This is the information page about the shipwreck Rfa creosol, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 52.24 N,1 11.915 W (54.93705, -1.1630333333333)

 

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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. Adams beck (probably)
2. Adine (probably)
3. Atlas (possibly)
4. Atwing (possibly)
5. Aurora
6. Azira
7. Balzac
8. Blairhall
9. Blue dawn
10. Braconash (possibly)
11. British officer (after part)
12. Burnhope (part of)
13. Cairnglen
14. Carlo
15. Carmarthen coast
16. Carmarthen coast (possibly)
17. Carmarthen coast (possibly)
18. Cecilia (possibly) (or angela madre)
19. Clare (possibly)
20. Clavering (part of)
21. Corsham
22. Cranford (possibly)
23. Denham (probably)
24. Dimitris
25. Dolphin (ex-hms pandora).
26. Dredger no 3 (possibly)
27. Eagle iii
28. Elemore
29. Empire bay
30. Eston
31. Eugenia chandris & oslofjord
32. Eugenia chandris (& oslofjord)
33. Eugenia chandris (& oslofjord)
34. Eventide
35. Fawn (probably)
36. Fenella
37. Ferryhill
38. Fervent
39. Firelight (possibly)
40. Gateshead (possibly)
41. General havelock
42. Gottfried (possibly)
43. Gran
44. Grit
45. H a brightman
46. H c flood (possibly)
47. H c flood (probably)
48. Hanne
49. Hans hoth (probably)
50. Harraton
51. Harvest
52. Hawkwood
53. Hebble (probably)
54. Heckler
55. Hekla (possibly)
56. Helvetia (possibly)
57. Hendrika
58. Hercules
59. Hmms 180
60. Hms ben ardna (probably)
61. Hms elise
62. Hms elise (possibly)
63. Hms ethel taylor
64. Hms euston
65. Hms fairplay 2
66. Hms james ludford
67. Hms loch naver
68. Hms mollusc (ex medusa)
69. Hms snaefell (probably)
70. Hms southsea
71. Hms star of devoran
72. Hms summer rose
73. Hms william hallet (possibly)
74. Hms witherington
75. Hogarth
76. Humber
77. Ida duncan
78. Ilios (possibly)
79. Ilious
80. Intent
81. Inverlane (part of)
82. Inverlane (stern section)
83. Jenny m (possibly)
84. John m smart (possibly).
85. John miles
86. Jolly girls
87. Jolly girls (possibly)
88. Jonkoping i (possibly)
89. Kalua
90. Kamma
91. Kasko
92. Kilkis (possibly)
93. King james (possibly)
94. La basiase (la bastaise)
95. Linden (probably)
96. Llwyngwair (possibly)
97. Loch-na-gar (probably)
98. Lonclara (ex-pla hopper no 20)
99. Longbird
100. Lyng
101. Maggie mcleman ii
102. Maindy bridge (possibly)
103. Marcheller (possibly)
104. Margaret sutton
105. Marne (part of)(possibly)
106. Mars
107. Mayoress pelican
108. Mile end (possibly)
109. Montauban
110. Narcissus (possibly)
111. Nike (possibly)
112. Nordheim (possibly)
113. Nyula
114. Ocean
115. Orion (probably)
116. Oslofjord (& eugenia chandris)
117. Pathfinder
118. Patria
119. Pitwines (probably)
120. Polleon (possibly)
121. Poltava (possibly)
122. Povena
123. Presto (possibly)
124. Presto (possibly)
125. Protector (possibly)
126. Providence
127. Prunelle
128. Quillota
129. Ragni (probably)
130. Ravensbourne (possibly)
131. Ravnanger (probably)
132. Renen
133. Rfa creosol
134. Richard de larrinaga
135. Rio colorado
136. Rising sun (part of)
137. Rising sun (part of)
138. Rosa (possibly)
139. Rosella (probably)
140. Rotha
141. S t wallsend
142. Saga (possibly)
143. Sargasso (possibly)
144. Scott miller
145. Snowdrop (possibly)
146. Spray
147. Stag 5 (probably)
148. Staithes (possibly)
149. Stangate
150. Stora-korsnas-link i
151. Strinheim
152. Suavity
153. Sunniva (possibly)
154. Swiftly
155. Talisman (possibly)
156. Tatiana (possibly)
157. Teal (probably)
158. Teesdale (possibly)
159. Thames (probably)
160. The stewarts court (probably)
161. Triumph
162. Uc 32 (probably)
163. Vestra
164. Vianna (possibly)
165. Vianna (probably)
166. Victory
167. Wayside flower
168. Winga
169. Winga (possibly)
170. X.l.
171. Zeeland (possibly)

 

Name: RFA CREOSOL

Length 67.4 meter, width: 10.7 meter, draught: 4.6, tonnage 1179 ton

Cause: built in 1916 by short bros, sunderland. one of 18 'ol' class of admiralty designed harbour tankers. triple expansion engine, single shaft for 9.5kts. passage the humber for sunderland. torpedoed by uc 17.

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 44 meter, Height above seabed: 35 cm

Known since: 1918, last detected: 2018

Details measurements/cartography: 1918 POSN 545230N, 011130W. (VAEC WEEKLY REPORT). H5667/52 9.9.52 AMEND TO NDWPA. NC 1911. H2433/71 21.4.71 2 SONAR CONTACTS IN 545215N, 011148W. PROBABLY THIS WK. GOOD SHADOW ON SONAR TRACE. (ISS, HMS ENTERPRISE ROS DTD 31.12.71). NCA YET. H2189/71 22.5.72 FURTHER CONTACTS 4C SW. NOT YET INVESTIGATED. (ISS, 1971). 18.5.73 AMEND TO USCPA 28MTRS. NC 152. H6330/87 7.11.88 EXAM'D 7.6.88 IN 545214N, 011149W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [7 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR AT 34.8, FOUL AT 35.3MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 35.5 IN GEN DEPTH 43.5MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 44.2MTRS. DCS3 HT 7.9MTRS, LENGTH 85MTRS, BEAM 12MTRS. INTACT, LYING 035/215 DEG. UPRIGHT AND GIVING A GOOD SHADOW FROM ALL DIRECTIONS. A PROJECTION, POSSIBLY MAST, STANDS A QUARTER OF THE WAY FROM S END. (GARDLINE SURVEYS, HI 414A). AMEND TO SW 34MTRS IN REVISED POSN.

- NM 3636/88. HH100/351/15 9.11.99 LIES ON A SEABED OF FINE SAND, GRAVEL AND MUD. VERY SUBSTATIAL AND STANDS UP TO 7MTRS HIGH. INTACT. MOST OF MACHINERY, FITTINGS AND INSTRUMENTS ARE MADE OF COPPER AND BRASS. BRIDGE STRUCTURE IS LARGELY INTACT WITH ALL EQUIPMENTS STILL FITTED. BRONZE PROP STILL IN PLACE. (R YOUNG, LTR DTD 2.11.99). NCA. 5.4.17 STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS, DEFENCE NO 147/2017. COMING INTO FORCE 3.3.17. AMEND "HISTORIC". 15.3.19 CREOSOL LARGELY INTACT AND SAT UPRIGHT. ROV INSPECTION SHOWED TANKS TO BE OPEN AND FRAMES EXPOSED. (SALMO SURVEYS AUG-SEP 2018). M/B IMAGE ATTACHED.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, INTACT

Position: 54 52.24 N,1 11.915 W

 

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