Wreck: Northfleet (Sailing vessel)

This is the information page about the shipwreck Northfleet, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 56.616 N,1 1.118 E (50.8163, 0.959)


 

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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง, 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.

 

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Shipwreck details

Name: NORTHFLEET

Length 54.9 meter, width: 9.8 meter, draught: 6.4, tonnage 951 ton
Load: railway: stock and construction materials

Cause: built of wood in 1853 by pitcher & co, northfleet. owned at time of loss by john patton jr & co, london. a ship rigged sailing vessel. struck by ss 'murillo' at speed while at anchor and fully lit on a clear night. complement of 379 men, mainly railway workers and their families. 327 lives lost. murillo made off without stopping. could not be identified as no name was shown on the hull. murillo was arrested 8 months later. following this incedent vessels were required to carry their names on both sides and on the stern.

Year of registration: 1975

Water depth above wreck: 22 meter, Height above seabed: 141 cm

Known since: 1975, last detected: 20160727

Details measurements/cartography: 7.1.75 POSN TAKEN FROM CHART 1895 DATED 1875 WHICH SHOWS AND NAMES THE PLACE WHERE THE 'NORTHFLEET' SANK. H4491/75 20.7.75 REPORTED TO LIE IN 505632N, 010125E. (FOLKESTONE BSAC, 15.7.75). NCA. H4199/78 6.10.78 LOCATED 11.12.77 IN 505635N, 010113E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 23.2MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 20-27MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 27MTRS. DCS3 HT 5.4MTRS, LENGTH 37MTRS, BUT PART EVIDENTLY SILTED UP. LYING 350/170DEGS AT BOTTOM OF A SLOPE. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 35/77). CHART AS WK 23MTRS. BR STD. H255/79 LIES ALMOST UPRIGHT IN 90FT OF WATER. ONE MAST STILL INTACT FOR 20FT ABOVE THE DECK. HULL ALSO INTACT. OWNED BY FOLKESTONE SAC. HH090/711/01 29.1.97 EXAM'D 14.8.96 IN 505636.6N, 010113.0E [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 19.6 IN GEN DEPTH 24MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 4.5MTRS. LENGTH 80MTRS, WIDTH 15MTRS. LIES 130/310DEGS. ONE PIECE OF PARTIALLY BURIED WRECKAGE. UPRIGHT ON A SLOPING SEABED. NO DEBRIS, MASTS OR RAISED OBSTRUCTIONS. SURROUNDED BY POTS AND FLOATS, COULD NOT BE SWEPT. (NP 1016, HI 711). AMEND TO WK 19.6MTRS IN 505634.5N, 010119E [OGB]. BR STD. HH242/400/13 30.7.01 EXAM'D 19.7.01 IN 5056.612N, 0101.118E [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 19.1, FOUL 19.5MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 19.5 IN GEN DEPTH 26MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 75MTRS. DCS3 HT 4.5MTRS. LIES 130/310 DEGS. NO MAGNETIC ANOMALY. NO DEBRIS. (NP 1016, HN DTD 11.7.01 FOR HI 921). BR STD. HH090/921/01 20.9.01 ABOVE DATA REPEATED. (NP 1016, HI 921). NFA. SEP 2016/000091764 19.4.17 EXAM'D 27.7.16 IN 5056.616N, 0101.118E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 19.58MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 22MTRS, LENGTH 57.3MTRS, WIDTH 16MTRS, HEIGHT 6.61MTRS, ORIENTATION 141/321 DEGS. SCOUR DIMENSIONS LENGTH 275MTRS, 3.9 DEEP, TOWARDS 020 DEGS. (GARDLINE, HI1497). AMEND TO DW 19.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: WOODEN HULL, BROKEN & PARTIALLY BURIED

Position: 50 56.616 N,1 1.118 E

 

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