This is the information page about the shipwreck Smyrna, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 18.97 N,1 29.917 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.

 

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2. Ajax
3. Albatros
4. Albert c field (probably)
5. Asborg
6. Ashanti (possibly)
7. Ashmun j clough (possibly)
8. Azemmour
9. Baron garioch
10. Borgny
11. Borgsten (probably)
12. Braat ii
13. Braedale (probably)
14. Brestois
15. Britannia (probably)
16. Charles rogers (probably)
17. Clarinda
18. Cleddy (probably)
19. Coquetdale (probably)
20. Cuba
21. Daylesford
22. Dumfries
23. Dungrange
24. Empire crusader
25. Ernest lagouve
26. Espagne
27. Eugene schneider (probably)
28. Eugene schneider (probably)
29. Everleigh
30. Fallodon
31. Gorizont
32. Guernsey coast
33. Hms acheron (bow section)
34. Hms acheron (stern section)
35. Hms crestflower
36. Hms eleanor (probably)
37. Hms john mitchell
38. Hms listrac (probably)
39. Hms michael clements
40. Hms new dawn
41. Hms sargasso
42. Hms tiger
43. Hms warwick deeping
44. Hmsm swordfish
45. Hmsm upstart
46. Iduna
47. Implacable
48. Indutionmare
49. Isleworth
50. Kong guttorm (probably)
51. Lapwing (possibly) or south western
52. Londonier
53. Luxor
54. Mendi
55. Minerva (possibly)
56. Molina
57. Myrtlegrove (probably)
58. Neree (possibly)
59. Nurnberg
60. Oriflamme
61. Pangani
62. Pool fisher
63. Redesmere
64. Reindeer
65. Rosehill (probably)
66. Simla
67. Smyrna
68. Sphene
69. Spyros (possibly)
70. Terlings
71. Tweed
72. U 122 (possibly)
73. U 123
74. U 152
75. U 153 (possibly)
76. U 480
77. Ub 122 (possibly)
78. Ub 37 (probably)
79. Val de saire
80. Venezuela
81. Volkerak
82. Westville
83. Witte zee
84. Wyndhurst
85. Y48

 

Name: SMYRNA

Length 70.8 meter, width: 11.7 meter, draught: 6.8, tonnage 1305 ton
Load: general and mixed goods,clay products

Cause: built in 1876 of iron as a fully rigged ship by w hood & co. owned at time of loss by g thompshon & co. passage london for sydney. general cargo. sank following collision with ss moto in dense fog. eleven men lost. (n r chipchase). owned at time of loss by w henderson, aberdeen. 11 of 29 crew lost together with the only passenger, a channel pilot, on board at time of loss. (sibi)

Year of registration: 2002

Water depth above wreck: 50 meter, Height above seabed: 20 cm

Known since: 2002, last detected: 20210303

Details measurements/cartography: HH090/962/01 16.12.02 EXAM'D 26.6.02 IN 5018.972N, 0129.981W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 44.1 IN GEN DEPTH 50MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 85MTRS, WIDTH 15MTRS. DCS3 HT 5.7MTRS. LIES 025/205DEGS. MODERATE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. PARTLY BROKEN WK. (GARDLINE, HI 962). INS AS WK 44MTRS. BR STD. HH100/351/20 21.7.03 DIVED IN LISTED POSN. WK IS UPRIGHT BUT WELL BROKEN. THE REMAINS OF THE HOLDS CONTAIN LARGE AMOUNTS OF BOTTLES, GLASSWARE, POTS ETC MANUFACTURED IN THE UK FOR USE IN AUSTRALIA. (MV SKIN DEEP, VIA N R CHIPCHASE). NCA. SEP2020/000273534 9.8.21 EXAM'D 03.03.21; IN 5018.970N, 0129.917W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 44.79MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 50MTRS, LENGTH 71.3MTRS, WIDTH 16.8MTRS, HT 5.5MTRS, ORIENTATION 020/200 DEGS. SCOUR DIMENSIONS LENGTH 44.4MTRS, WIDTH 93.2MTRS, 2.3MTRS DEEP, TOWARDS 048 DEGS. REMAINS OF BROKEN WRECK SURROUNDED IN SCOUR. (A-2-SEA SOLUTIONS LTD, HI 1595-H525-61775). RETAIN NDW 44MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: REMAINS OF BROKEN WRECK SURROUNDED IN SCOUR

Position: 50 18.97 N,1 29.917 W

 

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