This is the information page about the shipwreck Nereus, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 1.431 N,1 37.458 E (51.761916666667, 1.5857333333333)

 

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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. Aduatiek (possibly)
2. Afrin (probably)
3. Agamemnon
4. Aircraft
5. Alastair
6. Ambient (probably)
7. Angelus
8. Annie
9. Atlanticos
10. Balgownie (probably)
11. Bella donna
12. Blackhill
13. Bonnington court
14. British captain
15. British fortune (probably)
16. Brixton
17. Cairnside
18. Carica milica
19. Cedarwood (possibly)
20. Churston
21. Clan monroe
22. Coalgas
23. Corcrest
24. Cormount (probably)
25. Coureur des mers
26. Cressdene (possibly)
27. Cresta
28. Dagmar (probably)
29. Denewood
30. Denise germaine (possibly)
31. Disa (possibly)
32. Dulwich
33. Dunwich bank wk
34. Dynamo
35. Edernian
36. El argentino
37. Empire bridge
38. Erna boldt (probably)
39. Estrella (possibly)
40. European gateway (part of)
41. Eva witte
42. Excelsior
43. F stobart (probably)
44. Faithful star
45. Farmatyr
46. Firth
47. Fort massac
48. Forth
49. Friargate (possibly)
50. Friargate (possibly)
51. Gannet (possibly)
52. Gena
53. Gerhard
54. Gipsy (possibly)
55. Golconda (possibly)
56. Grantleyhall (possibly)
57. Grenadier (probably)
58. Grisdeale
59. Groeswen (probably)
60. Harlington (probably)
61. Harlyn (probably)
62. Harriet
63. Hebe
64. Hendon hall
65. Heworth
66. Hillglen
67. Hm mgb 76 (possibly)
68. Hmml 127 (possibly)
69. Hmmtb 16 (possibly)
70. Hms adonis (possibly)
71. Hms arethusa
72. Hms coquette
73. Hms donna nook
74. Hms donside (possibly)
75. Hms duchess of hamilton
76. Hms dundalk
77. Hms eros (possibly)
78. Hms forward iii
79. Hms franc tireur
80. Hms hastfen
81. Hms hirose (probably)
82. Hms holdene
83. Hms japan
84. Hms jessie nutten
85. Hms john e lewis (possibly)
86. Hms lord airedale
87. Hms lord st vincent (part of)
88. Hms ludlow
89. Hms marconi
90. Hms monarch
91. Hms moravia (possibly)
92. Hms nadine
93. Hms new comet (possibly)
94. Hms resono (possibly)
95. Hms rhiannon (possibly)
96. Hms river clyde (possibly)
97. Hms river clyde (possibly)
98. Hms sisapon
99. Hms sisters melville
100. Hms st seiriol
101. Hms tervani
102. Hms tunisian
103. Hms velia (possibly)
104. Hms waveflower
105. Hms whooper
106. Hms william wesney
107. Hmsm e6
108. Hmtb 10
109. Hmtb no.11 (possibly)
110. Hnlms 227
111. Hornchurch
112. Ignis (possibly)
113. Ingi
114. Ionian (possibly)
115. Iris (possibly)
116. J c dalble
117. Janny
118. Jim
119. Josefina thorden (after part)
120. Kankakee
121. Khartoum (possibly)
122. Knarsdale
123. Koningen emma (part of)(probably)
124. Koningen emma (possibly)
125. Kwasind
126. Lady salisbury
127. Lincairn (possibly)
128. Lindfar
129. Lisette
130. Little world
131. Lonhelen (possibly)
132. Lowland
133. Mac 5 (possibly)
134. Magdapur
135. Mahseer
136. Mangara
137. Marie leonhardt (probably)
138. Mascotte
139. Mecklenburg
140. Mendibil mendi (possibly)
141. Mexico
142. Michail ontchoukoff (possibly)
143. Moidart
144. Morar
145. Nereus
146. Newhaven (possibly)
147. Nico
148. Nicolaos piangos
149. Norhauk
150. Norwich trader
151. Ocean lassie
152. Ocean pride
153. Old charlton
154. Ostprussen (possibly)
155. Paullette
156. Peik
157. Persistant whisper
158. Pescado
159. Petshenga (possibly)
160. Phryne
161. Plawsworth (possibly)
162. Polgarth
163. Princess juliana
164. Profit
165. Protinus (possibly)
166. Quickstep
167. Ravenscraig (possibly)
168. Rhenas (possibly)
169. Salerno (possibly)
170. Salerno (possibly)
171. Savona (probably)
172. Scimitar
173. Sea king
174. Second chance (possibly)
175. Sheaf field
176. Simon bolivar
177. Southford
178. Stad maastricht
179. Storm
180. Sunbeam
181. Sunk head tower
182. Sweep ii
183. Telegraaf xviii
184. Tergestea
185. Terukuni maru
186. The sultan
187. Thornaby (possibly)
188. Thyra
189. Torchbearer
190. Uc 11 (possibly)
191. Uc 72 (possibly)
192. Vae victis
193. Vancouver
194. Volscian (possibly)
195. Warrenpoint
196. Wearside
197. White ghost
198. White lady
199. Wychwood (possibly)
200. Yampa (part of)
201. Yampa (part of)
202. Yampa (part of)
203. Yampa (part of)(possibly)
204. Yewkyle (possibly)
205. Ypapanti

 

Name: NEREUS

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 17 meter, Height above seabed: 220 cm

Known since: 1918, last detected: 20201029

Details measurements/cartography: H2587/18 INS WK 8FMS IN 520127N, 013727E. - FNM 349/18. 15.10.24 DELETED. (AUTHORITY NOT NOTED). H521/30 16.1.30 INS AS WK 51FT OR 8FMS. 1.4.52 INS AS WK 8FMS 3FT. H3095/18 23.3.59 LEAST DEPTH 51FT. (TH). H3958/61 27.11.62 EXAM'D USING HSA. SWEPT CLEAR 52FT, FOUL 54FT. LEAST E/S 52 IN GEN DEPTH 59FT. SCOUR DEPTH 60FT. (HMS ECHO, 29.8.62). AMEND TO WK 8FMS 4FT. H1144/65 3.8.65 LEAST E/S 52FT IN 59FT. NO SCOUR. (HMS ECHO, 27.10.64). H3186/73 7.5.73 LOCATED IN 520128N, 013736E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 15.3 IN GEN DEPTH 17MTRS. (HMS ENTERPRISE). 11.5.73 POSN 520125N, 013735E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. GENERAL DEPTH 68/70 FT. (HMS NURTON, 30/3/73). H3186/73 20.2.79 EXAM'D 1.8.78 IN 510124N, 013733E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 16.1 IN GEN DEPTH 17.5MTRS. SCOUR 18.1MTRS. APPEARS TO BE BROKEN UP OVER AREA 50 X 100FT. (HMS ENTERPRISE, HI 60C/78). AMEND TO WK 16MTRS. BR STD. H1940/80 31.3.82 EXAM'D 28.10.81 IN 520125N, 013736E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 16.1 IN GEN DEPTH 17MTRS. NO SCOUR. NO DCS3 SHADOW. LYING 130/310 DEGS. LENGTH 22MTRS, BREADTH 13MTRS. APPARENTLY PARTIALLY BURIED. (SOISS, HI 9). NCA. 7.11.83 AMEND TO WK SW 15.3MTRS. NC 2052. H2914/83 27.3.85 EXAM'D 3.7.84 IN 520124N, 013734E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 15.4 IN GEN DEPTH 17MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 17.6MTRS. LYING 165/345 DEG AND GIVES A VERY POOR SONAR RETURN. LENGTH ABOUT 25MTRS. (HMS EGERIA, HI 193). AMEND TO WK 15.4MTRS. BR STD. H4027/86 3.11.87 EXAM'D 5.7.87 IN 520124N, 013734E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [4 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 15.4 IN GEN DEPTH 17MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 LENGTH 25MTRS, WIDTH 3MTRS. AN AREA OF WKGE OR A VIRTUALLY BURIED WK WITH PROBABLE ORIENTATION 150/330 DEGS. NO MAGNETIC ANOMALY DETECTED. (NP 1016, HI 376). NCA. HH090/493/01 20.8.90 EXAM'D 14.5.90 IN 520124.5N, 013734E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [5 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 15.8 IN GEN DEPTH 17MTRS. NO SCOUR. NO DCS3 SHADOW OBTAINED. LENGTH 20MTRS, BREADTH 5MTRS. LIES NNW/SSE. WELL BROKEN AND PARTIALLY BURIED. NO MAGNETIC ANOMALY OBSERVED. (NP 1016, HI 493). NCA. HH090/572/01 1.9.93 LOCATED 17.7.93 IN 520124.1N, 013733.8E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [3 LOPS]. NOT FULLY EXAM'D. LEAST E/S DEPTH 15.5 IN GEN DEPTH 16.8MTRS. V SLIGHT MAGNETIC ANOMALY. LIES IN AREA OF SAND RIPPLES AND WAVES AND E/S TRACE COULD BE MISTAKEN FOR ONE. (NP 1016, HI 572). NCA. HH090/689/01 17.5.96 EXAM'D 8.4.96 IN 520124.0N, 013734.2E [OGB] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 15.1 IN GEN DEPTH 17MTRS. NO SCOUR. NO DCS3 HT. LENGTH 20MTRS, WIDTH 10MTRS. NO OBVIOUS ORIENTATION. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (NP 1016, HI 689). BR STD. HH090/850/01 2.7.99 EXAM'D 22.5.99 IN 5201.429N, 0137.448E [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 15.7, FOUL 16MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 15.7 IN GEN DEPTH 16MTRS. NO SCOUR. COVERS 20MTRS SQUARE. SMALL MAGNETIC ANOMALY. SMALL AREA OF ALMOST BURIED WRECKAGE. (NP 1016, HI 850). AMEND TO SW 15.7MTRS. BR STD. HH090/992/01 16.5.02 NOT LOCATED. (NP 1016, HI 992). NCA. HH091/114/01 10.11.05 EXAM'D 3.8.05 IN 5201.430N, 0137.458E [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 15.28 IN GEN DEPTH 17MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 14MTRS, WIDTH 7MTRS, HT 1MTR. NO MAGNETIC ANOMALY. SMALL AREA OF BURIED WRECKAGE. (NP 1016, HI 1114). AMEND WK 15.2MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. HH091/262/01 5.2.09 LOCATED, NOT EXAM'D. (MARIN MATTEKNIK, HI 1262). NCA. 27.2.13 NOT LOCATED 2012 USING M/B. (NETSURVEY, HI 1398). NCA. SEP 2016/000269494 22.3.17 EXAM'D 8.11.16; IN 5201.431N, 0137.459E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 15.52MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 16MTRS. LENGTH 25MTRS, WIDTH 6MTRS, HEIGHT 1MTRS, ORIENTATION 125/305 DEGS. WRECK IS BROKEN AND ALMOST ENTIRELY BURIED IN A SANDWAVE. NFS. (GARDLINE, HI 1531). RETAIN DW 15.2MTRS IN REVISED POSN. SEP 2020/000300068 10.12.20 EXAM'D 29.10.20 IN 5201.431N, 0137.458E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 15.58MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 17MTRS, LENGTH 8.09MTRS, WIDTH 1.62MTRS, HEIGHT 0.86MTRS, ORIENTATION 220 DEGS. DEBRIS FIELD LENGTH 12.42MTRS, TOWARDS 000 DEGS. WRECKAGE IS HEAVILY BROKEN WITH LARGEST PIECE AT THE CENTRE OF THE WRECK. SCATTERED DEBRIS SURROUNDS WRECKAGE. NO EVIDENCE OF SCOUR CAN BE SEEN. WELL DEFINED DEBRIS FIELD IS SCATTERED AROUND THE MAIN WRECKAGE. (A-2-SEA, HI 1698). AMEND DW 15.6MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: WRECKAGE IS HEAVILY BROKEN WITH LARGEST PIECE AT THE CENTRE OF THE WRECK. SCATTERED DEBRIS SURROUNDS WRECKAGE. NO EVIDENCE OF SCOUR CAN BE SEEN.

Position: 52 1.431 N,1 37.458 E

 

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