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 41.048 N,2 0.784 E (52.437016666667, 1.7918333333333)

 

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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. Abeona
2. Aberhill
3. Afon towy and deerwood (possibly)
4. Ala
5. Alto (possibly)
6. Astrologer
7. Atle
8. Avonwood
9. Axminster (probably)
10. Barkis
11. Barrhill
12. Begona no 5
13. Blacktoft (possibly)
14. Bob read (probably)
15. Boulderpool (after part)
16. Bovey tracy
17. Boy karl
18. Burtonia (possibly)
19. Cardanel
20. Castle galleon
21. Cd 14 (probably)
22. City of kobe
23. Corbrook
24. Cormead
25. Crichtoun
26. Cross sand ltv
27. Daisy (possibly)
28. Dashwood
29. David b summers
30. Db 8 (possibly)
31. Dronning maud (possibly)
32. El dorado
33. Elnet
34. English trader
35. Ethel radcliffe
36. Excellenz mehnert
37. Fidelio
38. G and e (possibly)
39. Galatea (possibly)
40. Gallois and oxshott (possibly)
41. Geneva
42. George fisher
43. Georgia (for'd part)
44. Glen derry (probably)
45. Glen tilt (possibly)
46. Glynn
47. Goodwood (possibly)
48. Gulf breaker
49. Hamsterley
50. Helena
51. Hms agate
52. Hms bracklyn (possibly)
53. Hms cantatrice
54. Hms christopher (possibly)
55. Hms condor (probably)
56. Hms dhoon (probably)
57. Hms evesham (possibly)
58. Hms exmoor
59. Hms fontenoy
60. Hms force
61. Hms glen prosen
62. Hms irvana (part of)
63. Hms kaphreda
64. Hms m a west (probably)
65. Hms ocean plough (possibly)
66. Hms orthos (probably)
67. Hms pelton (probably)
68. Hms speeton (possibly)
69. Hms spider
70. Hms tettenhall
71. Hms tonbridge
72. Hms tranio
73. Hms tugela
74. Hms washington (probably)
75. Hmsm d5
76. Horseferry (probably)
77. Impulsion
78. Ionian (probably)
79. Kentwood (probably)
80. Knitsley (part of)(probably)
81. Knitsley (possibly)
82. La perouse (possibly)
83. Langeli (possibly)
84. Leelite
85. Leopold ii
86. Liliane (possibly)
87. Lindisfarne (probably)
88. Lingfield
89. Mardyke
90. Marianne (probably)
91. Marsworth
92. Mascota (possibly)
93. Memento (possibly)
94. Merchant
95. Mercurius
96. Meriones
97. Mirella
98. Montferland
99. Mudo
100. Murdoch (probably)
101. Nadir
102. Navarra (possibly)
103. Nereus
104. Newland (possibly)
105. Nominoe
106. Nordborg (possibly)
107. Novocastrian
108. Oil trader
109. Onto
110. Osprey
111. Otis tarda
112. Oxshott (possibly)
113. Philipp m
114. Pluton
115. Polaris
116. Prima
117. Regain
118. Reward (possibly)
119. Rhineland
120. Robin iv
121. Robrix
122. Rogate
123. Roine
124. Rokos vergottis
125. Roxanna
126. Roy
127. Rye
128. Scotia
129. Sea rhine
130. Seagull
131. Silksworth hall (probably).
132. Sir william stephenson
133. Sirdar (part of)(possibly)
134. Skodsburg (possibly)
135. Stanmount
136. Thomas m (possibly)
137. Tidal (possibly)
138. Togston
139. Tregantle (possibly)
140. Trevethoe
141. Tunisiana
142. U 13 (probably)
143. Uc 62 (possibly)
144. Ui-001
145. Vanguard
146. Vigo
147. Viola (possibly)
148. Virgilia
149. Waldinge
150. Walkure
151. War mehtar
152. War valley
153. Waterloo
154. White swan
155. White swan (possibly)
156. Willowpool
157. Yewvalley (possibly)
158. Yucca (possibly)

 

Name: NEREUS

Year of registration: 1941

Water depth above wreck: 29 meter, Height above seabed: 65 cm

Known since: 1941, last detected: 2014

Details measurements/cartography: H01494/41 10.5.41 TORPEDOED 1941. SWEPT CLEAR TO 5FMS. POSN 524052N, 020042E. (FOIC YARMOUTH, 9.5.41). INS AS WK 5FMS.

- NM 1411/41. H01494/41 17.7.44 OROPESA SWEEP CLEAR AT 46FT. (FOIC YARMOUTH 16.7.44). AMEND TO WK 7FMS 4FT.

- NM 2041/44. H3730/69 30.5.69 EXAM'D IN 524105N, 020054E [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 72FT IN GEN DEPTH 93FT. SCOUR DEPTH 109FT. SEABED OF FLAT SAND. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 38/68). AMEND TO WK 12FMS. BR STD. H2233/71 25.1.71 EXAM'D IN 524106N, 020046E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR 21.3, FOUL 21.4MTRS. (HMS ECHO, 2.6.70). AMEND TO SW 11FMS 4FT. BR STD. 5.4.72 AMEND TO SW 21MTRS. NC 1543. H2054/82 16.9.83 EXAM'D 12.7.83 IN 524101N, 020054E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 23.2 IN GEN DEPTH 26MTRS. SWEPT CLEAR AT 23.1, FOUL AT 23.4MTRS. SCOUR 7MTRS DEEP. DCS3 HT 5MTRS. APPARENTLY INTACT AND LYING IN A 4 TO 5MTR TRENCH. (HMS ENTERPRISE, HI 126). AMEND TO SW 23.1MTRS. BR STD. HH090/616/01 15.9.94 EXAM'D 24.6.94 IN 524101.5N, 020054.9E [OGB] USING SYLEDIS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 25.7 IN GEN DEPTH 27.0MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 32MTRS. DCS3 HT 3.5MTRS. LENGTH 28MTRS, WIDTH 10MTRS. LIES 095/275 DEGS. PARTLY BURIED IN SANDWAVE WITH DEEP SCOUR TO THE S. (GARDLINE, HI 616). AMEND TO WK 25.5MTRS. BR STD. SEP 2014/000101130 2.1.15 EXAM'D 26.7.14 IN 5241.048N, 0200.784WE [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 23.58 IN GEN DEPTH 29MTRS. SCOUR 2MTRS DEEP EXTENDS 40MTRS TOWARDS 135 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. DEGRADED, PARTIALLY BURIED IN A SANDWAVE. (GARDLINE GEOSURVEY, HI 1428). BREAKING UP, HIGH POINT, ?BOILER, AT CENTRE. AMEND WK 23.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: BREAKING U, PARTLY BURIED IN A SANDWAVE, HIGH POINT IN CENTRE

Position: 52 41.048 N,2 0.784 E

 

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