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 (52.4370167, 1.7918333)

 

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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. Boulderpool (after part)
15. Bovey tracy
16. Boy karl
17. Burtonia (possibly)
18. Cardanel
19. Castle galleon
20. Cd 14 (probably)
21. City of kobe
22. Corbrook
23. Cormead
24. Crichtoun
25. Cross sand ltv
26. Dashwood
27. David b summers
28. Dronning maud (possibly)
29. El dorado
30. English trader
31. Ethel radcliffe
32. Excellenz mehnert
33. Fidelio
34. Galatea (possibly)
35. Gallois and oxshott (possibly)
36. Geneva
37. George fisher
38. Georgia (for'd part)
39. Glen derry (probably)
40. Glen tilt (possibly)
41. Glynn
42. Goodwood (possibly)
43. Gulf breaker
44. Hamsterley
45. Helena
46. Hms agate
47. Hms bracklyn (possibly)
48. Hms christopher (possibly)
49. Hms condor (probably)
50. Hms dhoon (probably)
51. Hms evesham (possibly)
52. Hms exmoor
53. Hms fontenoy
54. Hms force
55. Hms glen prosen
56. Hms irvana (part of)
57. Hms kaphreda
58. Hms m a west (probably)
59. Hms ocean plough (possibly)
60. Hms orthos (probably)
61. Hms pelton (probably)
62. Hms speeton (possibly)
63. Hms spider
64. Hms tettenhall
65. Hms tonbridge
66. Hms tranio
67. Hms tugela
68. Hms washington (probably)
69. Hmsm d5
70. Horseferry (probably)
71. Impulsion
72. Ionian (probably)
73. Kentwood (probably)
74. Knitsley (part of)(probably)
75. Knitsley (possibly)
76. La perouse (possibly)
77. Langeli (possibly)
78. Leelite
79. Leopold ii
80. Liliane (possibly)
81. Lindisfarne (probably)
82. Lingfield
83. Mardyke
84. Marianne (probably)
85. Marsworth
86. Mascota (possibly)
87. Memento (possibly)
88. Merchant
89. Mercurius
90. Mirella
91. Montferland
92. Mudo
93. Murdoch (probably)
94. Nadir
95. Navarra (possibly)
96. Nereus
97. Newland (possibly)
98. Nominoe
99. Nordborg (possibly)
100. Novocastrian
101. Oil trader
102. Onto
103. Osprey
104. Otis tarda
105. Oxshott (possibly)
106. Philipp m
107. Pluton
108. Polaris
109. Prima
110. Regain
111. Reward (possibly)
112. Rhineland
113. Robin iv
114. Robrix
115. Rogate
116. Roine
117. Rokos vergottis
118. Roxanna
119. Roy
120. Rye
121. Scotia
122. Sea rhine
123. Seagull
124. Silksworth hall (probably).
125. Sirdar (part of)(possibly)
126. Skodsburg (possibly)
127. Stanmount
128. Thomas m (possibly)
129. Tidal (possibly)
130. Togston
131. Tregantle (possibly)
132. Trevethoe
133. U 13 (probably)
134. Ui-001
135. Vanguard
136. Viola (possibly)
137. Virgilia
138. Waldinge
139. Walkure
140. War mehtar
141. War valley
142. Waterloo
143. White swan
144. White swan (possibly)
145. Willowpool
146. Yewvalley (possibly)
147. 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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