This is the information page about the shipwreck Nunima, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 58.304 N,1 8.678 E (51.075983333333, 1.4147)

 

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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. Afghanistan (probably)
2. Africa
3. Alcantara
4. Alice
5. Amplegarth
6. Angelus (possibly)
7. Argo
8. Argonaut
9. Atlantic (possibly)
10. Australier (probably)
11. Avoca
12. Bobby
13. Brandenburg
14. Cabo espartel
15. Ceta (stern section)
16. Charente
17. Christianssund
18. City of dresden (possibly)
19. Constanzia
20. Corhaven
21. De fontaine
22. Dinard
23. Dorothy j (possibly)
24. Durango
25. Efford
26. Eidsiva (probably)
27. Electra
28. Emma
29. Emma (possibly)
30. Empire lough (probably)
31. Empress of fort william (probably)
32. En avant
33. Enero (probably)
34. Eustratios (probably)
35. Excellence pleske
36. Express
37. Falcon (probably)
38. Fearless
39. Flachsee
40. Flandres
41. G-asad
42. Grit (probably)
43. Grosser kurfurst
44. Grosser kurfurst (possibly)
45. Gwendoline (part of)(possibly)
46. Halcyon
47. Henry moon
48. Heron
49. Hmhs anglia
50. Hms aragonite (part of)
51. Hms aragonite (part of)
52. Hms aries (possibly)
53. Hms blackwater
54. Hms brazen
55. Hms carlton
56. Hms city of dundee
57. Hms cleon
58. Hms drumtochty (possibly)
59. Hms falmouth iii (possibly)
60. Hms ghurka
61. Hms glen boyne
62. Hms kingston galena
63. Hms lydian
64. Hms marcella
65. Hms myrmidon
66. Hms napia
67. Hms niger (possibly)
68. Hms othello ii
69. Hms peridot
70. Hms rodino
71. Hms torbay ii (probably)
72. Hms war sepoy
73. Hms waterfly
74. Hms weigelia
75. Hmt gullfoss
76. Holland
77. Hydaspes (possibly)
78. Ilaro
79. Jacob luckenbach
80. James harrod
81. Jokai
82. Josephine willis
83. Kadru
84. Katharina kolkmann
85. Kielce
86. Kirsten skou
87. La somme (probably)
88. Lacer
89. Lady stella
90. Latona
91. Lcp(r) 1961 (possibly)
92. Le tregor
93. Leicester
94. Leila najia
95. Leo
96. Lighter 83
97. Lizzonia
98. Loanda
99. Lusitania
100. Maloja 1
101. Milbanke (probably)
102. Monarch
103. Morgenster
104. Mrav
105. Murillo
106. Naranco
107. Negrier
108. Newcastle
109. Niki
110. Norman
111. Northfleet
112. Nunima
113. Ocean king (possibly)
114. Ousel (probably)
115. Polgrange
116. Portslade (possibly)
117. Preussen
118. Pulborough
119. River levan
120. Roode zee (possibly)
121. Roseburn
122. S.folkestone gate (ltv no.75)
123. Saint ronan (possibly)
124. Salbya (possibly)
125. Samida
126. Sea serpent
127. Seine
128. Shenandoah
129. Sierra bravia
130. Sir russell
131. Spanish prince
132. St cecilia
133. St claire (possibly)
134. Strathclyde
135. T s webb
136. Teeswood
137. Texaco caribbean (after section)
138. Texaco caribbean (forward section)
139. Tokufuku maru
140. Toward
141. Traquair (probably)
142. Trooper
143. U 8
144. Ub 103 (possibly)
145. Ub 108 (possibly)
146. Ub 109
147. Ub 31 ?
148. Ub 38
149. Ub 55 (probably)
150. Ub 56 (possibly)
151. Ub 58 (possibly)
152. Ub 78
153. Ub-33 (probably)
154. Uc 63
155. Uc 77 (possibly)
156. Unity
157. Vittoria claudia
158. W a scholten
159. Welsh belle
160. Wheatman (possibly)
161. Will and maggie (probably)

 

Name: NUNIMA

Length 99.1 meter, width: 14.3 meter, draught: 6.7, tonnage 2938 ton
Load: ferrous elements and ores: unrefined and refined,ore

Cause: built in 1903 by w grey & co. owned at time of loss by trechmann bros. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 287nhp, single shaft. passage bilbao for middlesbrough. sank following a collision with an unidentified royal navy torpedo boat. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 32 meter, Height above seabed: 44 cm

Known since: 1918, last detected: 2017

Details measurements/cartography: H151/18 11.4.18 SANK IN APPROX 510000N, 010700E. (VA DOVER). H603/31 NOT FOUND USING OROPESA. (HMS KELLETT, 1930). H0793/40 6.9.40 INS DW PA IN 505809N, 010843E. - FNM 2215/40 & NM 2214/40. H0793/40 24.6.49 LOCATED BY ASDIC. OROPESA SWEEP CLEAR AT 46FT, LEAST DEPTH 68 IN GEN DEPTH 103FT. (HMS SHARPSHOOTER, 23.6.49). AMEND TO WK 7FMS 4FT.

- NM 859/49. H5824/60 3.3.61 LEAST E/S DEPTH 68FT. (HMS SCOTT, 22.3.60). H0793/40 16.11.61 DRIFT SWEEP CLEAR AT 55FT, FOUL AT 59FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 64FT IN GEN DEPTH 114FT. SCOUR DEPTH 118FT. (HMS SCOTT, 11.5.61). AMEND TO WK 9FMS 1FT. BR STD. H4418/70 29.10.71 AMEND TO SW 16.7MTRS. NC 1892. H4199/78 4.10.78 LOCATED 26.9.77 IN 505815N, 010844E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 19.4 IN GEN DEPTH 33MTRS. NO DCS3 HT OBTAINED. LENGTH 95MTRS, LYING 045/225DEGS. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 35/77). RETAIN SWEPT DEPTH. H1310/83 22.8.83 POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED AS THE 'NUNIMA'. SHE LIES UPRIGHT ON SEABED AND IS FAIRLY WELL INTACT. (P G WEATHERLEY, 9.8.83). HH090/711/01 30.1.97 EXAM'D 15.8.96 IN 505817N, 010838E [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR AT 18.6, FOUL AT 19MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 19.9 IN GEN DEPTH 31MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 12MTRS. LENGTH 130MTRS, WIDTH 25MTRS. LIES 040/220DEGS. IN ONE PIECE, APPARENTLY UPRIGHT. (NP 1016, HI 711). NOT FULLY SWEPT. RETAIN SW 16.7MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. HH090/921/01 20.9.01 EXAM'D 20.7.01 IN 5058.275N, 0108.636E [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 19.0, FOUL 19.3MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 19.3 IN GEN DEPTH 24MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 100MTRS, WIDTH 12MTRS. DCS3 HT 9.9MTRS. LIES 040/220 DEGS. NO MAGNETIC ANOMALY. INTACT AND UPRIGHT. (NP 1016, HI 921). BR STD. HH100/351/22 18.5.05 DIVER REPORTS VESSEL AS WW1 MERCHANT STEAMER. ARMED WITH A 4 INCH STERN GUN. BROKEN UP MIDSHIPS. HOLDS ARE EMPTY THUS CONSIDERED NOT TO BE NUNIMA. (A KENTUCK, D/RECEIVER OF WK, EMAIL DTD 17.5.05). NCA. SEP2016/000091764 20.4.17 EXAM'D 25.7.16; IN 5058.304N, 0108.678E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 19.04MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 32MTRS, LENGTH 104.6MTRS, WIDTH 15.3MTRS, HEIGHT 12.3MTRS, ORIENTATION 044/224 DEGS. WRECK IS INTACT AND UPRIGHT. (GARDLINE, HI 1497). AMEND DW 19MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 50 58.304 N,1 8.678 E

 

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