This is the information page about the shipwreck Simla, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 29.956 N,1 21.557 W (50.242166666667, -1.28825)

 

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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. Algerian
5. Asborg
6. Ashanti (possibly)
7. Augustenburg
8. Azemmour
9. Barbara (possibly)
10. Braat ii
11. Brestois
12. Camberwell
13. Cambrian
14. Cambrian (part of)
15. Campen
16. Camswan
17. Carbon
18. Castle crag
19. Ceres (possibly)
20. Clarinda
21. Cleddy (probably)
22. Cuba
23. Daylesford
24. Diadem of bursledon (probably)
25. Duddon (probably)
26. Dulce t
27. Empire crusader
28. Empress queen
29. Ernest lagouve
30. Espagne
31. Faith
32. Fallodon
33. France aimee (part of)(possibly)
34. G-cbpt
35. Glen (possibly)
36. Gorizont
37. Grip fast
38. Harry sharman
39. Hauler
40. Highland brigade
41. Hm lct 427 (after part)
42. Hm lct 427 (fwd part)
43. Hms acheron (bow section)
44. Hms acheron (stern section)
45. Hms albion ii
46. Hms assurance
47. Hms boxer
48. Hms crestflower
49. Hms hazard
50. Hms listrac (probably)
51. Hms michael clements
52. Hms new dawn
53. Hms p12 (stern section).
54. Hms pomone
55. Hms tiger
56. Hms warwick deeping
57. Hmsm swordfish
58. Hmsm upstart
59. Iduna
60. Indutionmare
61. Inger
62. Irex
63. Isleworth
64. Jgena (possibly)
65. Joannis millas
66. Juno
67. Kurland
68. Lapwing (possibly) or south western
69. Lct 1068
70. Lct 757 (possibly)
71. Lct 809
72. Leon
73. Londonier
74. Luciston
75. Luis
76. Luxor
77. Margaret smith
78. Mary rose
79. Meandros (possibly)
80. Mechanician
81. Mendi
82. Millmer
83. Minca 35
84. Minerva (possibly)
85. Molina
86. Moonraker (probably)
87. Myrtlegrove (probably)
88. Neath (possibly)
89. Nichola (probably)
90. Nw68
91. Nw96
92. Oriflamme
93. Pearl (probably)
94. Pool fisher
95. Ps ryde
96. Redesmere
97. Reindeer
98. Rosehill (probably)
99. Rtc no.9
100. Serrana (bow section)
101. Serrana (stern part)
102. Simla
103. Smyrna
104. Spyros (possibly)
105. Stokes bay pier (remains)
106. Teamwork
107. Terlings
108. Tweed
109. U 122 (possibly)
110. U 152
111. U 153 (possibly)
112. U 90
113. Ub 122 (possibly)
114. Vadne
115. Vanessa (probably)
116. Vari solo sailor
117. Varvassi
118. Volkerak
119. War knight
120. Weston maid (possibly)
121. Westville
122. Witte zee
123. Woodham
124. Y48

 

Name: SIMLA

Length 100.6 meter, width: 12.2 meter, draught: 8.2, tonnage 2288 ton
Load: general and mixed goods

Cause: built of iron in 1854 by tod & mcgregor. four masted and ship rigged. originally owned by p & o as a ss. in 1878 machinery was removed and was sold to devitt & moore who owned her at time time of loss. passage london for sydney. sank following a collision with british sv city of lucknow. (d c wendes & dods).

Year of registration: 1955

Water depth above wreck: 36 meter, Height above seabed: 167 cm

Known since: 1955, last detected: 2020

Details measurements/cartography: H6886/55 15.12.55 WK LOCATED IN 502956N, 012127W USING DECCA. LEAST E/S DEPTH 16 IN GEN DEPTH 19FMS. FAIR SONAR RESPONSE. SEABED GRAVEL AND SHELL. (HMS SCOTT, 31.10.55). AMEND TO WK 16FMS [29MTRS] IN REVISED POSN. H1307/60 13.12.72 EXAM'D IN 502955N, 012130W USING DECCA. LEAST E/S DEPTH OBTAINED 33.9 IN GEN DEPTH 37.7MTRS. (FSL WATERWITCH, H525 3/72 22.11.72). DECCA POSN IN SOME DOUBT. AMEND TO WK 33MTRS IN CHARTED POSN. H2555/74 19.3.74 EXAM'D IN 502957N, 012128W [OGB] USING HSA. DECCA USED. DRIFT SWEPT, CLEAR AT 30MTRS. NOT FOULED. LEAST E/S DEPTH 32 IN GEN DEPTH 37MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 38MTRS. LIES APPROX 340/160DEGS. LENGTH ABOUT 340FT. SONAR RESPONSE POOR FROM E AND W. (SCES). AMEND TO SW 30MTRS. NC 2045 & NC 2450. HH090/962/01 4.12.02 EXAM'D 1.8.02 IN 5029.983N, 0121.567W [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 31.2, FOUL 31.7MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 31.3 IN GEN DEPTH 36MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 107MTRS, WIDTH 32MTRS. DCS3 HT 6.3MTRS. LIES 170/350 DEGS. MODERATE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. BROKEN WK. M WOODWARD HAS IDENTIFIED THIS AS SIMLA. (GARDLINE, HI 962). AMEND TO SW 31MTRS. BR STD. SEP 2020/000123102 4.10.21 EXAM’D 8.10.20 IN 5029.956N, 0121.557W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 32.05TRS IN GEN DEPTH 36MTRS. LENGTH 112MTRS, WIDTH 25MTRS, HT 4.1MTRS. ORIENTATION 167/347 DEGS. (CLINTON MARINE SURVEY AB, HI 1586). AMEND NDW 32MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: WELL BROKEN AND COLLAPSED

Position: 50 29.956 N,1 21.557 W

 

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