This is the information page about the shipwreck Sea serpent, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 2.123 N,1 11.375 E (51.075983333333, 1.4147)

 

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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. Africa
2. Alcantara
3. Alice
4. Amplegarth
5. Angelus (possibly)
6. Atlantic (possibly)
7. Avoca
8. Bobby
9. Brandenburg
10. Brendonia
11. Cabo espartel
12. Charente
13. Christianssund
14. City of dresden (possibly)
15. Constanzia
16. Corhaven
17. De fontaine
18. Dinard
19. Dorothy j (possibly)
20. Durango
21. Efford
22. Eidsiva (probably)
23. Electra
24. Emma
25. Emma (possibly)
26. Empire lough (probably)
27. Empress of fort william (probably)
28. En avant
29. Eustratios (probably)
30. Excellence pleske
31. Falcon (probably)
32. Fearless
33. Flachsee
34. Flandres
35. Francesco ciampa
36. G-asad
37. Gad 23
38. Grit (probably)
39. Grosser kurfurst
40. Grosser kurfurst (possibly)
41. Gwendoline (part of)(possibly)
42. Halcyon
43. Henry moon
44. Heron
45. Hmhs anglia
46. Hms aragonite (part of)
47. Hms aragonite (part of)
48. Hms aries (possibly)
49. Hms blackwater
50. Hms brazen
51. Hms carlton
52. Hms cayton wyke (probably)
53. Hms city of dundee
54. Hms cleon
55. Hms drumtochty (possibly)
56. Hms falmouth iii (possibly)
57. Hms ghurka
58. Hms glen boyne
59. Hms kingston galena
60. Hms lydian
61. Hms marcella
62. Hms myrmidon
63. Hms napia
64. Hms niger (possibly)
65. Hms othello ii
66. Hms peridot
67. Hms rodino
68. Hms torbay ii (probably)
69. Hms tranquil
70. Hms war sepoy
71. Hms waterfly
72. Hms weigelia
73. Hmsm b2
74. Hmt gullfoss
75. Holland
76. Hundvaag
77. Hydaspes (possibly)
78. Ilaro
79. Jacob luckenbach
80. James harrod
81. Jokai
82. Josephine willis
83. Kabinda
84. Kadru
85. Katharina kolkmann
86. Kielce
87. Kirsten skou
88. Koenigshaven
89. La somme (probably)
90. Lacer
91. Lady stella
92. Latona
93. Lcp(r) 1961 (possibly)
94. Le tregor
95. Leicester
96. Leila najia
97. Leo
98. Lighter 83
99. Lizzonia
100. Loanda
101. Lusitania
102. Mahratta
103. Mahratta ii
104. Maloja 1
105. Malta (probably)
106. Mersey
107. Milbanke (probably)
108. Monarch
109. Morgenster
110. Mrav
111. Murillo
112. Nancy moran
113. Naranco
114. Negrier
115. Newcastle
116. Niki
117. Norman
118. Northfleet
119. Nunima
120. Ocean king (possibly)
121. Ousel (probably)
122. Polgrange
123. Portslade (possibly)
124. Preussen
125. Pulborough
126. Revenge
127. River levan
128. Rochester castle (possibly)
129. Roode zee (possibly)
130. Roseburn
131. S goodwin ltv (lv 69)
132. S.folkestone gate (ltv no.75)
133. Sabac
134. Saint ronan (possibly)
135. Salbya (possibly)
136. Samida
137. Sea serpent
138. Seine
139. Shenandoah
140. Sierra bravia
141. Sir russell
142. Spanish prince
143. St cecilia
144. St claire (possibly)
145. Strathclyde
146. T s webb
147. Teeswood
148. Texaco caribbean (after section)
149. Texaco caribbean (forward section)
150. The queen
151. Tokufuku maru
152. Toreador
153. Toward
154. Traquair (probably)
155. Trooper
156. U 11 (possibly)
157. U 16 (possibly)
158. U 8
159. Ub 103 (possibly)
160. Ub 108 (possibly)
161. Ub 109
162. Ub 31 ?
163. Ub 38
164. Ub 55 (probably)
165. Ub 56 (possibly)
166. Ub 58 (possibly)
167. Ub 78
168. Ub-33 (probably)
169. Uc 46 (possibly)
170. Uc 63
171. Uc 77 (possibly)
172. Unity
173. Vittoria claudia
174. W a scholten
175. Welsh belle
176. Wheatman (possibly)
177. Will and maggie (probably)

 

Name: SEA SERPENT

Length 68.6 meter, width: 10.1 meter, draught: 3.7, tonnage 902 ton
Load: ferrous elements and ores: unrefined and refined

Cause: mined whilst en route from liverpool to dunkirk. (ll ww1). built in 1898 by a mcmillan & son and owned at the time of loss by leach & co., struck a mine and sank off folkestone pier. 14 lives lost. (dods).

Year of registration: 1916

Water depth above wreck: 21 meter, Height above seabed: 24 cm

Known since: 1916, last detected: 20160720

Details measurements/cartography: H1860/16 24.3.16 NOT CONSIDERED THAT MAST DESTROYED. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). H6345/26 4.11.26 INS NDW (1916) ON CHART 1895. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). H2760/49 18.5.49 LOCATED IN 510204N, 011124E. POSN BY DECCA. (HMS SHARPSHOOTER, 27.4.49). AMEND TO NDW IN REVISED POSN. H2760/49 19.10.60 DRIFT SWEEP CLEARED AT 31FT, FOUL AT 38FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 33FT IN GEN DEPTH 68FT. SCOUR DEPTH 2FT. (HMS SCOTT, 17.5.60). AMEND TO WK 5FMS 1FT WITH A G CAN BUOY GPFL(2)G.10S CLOSE SE OF WK.

- NM 1396/60. H2760/49 18.1.62 AMEND BUOY TO G CONL BUOY GPFL(3)G.10S CLOSE NW OF WK. (TH NM 93 &99/61).

- NM 2749/61. H2760/49 15.5.62 BUOY NUMBERED 3. (TH NM 35/62). NCA. H2118/61 26.6.63 DISPERSAL CONTRACT PLACED. (TH, 19.6.63). H2760/49 15.1.64 DISPERSED TO A LEAST DEPTH OF 46FT MLWS (TH, 9.12.63). AMEND TO SW 7FMS 4FT. DELETE BUOY.

- NM 53/64. 10.9.73 AMEND TO SW 13.3MTRS. NC 1892. H4199/78 31.8.78 LOCATED 18/19.10.77 IN 510206N, 011128E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 13.7MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 22MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 7.8MTRS. LYING 005/185DEGS. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 35/77). RETAIN SWEPT DEPTH IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. H1310/82/22 16.8.82 LYING UPRIGHT ON SEABED WITH ALL SUPERSTRUCTURE MISSING AND LARGE SECTIONS OF HULL BADLY DECAYED & COLLAPSING. HT ABOVE SEABED APPROX 7MTRS. (P G WEATHERLEY, 8.8.82). NCA. HH090/711/01 22.1.97 EXAM'D 14.8.96 IN 510208N, 011122E [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 13.8, FOUL 14.1MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 14.2 IN GEN DEPTH 20.5MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 6MTRS. LENGTH 80MTRS, WIDTH 36MTRS. LIES 030/210DEGS. IN ONE PIECE. (NP 1016, HI 711). AMEND TO SW 13.8MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. [DANGER LINE EXTENDED TO INCLUDE WK 21.0MTRS [13487] CLOSE NW]. SEP 2016/000091764 19.4.17 EXAM'D 20.7.16 IN 5102.123N, 0111.375E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 14.58MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 21MTRS, LENGTH 71MTRS, WIDTH 11.4MTRS, HEIGHT 6.2MTRS, ORIENTATION 024/204 DEGS. WK INTACT & UPRIGHT. (GARDLINE, HI 1497). AMEND TO DW 14.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, INTACT

Position: 51 2.123 N,1 11.375 E

 

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