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 (51.7619167, 1.5857333)

 

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