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 (53.050666666667, 1.1718666666667)

 

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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. Ayrshire (possibly)
13. Baron ailsa
14. Bertha
15. Birtley
16. Boulderpool (fwd part)
17. British triumph
18. Camilla weston
19. Cantabria (probably)
20. Chevychase
21. Clan morrison
22. Clansman (possibly)
23. Continental (possibly)
24. Corchester
25. Corduff
26. Corea
27. Courier (probably)
28. Duncarron
29. Efos
30. Eikhaug
31. Empress
32. Ems
33. Ethel
34. Francois trixier
35. Friesland
36. Fulgens
37. Gallois and oxshott (possibly)
38. Gardenia
39. George royle
40. Georgia (stern section)
41. Giorgio ohlsen
42. Granta
43. Hauxley (possibly)
44. Hms arley
45. Hms caroline moller
46. Hms cloughton wyke
47. Hms dungeness
48. Hms francolin
49. Hms kylemore
50. Hms nogi
51. Hms solomon
52. Hms vortigern
53. Hms william stephen
54. Hmsm c 11
55. Homefire
56. Hull trader
57. I t l anna b
58. Ilse
59. Jessie maersk
60. Jevington court
61. Kenton
62. Keymun
63. King egbert
64. Lanterna (probably)
65. Leelite
66. Londoner (probably)
67. Marden
68. Minorca
69. Nimrod (probably)
70. Norman queen
71. Oakgrove
72. Ole bull
73. Ottar jarl
74. Otter
75. Oxshott (possibly)
76. P.l.m. 25
77. Pacific
78. Pacific (possibly)
79. Pacific (possibly)
80. Pegrix
81. Pontfield (forepart)
82. Rimac
83. Robert w pomeroy
84. Rose marie
85. Salvus ii
86. Seagull
87. Seaham
88. Sheaf water
89. Sitona
90. St mark
91. St thomas (possibly)
92. Tayjack 1 (part of)
93. Tayjack 1 (part of)
94. Tayjack 1 (part of)
95. Teddington
96. Thursonian
97. Trajan
98. Traviata (possibly)
99. Trelissick
100. Tyneford
101. Upminster
102. Varoy
103. Walkure
104. Welholme (possibly)
105. Western mist (possibly)
106. Westland
107. Whintown (possibly)
108. Winhill or whinhill
109. Xanthe
110. 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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