This is the information page about the shipwreck River humber, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 30.608 N,4 24.998 W (53.546566666667, -4.6729833333333)

 

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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. 212
2. Abbotsford
3. Albert (possibly)
4. Alexandra
5. Angloman (possibly)
6. Apapa
7. Asmund
8. Bengollyun
9. Benholm
10. Braganza
11. Cambank
12. Captain mclintock
13. Cartegena
14. Castilian
15. Clwyd (probably)
16. Cognac
17. Cork
18. Dagmar
19. Dakota
20. Derbent
21. Dundalk
22. Empress eugenie
23. Excel
24. Fairisle
25. Fawn (possibly)
26. Ferocious
27. Guillermo
28. Harold
29. Herbert
30. Hildena
31. Hindlea
32. Hms campina
33. Hms westphalia (possibly)
34. Hyacinth
35. Katy
36. Kinkorth
37. Kirkmichael
38. La plata (possibly)
39. La rochelle (possibly)
40. Lightstone (probably)
41. Lilly (possibly)
42. Liverpool
43. Loweswater
44. Lynkar
45. Maarten cornelis
46. Marquess of bute (possibly)
47. Mary
48. Mary coles (possibly)
49. Meath
50. Minerva
51. Miriam thomas
52. Missouri
53. Mtb 539
54. Opal (possibly)
55. Oria
56. Osseo
57. Pacific (possibly)
58. Pamela
59. Pegasus (possibly)
60. President harbitz
61. Rhyl
62. River humber
63. Saint olaf
64. Seagull
65. Sonia
66. Theme
67. Town of wexford (possibly)
68. Treveal
69. Vigsnes
70. Wern (possibly)
71. Westward ho

 

Name: RIVER HUMBER

Length 41.4 meter, width: 7.1 meter, draught: 2.9, tonnage 351 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: built 1920 by hepples (1919) ltd, south shields, with one boiler, 2 cylinder compound engine of 65nhp, single shaft. machinery by shields engineering co ltd., south shields. owned at time of loss by g heill ltd. passage dublin for preston. sank after collision with hms folkestone. (s a rodger & sibi).

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 49 meter, Height above seabed: 143 cm

Known since: 1940, last detected: 20210806

Details measurements/cartography: H095/39 NSC IN 533100N, 042500W. POSN ACCURATE. (C IN C W.A. WAGO 00432/40). H095/39 15.1.41 REPEATED IN W APPRS LIST SUMMARY, APPENDIX A. SONAR CONTACT REPD. (AUBD 319/222). H3077/70 1.9.71 NOT LOCATED. (HMS WOODLARK, ROS DTD 16.5.71). - FNM 38/71. H3838/86 31.3.88 EXAMINED 21.3.87 IN 533036N, 042456W [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [3 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 41.6 IN GEN DEPTH 47MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 50MTRS. DCS3 HT 7.9MTRS. LENGTH 40MTRS. LIES 000/180DEGS. (HMS FOX, HI 357). BR STD. HH100/351/09 21.2.95 WK REPD TO BE THAT OF A SMALL COASTER, POSSIBLY THE `GLENMONA', WITH THE WHEELHOUSE AND AFT SUPERSTRUCTURE COLLAPSED WITH HOLD FULL OF SILT. IT LIES AT 45DEG IN APPROX 45MTRS. CINC REQUESTED. (S A RODGER, LETTER DTD 8.2.95). NCA. HH100/351/11 9.9.96 VESSEL COMFIRMED AS SS 'RIVER HUMBER'. (S A RODGER). NCA. 21.2.00 CINC REMOVED 5 YEARS ELAPSED. SEP2022/000028019 12.04.22 EXAM'D 06.08.2021; IN 5330.608N, 0424.998W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 43.12MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 49MTRS. LENGTH 45.2MTRS, WIDTH 9.6MTRS, HEIGHT 9MTRS, ORIENTATION 143/323 DEGS. UPRIGHT WRECK, PARTIALLY BROKEN, STERN COLLAPSED. (CLINTON MARINE SURVEY AB, HI1507 - H525-7350). AMEND NDW 43MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: Upright wreck, partially broken, stern collapsed.

Position: 53 30.608 N,4 24.998 W

 

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