This is the information page about the shipwreck Polaris, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 34.727 N,1 44.345 E (52.437016666667, 1.7918333333333)

 

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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. Ala
2. Alice taylor
3. Alster
4. Alto (possibly)
5. Artemisia
6. Astrologer
7. Axminster (probably)
8. Barkis
9. Barrhill
10. Begona no 5
11. Bob read (probably)
12. Boulderpool (after part)
13. Burtonia (possibly)
14. Bygdo (possibly)
15. Castle galleon
16. Cd 14 (probably)
17. City of kobe
18. Clansman (possibly)
19. Claudia (possibly)
20. Corduff
21. Crichtoun
22. Cross sand ltv
23. Daisy (possibly)
24. David b summers
25. Db 8 (possibly)
26. Dronning maud (possibly)
27. El dorado
28. Elnet
29. English trader
30. Ethel radcliffe
31. Excellenz mehnert
32. Farmatyr
33. Frumenton
34. Fulgens
35. G and e (possibly)
36. Galatea (possibly)
37. Gasfire
38. Geneva
39. George fisher
40. Georgia (for'd part)
41. Glen derry (probably)
42. Glynn
43. Groenlo
44. Gulf breaker
45. H h petersen
46. Hms agate
47. Hms cantatrice
48. Hms christopher (possibly)
49. Hms condor (probably)
50. Hms dhoon (probably)
51. Hms donside (possibly)
52. Hms dungeness
53. Hms evesham (possibly)
54. Hms fontenoy
55. Hms force
56. Hms francolin
57. Hms glen prosen
58. Hms harvest gleaner
59. Hms irvana (part of)
60. Hms jessie nutten
61. Hms kaphreda
62. Hms m a west (probably)
63. Hms ocean plough (possibly)
64. Hms orthos (probably)
65. Hms speeton (possibly)
66. Hms spider
67. Hms tettenhall
68. Hms tonbridge
69. Hms tugela
70. Hms washington (probably)
71. Hmsm d5
72. Ilse
73. Impulsion
74. Ionian (probably)
75. Kenneth hawksfield
76. La perouse (possibly)
77. Langeli (possibly)
78. Leelite
79. Lingfield
80. Mardyke
81. Maria rosa
82. Marianne (probably)
83. Marsworth
84. Mascota (possibly)
85. Memento (possibly)
86. Mercurius
87. Meriones
88. Montferland
89. Mudo
90. Murdoch (probably)
91. Nadir
92. Navarra (possibly)
93. Nereus
94. Nominoe
95. Nordborg (possibly)
96. Norman queen
97. Novocastrian
98. Oil trader
99. Ole bull
100. Osprey
101. Oxshott (possibly)
102. Polaris
103. Prima
104. Regain
105. Ren
106. Reward (possibly)
107. Rhineland
108. Robin iv
109. Robrix
110. Rochester city
111. Rogate
112. Roine
113. Roxanna
114. Rye
115. Sea rhine
116. Seagull
117. Seaham
118. Sheaf water
119. Silksworth hall (probably).
120. Sir william stephenson
121. Sirdar (part of)(possibly)
122. Skodsburg (possibly)
123. Southford
124. St patrick
125. Stad alkmaar
126. Stanmount
127. Sunniside (probably)
128. Taber park
129. Thomas m (possibly)
130. Thursonian
131. Tidal (possibly)
132. Tregantle (possibly)
133. Trevethoe
134. Tunisiana
135. U 13 (probably)
136. Uc 62 (possibly)
137. Ui-001
138. Vanguard
139. Vigo
140. Viola (possibly)
141. War valley
142. White lady
143. White swan
144. White swan (possibly)
145. Willowpool
146. Xanthe
147. Yewvalley (possibly)
148. Yucca (possibly)

 

Name: POLARIS

Year of registration: 1973

Water depth above wreck: 2 meter, Height above seabed: 90 cm

Known since: 1973, last detected: 1999

Details measurements/cartography: 8.2.73 8.2.73 STRANDED, LYING ON STBD SIDE, ABOUT 0.5M N OF GT YARMOUTH HAVEN. (LL, VOL.211). H4629/71 22.3.73 H4629/71 22.3.73 STRANDED WRECK OF SMALL COASTER, LYING ON STB SIDE ON HDG 090DEGS, IN POSN 149.5DEGS, 4.85C FROM POWER STN CHY [CONSPIC]. FIXED USING HIFIX AND SHIP STATIONS. (HMS BULLDOG). NCA YET. H4403/71 8.11.73 H4403/71 8.11.73 LOCATED IN 523441N, 014428E USING HSA. STANDS APPROX 5MTRS ABOVE MHWS. LYING ON STBD SIDE WITH BOW HDG 085DEGS. INTACT. NOW RESPONSIBLITY OF GT YARMOUTH CORPORATION. WILL POSSIBLY BE BROKEN IN SITU. (HMS ECHO). INS AS ST DRIES 16FT.

- NM 1587/73. 29.11.74 29.11.74 APPROX 50 PER CENT OF VESSEL HAS BEEN CUT UP AND REMOVED ASHORE. REMAINDER STILL VISIBLE AT LW. (LL, 29.11.74). H4711/74 5.3.75 H4711/74 5.3.75 HAS BEEN PARTLY SALVAGED. UPPER-WORKS REMOVED. NOW STANDS 1MTR ABOVE MHWS. (ISS, HI 11/74). AMEND TO ST HT 1MTR. BR STD. H4403/71 29.1.76 H4403/71 29.1.76 SALVAGE OPERATIONS DISCONTINUED. HULL AND SOME PARTS OF SUPERSTRUCTURE REMOVED. CHARTED CORRECTLY. (HMS ENTERPRISE, HI 16/75). H4403/71 15.11.79 H4403/71 15.11.79 PARTS VISIBLE, DRYING 1MTR AT MHWS. CHARTED CORRECTLY. (SOISS, HI 63B/79). H2339/84 26.6.85 H2339/84 26.6.85 AS DESCRIBED IN 1979. (NP 1016, HI 249). HH090/513/01 13.6.91 HH090/513/01 13.6.91 EXAM'D 3.4.91 IN 523441N, 014428E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [4 LOP]. VISIBLE AT LW, AS DESCRIBED IN 1979, IN GEN DEPTH 2MTRS. (NP 1016, HI 513). HH090/734/01 29.4.97 HH090/734/01 29.4.97 EXAM'D 26.3.97 IN 523442.0N, 014427.3E [OGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH DRIES 2.4MTRS IN GEN DEPTH OF 1.5MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 2MTRS. LENGTH 60MTRS, WIDTH 10MTRS. LIES 090/270DEGS. IN 2 DISTINCT PIECES, A 5MTR SQUARE POINTED PIECE OF DEBRIS AT THE E END, APPARENTLY THE BOWS, AND A LARGER SECTION OF WRECKAGE 20MTRS LONG INCLUDING A PROMINENT BOILER AT THE W END. THE SHOALEST DEPTH IS ABOVE THE BOILER WHICH IS VISIBLE AT HW SPRINGS. (NP 1016, HI 734). AMEND TO OBSTN WITH HT 1.0MTR IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. HH090/848/01 28.5.99 HH090/848/01 28.5.99 LOCATED, NOT EXAMINED. (NP 1016, HI 848). NCA. 16.8.07 SEP 2007000052753 16.8.07 DUE TO CONSTRUCTION OF OUTER HARBOUR, ALL DETAIL REMOVED WITHIN PROHIBITED AREA. (GREAT YARMOUTH PORT AUTHORITY & GREAT YARMOUTH POWER LTD) DELETED, AMENDED TO EXISTING SCALES TOO SMALL.

- NM BLOCK 3979/07. RSDRA2023000074741 16.5.23 NOT LOCATED IN M/B DATASET (GREAT YARMOUTH PORT AUTHORITY SURVEY, 2022). NFA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: IN TWO PIECES. BOILER VISIBLE AT HW SPRINGS

Position: 52 34.727 N,1 44.345 E

 

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