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 🇬🇧, 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. Actuality
2. Afghanistan (bow section)
3. Afghanistan (probably)
4. Albuera
5. Alcantara
6. Alice
7. Angelus (possibly)
8. Argonaut
9. Ash
10. Atlantic (possibly)
11. Australier (probably)
12. Avoca
13. Bobby
14. Brandenburg
15. Cabo espartel
16. Ceta (stern section)
17. Charente
18. Christianssund
19. City of dresden (possibly)
20. Corinia (possibly)
21. De fontaine
22. Durango
23. Efford
24. Electra
25. Ella sayer
26. Empire lough (probably)
27. Empress of fort william (probably)
28. Enero (probably)
29. Euphorbia
30. Evg(no rx152)?
31. Excellence pleske
32. Express
33. G-asad
34. Grit (probably)
35. Grosser kurfurst
36. Grosser kurfurst (possibly)
37. Gwendoline (part of)(possibly)
38. Halcyon
39. Henry moon
40. Heron
41. Hmhs anglia
42. Hms blackwater
43. Hms brazen
44. Hms carlton
45. Hms caulonia
46. Hms city of dundee
47. Hms cleon
48. Hms drumtochty (possibly)
49. Hms falmouth iii (possibly)
50. Hms ghurka
51. Hms myrmidon
52. Hms torbay ii (probably)
53. Hms war sepoy
54. Hms waterfly
55. Hmt gullfoss
56. Hoheweg
57. Holland
58. Hydaspes (possibly)
59. Jokai
60. Josephine willis
61. Kadru
62. Katharina kolkmann
63. Kielce
64. La somme (probably)
65. Lacer
66. Latona
67. Leicester
68. Leila najia
69. Leo
70. Lepanto/le panto/panta/panto
71. Lizzonia
72. Lusitania
73. Maloja 1
74. Maxwell
75. Milbanke (probably)
76. Monarch
77. Morgenster
78. Mrav
79. My astor
80. Naranco
81. Negrier
82. Newcastle
83. Niki
84. Norman
85. Northfleet
86. Nunima
87. Portslade (possibly)
88. River levan
89. Robin hood
90. Roode zee (possibly)
91. Roseburn
92. Rydal hall (possibly)
93. S.folkestone gate (ltv no.75)
94. Saint emilion (probably)
95. Saint jean pierre
96. Salbya (possibly)
97. Samida
98. Sea serpent
99. Seine
100. Shenandoah
101. Sierra bravia
102. Sir russell
103. Sparta (possibly)
104. St cecilia
105. Swale (probably)
106. T s webb
107. Texaco caribbean (after section)
108. Texaco caribbean (forward section)
109. Tokufuku maru
110. Traquair (probably)
111. Trooper
112. U 8
113. Ub 108 (possibly)
114. Ub 109
115. Ub 31 ?
116. Ub 58 (possibly)
117. Ub 78
118. Ub-33 (probably)
119. Uc 63
120. Uc 77 (possibly)
121. Unity
122. Veerman
123. Vittoria claudia
124. War monarch
125. Waterland (possibly)
126. Welsh belle

 

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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