton castle
60. Hms ramillies
61. Hms savage
62. Hms stockforce (possibly)
63. Hmsm d1
64. Hmsm m1
65. Irma germaine (possibly)
66. Jade star gypsy
67. Jordan a
68. Kendal castle
69. Laertes
70. Lb 332 or lb 362 (possibly)
71. Les mercenaires
72. Liberta
73. Louis shied
74. Maine
75. Marana (bow section)
76. Medina
77. Mudstomper (probably)
78. Neches (probably)
79. Newholm
80. North sea (probably)
81. Northville (possibly)
82. Oregon
83. Perm (possibly)
84. Peronne
85. Pietje antje
86. Placidas faroult
87. Rayder
88. Riversdale
89. Sevilla
90. Shirley betty
91. Skaala
92. Soudan
93. Stanhope
94. Taeping
95. Talvaldis (possibly)
96. Tasmania (possibly)
97. Ternefjell
98. Two sisters
99. U 1063
100. U 214 (probably)
101. Uc 49 (probably)
102. Uc 51
103. Uskmoor (probably)
104. Visborg (possibly)
105. W.s.w. one
106. Waikawa (possibly)
107. Warsaw
108. Wreathier
109. Yvette bm217

 

Name: NECHES (PROBABLY)

Length 121.2 meter, width: 16.6 meter, draught: 7.4, tonnage 5426 ton
Load: oil

Cause: 22.7.18 built in 1914 by the newport news sb & dd co, newport news. owned at time of loss by mallory ss co. four boilers, triple expansion engine of 518nhp, single shaft. sank follwing collision with small, unidentified vessel. was fond with mast projecting above the surface 1.5 miles s of start point n 22.7.18. was probably dispersed by explosives after the war. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 58 meter, Height above seabed: 164 cm

Known since: 1918, last detected: 2005

Details measurements/cartography: H2502/51 2.3.60 H2502/51 2.3.60 WK IN 501104N, 033858W. LEAST DEPTH OVER 26FMS. HEIGHT ABOVE SEABED 33FT. CONTACTED BY A/S. (HMS SEAGULL, 1950, SURVEY [E8881]). CHART AS WK 26FMS [48MTRS]. BR STD. H1309/79 16.10.80 H1309/79 16.10.80 DIVED ON. ONLY BROKEN UP WRECKAGE SEEN IN POOR VISIBILITY. LEAST DEPTH ON E/S 48MTRS [REDUCED]. (A HILLGROVE, 30.9.80). NCA. H2015/81 6.10.81 H2015/81 6.10.81 LOCATED BUT NOT INVESTIGATED. (HMS HERALD, HI 45). NCA. H5982/82 10.2.83 H5982/82 10.2.83 WK SHOWN IN 501058N, 033859W [OGB],USING DECCA, ON KINGFISHER CHART K(SW)3 [1982 EDN]. NCA. H2061/82 12.9.83 H2061/82 12.9.83 EXAM'D 25.4.83 IN 501104N, 033902W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER RANGES [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 50 IN GEN DEPTH 58MTRS. NO SCOUR. GOOD SONAR CONTACT, STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (HMS HERALD, HI 132). AMEND TO WK 50MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD 24.11.04 24.11.04 DIVER REPORT STATES THIS WK HAS LARGE ENGINE BLOCK STANDING 10FT HIGH WITH 4 BOILERS JUST FORWARD OF THE ENGINE; SINGLE PROP WITH 7FT BLADES. CERAMIC LIGHT SURROUND WITH "GE USA" ON IT RECOVERED. GUN IN PLACE ON SQUARE SIDED POOP. BELIEVED THAT WK COULD BE AMERICAN BUILT NECHES. (K MCDONALD, DIVER MAGAZINE, NOV'04). NO POSN GIVEN. NCA. HH091/059/01 3.5.05 HH091/059/01 3.5.05 EXAM'D 18.7.04 IN 5011.109N, 0339.125W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 48.9 IN GEN DEPTH 58.2MTRS. SCOUR <0.5MTR DEEP EXTENDS 105MTRS TOWARDS 045/225 DEGS. NO DEBRIS. COLLAPSED. FISHING GEAR ON WK. (GARDLINE, HI 1059). AMEND WK 48MTRS. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: COLLAPSED, ON ITS SIDE, SCOUR 045/225 DEGS

Position: 50 11.109 N,3 39.125 W

 

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