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 (52.4370167, 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. 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. Boulderpool (after part)
14. Bovey tracy
15. British captain
16. British fortune (probably)
17. Brixton
18. Burtonia (possibly)
19. Bygdo (possibly)
20. Carica milica
21. Castle galleon
22. Cd 14 (probably)
23. Cedarwood (possibly)
24. City of kobe
25. Claudia (possibly)
26. Cormead
27. Cresta
28. Crichtoun
29. Cross sand ltv
30. Dagmar (probably)
31. David b summers
32. Denewood
33. Disa (possibly)
34. Dronning maud (possibly)
35. Dulwich
36. Dunwich bank wk
37. Edernian
38. El argentino
39. El dorado
40. Ethel radcliffe
41. Eva witte
42. F stobart (probably)
43. Faithful star
44. Farmatyr
45. Fidelio
46. Firth
47. Friargate (possibly)
48. Friargate (possibly)
49. Frumenton
50. Gannet (possibly)
51. Gasfire
52. Gena
53. Geneva
54. George fisher
55. Gerhard
56. Gipsy (possibly)
57. Glen tilt (possibly)
58. Glynn
59. Golconda (possibly)
60. Grantleyhall (possibly)
61. Grenadier (probably)
62. Groenlo
63. Gulf breaker
64. H h petersen
65. Helena
66. Hms christopher (possibly)
67. Hms condor (probably)
68. Hms donside (possibly)
69. Hms eros (possibly)
70. Hms evesham (possibly)
71. Hms exmoor
72. Hms fontenoy
73. Hms glen prosen
74. Hms hirose (probably)
75. Hms irvana (part of)
76. Hms jessie nutten
77. Hms kaphreda
78. Hms m a west (probably)
79. Hms monarch
80. Hms new comet (possibly)
81. Hms ocean plough (possibly)
82. Hms orthos (probably)
83. Hms pelton (probably)
84. Hms river clyde (possibly)
85. Hms river clyde (possibly)
86. Hms sisters melville
87. Hms speeton (possibly)
88. Hms spider
89. Hms tervani
90. Hms tettenhall
91. Hms tonbridge
92. Hms tugela
93. Hms waveflower
94. Hms whooper
95. Hmsm d5
96. Hornchurch
97. Ignis (possibly)
98. Impulsion
99. Jamesina
100. Jim
101. Kenneth hawksfield
102. Knarsdale
103. Knitsley (part of)(probably)
104. Knitsley (possibly)
105. Kwasind
106. Lapwing
107. Lincairn (possibly)
108. Lindisfarne (probably)
109. Lingfield
110. Lisette
111. Magdapur
112. Mangara
113. Mardyke
114. Maria rosa
115. Marianne (probably)
116. Mascota (possibly)
117. Mascotte
118. Memento (possibly)
119. Mendibil mendi (possibly)
120. Mercurius
121. Mirella
122. Mudo
123. Murdoch (probably)
124. Nadir
125. Nereus
126. Newhaven (possibly)
127. Nominoe
128. Nordborg (possibly)
129. Novocastrian
130. Ocean pride
131. Oil trader
132. Petshenga (possibly)
133. Phryne
134. Plawsworth (possibly)
135. Pluton
136. Polaris
137. Prima
138. Regain
139. Ren
140. Reward (possibly)
141. Rhenas (possibly)
142. Rhineland
143. Robin iv
144. Rochester city
145. Rogate
146. Roxanna
147. Scimitar
148. Scotia
149. Sea rhine
150. Silksworth hall (probably).
151. Sirdar (part of)(possibly)
152. Skodsburg (possibly)
153. Southford
154. St patrick
155. Stad alkmaar
156. Stanmount
157. Sunniside (probably)
158. Taber park
159. Tergestea
160. Thomas m (possibly)
161. Tidal (possibly)
162. Torchbearer
163. Tregantle (possibly)
164. U 13 (probably)
165. Ui-001
166. Vae victis
167. Vanguard
168. Viola (possibly)
169. War valley
170. White lady
171. White swan
172. White swan (possibly)
173. Wyetown
174. Yewkyle (possibly)
175. 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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