This is the information page about the shipwreck Nyanza (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 55 3.296 N,5 26.259 W (54.846216666667, -5.7131)

 

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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. Agba
2. Ailsa
3. Alamance (probably)
4. Alcedo
5. Ardglass
6. Argyle (possibly)
7. Austria
8. Azure
9. Baron glamis (probably)
10. Black diamond
11. Bonvilston
12. Boy john r
13. Buffalo (possibly)
14. Byron darnton
15. Carrick
16. Chindwin
17. Chirripo
18. Craigantlet
19. Dalriada
20. Davaar
21. Dettifoss
22. Dove of oban
23. Empire adventure
24. Empress of japan (possibly)
25. Ethel crawford
26. Haileybury
27. Harvest hope (possibly)
28. Hms adept (possibly)
29. Karen
30. Lairdscastle (probably)
31. Lakemoor
32. Longwy
33. Lupina
34. M.j.craig (probably)
35. Maria
36. Middleton (probably)
37. Mobeka
38. Norseman
39. Nyanza (possibly)
40. Overton
41. Perelle (possibly)
42. Princess victoria
43. Quesada (possibly)
44. Quesada (possibly)
45. Rowan
46. Sandhurst
47. Setter (possibly)
48. Solway queen (possibly)
49. St conan
50. Strathmore
51. Tiberia
52. U 776
53. Ub 82 (possibly)
54. Ub 85
55. Ub-85 / ub-82?
56. Vera louise
57. William castle
58. Wilmere (probably)
59. Woods

 

Name: NYANZA (POSSIBLY)

Length 112.8 meter, width: 14.6 meter, draught: 7.6, tonnage 4053 ton
Load: coal

Cause: built in 1897 by stephen & sons ltd. (alexander stephen), dundee. owned at time of loss by maclay & mcintyre ltd, glasgow. passage cardiff for archangel. torpedoed by ub 95. 13 lost including captain. (llww1, ww1sl & wrecksite.eu)

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 103 meter, Height above seabed: 156 cm

Known since: 1918, last detected: 2021

Details measurements/cartography: 2.10.18 WK IN 550307N, 052630W OR 10' NW BY W OF CORSEWALL PT. (BOARD OF TRADE 6/316). H8203/19 NOW IN POSN 14' NE BY E FROM THE MAIDENS. 30.9.18 NOW IN 550330N, 052530W (PA) OR 10' NW 0.5 W FROM CORSEWALL PT. (IDSA M024147). 18.8.53 INS NDW (PA) ON F6629 ONLY. 18.11.65 INS IN 550300N, 052600W. NC F6626. H0109/05 9.5.45 NOW IN 550345N, 052515W ON WESTERN APPROACHES LIST. WAGO 524. SIGNAL 9.5.45. 10.3.45 NOW IN 550300N, 052600W. (AUBD 318/64 & 318/65, COMMANDER IN CHIEF, WESTERN APPROACHES FORCE 37) 18.8.53 INS NDW ON F6629 ONLY. H3671/72 20.7.72 EXAM'D 3.7.72 IN 550317N, 052610W [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 86.1 IN GEN DEPTH 105MTRS. NO SCOUR. SEABED SAND & SHELL. ABOUT 370FT. LONG LYING 155/335DEGS. (HMS FOX, HI 51/72). INTACT, ON ITS SIDE. INS AS WK 47FMS. BR STD. H3671/72 12.3.73 INS BY NM.

- NM 658/73 H2265/73 13.6.73 AMEND TO WK 86MTRS. NC 2199. H3671/72 7.12.76 AMENDED BY NM.

- NM 73/77 H5982/82 8.11.82 WK SHOWN IN 550321N, 052618W ON KINGFISHER TRAWLING PLOTS A-PLOT 7, [1982]. SEP 2021/000322449 21.12.21 EXAM’D 16.5.21 IN 5503.296N, 0526.2598E [WGD]. LEAST WCD DEPTH 80.43TRS IN GEN DEPTH 103MTRS. LENGTH 130.46MTRS, WIDTH 17.93MTRS, HT 22.33MTRS. ORIENTATION 156/336 DEGS. LARGELY INTACT, STERN BROKEN AT 90 DEGS. (A-2-SEA SOLUTIONS LTD, HI 1718). AMEND NDW 80MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, NO SCOUR, ?ON ITS SIDE, STERN BROKEN AT 90 DEGREE ANGLE. UK NM 99/22.

Position: 55 3.296 N,5 26.259 W

 

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