This is the information page about the shipwreck Old charlton, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 57.796 N,1 40.151 E (51.761916666667, 1.5857333333333)

 

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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. Aduatiek (possibly)
2. Afrin (probably)
3. Agamemnon
4. Alastair
5. Ambient (probably)
6. Angelus
7. Annie
8. Atlanticos
9. Balgownie (probably)
10. Batavier 5
11. Bella donna
12. Blackhill
13. Bonnington court
14. British captain
15. British fortune (probably)
16. Brixton
17. Cairnside
18. Carica milica
19. Cedarwood (possibly)
20. Churston
21. Clan monroe
22. Coalgas
23. Corcrest
24. Cormorant
25. Cormount (probably)
26. Coureur des mers
27. Cressdene (possibly)
28. Cresta
29. Dagmar (probably)
30. Denewood
31. Denise germaine (possibly)
32. Disa (possibly)
33. Dulwich
34. Dunwich bank wk
35. Dynamo
36. Edernian
37. El argentino
38. Empire bridge
39. Erna boldt (probably)
40. Estrella (possibly)
41. European gateway (part of)
42. Eva witte
43. Excelsior
44. F stobart (probably)
45. Faithful star
46. Firth
47. Flores (probably)
48. Fort massac
49. Forth
50. Friargate (possibly)
51. Friargate (possibly)
52. Gannet (possibly)
53. Gena
54. Gerhard
55. Gipsy (possibly)
56. Golconda (possibly)
57. Grantleyhall (possibly)
58. Grenadier (probably)
59. Grisdeale
60. Groeswen (probably)
61. Hardingham (probably)
62. Harlington (probably)
63. Harlyn (probably)
64. Harriet
65. Hebe
66. Hendon hall
67. Heworth
68. Highwave (probably)
69. Hillglen
70. Hm mgb 76 (possibly)
71. Hm torpedo boat no.12
72. Hmml 127 (possibly)
73. Hmmtb 16 (possibly)
74. Hms adonis (possibly)
75. Hms arethusa
76. Hms coquette
77. Hms donna nook
78. Hms duchess of hamilton
79. Hms dundalk
80. Hms eros (possibly)
81. Hms forward iii
82. Hms franc tireur
83. Hms hastfen
84. Hms hirose (probably)
85. Hms holdene
86. Hms japan
87. Hms john e lewis (possibly)
88. Hms kale (probably)(part of)
89. Hms leandros
90. Hms lord airedale
91. Hms lord st vincent (part of)
92. Hms ludlow
93. Hms marconi
94. Hms monarch
95. Hms moravia (possibly)
96. Hms nadine
97. Hms new comet (possibly)
98. Hms resono (possibly)
99. Hms rhiannon (possibly)
100. Hms river clyde (possibly)
101. Hms river clyde (possibly)
102. Hms sisapon
103. Hms sisters melville
104. Hms st seiriol
105. Hms tervani
106. Hms tunisian
107. Hms velia (possibly)
108. Hms waveflower
109. Hms whooper
110. Hms william wesney
111. Hmsm e6
112. Hmtb 10
113. Hmtb no.11 (possibly)
114. Hnlms 227
115. Hornchurch
116. Ignis (possibly)
117. Ingi
118. Ionian (possibly)
119. Iris (possibly)
120. J c dalble
121. Janny
122. Jim
123. Josefina thorden (after part)
124. Kankakee
125. Khartoum (possibly)
126. Knarsdale
127. Koningen emma (part of)(probably)
128. Koningen emma (possibly)
129. Kwasind
130. La flandre (possibly)
131. Lady salisbury
132. Lincairn (possibly)
133. Lisette
134. Little world
135. Lodewijk van nassau (probably)
136. Lonhelen (possibly)
137. Lowland
138. Mac 5 (possibly)
139. Magdapur
140. Mahseer
141. Mangara
142. Marie leonhardt (probably)
143. Mascotte
144. Mecklenburg
145. Mendibil mendi (possibly)
146. Mexico
147. Michail ontchoukoff (possibly)
148. Moidart
149. Morar
150. Nereus
151. Newhaven (possibly)
152. Nico
153. Nicolaos piangos
154. Niore
155. Norhauk
156. Norwich trader
157. Ocean pride
158. Old charlton
159. Ostprussen (possibly)
160. Paullette
161. Peik
162. Persistant whisper
163. Pescado
164. Petshenga (possibly)
165. Phryne
166. Plawsworth (possibly)
167. Polgarth
168. Prince igor (probably)
169. Princess juliana
170. Profit
171. Protinus (possibly)
172. Quickstep
173. Ravenscraig (possibly)
174. Rhenas (possibly)
175. Rumania
176. Salerno (possibly)
177. Salerno (possibly)
178. Savona (probably)
179. Scimitar
180. Sea king
181. Second chance (possibly)
182. Shardana
183. Sheaf field
184. Simon bolivar
185. Stad maastricht
186. Storm
187. Sunbeam
188. Sunk head tower
189. Telegraaf xviii
190. Tergestea
191. Terukuni maru
192. The sultan
193. Thornaby (possibly)
194. Thyra
195. Torchbearer
196. Uc 11 (possibly)
197. Uc 72 (possibly)
198. Vae victis
199. Vancouver
200. Volscian (possibly)
201. Walsingham
202. Warrenpoint
203. Wearside
204. White ghost
205. Wychwood (possibly)
206. Wyetown
207. Yampa (part of)
208. Yewkyle (possibly)
209. Ypapanti

 

Name: OLD CHARLTON

Length 73.2 meter, width: 11 meter, draught: 5.5, tonnage 1562 ton
Load: coal

Cause: built in 1919 by dublin dy co ltd, dublin. owned at time of loss by south metropllitan gas co ltd. one boiler, triple expansion engine, single shaft. passage hartlepool for london. bombed by german aircraft. later dispersed. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1941

Water depth above wreck: 23 meter, Height above seabed: 206 cm

Known since: 1941, last detected: 20190508

Details measurements/cartography: H0889/41 22.3.41 INS BY PFNM 681/41 H0889/41 8.4.41 INS WK 5FMS.

- NM 800/41. H0889/41 18.9.43 AMEND TO WK 6FMS.

- NM 1977/43. H0889/41 21.10.46 AMEND POSN AND INSERT A G CON BUOY GP FL (3)G 10 SEC SE OF WRECK. (TH NM 124/46).

- NM3537/46. H0889/41 7.8.48 OROPESA SWEEP MAY 1948. CLEAR AT 45FT. SURROUNDING DEPTH 82FT. LEAST DEPTH BY E/S 68FT. (HMS SHARPSHOOTER, 27.7.48). AMEND TO WK 7FMS 3FT & DELETE LT BUOY.

- NM 1740/48. H4139/76 11.1.77 EXAM'D 7.8.76 IN 515747.8N, 014013.8E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR 18.5MTRS, FOUL 18.8MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 19.3MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 23.4MTRS. AREA OF SCATTERED WRECKAGE. MAIN WRECK APPROX 80MTRS X 40MTRS. LYING NE/SW. FRAGMENTS EXTEND 30 MTRS NORTH AND 25MTRS EAST. E FRAGMENT NOT SWEPT. (HMS BULLDOG & HMS BEAGLE, HI 31/76). AMEND TO SW 18.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. HH090/667/01 12.12.95 EXAM'D 21.7.95 IN 515747.94N, 014008.38E [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 15.9, FOUL 16.5MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 19.6 IN GEN DEPTH 23.5MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 0.7MTR. LENGTH 115MTRS, WIDTH 65MTRS. LIES 028/208MTRS. MAGNETIC ANOMALY RECORDED. DEBRIS SCATTERED OVER A LARGE AREA. NO SCOUR. NETS/BUOYS NOTED AT SLACK WATER, SWEPT DEPTH COULD BE SHALLOW. (OCEANICS, HI 667). ACCEPT SWEPT DEPTH.

- NM 1567/96. SEP 2015/000143573 15.7.15 EXAM'D 30.6.15 IN 5157.789N, 0139.884E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 18.8MTRS. (FUGRO EMU, EMAIL DTD 30.6.15). NFS, RETAIN DW SW 15.9MTRS.   SEP 2019/000272653 21.11.19 EXAM'D 08.05.19; IN 5157.796N, 0140.151E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 18.73MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 23MTRS, LENGTH 110.5MTRS, WIDTH 43.65MTRS, HEIGHT 4.55MTRS, ORIENTATION 206/026 DEGS. DEGRADED WRECK WITH TWO CYLINDRICAL STRUCTURES IN THE CENTRE. (CLINTON MARINE, HI 1584). AMEND DW 18.7MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: DEGRADED WRECK WITH TWO CYLINDRICAL STRUCTURES IN THE CENTRE

Position: 51 57.796 N,1 40.151 E

 

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