This is the information page about the shipwreck Sevilla, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 24.337 N,3 22.898 W (50.302916666667, -3.1211333333333)

 

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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. Aldershot
2. Angelena bm 271
3. Ann marie (possibly)
4. Antonio (probably)
5. Avalon g ii
6. Bleamoor (probably)
7. Blue marlin
8. Boma
9. Bretagne
10. Bretton hall
11. Broadmayne (part of)
12. Brunhilda
13. Buesten
14. Bull steamer (possibly)
15. Christoffel colombus (possibly)
16. City of swansea (probably)
17. Claverley (possibly)
18. Colorado (possibly)
19. Dudley rose
20. Elsa
21. Elsa (possibly)
22. Emma
23. Emsstrom
24. Farn
25. Galicia
26. Garm (possibly)
27. Gefion
28. General leman (possibly)
29. Girl barbara
30. Glocliffe
31. Glory
32. Greatham
33. Greleen
34. Grelhame (probably)
35. Gro
36. Hazelpark (possibly)
37. Hms benton castle
38. Hms chorley (possibly)
39. Hms jasper (possibly)
40. Hms loch erinboll (stern part)(probably)
41. Hms penylan (e part)
42. Hms penylan (w part)
43. Hms picton castle
44. Hms savage
45. Hmsm d1
46. Irma germaine (possibly)
47. Jade star gypsy
48. Jordan a
49. Karen marie (probably)
50. Kendal castle
51. La blanca (possibly)
52. Lb 332 or lb 362 (possibly)
53. Les mercenaires
54. Lofoten (probably)
55. Lord stewart
56. Marana (bow section)
57. Marie des isles
58. Marjolene
59. Medina
60. Mudstomper (probably)
61. Neches (probably)
62. Newholm
63. Northville (possibly)
64. Perm (possibly)
65. Peronne
66. Quest
67. Radaas (probably)
68. Rayder
69. Renilde
70. Rota
71. Sarah jayne
72. Sevilla
73. Shirley betty
74. Ster de zee (possibly)
75. Talvaldis (possibly)
76. Two sisters
77. Uc 49 (probably)
78. W h dwyer
79. Waikawa (possibly)
80. Warsaw
81. Westergate (probably)

 

Name: SEVILLA

Length 79.2 meter, width: 11.5 meter, draught: 4.8, tonnage 1318 ton
Load: foodstuffs: solid,foodstuffs: liquid

Cause: built in 1913 by wood, skinner & co, newcastle-upon-tyne. owned at the time of loss by o thoresen. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 156 nhp, single shaft. passage valencia for bergen. torpedoed by ub-80. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 42 meter, Height above seabed: 30 cm

Known since: 1918, last detected: 2013

Details measurements/cartography: H8109/38 19.12.38 WK IN 502417N, 032251W, 130DEGS 25MIN, 7.24M FROM ST MARYS CHURCH, BABBACOMBE. LIES IN 23FMS, LEAST DEPTH BY E/S 14FMS. (HMS GLEANER, 8.12.38). CHART AS WK 14FMS. H2502/51 24.4.51 WK IN 502417N, 032248W. DEPTH OVER WK 17FMS HEIGHT ABOVE SEA BED 33FT. (HMS SEAGULL, 1950). AMEND TO WK 17FMS [31MTRS] IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. H2396/77 10.3.77 WK IN 502417N, 032252W [OGB] USING DECCA. ABOUT 335FT LONG BY SONAR, LYING ROUGHLY NE/SW. NO DIVE MADE ON WK. SURVEY BY MV 'QUEEN MOTHER' IN JUNE 1975 USING SONAR. (RISDON BEAZLEY, 10.2.77). NCA. H1286/81/247 3.11.81 WK IN 502417N, 032248W [OGB] CONFIRMED AS 'SEVILLA' & NOT PREVIOUS POSN OF 502425N, 032429W. (B HARPER, 1.11.81). NCA. H5982/82 4.2.83 WK SHOWN IN 502415N, 032246W [OGB] DECCA ON KINGFISHER CHART K(SW)1 [1982 EDN]. NCA. H2923/83 26.9.84 EXAM'D 7.6.84 IN 502418N, 032251W [OGB] USING SYLEDIS. SWEPT CLEAR AT 30.5MTRS, FOUL AT 31.0MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 30.7 IN GEN DEPTH 41MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 1MTR. DCS3 HT 11MTRS, LENGTH 84MTRS, BEAM 10.5MTRS. WELL PRESERVED WK - DCS3 INDICATES MASTS AND SUPERSTRUCTURE STILL STANDING. LYING 030/210DEGS. (GARDLINE SURVEY, HI 202). AMEND TO SW 30.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN. R/P. H1310/86/12 1.5.86 CONFIRMED AS 'SEVILLA'. BELL RECOVERED BY LOCAL DIVER. (A HILLGROVE). NCA. 1.5.13 EXAM'D 20.1.13 IN 5024.337N, 0322.898W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 31.9 IN GEN DEPTH 42MTRS. SCOUR 0.4MTR DEEP EXTENDS 200MTRS ALONG 030/210 DEGS. LENGTH 83MTRS, WIDTH 13.4MTRS, HT 10MTRS. LIES 030/210 DEGS. INTACT, UPRIGHT. (NETSURVEY, HI 1369). BOWS NE.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, INTACT, BOWS NE, SCOUR RUNS 040/220 DEGS

Position: 50 24.337 N,3 22.898 W

 

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