This is the information page about the shipwreck Northville (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 24.452 N,3 24.609 W (50.207816666667, -3.7034)

 

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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. Aldershot
2. Angelena bm 271
3. Ann marie (possibly)
4. Antonio (probably)
5. Avalon g ii
6. Baychattan
7. Bleamoor (probably)
8. Blue marlin
9. Boma
10. Bretagne
11. Bretton hall
12. Broadmayne (part of)
13. Brunhilda
14. Buesten
15. Bull steamer (possibly)
16. Christoffel colombus (possibly)
17. City of swansea (probably)
18. Claverley (possibly)
19. Colorado (possibly)
20. Dudley rose
21. Elsa
22. Elsa (possibly)
23. Emma
24. Emsstrom
25. Farn
26. Fiona mary
27. Galicia
28. Garm (possibly)
29. Gefion
30. General leman (possibly)
31. Girl barbara
32. Glocliffe
33. Glory
34. Greatham
35. Greleen
36. Grelhame (probably)
37. Gro
38. Hazelpark (possibly)
39. Hms benton castle
40. Hms chorley (possibly)
41. Hms jasper (possibly)
42. Hms loch erinboll (stern part)(probably)
43. Hms penylan (e part)
44. Hms penylan (w part)
45. Hms picton castle
46. Hms savage
47. Hmsm d1
48. Irma germaine (possibly)
49. Jade star gypsy
50. Jordan a
51. Karen marie (probably)
52. Kendal castle
53. La blanca (possibly)
54. Lb 332 or lb 362 (possibly)
55. Les mercenaires
56. Lofoten (probably)
57. Lord stewart
58. Marana (bow section)
59. Marie des isles
60. Marjolene
61. Medina
62. Mudstomper (probably)
63. Neches (probably)
64. Newholm
65. Northville (possibly)
66. Perm (possibly)
67. Peronne
68. Quest
69. Rayder
70. Renilde
71. Rota
72. Sarah jayne
73. Sevilla
74. Shirley betty
75. Ster de zee (possibly)
76. Talvaldis (possibly)
77. Two sisters
78. Uc 49 (probably)
79. Uc 51
80. W h dwyer
81. Waikawa (possibly)
82. Warsaw
83. Westergate (probably)
84. Yvette bm217

 

Name: NORTHVILLE (POSSIBLY)

Length 92.7 meter, width: 13.4 meter, draught: 6.4, tonnage 2472 ton
Load: coal

Cause: built in 1897 by j redhead & sons, south shields. owned at time of loss by the lowlands steam shipping co ltd. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 240 nhp, single shaft. passage newport for dieppe. torpedoed by ub-33. whilst on passage newport to dieppe. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 40 meter, Height above seabed: 120 cm

Known since: 1918, last detected: 2013

Details measurements/cartography: SUNK ABOUT 3.5M SE BY E OF BERRY HEAD. (LLOYDS WAR LOSSES). H8109/38 20.12.38 WK IN 502423N, 032433W, 136.5DEGS, 6.38M FROM ST MARY'S CHURCH, BABBACOMBE. APPARENTLY A LARGE VESSEL. LEAST E/S DEPTH 11 IN GEN DEPTH 22FMS. (HMS GLEANER, 8.12.38). CHART AS WK 11FMS. BR STD. H2502/51 25.1.52 WK LOCATED IN 502425N, 032429W. LEAST E/S DEPTH 16FMS. STANDS 30FT ABOVE SEABED. (HMS SEAGULL, 1950). AMEND TO WK 16FMS [29MTRS] IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. H5413/60 19.1.65 DIVED ON BUT NOT THOROUGHLY EXAM'D. VESSEL IS ON AN EVEN KEEL WITH HULL PROBABLY INTACT. WELL SILTED UP. NO TRACE OF EITHER RUDDER OR PROPELLER. (TORQUAY BSAC, 17.11.64). NCA. H2396/77 10.3.77 WK LOCATED IN 502425N, 032430W [OGB] USING DECCA. WK IS ABOUT 310FT LONG (BY SONAR 325FT; BY LINE 235FT; BY DIVERS 90FT). BEAM ESTIMATED TO BE 42FT, HATCHES 18 X 25FT. LIES UPRIGHT ORIENTATED WNW/ESE - BOW ESE. LEAST DEPTH OBTAINED 95FT. STANDS ABOUT 30FT ABOVE GEN DEPTH OF 130FT. SCOURS UP TO 8FT DEEP ON EACH SIDE. HAS FOUR HOLDS AND IS BROKEN. PROPELLER MISSING. TWO ADMIRALTY-TYPE STOCKED ANCHORS AS SPARES AMIDSHIPS AND A MODERN ANCHOR IS FOUL IN ONE OF THE HOLDS. THOUGHT POSSIBLY TO BE WK OF NORTHVILLE BECAUSE OF DIMENSIONS AND CARGO. EXAM'D USING SONAR AND DIVERS. (RISDON BEAZLEY, 10.2.77). NCA. H1286/81/247 3.11.81 H1286/81/247 3.11.81 'SEVILLA' IDENTIFIED IN 502417N, 032248W [OGB]. SEE WK [18211]. AMEND TO 'NORTHVILLE' (POSSIBLY). H5982/82 4.2.83 WK SHOWN IN 502423N, 032424W [OGB] USING DECCA ON KINGFISHER CHART K(SW)1 [1982 EDN]. NCA. H2923/83 26.9.84 EXAM'D 20.5.84 IN 502425N, 032433W [OGB] USING SYLEDIS. SWEPT CLEAR AT 28MTRS, FOUL AT 28.3MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 29.8 IN GEN DEPTH 39MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 2MTRS. DCS3 HT 8.75MTRS, LENGTH 104MTRS, BEAM 11MTRS. EXCEPTIONALLY WELL PRESERVED WK. LIES 117/297DEGS. (GARDLINE SURVEY, HI 202). AMEND TO SW 28MTRS IN REVISED POSN.

- NM 2778/84. H2923/83 3.11.86 COAL RECOVERY OPS BY SALVAGE BARGE 'GENMAR 258'. LIKELY DURATION 5 DAYS. (EUROSALVE & W MARINE SURVEYORS, TELEXES 13.10.86). NCA. 2.5.13 EXAM'D 20.1.13 IN 5024.452N, 0324.609W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 29.7 IN GEN DEPTH 40MTRS. SCOUR 2MTRS DEEP EXTENDS 500MTRS ALONG 025/205 DEGS. LENGTH 100MTRS, WIDTH 14.4MTRS, HT 10.3MTRS. LIES 120/300 DEGS. INTACT, UPRIGHT WITH SEDIMENT BUILT UP ALONG BOTH SIDES. (NETSURVEY, HI 1369). BOWS SE, FWD HOLD COLLAPSED. AMEND WK 29MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, INTACT, BOWS SE, SCOUR RUNS 025/205 DEGS

Position: 50 24.452 N,3 24.609 W

 

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