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 (53.56915, 0.0936)

 

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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. Acklamd (possibly)
2. Airdrie (possibly)
3. Amenity
4. Avalon
5. B o borjesson
6. Bellerophon
7. Benmacdhui
8. Breitenburg
9. Brema
10. British councillor
11. British prince
12. Briton (possibly)
13. Cadmus
14. Canada
15. Carson
16. Chant 63
17. Chloris (possibly)
18. City of birmingham
19. Cook s26
20. Corhampton
21. Corinth (possibly)
22. Cramlington (possibly)
23. Cyclope
24. Dana (possibly)
25. Daphne ii
26. Dayrian
27. Deerpool (after section)
28. Diana
29. Diana
30. Dido
31. Dryade
32. Dryburgh (part of)(possibly)
33. Dunsany
34. Empress (probably)
35. Ethel (possibly)
36. Exmoor
37. Faunus
38. Feltre
39. Femke
40. Fermo
41. Forest queen
42. Fowberry tower (part)
43. Francis
44. Fryken
45. Georgie
46. Georgios
47. Gerhardt (possibly)
48. Girl kitty (possibly)
49. Giuseppe
50. Gothic
51. Grangemouth
52. Harlech
53. Harnis (probably)
54. Helmsman (probably)
55. Hms benvolio
56. Hms botanic
57. Hms calverton
58. Hms corfield
59. Hms egret
60. Hms fairy
61. Hms falcon (stern section)
62. Hms mistletoe
63. Hms othello
64. Hms princess victoria
65. Hms remillo
66. Hms silicia
67. Hms strathborve (part)
68. Hms susarion
69. Hms yorkshire belle
70. Horsted
71. Hugh taylor
72. Hvitveis
73. Ida
74. Ightham (possibly)
75. Ionic (probably)
76. J b paddon
77. Jane (possibly)
78. Janet helen (possibly)
79. John and thomas
80. John mowlem
81. John rettig (probably)
82. Kalo (probably)
83. Kernoozer
84. Kimberley (possibly)
85. Kingston cameo
86. Knuthenborg
87. Kyma
88. Ladas (possibly)
89. Lady anstruther (probably)
90. Laurel (possibly)
91. Lifeguard (possibly)
92. Lord haig (possibly)
93. Lord haig (possibly)
94. Lottie (possibly)
95. Lucerne
96. Lyra (bow section)
97. Magdalyn ann
98. Maggie
99. Marian francis
100. Marie l
101. Markersdall (probably)
102. Meeuw
103. Modig
104. Modiva (possibly)
105. Monimia (possibly)
106. Nar
107. Nimrod
108. Norfolk coast
109. Odessa
110. Onward (possibly)
111. Ophir ii (possibly)
112. Orsa
113. Otis tetrax
114. Paraciers
115. Peebles (possibly)
116. Portia
117. Ravonia (part)
118. Ravonia (part) (possibly)
119. Rayford
120. Realf
121. Reculver
122. Retriever
123. Revello
124. Revi
125. Rhuys
126. Rievaulx abbey
127. Rivaulx
128. River don (part of)(probably)
129. River witham
130. Sagacity
131. Salacon
132. Salmondby
133. Saltoun
134. Sarah visholm 2 (probably)
135. Sergei
136. Sna iii
137. Sota eduardo
138. Stanburn
139. Stylianos chandris
140. Tees
141. Thessaly
142. Thomas deas
143. Togston (possibly)
144. Triton
145. Uc 39
146. Uc 47
147. Uc 75
148. Umbe
149. Upminster (possibly)
150. Uralar segundo (cargo debris)
151. Varangmalm (possibly)
152. Venture (possibly)
153. Ville de valenciennes
154. Violet (probably)
155. Wayside flower (possibly)
156. Whitemantle (possibly)
157. William hanson
158. Windsor (part of)
159. Winga
160. Xavier
161. 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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