This is the information page about the shipwreck Rhineland, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 22.872 N,1 49.594 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. Abeona
2. Aduatiek (possibly)
3. Ala
4. Alastair
5. Alto (possibly)
6. Ambient (probably)
7. Astrologer
8. Atle
9. Avonwood
10. Axminster (probably)
11. Barkis
12. Begona no 5
13. Bob read (probably)
14. Boulderpool (after part)
15. Bovey tracy
16. British captain
17. British fortune (probably)
18. Brixton
19. Burtonia (possibly)
20. Bygdo (possibly)
21. Carica milica
22. Castle galleon
23. Cd 14 (probably)
24. Cedarwood (possibly)
25. City of kobe
26. Claudia (possibly)
27. Cormead
28. Cresta
29. Crichtoun
30. Cross sand ltv
31. Dagmar (probably)
32. Daisy (possibly)
33. David b summers
34. Db 8 (possibly)
35. Denewood
36. Disa (possibly)
37. Dronning maud (possibly)
38. Dulwich
39. Dunwich bank wk
40. Edernian
41. El argentino
42. El dorado
43. Elnet
44. Ethel radcliffe
45. Eva witte
46. F stobart (probably)
47. Faithful star
48. Farmatyr
49. Fidelio
50. Firth
51. Friargate (possibly)
52. Friargate (possibly)
53. Frumenton
54. G and e (possibly)
55. Gannet (possibly)
56. Gasfire
57. Gena
58. Geneva
59. George fisher
60. Gerhard
61. Gipsy (possibly)
62. Glen tilt (possibly)
63. Glynn
64. Golconda (possibly)
65. Grantleyhall (possibly)
66. Grenadier (probably)
67. Groenlo
68. Gulf breaker
69. H h petersen
70. Helena
71. Hms christopher (possibly)
72. Hms condor (probably)
73. Hms donside (possibly)
74. Hms eros (possibly)
75. Hms evesham (possibly)
76. Hms exmoor
77. Hms fontenoy
78. Hms glen prosen
79. Hms harvest gleaner
80. Hms hirose (probably)
81. Hms irvana (part of)
82. Hms jessie nutten
83. Hms kaphreda
84. Hms m a west (probably)
85. Hms monarch
86. Hms new comet (possibly)
87. Hms ocean plough (possibly)
88. Hms orthos (probably)
89. Hms pelton (probably)
90. Hms river clyde (possibly)
91. Hms river clyde (possibly)
92. Hms sisters melville
93. Hms speeton (possibly)
94. Hms spider
95. Hms tervani
96. Hms tettenhall
97. Hms tonbridge
98. Hms tugela
99. Hms waveflower
100. Hms whooper
101. Hmsm d5
102. Hornchurch
103. Ignis (possibly)
104. Impulsion
105. Jamesina
106. Jim
107. Kenneth hawksfield
108. Knarsdale
109. Knitsley (part of)(probably)
110. Knitsley (possibly)
111. Kwasind
112. Lapwing
113. Lapwing (possibly)
114. Lincairn (possibly)
115. Lindisfarne (probably)
116. Lingfield
117. Lisette
118. Magdapur
119. Mangara
120. Mardyke
121. Maria rosa
122. Marianne (probably)
123. Mascota (possibly)
124. Mascotte
125. Memento (possibly)
126. Mendibil mendi (possibly)
127. Mercurius
128. Mirella
129. Mudo
130. Murdoch (probably)
131. Nadir
132. Nereus
133. Newhaven (possibly)
134. Nominoe
135. Nordborg (possibly)
136. Novocastrian
137. Ocean pride
138. Oil trader
139. Petshenga (possibly)
140. Phryne
141. Plawsworth (possibly)
142. Pluton
143. Polaris
144. Prima
145. Regain
146. Ren
147. Reward (possibly)
148. Rhenas (possibly)
149. Rhineland
150. Robin iv
151. Rochester city
152. Rogate
153. Roxanna
154. Scimitar
155. Scotia
156. Sea king
157. Sea rhine
158. Silksworth hall (probably).
159. Sir william stephenson
160. Sirdar (part of)(possibly)
161. Skodsburg (possibly)
162. Southford
163. St patrick
164. Stad alkmaar
165. Stanmount
166. Sunniside (probably)
167. Taber park
168. Tergestea
169. Thomas m (possibly)
170. Tidal (possibly)
171. Torchbearer
172. Tregantle (possibly)
173. Tunisiana
174. U 13 (probably)
175. Uc 62 (possibly)
176. Ui-001
177. Vae victis
178. Vanguard
179. Viola (possibly)
180. War valley
181. White lady
182. White swan
183. White swan (possibly)
184. Wyetown
185. Yewkyle (possibly)
186. Yucca (possibly)

 

Name: RHINELAND

Length 77.7 meter, width: 10.7 meter, draught: 4.3, tonnage 1501 ton

Cause: mined 6m se of southwold whilst en route from middlesbrough to nantes. (ll ww1).

Year of registration: 1915

Water depth above wreck: 24 meter, Height above seabed: 192 cm

Known since: 1915, last detected: 20161212

Details measurements/cartography: H5855/15 SUNK IN 522315N, 015000E. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). H8203/19 CONFIRMS LOSS, GIVES DATE OF SINKING AND TONNAGE. H4282/26 NOW CHARTED AS NDW PA. BA 1543. H4490/54 23.7.54 SALVAGE OPERATIONS TAKING PLACE. (GRAY AND THOMPSON, FELIXSTOWE). NAVEAM 5075 ISSUED. H4490/54 2.11.54 SALVAGE OPERATIONS COMPLETED. (TH YARMOUTH). H8469/31 27.8.51 DOUBLE BOOM BOW SWEEP 25.5.51IN 522249N, 014943E USING HSA. CLEAR AT 51FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 51FT IN GEN DEPTH 83FT. HEIGHT ABOVE SEA BED 32FT. LENGTH 320FT. DIRN 010/190DEGS. (HMS SHARPSHOOTER, 20.8.51). AMEND TO WK 8FMS 3FT IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. H6285/69 27.1.70 LOCATED BY KELVIN HUGHES DURING PIPELINE SURVEY, USING E/S, MAGNETOMETER & DCS3. FIXED BY DECCA IN 522251N, 014931E. ( KH, SURVEY [K5733/2], 1969). 18.3.70 NOW CHARTED AS SW 8FMS 3FT. NE 1543. 11.12.72 NOW CHARTED AS SW 15.2MTRS [LAT]. NC 1543. H6285/69 2.6.80 PHOTOSTAT OF SECTOR SCANNING SONAR & E/S TRACES PROVIDED BY RV 'CLIONE'. H1942/80 23.8.82 EXAM'D 16/17.2.82 IN 522250N, 014943E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [3 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 16.3 IN GEN DEPTH 25MTRS. NO SCOUR. HYDROSEARCH VERTICAL HT 9.5MTRS, LENGTH 85.3MTRS, BEAM 7.7MTRS. LYING 092/272DEGS, UPRIGHT WITH HIGH SUPERSTRUCTURE AMIDSHIPS. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 11). RETAIN SWEPT DEPTH IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 31.8.2000 NOT SHOWN ON NE 1536. [PLOTS IN LINEAR SCALES]. SEP 2016/000091758 19.7.17 EXAM'D 12.12.16 IN 5222.872N, 0149.594E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 18.50MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 24MTRS, LENGTH 45.3MTRS, WIDTH 11.7MTRS, HEIGHT 4.7MTRS, ORIENTATION 012/192 DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 480MTRS, 1.2MTRS DEEP, TOWARDS 021 DEGS. WRECK IS BROKEN IN TWO PARTS AND PARTIALLY BURIED. (GARDLINE, HI 1494). AMEND DW 18.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 52 22.872 N,1 49.594 E

 

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