This is the information page about the shipwreck River witham, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 33.672 N,0 8.741 E (53.569150, 0.093600)

 

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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. Ac 9
2. Airdrie (possibly)
3. Amenity
4. Arcona champion
5. Arduity
6. Audacity
7. Avalon
8. B o borjesson
9. Beaconsfield
10. Box hill
11. Breitenburg
12. British councillor
13. British prince
14. Cadmus
15. Canada
16. Chloris (possibly)
17. City of birmingham
18. Coastal fort no 1 (part of)(possibly)
19. Coastal fort no-1
20. Corinth (possibly)
21. Cramlington (possibly)
22. Dana (possibly)
23. Daphne ii
24. Dayrian
25. Deerpool (after section)
26. Deerpool (for'd section)
27. Diana
28. Dido
29. Dryburgh (part of)(possibly)
30. Dunsany
31. Empress (probably)
32. Ethel (possibly)
33. Exmoor
34. Faunus
35. Femke
36. Fermo
37. Fowberry tower (part)
38. Fowberry tower (part)
39. Francis
40. Fryken
41. Georgie
42. Georgios
43. Gerhardt (possibly)
44. Girl kitty (possibly)
45. Giuseppe
46. Gladeto
47. Gothic
48. Harlech
49. Hms benvolio
50. Hms botanic
51. Hms calverton
52. Hms corfield
53. Hms cortina
54. Hms dervish
55. Hms egret
56. Hms lormont
57. Hms mistletoe
58. Hms othello
59. Hms princess victoria
60. Hms remillo
61. Hms st cyrus
62. Hms strathborve (part)
63. Hms susarion
64. Hms yorkshire belle
65. Hvitveis
66. Ionic (probably)
67. Janet helen (possibly)
68. John and thomas
69. John mowlem
70. Kalo (probably)
71. Kimberley (possibly)
72. Kyma
73. Ladas (possibly)
74. Lady dinah
75. Lincolnshire time and tide bell
76. Lord haig (possibly)
77. Lord haig (possibly)
78. Lord selborne
79. Lottie (possibly)
80. Lucerne
81. Lutha
82. Lyra (bow section)
83. Magdalyn ann
84. Maggie
85. Magnolia (probably)
86. Mangalore (part of)(possibly)
87. Marian francis
88. Marshall (probably)
89. Modig
90. Modiva (possibly)
91. Monimia (possibly)
92. Nadod (possibly)
93. Nautilus
94. Nimrod
95. Odessa
96. Ophir ii (possibly)
97. Orsa
98. Otis tetrax
99. Paraciers
100. Peggotty
101. Portia
102. Ravonia (part)
103. Ravonia (part) (possibly)
104. Rayford
105. Reculver
106. Retriever
107. Revi
108. Rhuys
109. Rievaulx abbey
110. Rivaulx
111. River don (part of)(probably)
112. River witham
113. Sagacity
114. Salacon
115. Salmondby
116. Saltoun
117. Sandra glen
118. Sarah visholm 2 (probably)
119. Sota eduardo
120. Teano
121. Thessaly
122. Thomas deas
123. Triton
124. Umbe
125. Upminster (possibly)
126. Venture (possibly)
127. Whitemantle (possibly)
128. William hanson
129. Windsor (part of)
130. Windsor (part of)
131. Winga
132. Xavier
133. Xavier
134. Zeemermin

 

Name: RIVER WITHAM

Year of registration: 1945

Water depth above wreck: 18 meter, Height above seabed: 295 cm

Known since: 1945, last detected: 20200514

Details measurements/cartography: H3607/45 2.8.45 DW LIES SUNK IN 533335N, 000843E, OR 137DEGS, 14.8C FROM SPURN MAIN LTHO. MARKED BY G SPH LT BUOY, FL.G.4S CLOSE S. (HUMBER CON BD, 16.7.45).

- NM 2302/45. H4984/47 - H7931/46 30.7.47 SWEPT CLEAR AT 35FT, FOUL AT 36FT, SEABED 54FT. LIES IN A DEEP HOLE IN 533334N, 000842E, 142.5DEGS, 1.476M FROM SPURN LTHO. (HMS SCOTT, 1946-1947).

- NM 2004/47. H3607/45 10.11.47 DISPERSED, LT BUOY REMOVED. (HUMBER CONSERVANCY BOARD N57/47 DTD 28.10.47). DELETE BUOY.

- NM 2956/47. H6450/68 5.12.68 EXAM'D 6.6.68 IN 533341N, 000848E [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR 40FT, NOT FOULED. LEAST E/S DEPTH 47FT IN GEN DEPTH 38-54FT. SCOUR 61FT. LENGTH 400-500 YDS. LYING IN A DEEP HOLE ON A VERY UNEVEN BOTTOM. A DIFFICULT WRECK TO SWEEP AS THE SEABED TO THE WEST OF IT IS ABOVE THE TOP OF THE WRECK PERMITTING A CLEARANCE SWEEP ONLY. (HMS ENTERPRISE, HI 39/68).

- NM 232/69. H2395/73 9.1.74 EXAM'D IN 533341N, 000848E [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 14.6 IN GEN DEPTH 19.0MTRS. SCOUR 20MTRS. LIES IN SCOUR. APPROX 30MTRS LONG, LYING NW/SE. (HMS ECHO, HI 46/73). RETAIN AS SW 11.8MTRS. HH091/178/01 4.3.08 NOT LOCATED BY M/B. (HMSML GLEANER, HI 1178). CHARTED GEN DEPTH IS 8MTRS. ASSUMED BURIED. AMEND DEAD. BR STD. SEP 2021/000067871 18.5.20 EXAM'D 18.05.20 IN 5333.672N, 0008.741E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 13.95MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 18MTRS, LENGTH 34.30MTRS, WIDTH 8.13MTRS, HEIGHT 4.30MTRS, ORIENTATION 295 DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 12.95MTRS, WIDTH 9.89MTRS, 1.85MTRS DEEP, TOWARDS 061 DEGS. WRECK STANDING UP, HULL INTACT. (CLINTON MARINE SURVEY, HI 1683). AMEND DW 13.9MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 53 33.672 N,0 8.741 E

 

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