This is the information page about the shipwreck Salvus ii, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 5.936 N,1 26.833 E (53.0506667, 1.1718667)

 

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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. Aberhill
2. Actuosity (possibly)
3. Afon towy and deerwood (possibly)
4. Algarve
5. Alice taylor
6. Alster
7. Alston
8. Ambrose fleming
9. Aquarius (possibly)
10. Artemisia
11. Asteria
12. Baron ailsa
13. Bertha
14. Birtley
15. Boulderpool (fwd part)
16. British triumph
17. Camilla weston
18. Cantabria (probably)
19. Chevychase
20. Clan morrison
21. Clansman (possibly)
22. Continental (possibly)
23. Corchester
24. Corduff
25. Courier (probably)
26. Duncarron
27. Efos
28. Eikhaug
29. Empress
30. Ems
31. Ethel
32. Francois trixier
33. Friesland
34. Fulgens
35. Gallois and oxshott (possibly)
36. Gardenia
37. George royle
38. Georgia (stern section)
39. Giorgio ohlsen
40. Granta
41. Hauxley (possibly)
42. Hms arley
43. Hms caroline moller
44. Hms cloughton wyke
45. Hms dungeness
46. Hms francolin
47. Hms kylemore
48. Hms solomon
49. Hms vortigern
50. Hms william stephen
51. Hmsm c 11
52. Homefire
53. I t l anna b
54. Ilse
55. Jessie maersk
56. Jevington court
57. Kenton
58. Keymun
59. King egbert
60. Lanterna (probably)
61. Leelite
62. Londoner (probably)
63. Marden
64. Minorca
65. Nimrod (probably)
66. Norman queen
67. Oakgrove
68. Ole bull
69. Ottar jarl
70. Otter
71. Oxshott (possibly)
72. P.l.m. 25
73. Pacific
74. Pacific (possibly)
75. Pacific (possibly)
76. Pegrix
77. Pontfield (forepart)
78. Rimac
79. Robert w pomeroy
80. Rose marie
81. Salvus ii
82. Seagull
83. Seaham
84. Sheaf water
85. Sitona
86. St mark
87. St thomas (possibly)
88. Tayjack 1 (part of)
89. Tayjack 1 (part of)
90. Teddington
91. Thursonian
92. Trajan
93. Traviata (possibly)
94. Trelissick
95. Tyneford
96. Upminster
97. Varoy
98. Walkure
99. Welholme (possibly)
100. Western mist (possibly)
101. Westland
102. Whintown (possibly)
103. Winhill or whinhill
104. Xanthe
105. Zephyr

 

Name: SALVUS II

Length 121.9 meter, width: 16.8 meter, draught: 7.6, tonnage 4815 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: Built in 1928 by the northunberland sb co ltd, northumberland. owned at time of loss by tempus shipping co ltd. three boilers, triple expansion engine of 432hp, single shaft. passage london for halifax. in ballast. bombed by german aircraft. broke in two and sank. 4 men lost.

Year of registration: 1941

Water depth above wreck: 31 meter, Height above seabed: 138 cm

Known since: 1941, last detected: 2018

Details measurements/cartography: H01326/41 10.4.41 BOMBED IN 530500N, 012700E. SANK IN TWO PARTS. (C IN C NORE, 5.4.41). H01326/41 18.7.41 OROPESA SWEEP CLEAR AT 13FT [LWS]. LIES IN 15FMS HEADING 322/142 DEG. LEAST E/S DEPTH 19FT. SCOUR 6FT. POSN 530548N, 012705E. (HMS FRANKLIN, 27.6.41). INS AS WK 2FMS.

- NM 1671/41. H01326/41 18.7.41 INS G SPH BUOY, FL G 10S, 100 DEG 2 CABLES FROM WK. - TFNM 1679/41. H01326/41 28.3.49 EXAM'D AFTER DISPERSAL. SWEPT CLEAR BY OROPESA AT 48FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 90 IN GEN DEPTH 86FT. SCOUR DEPTH 100FT. POSN 530550N, 012703E. (HMS SHARPSHOOTER, 9.2.49). AMEND TO WK 8FMS.

- NM 645/49. 8.3.72 AMEND TO WK 14.3MTRS [LAT]. NC 105. H2496/72 5.6.72 DIVED. IN AN UNUSUAL STATE WITH ENGINE ROOM IN HOLE IN SEABED HAVING BEEN CUT OUT OF WK. PART OF BRIDGE LIES TO ONE SIDE OF HOLE WHICH IS ABOUT 18FMS DEEP. (E GILES, UNDERMARINE OPS, 10.4.72). HH090/524/01 9.1.92 EXAM'D 21.7.92 IN 530554.1N, 012657.5E [OGB] USING SYLEDIS. SWEPT CLEAR AT 25.3, FOUL AT 25.5MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 25.3 IN GEN DEPTH 28MTRS. SCOUR 4.5MTRS DEEP. LIES IN TWO PARTS. SHOALEST IS 50MTRS LONG, 15MTRS WIDE AND ORIENTATED 315/145 DEG. THE SECOND PART LIES 73MTRS SE OF FIRST AND IS 80MTRS LONG, 15MTRS WIDE, ORIENTATED 040/220 DEG. SCOURING HAS TAKEN PLACE AROUND BOTH PARTS OUT TO ABOUT 60MTRS. (LAND & MARINE, HI 531). BR STD. SEP 2018/000212985 10.9.18 EXAM'D 30.3.18 IN 5305.936N, 0126.833E [WGD]. LEAST W/C DEPTH 24.83MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 31MTRS, LENGTH 58.9MTRS, WIDTH 17.5MTRS, HEIGHT 4.8MTRS, ORIENTATION 138/318 DEGS. SCOUR DIMENSIONS LENGTH 115.7MTRS, 2.5MTRS DEEP, TOWARD 152 DEGS. BROKEN IN TWO AND PARTIALLY BURIED.(GARDLINE, HI 1515). AMEND TO DW 24.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: IN TWO PARTS, LENGTH IS TOTAL, SCOUR AROUND BOTH PARTS

Position: 53 5.936 N,1 26.833 E

 

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