This is the information page about the shipwreck Salsette ii, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 29.715 N,2 43.041 W (50.46995, -3.0108833333333)

 

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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. Ailsa craig (probably)
4. Aleyna
5. Algarve
6. Amy
7. Apache
8. Athen
9. Avalanche
10. Baygitano
11. Berar
12. Black hawk (aft section)
13. Bokn (possibly)
14. Borgund i (possibly)
15. Britannia (possibly)
16. Broomhill (probably)
17. Chateau yqem
18. Countess of erne
19. Earl of abergavenny
20. Enecuri
21. Forester (& pontoon)
22. Franziska
23. Frogner ?
24. Gibel-hamam
25. Gorizia
26. Grane
27. Greta c
28. Gripfast
29. Hartlepool (part of)
30. Hartlepool (part of)
31. Heroine (probably)
32. Himalaya
33. Hms amazon
34. Hms bittern
35. Hms bittern (parts of)(probably)
36. Hms boadicea
37. Hms buccaneer
38. Hms empress of india (ex renown)
39. Hms fisgard ii
40. Hms harstad
41. Hms hickory
42. Hms james fennel
43. Hms kingston cairngorm (possibly)
44. Hms landrail (probably)
45. Hms recoil (bow section)(probably)
46. Hms recoil (stern section)(probably)
47. Hms remindo (possibly)
48. Hmsm l24
49. Hmsm m2
50. Hmsm p555
51. Hmsm sidon
52. Inisinver
53. Kongshaug (probably)
54. L h carl
55. Lct 381
56. Longsand
57. Lst 507 (bow section)
58. Lst 507 (stern section)
59. Lst 531
60. Lucinda (possibly)
61. Majorca
62. Marguerite (possibly)
63. Marie therese
64. Martha
65. Memnon
66. Merchant royal
67. Minerva (probably)
68. Moidart
69. Netley abbey (possibly)
70. Nyasaland
71. Ocean vagabond
72. Onward (probably)
73. Osprey (bow section) (possibly)
74. Pas (c.182)
75. Pergo
76. Pomella
77. Pomeranian
78. Reggestroom (probably)
79. Romsdalen (probably)
80. Rosten (possibly)
81. Rotorua
82. Royal adelaide
83. Salsette ii
84. Scaldis
85. Siren
86. Sparkling foam (possibly)
87. St dunstan
88. Stancrest
89. Sudon (possibly)
90. Tandil (probably)
91. Thera (possibly)
92. Tracy
93. Trito
94. U 322 (possibly)
95. Ub 74
96. Ull (probably)
97. Ursa (probably)

 

Name: SALSETTE II

Length 134.1 meter, width: 16.2 meter, draught: 6.1, tonnage 5842 ton
Load: personnel,general and mixed goods

Cause: built in 1908 by j caird & co, greenock. owned at time of loss by the p & o steam nivigation co ltd. six boilers, twin quadruple expansion engines of 1535 hp, twin shaft. 1 x 4.7 inch gun. passage london for bombay. torpedoed by ub-40. 15 lives lost. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 43 meter, Height above seabed: 35 cm

Known since: 1918, last detected: 20150319

Details measurements/cartography: 1918 REPD LOST 12M SW OF PORTLAND BILL. (M11862). 5.3.18 REPD TO HAVE SUNK IMMEDIATELY IN POSN 503000N, 024330W. (MASTER). MAR 1918 REPD LOST 12M W OF PORTLAND. (SECOND OFFICER). ALSO REPD LATER TO HAVE BEEN LOST IN 503300N, 024300W. NCA. H6391/19 CHARTED AS WK [OLD SYMBOL] IN 503000N, 024330W. - NE 3315. H2537/28 AMEND TO NDW PA.

- NM 1098/28. H3971/52 3.7.52 EXAM'D 9.6.52 IN 502938N, 024258W USING HSA. SWEPT CLEAR AT 12, FOUL AT 13FMS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 85FT IN GEN DEPTH 23FMS. 450FT LONG, LYING N/S WITH SHALLOWEST PART IN THE CENTRE. THE WRECK IS MOST SUBSTANTIAL AND THERE ARE PARTS ONLY ABOUT A FM DEEPER AT EITHER END. (HMS SCOTT/SCES, 9.6.52). AMEND TO WK 12FMS. BR STD. H3950/70 21.5.71 NOW CHARTED AS SW 21.5MTRS. - NC 3315. H1286/77/279 11.10.77 ORIGINALLY THOUGHT TO BE THE FRENCH POLKERRIS. THIS WK HAS NOW BEEN POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED AS THE SALSETTE. SOME P & O COMPANY DINNER PLATES HAVE BEEN REMOVED BY DIVERS. IT IS STILL POSSIBLE TO READ THE IMPRINT LEFT BEHIND BY THE REMOVAL OF THE BRASS NAME PLATE LETTERS AROUND HER STERN. SHE LIES ON PORT SIDE ON HER BEAM ENDS IN APPROX 140FT OF WATER WITH APPROX 90FT OVER HER HIGHEST POINT. THE DECK IS ALMOST VERTICAL TO THE SEABED. BOTH PROPS HAVE BEEN REMOVED SOME MINOR SALVAGE HAS BEEN CARRIED OUT. THE WRECK IS IN ONE PIECE AND IS MOST SUBSTANTIAL. (P STREETON, 2.8.77). H5982/82 25.1.83 WK SHOWN IN 502936N, 024258W ON KINGFISHER CHART K(SW)1, 1982. NCA. H2923/83 2.1.85 EXAM'D 19.7.84 IN 502939N, 024300W [OGB] USING SYLEDIS. SWEPT CLEAR AT 19.2, FOUL AT 19.5MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 28 IN GEN DEPTH 43MTRS. SCOUR 1MTR DEEP. DCS3 HT 14MTRS, LENGTH 130MTRS, BEAM 40MTRS. LYING 035/215DEGS AND PRODUCES A WELL-DEFINED SURFACE SLICK IN CALM SEA CONDITIONS. (GARDLINE SURVEYS, HI 202). AMEND TO SW 19.2MTRS.

- NM 232/85. HH232/353/01 22.11.90 EXAM'D 19.10.90 IN 502942N, 024300W [WGD] USING HYPERFIX. LEAST E/S OBTAINED 26.75MTRS. DIVERS REPORT WK ON PORT SIDE AND COLLAPSING GRADUALLY AS DECK CROSS MEMBERS FAIL. LIES WITH BOW SSW WITH ANCHORS STILL IN PLACE. BOTH MASTS HAVE FALLEN AND LIE ALONG SEABED TO E OF WK. DECKHOUSING, FUNNEL STUB AND SCUTTLES ARE STILL DISCERNIBLE. (HMS CHALLENGER, HN H3/90, 31.10.90). NCA. 12.1.00 GUN STILL IN PLACE ON STERN. CABINS AND AND SUPERSTRUCTURE ROTTED AWAY, UPPER DECK PARTIALLY COLLAPSED. LARGE WINCH ON DECK FORWARD OF ENGINE ROOM. PHOTOS AND DIAGRAM. (DIVER MAGAINE JAN 2000) SEP 2015/000019320 8.7.15 EXAM'D 19.3.15 LEAST M/B DEPTH 31.08MTRS IN 5029.715N, 0243.041W [WGD], GEN DEPTHS 42MTRS. LENGTH 146.8MTRS, WIDTH 26.6MTRS, HEIGHT 11.4MTRS. ORIENTATION 035/215 DEGS. INTACT BUT COLLAPSING, ON PORT SIDE. (MMT, HI 1453). AMEND TO NDW 31MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT BUT COLLAPSING, ON PORT SIDE

Position: 50 29.715 N,2 43.041 W

 

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