This is the information page about the shipwreck No 194 ax, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 15.781 N,3 21.133 W (51.36625, -3.26885)

 

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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. Aeolus (probably)
2. Alice of milford
3. Bonita
4. Borderdene
5. Casper 2
6. Cato (possibly)
7. Den of seaton
8. Devonia
9. Durdham
10. Eden force
11. Elmdale
12. Emily
13. Fleur de lys
14. Foremost 45
15. Gleneuse
16. Hms oswaldian
17. Hms royal scot
18. Hongisto
19. Jamaica planter
20. James & sarah (probably)
21. James mcgee
22. Lady non (possibly)
23. Lamb?
24. Maclaren
25. Malleny (or malleney)
26. Malleny (or malleney)
27. Margaretha (possibly)
28. Merkur
29. Mfb golden dawn
30. Middlesex
31. Mildrid
32. Mistress quigley
33. Morning star (possibly).
34. No 194 ax
35. Persistent
36. Princess louise (probably)
37. Redvers buller
38. Severn transport
39. Sigvar
40. Slava
41. Stanholme
42. Teifi (possibly)
43. The american
44. Thomond (possibly)
45. Trio
46. Wild rose
47. Wythburn
48. Zelo

 

Name: NO 194 AX

Length 62.2 meter, width: 18.3 meter, tonnage 6044 ton

Cause: foundered while under tow of hmt inverforth.

Year of registration: 1944

Water depth above wreck: 17 meter, Height above seabed: 148 cm

Known since: 1944, last detected: 20150122

Details measurements/cartography: H04280/44 19.10.44 SUNK IN POSN 135DEG, 7.5M FROM NASH PT LT IN ABOUT 11FMS. (FOIC MILFORD HAVEN, SIGNAL DTD 20.10.44). 20.10.44 POSN NOW 511554N, 032000W. (CINC PLYMOUTH, SIGNAL DTD 20.10.44).

- NM 2823/44. H04280/44 15.12.44 MARKED BY G SPH BUOY, FLG 10S, LAID 090 DEG, 1.5C FROM WK. (TH,30.11.44). H4514/49 20.1.50 WK AND BUOY REPORTED 257.5 DEG, 7.2 CABLES FROM CHARTED POSN. (HMS SEAGULL).

- NM 117/50. H04280/44 27.11.50 DISPERSED TO 43FT BELOW MLWS IN GEN DEPTH 59FT. LEAST DEPTH OF SEABED ABOUT 500FT W OF WK ALSO 43FT. (C IN C NORE,11.5.50) 26.9.50 SWEPT CLEAR AT 36FT, FOUL AT 37FT IN GEN DEPTH 57FT. (SML 327, SIGNAL DTD 26.9.50). TRUE POSN 511544N, 032109W. (HMS SEAGULL,).

- NM 2302/50. H01027/40 5.7.51 CONFIRMATION OF ABOVE. HEIGHT OF WK ABOVE SEABED 21FT. (HMS SEAGULL,13.3.51). H3942/88 22.1.90 NO TRACE FOUND DURING DCS3 SEARCH. (LAND & MARINE ENG LTD, HI 464). AMEND TO FOUL. BR STD. SEP 2015/000083518 1.7.15 EXAM'D 18.3.15 IN 5115.781N, 0321.133W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 13.19MTRS IN GEN DEPTHS OF 17.5MTRS. LENGTH 80MTRS, WIDTH 40MTRS, HEIGHT 4MTRS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (GARDLINE HI 1449). AMEND TO DW 13.1MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BANM - 3877/15.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: DEGRADED

Position: 51 15.781 N,3 21.133 W

 

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