This is the information page about the shipwreck Palembang (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 50.031 N,1 58.912 E (52.0243333, 2.0596167)

 

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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. Alabama (possibly)
2. Ambient (probably)
3. Angelus
4. Batavier 5
5. Brixton
6. Carica milica
7. Cedarwood (possibly)
8. Cerne
9. Coalgas
10. Cormorant
11. Coureur des mers
12. Dagmar (probably)
13. Disa (possibly)
14. Dolfijn (probably)
15. Duke of york (bows)
16. Dulwich
17. Ellewoutsdijk
18. Estrella (possibly)
19. Forth
20. Friargate (possibly)
21. Gerhard
22. Golconda (possibly)
23. Grantleyhall (possibly)
24. Grenadier (probably)
25. Hardingham (probably)
26. Harriet
27. Hebe
28. Hendon hall
29. Highwave (probably)
30. Hillglen
31. Hms adonis (possibly)
32. Hms donna nook
33. Hms eros (possibly)
34. Hms forward iii
35. Hms hirose (probably)
36. Hms holdene
37. Hms kale (probably)(part of)
38. Hms monarch
39. Hms moravia (possibly)
40. Hms river clyde (possibly)
41. Hms river clyde (possibly)
42. Hms sisters melville
43. Hms waveflower
44. Ingi
45. Ionian (possibly)
46. J c dalble
47. Janny
48. Jarita
49. Khartoum (possibly)
50. Kwasind
51. La flandre (possibly)
52. Lincairn (possibly)
53. Lodewijk van nassau (probably)
54. Lord bute
55. Mecklenburg
56. Moidart
57. Nautilus
58. Nico
59. Ostprussen (possibly)
60. Palembang (probably)
61. Paullette
62. Pescado
63. Peter hamre
64. Petshenga (possibly)
65. Plawsworth (possibly)
66. Polgarth
67. Rigel
68. Salerno (possibly)
69. Shardana
70. Tergestea
71. Texel
72. Thornaby (possibly)
73. Torchbearer
74. Vae victis
75. Victorious
76. Volscian (possibly)
77. Warrenpoint
78. Willy
79. Wychwood (possibly)
80. Yarmouth

 

Name: PALEMBANG (PROBABLY)

Length 131.7 meter, width: 16.5 meter, draught: 10.4, tonnage 6674 ton

Cause: Torpedoed by submarine.

Year of registration: 1916

Water depth above wreck: 29 meter, Height above seabed: 60 cm

Known since: 1916, last detected: 2016

Details measurements/cartography: H1898/16 INSERT DW WITH DAN BUOY OVER IN 514925N, 015750E. - FNM 159/16. H7718/18 INS ON CHARTS. H3785/54 26.11.56 EXAM'D IN 515002N, 015900E. OROPESA SWEEP CLEAR AT 9FMS. LEAST DEPTH BY E/S 73FT. GENERAL DEPTH 88FT. DEPTH OF SCOUR 8FT. SEABED STONES AND SHELLS. (HMS OWEN, SWEEP REPORT, 18.4.56). AMEND TO WK 12FMS.

- NM 1606/56. H4988/71 29.11.71 EXAM'D IN 515005N, 015900E [EUR] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 21.2 IN GEN DEPTH 26MTRS. SCOUR 1.2MTRS. SEABED SAND & BROKEN SHELL & GRAVEL. SEEMS TO COVER A SMALL AREA FOR SUCH A LARGE SHIP. (HMS FOX). AMEND TO WK 11FMS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 10.11.82 AMEND TO WK 21MTRS. NC 1183. HH090/66/701 21.12.95 EXAM'D 13.7.95 IN 515001.92N, 015854.20E [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 21.1, FOUL 21.5MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 21.6 IN GEN DEPTH 27.0MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 2.0MTRS. DCS3 HT 5.1MTRS. LENGTH 75MTRS, WIDTH 17MTRS. LIES 060/240 DEGS. GOOD MAGNETIC ANOMALY. INTACT AND ON ITS SIDE. (OCEONICS, HI 667). BR STD. SEP 2015/000083463 14.7.16 EXAM'D 2016 IN 5150.031N, 0158.912E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 22.1MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 29MTRS. LENGTH 66.6MTRS, WIDTH 9.7MTRS, HT 7MTRS, ORIENTATION 060/220. MODERATE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. SCOUR LENGTH 280MTRS, 2MTRS DEEP, TOWARDS 224DEGS. WK LIES ON PORT SIDE, IN TWO PIECES AND BADLY DEGRADED. (MMT, HI 1474). AMEND DW 22MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT & ON ITS SIDE

Position: 51 50.031 N,1 58.912 E

 

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