This is the information page about the shipwreck Port nicholson (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 4.306 N,2 5.812 E (51.250533333333, 1.9181166666667)

 

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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. Acer
2. Acer
3. Alhama
4. Brighton
5. British liberty (possibly)
6. Bruno heinemann (z.8)
7. Calypso
8. Dyck ltv
9. Elizabeth and unknown
10. Ely
11. Estafette
12. Fenella (possibly)
13. Fennella
14. Floride (probably)
15. Foudroyant
16. Foudroyant (possibly)
17. Ganko
18. Halo (probably)
19. Henry b plant
20. Hms blackburn rovers (possibly)
21. Hms brighton queen
22. Hms grenade
23. Hms hermes
24. Hms king orry
25. Hms redcar
26. Hms thuringia (possibly)
27. Hms westella
28. Hoegh aigrette
29. Hs 97 (possibly)
30. Jaguar
31. Jean pierre et phillipe
32. Jonrix
33. Jupiter tr 1 (possibly)
34. L'urtiga (possibly)
35. Le copain d'abord
36. Lst 364 (probably)
37. M 345 (possibly)
38. M 3630 (possibly)
39. Madimba (probably)
40. Marthe
41. Melrose
42. Mona's queen
43. Nagro (possibly)
44. Neerlandais
45. Netty (possibly)
46. Niendorf (possibly)
47. Normannia
48. Noroit
49. Ocean hound
50. Okeania
51. Paris (possibly)
52. Pavon
53. Port nicholson (probably)
54. Portrieux
55. Prinses astrid
56. R.93 (possibly)
57. Saint antoine de padoue
58. Saint camille
59. St corentin
60. St fagan
61. St pierre (aft section)
62. St pierre (fore portion)
63. Tbd 317
64. Toornvliet (probably)
65. Toquet
66. Trifels
67. U 37
68. Uc 63
69. V 201 (possibly)
70. Western farmer (bow section)

 

Name: PORT NICHOLSON (PROBABLY)

Length 149.4 meter, width: 18.6 meter, draught: 12.5, tonnage 8418 ton
Load: general and mixed goods,foodstuffs: solid

Cause: mined. (ww1sl).

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 12 meter

Known since: 1917, last detected: 2020

Details measurements/cartography: H334/17 ST PA IN 510445N, 020600E. POSN 15M W HALF N FROM DUNKIRK. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). - FNM 56/17. H7386/18 10.12.18 DW PA IN 510445N, 020600E. (FRENCH LIST OF WRECKS). BR STD. H4325/22 12.7.22 NOT DANGEROUS TO NAVIGATION. (PARIS NM 26/851/22). NCA. H5896/22 13.9.22 NOW WK 6.8MTRS. (PARIS NM 35/1134/22). BR STD. H348/33 23.1.33 SHOWN AS WK 3FMS 5FT IN 510435N, 020555E. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED) NE 1872. 8.9.76 RECORD NO LONGER CURRENT IN FRENCH RECORDS. POSN WAS GIVEN AS 510435N, 020600E. (WRECK INFORMATION EXCHANGE, 1976). H4951/84 23.6.86 WK 8MTRS IN 510423N, 020553E [EUR]. GEN DEPTH 8MTRS. (CHERBOURG AVIS 055/17/86). NCA YET. H2884/85 15.7.86 ABOVE DETAILS REPEATED. (BREST NM 86 24 25).

- NM 2310/86. H2548/87 29.6.87 NOW WK 11.8MTRS. (BREST NM 87 23 26). BR STD. 28.10.88 NO MENTION OF THE IDENTITY OF THE VESSEL. LOTS OF PARTIALLY BURIED DEBRIS FOUND BY V/S & MAGNETOMETER IN 1986. (FRENCH WK RECORDS 1987 NO.21612304) SEE ALSO [15781]. 16.10.96 SHOWN AS WK 12.1MTRS [MLS] ON BELGIUM 102 REPROMAT [MAY '96]. NC 1873. 16.6.98 WK 11.8MTRS. (FRENCH WK RECORDS 1998) BA 323 [EDN DTD 9.97] SHOWS WK 12.1MTRS. AMEND TO WK 11.8MTRS IN 510421.4N, 020553.5E [EUR]. BR STD. 10.5.07 SHOWN AS WK 11.8MTRS [LAT] IN 5104.306N, 0205.812E [WGD] ON FRENCH [INT 1482] [2002 EDN, LARGEST SCALE ADOPTION]. NE 1350.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 51 4.306 N,2 5.812 E

 

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