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 (52.4370167, 1.7918333)

 

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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. Boulderpool (after part)
12. Burtonia (possibly)
13. Bygdo (possibly)
14. Castle galleon
15. Cd 14 (probably)
16. City of kobe
17. Clansman (possibly)
18. Claudia (possibly)
19. Corduff
20. Crichtoun
21. Cross sand ltv
22. David b summers
23. Dronning maud (possibly)
24. El dorado
25. English trader
26. Ethel radcliffe
27. Excellenz mehnert
28. Farmatyr
29. Frumenton
30. Fulgens
31. Galatea (possibly)
32. Gasfire
33. Geneva
34. George fisher
35. Georgia (for'd part)
36. Glen derry (probably)
37. Glynn
38. Groenlo
39. Gulf breaker
40. H h petersen
41. Hms agate
42. Hms christopher (possibly)
43. Hms condor (probably)
44. Hms dhoon (probably)
45. Hms donside (possibly)
46. Hms dungeness
47. Hms evesham (possibly)
48. Hms fontenoy
49. Hms force
50. Hms francolin
51. Hms glen prosen
52. Hms irvana (part of)
53. Hms jessie nutten
54. Hms kaphreda
55. Hms m a west (probably)
56. Hms ocean plough (possibly)
57. Hms orthos (probably)
58. Hms speeton (possibly)
59. Hms spider
60. Hms tettenhall
61. Hms tonbridge
62. Hms tugela
63. Hms washington (probably)
64. Hmsm d5
65. Ilse
66. Impulsion
67. Ionian (probably)
68. Kenneth hawksfield
69. La perouse (possibly)
70. Langeli (possibly)
71. Leelite
72. Lingfield
73. Mardyke
74. Maria rosa
75. Marianne (probably)
76. Marsworth
77. Mascota (possibly)
78. Memento (possibly)
79. Mercurius
80. Montferland
81. Mudo
82. Murdoch (probably)
83. Nadir
84. Navarra (possibly)
85. Nereus
86. Nominoe
87. Nordborg (possibly)
88. Norman queen
89. Novocastrian
90. Oil trader
91. Ole bull
92. Osprey
93. Oxshott (possibly)
94. Polaris
95. Prima
96. Regain
97. Ren
98. Reward (possibly)
99. Rhineland
100. Robin iv
101. Robrix
102. Rochester city
103. Rogate
104. Roine
105. Roxanna
106. Rye
107. Sea rhine
108. Seagull
109. Seaham
110. Sheaf water
111. Silksworth hall (probably).
112. Sirdar (part of)(possibly)
113. Skodsburg (possibly)
114. Southford
115. St patrick
116. Stad alkmaar
117. Stanmount
118. Sunniside (probably)
119. Taber park
120. Thomas m (possibly)
121. Thursonian
122. Tidal (possibly)
123. Tregantle (possibly)
124. Trevethoe
125. U 13 (probably)
126. Ui-001
127. Vanguard
128. Viola (possibly)
129. War valley
130. White lady
131. White swan
132. White swan (possibly)
133. Willowpool
134. Xanthe
135. Yewvalley (possibly)
136. 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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