This is the information page about the shipwreck Royal adelaide, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 34.653 N,2 28.534 W (50.39495, -2.4067166666667)

 

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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. 20
2. Addarwa
3. Aeneas (probably)
4. Alex van opstal
5. Amy
6. Apache
7. Athen
8. Binnendijk
9. Black hawk (aft section)
10. Black hawk (fwd section)
11. Britannia (possibly)
12. British inventor (bow section)
13. Countess of erne
14. Earl of abergavenny
15. Elena r
16. Elmcrest
17. Enecuri
18. Ethel (probably)
19. Evertsen
20. Forester (& pontoon)
21. Franziska
22. Frogner ?
23. Grane
24. Gripfast
25. Hartlepool (part of)
26. Hartlepool (part of)
27. Himalaya
28. Hms arfon
29. Hms boadicea
30. Hms buccaneer
31. Hms fisgard ii
32. Hms golden sunset (possibly)
33. Hms james fennel
34. Hms kingston cairngorm (possibly)
35. Hms landrail (probably)
36. Hms recoil (bow section)(probably)
37. Hms recoil (stern section)(probably)
38. Hms remindo (possibly)
39. Hms warrior ii
40. Hmsm a3
41. Hmsm l24
42. Hmsm m2
43. Hmsm p555
44. Hmsm sidon
45. Inisinver
46. Juvenile delinquent
47. L h carl
48. Longsand
49. Lst 507 (bow section)
50. Lst 507 (stern section)
51. Lst 531
52. Mallard (possibly)
53. Marie therese
54. Martha
55. Merchant royal
56. Minerva (probably)
57. Neree (possibly)
58. Neree (probably)
59. Onward (probably)
60. Orne (possibly)
61. Pas (c.182)
62. Pitchipoy (possibly)
63. Pomeranian
64. Romsdalen (probably)
65. Rowella
66. Royal adelaide
67. Salsette ii
68. Saratoga
69. Scaldis
70. St dunstan
71. Stancrest
72. Sudon (possibly)
73. Terrapin
74. Thera (possibly)
75. Tracy
76. Trito
77. U 322 (possibly)
78. Ub 74
79. Ull (probably)
80. Valdes (probably)

 

Name: ROYAL ADELAIDE

Length 70.9 meter, width: 11.6 meter, draught: 6.9, tonnage 1320 ton
Load: general and mixed goods,foodstuffs: liquid

Cause: built of iron in 1864 by gibbs, bright & co, bristol. owned at time of loss by merchans trading co ltd. passage london for sydney, nsw. ran on to chesil beach, during strong sw'ly gale and broke up immediately. many cases of spirits were washed ashore and broken open by onlookers. by daylight it was found 20 had died of excess alchohol. of 35 passengers, 32 crew, six drowned. (dods).

Year of registration: 1984

Water depth above wreck: 11 meter, Height above seabed: 165 cm

Known since: 1984, last detected: 2009

Details measurements/cartography: H1310/84/38 7.11.84 FORE-DECK WINCH, CHAIN LOCKER & OTHER WKGE REMAIN ABOUT 120MTRS OFFSHORE IN ABOUT 12MTRS OF WATER. POSN TO W OF CHESIL BEACH ON TRANSIT RW BN [LFL 10S] & BUILDING AT 'B' HEAD, PORTLAND NE BREAKWATER. (K MCDONALD). NCA, POSN 503439N, 022830W [OGB] FOR FILING ONLY. SEP 2009/000046210 29.6.09 LOCATED IN 5034.6529N, 0228.5335W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 9.51MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 11.5MTRS. (NETSURVEY, HN FOR HI 1241 DTD 10.6.09). INS WK 9.5MTRS. BR STD. HH091/242/01 / SEP 2009/000159377 21.10.09 NO SCOUR. LENGTH 15MTRS, WIDTH 123MTRS (SIC), HT 1.5MTRS. LIES 165/345 WITH BOWS NW. APPEARS SUBSTANTIALLY BROKEN UP. (NETSURVEY, HI 1242). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: BROKEN UP, BOWS NW

Position: 50 34.653 N,2 28.534 W

 

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