This is the information page about the shipwreck Paraciers, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 45.392 N,0 12.557 E (53.569150, 0.093600)

 

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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. Ac 9
2. Acklamd (possibly)
3. Airdrie (possibly)
4. Amenity
5. Arcona champion
6. Audacity
7. Avalon
8. B o borjesson
9. Beaconsfield
10. Bellerophon
11. Benmacdhui
12. Biesbosch
13. Box hill
14. Boys own
15. Brabant
16. Breitenburg
17. Brema
18. British councillor
19. British prince
20. Briton (possibly)
21. Cadmus
22. Canada
23. Chant 63
24. Chloris (possibly)
25. City of birmingham
26. Coastal fort no 1 (part of)(possibly)
27. Coastal fort no-1
28. Corhampton
29. Corinth (possibly)
30. Cramlington (possibly)
31. Cyclope
32. Dana (possibly)
33. Daphne ii
34. Dayrian
35. Deerpool (after section)
36. Deerpool (for'd section)
37. Diana
38. Diana
39. Dido
40. Dryade
41. Dryburgh (part of)(possibly)
42. Dunsany
43. Empress (probably)
44. Ethel (possibly)
45. Exmoor
46. Faunus
47. Feltre
48. Femke
49. Fermo
50. Forest queen
51. Fowberry tower (part)
52. Fowberry tower (part)
53. Francis
54. Fryken
55. Georgie
56. Georgios
57. Gerhardt (possibly)
58. Girl kitty (possibly)
59. Giuseppe
60. Gothic
61. Grangemouth
62. Harlech
63. Harnis (probably)
64. Helmsman (probably)
65. Hms benvolio
66. Hms botanic
67. Hms calverton
68. Hms corfield
69. Hms cortina
70. Hms dervish
71. Hms egret
72. Hms fairy
73. Hms falcon (stern section)
74. Hms falmouth
75. Hms lormont
76. Hms mistletoe
77. Hms othello
78. Hms princess victoria
79. Hms remillo
80. Hms st cyrus
81. Hms strathborve (part)
82. Hms susarion
83. Hms yorkshire belle
84. Horsted
85. Hugh taylor
86. Ida
87. Ightham (possibly)
88. Ionic (probably)
89. J b paddon
90. Jane (possibly)
91. Janet helen (possibly)
92. John and thomas
93. John mowlem
94. John rettig (probably)
95. Kalo (probably)
96. Kimberley (possibly)
97. Kingston cameo
98. Knuthenborg
99. Kyma
100. Ladas (possibly)
101. Lady anstruther (probably)
102. Lady dinah
103. Laurel (possibly)
104. Lifeguard (possibly)
105. Longbenton (probably)
106. Lord haig (possibly)
107. Lord haig (possibly)
108. Lord selborne
109. Lottie (possibly)
110. Lucerne
111. Lyra (bow section)
112. Magdalyn ann
113. Maggie
114. Magnolia (probably)
115. Mangalore (part of)(possibly)
116. Marian francis
117. Markersdall (probably)
118. Marshall (probably)
119. Modig
120. Modiva (possibly)
121. Monimia (possibly)
122. Nadod (possibly)
123. Nautilus
124. Nimrod
125. Norfolk coast
126. Odessa
127. Onward (possibly)
128. Ophir ii (possibly)
129. Orsa
130. Otis tetrax
131. Paraciers
132. Peebles (possibly)
133. Peggotty
134. Portia
135. Ravonia (part)
136. Ravonia (part) (possibly)
137. Rayford
138. Realf
139. Reculver
140. Retriever
141. Revello
142. Revi
143. Rhuys
144. Rievaulx abbey
145. Rivaulx
146. River don (part of)(probably)
147. River witham
148. Sagacity
149. Salacon
150. Salmondby
151. Saltoun
152. Sandra glen
153. Sarah visholm 2 (probably)
154. Sna iii
155. Sota eduardo
156. Stanburn
157. Stylianos chandris
158. Teano
159. Tees
160. Thessaly
161. Thomas deas
162. Togston (possibly)
163. Tredegar hall
164. Triton
165. Uc 39
166. Uc 47
167. Uc 75
168. Umbe
169. Upminster (possibly)
170. Varangmalm (possibly)
171. Venture (possibly)
172. Ville de valenciennes
173. Wayside flower (possibly)
174. Whitemantle (possibly)
175. William hanson
176. Windsor (part of)
177. Windsor (part of)
178. Winga
179. Xavier
180. Xavier
181. Zeemermin

 

Name: PARACIERS

Length 97.8 meter, width: 12.2 meter, draught: 7.3, tonnage 2542 ton
Load: coal

Cause: ex-tidjitt, ex-syra, ex-halifax city, ex-syracusa, ex-john cockerill. built in 1894 in france. two boilers, triple expansion engine, single shaft. passage newcastle-upon-tyne for boulogne. cargo coal. torpedoed & sunk by uc-46.

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 19 meter, Height above seabed: 300 cm

Known since: 1917, last detected: 20200917

Details measurements/cartography: H5676/17 SUNK IN 534600N, 001230E. - FNM ACTION. H3095/18 30.5.18 TO BE SURVEYED. (TH). H5676/17 POSN 534600N, 001230E. 39FT OVER. MARKED BY A BUOY. H3849/18 26.8.18 NO OBSTRUCTION FOUND. (VAEC 26.8.18, 3.1.19). H4523/26 16.10.26 INS AS NDW (1917)(PD). BR STD. H01624/44 14.6.44 POSN 534522N, 001252E. KNOWN TO HAVE AT LEAST 48 FT OVER IT. (CAPT M/S HUMBER, 22.5.44). AMEND POSN. LC 1190. H01624/44 16.10.47 DW EXISTS IN 534521N, 001238E. FOULED BY OROPESA WHEN TESTING FOR SAFE DEPTH. (HMS SCOTT 2.10.47). INS AS DW.

- NM 2754/47. H01624/44 23.8.49 EXAM'D AFTER DISPERSAL IN 534522N, 001236E USING HSA. OROPESA SWEEP CLEAR 50FT. LEAST E/S 58FT. SEABED 65FT. (HMS SHARPSHOOTER, 30.8.49). AMEND TO WK 8FMS 1FT. DELETE WK BUOY.

- NM 1702/49. 20.3.72 AMEND TO WK 15.2MTRS. NC 121. H1944/80 23.4.82 EXAM'D 12.6.81 IN 534522N, 001242E [OGB] USNG HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 15.6 IN GEN DEPTH 19MTRS. SMALL SCOUR TO S. HYDROSEARCH VERTICAL HT 3.5MTRS. LYING ON ITS SIDE, 130/310 DEGS, BOWS NW. V BROKEN. HIGHEST POINT AFT. SONAR LENGTH 60MTRS, BEAM 13.2MTRS. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 12). BR STD. SEP 2021/000166150 07.9.20 EXAM’D 19.9.20 IN 5345.392N, 0012.557E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 16.97MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 19MTRS. LENGTH 74.5MTRS, WIDTH 21.7MTRS, HT 3.2MTRS. ORIENTATION 300/120 DEGS. SCOUR DIMENSIONS LENGTH 131.6MTRS, WIDTH 103.2MTRS, 0.3MTRS DEEP, TOWARD 308 DEGS. (CLINTON MARINE SURVEY AB, HI 1587). HEAVILY DEGRADED, LYING ON ITS SIDE WITH 2 BOILERS VISIBLE. AMEND DW 16.9MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: BOWS NW, ON ITS SIDE, VERY BROKEN UP, 2 BOILERS VISIBLE

Position: 53 45.392 N,0 12.557 E

 

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