This is the information page about the shipwreck Scimitar, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 10.055 N,1 50.841 E (52.437016666667, 1.7918333333333)

 

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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. Aduatiek (possibly)
2. Ala
3. Alastair
4. Alto (possibly)
5. Ambient (probably)
6. Astrologer
7. Axminster (probably)
8. Barkis
9. Batavier 5
10. Bob read (probably)
11. British captain
12. British fortune (probably)
13. Brixton
14. Burtonia (possibly)
15. Bygdo (possibly)
16. Cairnside
17. Carica milica
18. Cd 14 (probably)
19. Cedarwood (possibly)
20. Churston
21. Claudia (possibly)
22. Coalgas
23. Corcrest
24. Cormorant
25. Cormount (probably)
26. Cressdene (possibly)
27. Cresta
28. Dagmar (probably)
29. Denewood
30. Disa (possibly)
31. Dronning maud (possibly)
32. Dulwich
33. Dunwich bank wk
34. Edernian
35. El argentino
36. Elnet
37. Empire bridge
38. Erna boldt (probably)
39. Estrella (possibly)
40. Eva witte
41. F stobart (probably)
42. Faithful star
43. Farmatyr
44. Fidelio
45. Firth
46. Fort massac
47. Forth
48. Friargate (possibly)
49. Friargate (possibly)
50. Frumenton
51. Gannet (possibly)
52. Gasfire
53. Gena
54. Gerhard
55. Gipsy (possibly)
56. Golconda (possibly)
57. Grantleyhall (possibly)
58. Grenadier (probably)
59. Groenlo
60. Groeswen (probably)
61. Gulf breaker
62. H h petersen
63. Harlington (probably)
64. Harlyn (probably)
65. Harriet
66. Hebe
67. Heworth
68. Hillglen
69. Hm mgb 76 (possibly)
70. Hms adonis (possibly)
71. Hms christopher (possibly)
72. Hms condor (probably)
73. Hms donna nook
74. Hms donside (possibly)
75. Hms eros (possibly)
76. Hms evesham (possibly)
77. Hms forward iii
78. Hms franc tireur
79. Hms harvest gleaner
80. Hms hirose (probably)
81. Hms holdene
82. Hms japan
83. Hms jessie nutten
84. Hms lord airedale
85. Hms monarch
86. Hms moravia (possibly)
87. Hms nadine
88. Hms new comet (possibly)
89. Hms ocean plough (possibly)
90. Hms orthos (probably)
91. Hms river clyde (possibly)
92. Hms river clyde (possibly)
93. Hms sisters melville
94. Hms spider
95. Hms st seiriol
96. Hms tervani
97. Hms tugela
98. Hms waveflower
99. Hms whooper
100. Hms william wesney
101. Hmtb 10
102. Hnlms 227
103. Hornchurch
104. Ignis (possibly)
105. Ionian (possibly)
106. J c dalble
107. Jamesina
108. Jim
109. Kenneth hawksfield
110. Khartoum (possibly)
111. Knarsdale
112. Kwasind
113. Lady salisbury
114. Lapwing
115. Lapwing (possibly)
116. Lincairn (possibly)
117. Lingfield
118. Lisette
119. Lonhelen (possibly)
120. Lord bute
121. Magdapur
122. Mangara
123. Maria rosa
124. Marianne (probably)
125. Mascotte
126. Mendibil mendi (possibly)
127. Mercurius
128. Mexico
129. Michail ontchoukoff (possibly)
130. Mirella
131. Moidart
132. Mudo
133. Nadir
134. Nereus
135. Newhaven (possibly)
136. Nicolaos piangos
137. Nominoe
138. Novocastrian
139. Ocean pride
140. Old charlton
141. Ostprussen (possibly)
142. Pescado
143. Petshenga (possibly)
144. Phryne
145. Plawsworth (possibly)
146. Polgarth
147. Ravenscraig (possibly)
148. Ren
149. Rhenas (possibly)
150. Rhineland
151. Robin iv
152. Rochester city
153. Savona (probably)
154. Scimitar
155. Scotia
156. Sea king
157. Sea rhine
158. Sirdar (part of)(possibly)
159. Skodsburg (possibly)
160. Southford
161. St patrick
162. Stad alkmaar
163. Storm
164. Sunniside (probably)
165. Taber park
166. Tergestea
167. Thornaby (possibly)
168. Thyra
169. Tidal (possibly)
170. Torchbearer
171. Tunisiana
172. U 13 (probably)
173. Uc 11 (possibly)
174. Ui-001
175. Vae victis
176. Victorious
177. Warrenpoint
178. White lady
179. Wychwood (possibly)
180. Wyetown
181. Yarmouth
182. Yewkyle (possibly)
183. Yucca (possibly)

 

Name: SCIMITAR

Year of registration: 1916

Water depth above wreck: 31 meter, Height above seabed: 167 cm

Known since: 1916, last detected: 20170130

Details measurements/cartography: H8203/19 CONFIRMS LOSS AND OTHER RELEVANT DETAILS. H4282/26 14.10.26 INS AS DW (1916)(PA). H0650/40 22.3.43 AMEND TO NDWPA.

- NM 586/43. H3273/61 10.9.62 UNKNOWN WK LOCATED IN POSN 521002N, 015100E. LEAST E/S DEPTH 86FT IN 110FT. (HMS SCOTT 1962). AMEND TO NDW IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 17.3.70 AMEND TO WK 14FMS. NE 1543. H4629/71 27.1.72 FOUND IN TWO PARTS AND IDENTIFIED AS TRAWLER SCIMITAR. NAME SCIMITAR FOUND ON PROPELLOR. E/S DEPTH 79FT. STANDING UPRIGHT & IN TWO SECTIONS. BOW S. CONSIDERABLE DISTURBANCE ON SURFACE. (E GILES, UNDERMARINE OPS). 31.7.74 AMEND TO WK 26MTRS. NC 1543. HH090/616/01 9.1.95 EXAM'D 12.8.94 IN 521001.41N, 015057.14E [OGB] USING SYLEDIS [3 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR 24.8, FOUL 25.1MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 24.9 IN GEN DEPTH 31MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 7.5MTRS. LENGTH 30MTRS, WIDTH 8MTRS. LIES 175/355 DEGS. PROBABLY BROKEN UP. (GARDLINE, HI 616).

- NM 685/95. SEP 2017/000091759 5.9.17 EXAM'D 30.01.17; IN 5210.055N, 0150.841E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 26.15MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 31MTRS, LENGTH 26.8MTRS, WIDTH 12.7MTRS, HEIGHT 5.6MTRS, ORIENTATION 167/347 DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 17.09MTRS, 0.7MTRS DEEP, TOWARDS 047DEGS. WRECK IS INTACT WITH POSSIBLE NETS AND FLOATS WITHIN THE AREA. (GARDLINE, HI 1495). AMEND DW 26MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 52 10.055 N,1 50.841 E

 

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