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 (52.4370167, 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. 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. Hillglen
67. Hm mgb 76 (possibly)
68. Hms adonis (possibly)
69. Hms christopher (possibly)
70. Hms donna nook
71. Hms donside (possibly)
72. Hms eros (possibly)
73. Hms evesham (possibly)
74. Hms forward iii
75. Hms franc tireur
76. Hms hirose (probably)
77. Hms holdene
78. Hms japan
79. Hms jessie nutten
80. Hms lord airedale
81. Hms monarch
82. Hms moravia (possibly)
83. Hms nadine
84. Hms new comet (possibly)
85. Hms orthos (probably)
86. Hms resono (possibly)
87. Hms river clyde (possibly)
88. Hms river clyde (possibly)
89. Hms sisters melville
90. Hms tervani
91. Hms tugela
92. Hms waveflower
93. Hms whooper
94. Hms william wesney
95. Hmsm e6
96. Hmtb 10
97. Hnlms 227
98. Hornchurch
99. Ignis (possibly)
100. Ionian (possibly)
101. J c dalble
102. Jamesina
103. Jim
104. Kenneth hawksfield
105. Khartoum (possibly)
106. Knarsdale
107. Koningen emma (part of)(probably)
108. Koningen emma (possibly)
109. Kwasind
110. Lady salisbury
111. Lapwing
112. Lincairn (possibly)
113. Lisette
114. Lodewijk van nassau (probably)
115. Lonhelen (possibly)
116. Lord bute
117. Magdapur
118. Mangara
119. Maria rosa
120. Marie leonhardt (probably)
121. Mascotte
122. Mendibil mendi (possibly)
123. Mercurius
124. Mexico
125. Michail ontchoukoff (possibly)
126. Mirella
127. Moidart
128. Mudo
129. Nereus
130. Newhaven (possibly)
131. Nicolaos piangos
132. Nominoe
133. Novocastrian
134. Ocean pride
135. Old charlton
136. Ostprussen (possibly)
137. Pescado
138. Petshenga (possibly)
139. Phryne
140. Plawsworth (possibly)
141. Polgarth
142. Protinus (possibly)
143. Ravenscraig (possibly)
144. Ren
145. Rhenas (possibly)
146. Rhineland
147. Robin iv
148. Rochester city
149. Savona (probably)
150. Scimitar
151. Scotia
152. Sea rhine
153. Skodsburg (possibly)
154. Southford
155. St patrick
156. Stad alkmaar
157. Storm
158. Sunniside (probably)
159. Taber park
160. Tergestea
161. Thornaby (possibly)
162. Thyra
163. Tidal (possibly)
164. Torchbearer
165. U 13 (probably)
166. Uc 11 (possibly)
167. Ui-001
168. Vae victis
169. Vancouver
170. Victorious
171. Warrenpoint
172. White lady
173. Wychwood (possibly)
174. Wyetown
175. Yarmouth
176. Yewkyle (possibly)
177. 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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