This is the information page about the shipwreck Serrana (stern part), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 39.877 N,1 35.816 W (50.633333333333, -1.4166666666667)

 

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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. Aalesund (possibly)
2. Ajax
3. Albatros
4. Albert c field (probably)
5. Algerian
6. Ashanti (possibly)
7. Azemmour
8. Baron garioch
9. Betsy anna
10. Borgny
11. Braat ii
12. Braedale (probably)
13. Brestois
14. Britannia (probably)
15. Campen
16. Carbon
17. Castle crag
18. Ceres (possibly)
19. Clan macvey
20. Clarinda
21. Cleddy (probably)
22. Coquetdale (probably)
23. Cuba
24. Dulce t
25. Empire crusader
26. Ernest lagouve
27. Espagne
28. Everleigh
29. Excelsior (possibly)
30. Fenna (probably)
31. Fluent
32. G-cbpt
33. Grace dieu
34. Hartley (possibly)
35. Hms acheron (bow section)
36. Hms acheron (stern section)
37. Hms albion ii
38. Hms assurance
39. Hms crestflower
40. Hms eleanor (probably)
41. Hms john mitchell
42. Hms listrac (probably)
43. Hms michael clements
44. Hms new dawn
45. Hms pomone
46. Hms sargasso
47. Hms warwick deeping
48. Hms waterlily
49. Hmsm swordfish
50. Hmsm upstart
51. Iduna
52. Indutionmare
53. Irex
54. Island mist
55. Jgena (possibly)
56. Joannis millas
57. Juno
58. Lapwing (possibly) or south western
59. Lct 809
60. Lcvp 120
61. Leny (possibly)
62. Londonier
63. Luciston
64. Margaret smith
65. Mechanician
66. Mendi
67. Michelle
68. Millmer
69. Minca 35
70. Molina
71. Myrtlegrove (probably)
72. Neath (possibly)
73. Neree (possibly)
74. Nichola (probably)
75. Nw68
76. Nw96
77. Oriflamme
78. Pool fisher
79. Redesmere
80. Reindeer
81. Rosehill (probably)
82. Sally jane
83. Serrana (bow section)
84. Serrana (stern part)
85. Sheer grace
86. Simla
87. Spyros (possibly)
88. Start
89. Teamwork
90. Terlings
91. Tweed
92. U 480
93. Vari solo sailor
94. Varvassi
95. Venezuela
96. Venus
97. Volkerak
98. War knight
99. Westville
100. Witte zee
101. Woodham

 

Name: SERRANA (STERN PART)

Length 107.6 meter, width: 14.6 meter, draught: 4.6, tonnage 3677 ton
Load: general and mixed goods

Cause: built in 1905 by j redhead & sons. owned at the time of loss by scrutton & sons. passage london for the west indies. torpedoed by ub 35 when 10m w of s catherines point. eventually sank on the bridge of needles in two halves. five men lost. (ww1sl).

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 19 meter, Height above seabed: 65 cm

Known since: 1918, last detected: 2014

Details measurements/cartography: H1220/18 7.3.18 SANK ON BRIDGE OF NEEDLES IN TWO HALVES. WK 2FMS (BUOYED) IN 503950N, 013542W & DW PA IN 503933N, 013610W. (DOCKET M5628).

- NM 405/18. H4602/21 27.1.22 BROKE IN TWO. BOW NOT FOUND IN REPORTED POSN 503933N, 013610W. STERN LIES IN 54FT & EXTENDS 200FT ENE BY WSW. E END SOLID FOR A DISTANCE OF APPROX 30-40FT & CARRIES A DEPTH OF 13.5FT. THE REMAINING PORTION APPEARS TO HAVE BROKEN UP AS SMALL PIECE 2-3FT ABOVE THE BOTTOM. LEAST WATER 12FT [LWST]. (TH, 12.8.21). DW PA DELETED.

- NM 198/22. [BUOYED WK 2FMS REMAINS CHARTED]. H5545/23 13.8.23 DISPERSED TO LEAST DEPTH 49FT APPROX [LWST]. BUOY REMOVED. (TH EX 4043/23, 10.8.23).

- NM 1250/23. H4890/45 15.10.48 LEAST DEPTH BY SWEEP 44FT. POSN 318DEGS, 2.5C FROM NEEDLES LTHO. CLEAR AT 44FT, FOUL AT 45FT. TRACING HELD. (SCES, 2.9.48). AMEND TO WK 7FMS 2FT.

- NM 2065/48. H1720/65 12.7.65 H1720/65 12.7.65 WK LIES 316DEGS, 2.5C FROM NEEDLES LTHO. DRIFT SWEEP, CLEAR 43FT, FOUL 44FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 43 IN 58-72FT. NO SCOUR. THE OBSTN IS A RED SANDSTONE NEEDLE OUTCROPPING FROM SHINGLE, GRAVEL & BROKEN SHELL BOTTOM. (HMS MEDA, 28.5.64). NCA. 28.3.69 BOARD OF TRADE OWN THE HULL. (WAR RISK INS. OFFICE, TELECON). NCA. 15.5.69 REPD TO BE BROKEN UP. ONLY PARTS STAND SOME 2-3FT. (RICHARDS, SALVAGE CO. OF CUMBRIA, TELECON). NCA. H5808/55 22.1.71 NOW CHARTED AS WK SW 12.8MTRS [LAT]. NC 2219. H1720/65 12.9.78 WK LOCATED USING DECCA. LIES N/S, STERN N. HIGHEST PART 10-12FT. LIES ON STBD SIDE, VERY BROKEN. 14FT DIAMETER IRON PROPELLER FOUND. (M WALSH, 20.8.78). NCA. H1945/76 28.9.81 WK LOCATED WHILST SOUNDING. SHOWN AS WK 16.2MTRS IN 503949N, 013545.5W [OGB] ON SURVEY [K8671/2]. POSSIBLY THIS WK. NO OTHER DETAILS FORWARDED. NOT EXAMINED. (SCES, HI 81/78). NCA. H2356/84 22.9.87 EXAM'D 30.7.86 IN 503950N, 013545.5W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [4 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 11.9 IN GEN DEPTH 14MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 16.5MTRS. DCS3 HT 2MTRS. DIVERS REPORT WK WELL BROKEN UP AND SCATTERED, NO MASTS OR GIRDERS PROTRUDING, BUT A LARGE 'FUNNEL SHAPED' SECTION, 10-15FT DIAMETER STANDS ABOVE THE SEABED. DCS3 INDICATES DEBRIS LIES ROUGHLY 250/070DEGS. RECOMMEND WK IS WIRE-SWEPT. (HMSML GLEANER, HI 266). AMEND TO WK 11.9MTRS IN REVISED POSN.

- NM 2859/87. H3846/86 17.10.88 EXAM'D 27.4.88 IN 503950.2N, 013544.3W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 14.2 IN GEN DEPTH 18MTRS. NO SCOUR. APPEARS FAIRLY 'SOLID' AND LYING ON ROCK OUTCROP. COULD NOT BE DISTINGUISHED ON DCS3 TRACE. NOT SWEPT DUE PRESENCE OF SANDSTONE OUTCROP, LEAST E/S DEPTH 13.9MTRS, 110MTRS NE OF WK. RECOMMEND RETAIN AS CHARTED. (HMSML GLEANER, HI 365). RETAIN CHARTED DEPTH IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.. HH091/143/01 16.12.05 EXAM'D 16.9.05 IN 5039.873N, 0135.836W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 13.63 IN GEN DEPTH 18MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 65MTRS, WIDTH 21MTRS, HT 5MTRS. LIES 060/240DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. INTACT. (NP 1016, HI 1143). AMEND WK 13.6MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. SEP 2010/000068407 30.4.10 TO BE BUOYED WITH Y CYLINDRICAL BUOY, 'SERANNA'. EXPECTED TO BE SEMI-PERMANENT WITH REVIEW IN MAY 2011. (M JAMES, NEW FOREST NATIONAL PARK AUTHORITY, EMAIL DTD 26.4.10). INS Y SPECIAL BUOY.

- NM 2659(T)/10. SEP 2010/000084138 26.5.10 BUOY WILL BE LIT, FI.Y.3S, WITHIN THE NEXT 3/4 WEEKS. IT IS UNLIKELY THAT THE WK WILL BE PROTECTED UNDER THE PROTECTION OF WRECKS ACT, AND THEREFORE ITS CHARTED DEPICTION WILL REMAIN UNCHANGED. (M JAMES, NEW FOREST NATIONAL PARK AUTHORITY, TELECON DTD 20.5.10). AWAIT FURTHER. NCA. SEP 2011/000130288 3.8.11 BUOY IN 5039.881N, 0135.881W [WGD]. (NEW FOREST NATIONAL PART AUTHORITY, EMAIL DTD 13.7.11). AMEND POSN. INS BUOY. 25.10.12 EXAM'D 29.1.12 IN 5039.877N, 0135.816W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 14.91 IN GEN DEPTH 19.2MTRS. LEAST W/C DEPTH 14.15MTRS. SCOUR 0.8MTR DEEP. LENGTH 63MTRS, WIDTH 35MTRS, HT 3.5MTRS. LIES 065/245 DEGS. INTACT STERN SECTION. (EMU, HI 1366). AMEND WK 14.1MTRS IN REVISED POSN. SEP 2014/000121138 30.6.14 BUOY TO BE DISCONTINUED. (TH EMAIL DTD 25.3.13).
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, LYING ON ROCK OUTCROP, MINOR SCOUR

Position: 50 39.877 N,1 35.816 W

 

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