This is the information page about the shipwreck Sna iii, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 54.886 N,0 7.528 E (53.610900, 0.264850)

 

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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. Acklamd (possibly)
2. Agnes
3. Airdrie (possibly)
4. Albatross
5. Appolonia
6. Arcona champion
7. Beaconsfield
8. Bellerophon
9. Biesbosch
10. Boys own
11. Brabant
12. Brema
13. British councillor
14. British prince
15. Briton (possibly)
16. Cadmus
17. Cambrai
18. Canada
19. Caroline
20. Chant 63
21. Charing cross (possibly)
22. Chicago
23. Chloris (possibly)
24. Coastal fort no 1 (part of)(possibly)
25. Coastal fort no-1
26. Commonwealth
27. Corinth (possibly)
28. Cyclope
29. Dana (possibly)
30. Diana
31. Diana
32. Dido
33. Dryade
34. Dryburgh (part of)(possibly)
35. Dunstaffnage
36. Elfrida
37. Empress (probably)
38. Feltre
39. Forest queen
40. Francis
41. Frithof eide
42. Georgios
43. Gerhardt (possibly)
44. Girl ita
45. Giuseppe
46. Goodwood
47. Graafjeld
48. Greltoria (probably)
49. Hannah louisa
50. Harnis (probably)
51. Helmsman (probably)
52. Hercules
53. Hms akranes
54. Hms benvolio
55. Hms dirk
56. Hms fairy
57. Hms falcon (stern section)
58. Hms falmouth
59. Hms thalia
60. Horsted
61. Hugh taylor
62. Hvitveis
63. Ida
64. Ionic (probably)
65. J b paddon
66. John rettig (probably)
67. Kalo (probably)
68. Kernoozer
69. Kilrea
70. Kilrea (probably)
71. Kimberley (possibly)
72. Kingston cameo
73. Knuthenborg
74. Laconia (possibly)
75. Ladas (possibly)
76. Lady anstruther (probably)
77. Lady josyan
78. Lifeguard (possibly)
79. Lindum
80. Longbenton (probably)
81. Lyra (bow section)
82. Magdalyn ann
83. Maggie
84. Malvina (fwd part)
85. Manchester engineer (probably)
86. Marian francis
87. Markersdall (probably)
88. Marshall (probably)
89. Mazeppa
90. Middlesborough
91. Modig
92. Modiva (possibly)
93. Mongolian
94. Nautilus
95. Nitedal
96. Norfolk coast
97. Onward (possibly)
98. Ophir ii (possibly)
99. Orsa
100. Otis tetrax
101. Our lorraine
102. Paddington (possibly) & unknown
103. Paraciers
104. Peebles (possibly)
105. Peggotty
106. Portia
107. Realf
108. Revi
109. River don (part of)(probably)
110. Riviere
111. Rosa
112. Saltoun
113. Seistan
114. Sirajah
115. Sna iii
116. Sota eduardo
117. Stanburn
118. Storm drift
119. Tees
120. Thea
121. Togston (possibly)
122. Tredegar hall
123. Trongate
124. Ub 107 & malvina (after part)
125. Uc 39
126. Uc 47
127. Uc 75
128. Umbe
129. Upminster (possibly)
130. Varangmalm (possibly)
131. Ville de valenciennes
132. War crocus (possibly)
133. Wayside flower (possibly)
134. Whitemantle (possibly)
135. Winga

 

Name: SNA III

Length 88.4 meter, tonnage 1709 ton
Load: coal

Cause: owned at time of loss by societe nationale d'affretements. torpedoed and sunk. passage newcastle for rouen.

Year of registration: 1926

Water depth above wreck: 27 meter, Height above seabed: 173 cm

Known since: 1926, last detected: 20160321

Details measurements/cartography: H3039/26 GIVES TONNAGE AND CONFIRMS LOSS. H4523/26 16.10.26 DW PA (1917) IN 535400N, 001030E. (ADMIRALTY). BR STD. H01624/44 14.6.44 POSN 535456N, 000745E. KNOWN TO HAVE AT LEAST 58FT OVER IT. (CAPT M/S HUMBER, 14.4.44). AMEND TO NDW IN REVISED POSN. - PNM 1214/44. H01624/44 29.7.44 DELETED FROM 2182A.

- NM 1612/44. 10.4.72 AMEND TO WK 17.5MTRS. NC 121. 9.5.74 AMEND TO WK 16.8MTRS [LAT]. NC 121. H2534/74 28.11.79 BAD OBSTN [WK] REPD IN 535452N, 000730E. POSN BY DECCA. POSSIBLY TWO OBSTNS. (KINGFISHER BOOK OF TOWS - VOL. 1). H5084/77 20.3.80 EXAM'D 27.11.79 IN 535452N, 000729E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 23.1 IN GEN DEPTH 28.3MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 5.1MTRS, LENGTH 90MTRS. LYING 030/210 DEG WITH HIGH PT AT N END. (HMS ECHO, HI 64/79). BR STD. H1942/76 9.3.81 SWEPT 3.6.80, CLEAR AT 22.4MTRS, FOUL 22.8MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 22.4MTRS IN 535453N, 000738E [OGB]. (SOISS, HI 65/80). 1979 POSN INCORRECT. BR STD. H1270/84 5.4.88 AMEND TO SW 22.0MTRS. NES 121 & 1190. HH100/351/06 11.12.92 DIVED 24.8.92 BY BRIDLINGTON SAC AND POSITVELY IDENTIFIED AS SNA III. BUILDER'S PLATE RECOVERED. (M RADLEY, 21.11.92). SEP 2016/000053291 11.10.16 EXAM'D 21.3.16; IN 5354.886N, 0007.528E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 21.1MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 27MTRS, LENGTH 76.4MTRS, WIDTH 10.4MTRS, HEIGHT 6.85MTRS, ORIENTATION 173/353 DEGS. LARGE WRECK LIES ON ITS SIDE WITH THE STERN SECTION BROKEN AWAY WITH STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (MMT, HI 1473). AMEND DW 21MTRS IN REVISED POSITION.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 53 54.886 N,0 7.528 E

 

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