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 (52.4370167, 1.7918333)

 

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