This is the information page about the shipwreck Rhenas (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 8.99 N,1 49.783 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. Aduatiek (possibly)
2. Alastair
3. Alto (possibly)
4. Ambient (probably)
5. Angelus
6. Astrologer
7. Axminster (probably)
8. Batavier 5
9. Bonnington court
10. British captain
11. British fortune (probably)
12. Brixton
13. Burtonia (possibly)
14. Bygdo (possibly)
15. Cairnside
16. Carica milica
17. Cd 14 (probably)
18. Cedarwood (possibly)
19. Churston
20. Claudia (possibly)
21. Coalgas
22. Corcrest
23. Cormorant
24. Cormount (probably)
25. Cressdene (possibly)
26. Cresta
27. Dagmar (probably)
28. Denewood
29. Disa (possibly)
30. Dronning maud (possibly)
31. Dulwich
32. Dunwich bank wk
33. Edernian
34. El argentino
35. Empire bridge
36. Erna boldt (probably)
37. Estrella (possibly)
38. Eva witte
39. F stobart (probably)
40. Faithful star
41. Farmatyr
42. Fidelio
43. Firth
44. Fort massac
45. Forth
46. Friargate (possibly)
47. Friargate (possibly)
48. Frumenton
49. Gannet (possibly)
50. Gasfire
51. Gena
52. Gerhard
53. Gipsy (possibly)
54. Golconda (possibly)
55. Grantleyhall (possibly)
56. Grenadier (probably)
57. Groenlo
58. Groeswen (probably)
59. Gulf breaker
60. H h petersen
61. Harlington (probably)
62. Harlyn (probably)
63. Harriet
64. Hebe
65. Hendon hall
66. Heworth
67. Hillglen
68. Hm mgb 76 (possibly)
69. Hms adonis (possibly)
70. Hms christopher (possibly)
71. Hms donna nook
72. Hms donside (possibly)
73. Hms eros (possibly)
74. Hms evesham (possibly)
75. Hms forward iii
76. Hms franc tireur
77. Hms harvest gleaner
78. Hms hirose (probably)
79. Hms holdene
80. Hms japan
81. Hms jessie nutten
82. Hms lord airedale
83. Hms monarch
84. Hms moravia (possibly)
85. Hms nadine
86. Hms new comet (possibly)
87. Hms orthos (probably)
88. Hms resono (possibly)
89. Hms river clyde (possibly)
90. Hms river clyde (possibly)
91. Hms sisters melville
92. Hms st seiriol
93. Hms tervani
94. Hms tugela
95. Hms waveflower
96. Hms whooper
97. Hms william wesney
98. Hmsm e6
99. Hmtb 10
100. Hnlms 227
101. Hornchurch
102. Ignis (possibly)
103. Ionian (possibly)
104. J c dalble
105. Jamesina
106. Jim
107. Kenneth hawksfield
108. Khartoum (possibly)
109. Knarsdale
110. Koningen emma (part of)(probably)
111. Koningen emma (possibly)
112. Kwasind
113. Lady salisbury
114. Lapwing
115. Lapwing (possibly)
116. Lincairn (possibly)
117. Lisette
118. Lodewijk van nassau (probably)
119. Lonhelen (possibly)
120. Lord bute
121. Magdapur
122. Mangara
123. Maria rosa
124. Marie leonhardt (probably)
125. Mascotte
126. Mendibil mendi (possibly)
127. Mercurius
128. Mexico
129. Michail ontchoukoff (possibly)
130. Mirella
131. Moidart
132. Mudo
133. Nereus
134. Newhaven (possibly)
135. Nicolaos piangos
136. Nominoe
137. Novocastrian
138. Ocean pride
139. Old charlton
140. Ostprussen (possibly)
141. Pescado
142. Petshenga (possibly)
143. Phryne
144. Plawsworth (possibly)
145. Polgarth
146. Protinus (possibly)
147. Ravenscraig (possibly)
148. Ren
149. Rhenas (possibly)
150. Rhineland
151. Robin iv
152. Rochester city
153. Savona (probably)
154. Scimitar
155. Scotia
156. Sea king
157. Sea rhine
158. Skodsburg (possibly)
159. Southford
160. St patrick
161. Stad alkmaar
162. Storm
163. Sunniside (probably)
164. Taber park
165. Tergestea
166. Thornaby (possibly)
167. Thyra
168. Tidal (possibly)
169. Torchbearer
170. Tunisiana
171. U 13 (probably)
172. Uc 11 (possibly)
173. Ui-001
174. Vae victis
175. Vancouver
176. Victorious
177. Warrenpoint
178. White lady
179. Wychwood (possibly)
180. Wyetown
181. Yarmouth
182. Yewkyle (possibly)
183. Yucca (possibly)

 

Name: RHENAS (POSSIBLY)

Length 37 meter, width: 6.7 meter, draught: 2.9, tonnage 285 ton
Load: iron ingots,animals (land & sea) and birds

Cause: built in 1914 by s b & r co, maryport. owned at time of loss by w j cran, west hartlepool. single boiler, compound expansion engine of 56hp, single shaft. machinery aft by shields eng co, north shields. passage jarrow for calais. cargo pig iron. suffered major explosion under the fore hatch and sank.

Year of registration: 1962

Water depth above wreck: 30 meter, Height above seabed: 29 cm

Known since: 1962, last detected: 20161216

Details measurements/cartography: H3273/61 10.9.62 LOCATED IN 520857N, 014954E. LEAST E/S 87FT IN 101FT. (HMS SCOTT 1962). INS AS NDW. LC 1543. 17.3.70 AMEND TO WK 14FMS. NE 1543. 11.12.72 AMEND TO WK 26.5MTRS. NC 1543. HH090/616/01 9.1.94 EXAM'D 6.8.94 IN 520857.03N, 014953.25E [OGB] USING SYLEDIS [3 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR 24.1, FOUL 24.4MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 24.7 IN GEN DEPTH 30MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 5MTRS. LENGTH 42MTRS, WIDTH 7MTRS. LIES 010/190 DEGS. APPEARS TO BE UPRIGHT AND INTACT. (GARDLINE, HI 616).

- NM 658/95. HH100/351/18 29.8.02 DIVED IN LISTED POSN. THE WK OF A CARGO SHIP WITH CENTRE BRIDGE. HULL IS UPRIGHT AND STILL SOUND BUT THE SUPERSTRUCTURE HAS COLLAPSED. HULL INTACT ALONG THE WHOLE LENGTH BUT THE BOW IS BADLY DAMAGED. SINGLE TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE. (B HICKINBOTTOM, LTR DTD 12.7.02). NCA. SEP 2016/000091759 1.9.17 EXAM'D 16.12.16; IN 5208.990N, 0149.783E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 25.22MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 30MTRS, LENGTH 36.9MTRS, WIDTH 7.2MTRS, HEIGHT 4.7MTRS, ORIENTATION 029/209 DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 8.86MTRS, 0.57MTRS DEEP, TOWARDS 005 DEGS. WRECK IS INTACT AND UPRIGHT. (GARDLINE, HI 1495). AMEND DW 25MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 52 8.99 N,1 49.783 E

 

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