This is the information page about the shipwreck Salacon, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 32.619 N,0 15.155 E (53.56915, 0.0936)

 

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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. Airdrie (possibly)
2. Amelie-mathilde
3. Amenity
4. Arduity
5. Avalon
6. B o borjesson
7. Beaconsfield
8. Benmacdhui
9. Breitenburg
10. British councillor
11. Cadmus
12. Canada
13. Carson
14. City of birmingham
15. Coastal fort no 1 (part of)(possibly)
16. Coastal fort no-1
17. Cook s26
18. Corinth (possibly)
19. Cramlington (possibly)
20. Daphne ii
21. Dayrian
22. Deerpool (after section)
23. Diana
24. Dido
25. Dryburgh (part of)(possibly)
26. Dunsany
27. Empress (probably)
28. Ethel (possibly)
29. Exmoor
30. Faunus
31. Femke
32. Fermo
33. Fowberry tower (part)
34. Francis
35. Fryken
36. Georgie
37. Georgios
38. Gerhardt (possibly)
39. Girl kitty (possibly)
40. Giuseppe
41. Gladeto
42. Gothic
43. Grangemouth
44. Harlech
45. Hms benvolio
46. Hms calverton
47. Hms corfield
48. Hms egret
49. Hms mistletoe
50. Hms othello
51. Hms princess victoria
52. Hms remillo
53. Hms silicia
54. Hms strathborve (part)
55. Hms susarion
56. Hms yorkshire belle
57. Homer
58. Hvitveis
59. Ightham (possibly)
60. Ionic (probably)
61. Jane (possibly)
62. Janet helen (possibly)
63. John and thomas
64. John mowlem
65. Katina bulgari
66. Kimberley (possibly)
67. Kyma
68. Ladas (possibly)
69. Lancaster (possibly)
70. Lincolnshire time and tide bell
71. Lord haig (possibly)
72. Lord haig (possibly)
73. Lottie (possibly)
74. Lucerne
75. Lutha
76. Lyra (bow section)
77. Magdalyn ann
78. Maggie
79. Marian francis
80. Marie l
81. Meeuw
82. Merchiston
83. Modig
84. Modiva (possibly)
85. Monimia (possibly)
86. Nar
87. Nimrod
88. Odessa
89. Ophir ii (possibly)
90. Orsa
91. Otis tetrax
92. Paraciers
93. Portia
94. Ravonia (part)
95. Ravonia (part) (possibly)
96. Rayford
97. Reculver
98. Retriever
99. Revello
100. Revi
101. Rhuys
102. Rievaulx abbey
103. Rivaulx
104. River don (part of)(probably)
105. River witham
106. Rivergate
107. Rosebud (possibly)
108. Sagacity
109. Salacon
110. Salmondby
111. Saltoun
112. Sarah visholm 2 (probably)
113. Sergei
114. Sota eduardo
115. Stylianos chandris
116. Thessaly
117. Thomas deas
118. Triton
119. Upminster (possibly)
120. Uralar segundo (cargo debris)
121. Venture (possibly)
122. Violet (probably)
123. Whitemantle (possibly)
124. William hanson
125. Windsor (part of)
126. Winga
127. Xavier
128. Zeemermin

 

Name: SALACON

Length 35.2 meter, width: 6.6 meter, draught: 3.5, tonnage 211 ton

Cause: Built in 1905 by cook, welton & gemmel, beverley. owned at time of loss by japan fishing co ltd. one boiler, triple expansion engine of 62hp, single shaft. machinery by amos & smith co ltd. passage from grimsby for fishing and return. mined.

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 11 meter

Known since: 1940, last detected: 2013

Details measurements/cartography: SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 114 DEGS 5.3 MILES FROM SPURN PT LTHO. (WW2SL). H0776/40 3.10.40 H0776/40 3.10.40 INS DW.

- NM 2348/40. H0776/40 26.8.46 H0776/40 26.8.46 AMEND TO WK 2FMS 3FT. (HMS SCOTT).

- NM 2978/46. H0776/40 1.10.46 H0776/40 1.10.46 G CAN BUOY GP FL 2G 10SEC IN 533244N, 001518E. (THNM 101/46).

- NM 3205/46. H0776/40 13.10.47 H0776/40 13.10.47 LOCATED 113.5 DEGS 5.21 MILES FROM SPURN PT LT HO. 2 MASTS SHOWING 114.75 DEGS FROM SPURN LTHO. SWEPT CLEAR AT 22FT, FOUL AT 23FT. SEABED 32FT. SCOUR 35FT. (HMS SCOTT, JUNE 1947). AMEND TO WK 3FMS 4FT IN REVISED POSN.

- NM 2660/47. H0776/40 30.8.49 H0776/40 30.8.49 AMEND POSN OF LTBUOY TO 1 CABLE N OF WK. (TH).

- NM 1766/49. H0776/40 6.11.50 H0776/40 6.11.50 EXAM'D 5.1950 IN AFTER FURTHER DISPERSAL. IN TWO PARTS. PART IN 533232N, 001506E SWEPT CLEAR 23FT, FOUL AT 24FT. PART IN 533228N, 001510E SWEPT CLEAR AT 26FT, FOUL AT 27FT. SEABED 30-32FT. (HMS SHARPSHOOTER, 9.6.50). AMEND TO TWO WRECKS WK 3FMS 5FT AND WK 4FMS 2FT AND DELETE WK 3FMS 4FT AND LTBUOY. (SML 324 & TH).

- NM 2160/50. H6450/68 5.12.68 H6450/68 5.12.68 EXAM'D 6.6.68 IN 533235N, 001517E [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR 30FT, NOT FOULED. LEAST E/S DEPTH 33FT IN GEN DEPTH 31-33FT. SCOUR 39FT. SCOUR CONTAINING WRECKAGE IS ALL THAT WAS FOUND DURING THE SEARCH FOR BOTH PARTS OF THIS WRECK. NO OTHER WRECKAGE IS PROUD OF THE SEABED AND THE WHOLE AREA AROUND THE SCOUR WAS SWEPT TO WITHIN THREE FT OF THE BOTTOM. (HMS ENTERPRISE, HI 39/68). AMEND TO SW 5FMS 1FT IN REVISED POSN.

- NM 232/69. H2395/73 9.1.74 H2395/73 9.1.74 EXAM'D IN 533237N, 001514E [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 11.5MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 9.8MTRS. SCOUR 12.1MTRS. NOT FOUND BY SSS BUT FOUND BY CLOSE SOUNDING IN CALM CONDITIONS. VERY CONSPIC SCOUR ABOUT 2.3MTRS BELOW GENERAL SEABED. SLIGHT REMAINS OF WRECKAGE ARE JUST VISIBLE IN THE SCOUR ON E/S. (HMS ENTERPRISE, K6826/2). AMEND TO SW 9.1MTRS IN ENTERPRISE 1973 POSN. BR STD. 3.9.13 3.9.13 EXAM'D 19.5.13 IN 5332.619N, 0015.155E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 10.16 IN GEN DEPTH 11.1MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 18.0MTRS, WIDTH 15.0MTRS, HT 0.94MTR. SCATTERED REMAINS OF A WK. (NETSURVEY, HI 1401). AMEND WK 10.1MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: WRECKAGE IN DEEP SCOUR

Position: 53 32.619 N,0 15.155 E

 

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