This is the information page about the shipwreck Southford, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 18.458 N,1 48.476 E (52.4370167, 1.7918333)

 

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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. Abeona
2. Aduatiek (possibly)
3. Ala
4. Alastair
5. Alto (possibly)
6. Ambient (probably)
7. Astrologer
8. Avonwood
9. Axminster (probably)
10. Barkis
11. Begona no 5
12. Bovey tracy
13. British captain
14. British fortune (probably)
15. Brixton
16. Burtonia (possibly)
17. Bygdo (possibly)
18. Carica milica
19. Castle galleon
20. Cd 14 (probably)
21. Cedarwood (possibly)
22. Churston
23. City of kobe
24. Clan monroe
25. Claudia (possibly)
26. Cormead
27. Cresta
28. Crichtoun
29. Dagmar (probably)
30. David b summers
31. Denewood
32. Disa (possibly)
33. Dronning maud (possibly)
34. Dulwich
35. Dunwich bank wk
36. Edernian
37. El argentino
38. El dorado
39. Ethel radcliffe
40. Eva witte
41. F stobart (probably)
42. Faithful star
43. Farmatyr
44. Fidelio
45. Firth
46. Friargate (possibly)
47. Friargate (possibly)
48. Frumenton
49. Gannet (possibly)
50. Gasfire
51. Gena
52. Geneva
53. Gerhard
54. Gipsy (possibly)
55. Glen tilt (possibly)
56. Glynn
57. Golconda (possibly)
58. Grantleyhall (possibly)
59. Grenadier (probably)
60. Groenlo
61. Gulf breaker
62. H h petersen
63. Helena
64. Hillglen
65. Hms adonis (possibly)
66. Hms christopher (possibly)
67. Hms condor (probably)
68. Hms donside (possibly)
69. Hms eros (possibly)
70. Hms evesham (possibly)
71. Hms exmoor
72. Hms fontenoy
73. Hms hirose (probably)
74. Hms holdene
75. Hms irvana (part of)
76. Hms jessie nutten
77. Hms kaphreda
78. Hms m a west (probably)
79. Hms monarch
80. Hms moravia (possibly)
81. Hms nadine
82. Hms new comet (possibly)
83. Hms ocean plough (possibly)
84. Hms orthos (probably)
85. Hms pelton (probably)
86. Hms river clyde (possibly)
87. Hms river clyde (possibly)
88. Hms sisters melville
89. Hms speeton (possibly)
90. Hms spider
91. Hms tervani
92. Hms tettenhall
93. Hms tugela
94. Hms waveflower
95. Hms whooper
96. Hmsm d5
97. Hornchurch
98. Ignis (possibly)
99. Impulsion
100. J c dalble
101. Jamesina
102. Jim
103. Kenneth hawksfield
104. Knarsdale
105. Knitsley (part of)(probably)
106. Knitsley (possibly)
107. Kwasind
108. Lapwing
109. Lincairn (possibly)
110. Lindisfarne (probably)
111. Lingfield
112. Lisette
113. Lonhelen (possibly)
114. Lord bute
115. Magdapur
116. Mangara
117. Mardyke
118. Maria rosa
119. Marianne (probably)
120. Mascota (possibly)
121. Mascotte
122. Memento (possibly)
123. Mendibil mendi (possibly)
124. Mercurius
125. Mirella
126. Mudo
127. Nadir
128. Nereus
129. Newhaven (possibly)
130. Nominoe
131. Novocastrian
132. Ocean pride
133. Oil trader
134. Ostprussen (possibly)
135. Pescado
136. Petshenga (possibly)
137. Phryne
138. Plawsworth (possibly)
139. Pluton
140. Polaris
141. Polgarth
142. Ren
143. Reward (possibly)
144. Rhenas (possibly)
145. Rhineland
146. Robin iv
147. Rochester city
148. Rogate
149. Roxanna
150. Savona (probably)
151. Scimitar
152. Scotia
153. Sea rhine
154. Silksworth hall (probably).
155. Sirdar (part of)(possibly)
156. Skodsburg (possibly)
157. Southford
158. St patrick
159. Stad alkmaar
160. Sunniside (probably)
161. Taber park
162. Tergestea
163. Thomas m (possibly)
164. Thornaby (possibly)
165. Tidal (possibly)
166. Torchbearer
167. Tregantle (possibly)
168. U 13 (probably)
169. Ui-001
170. Vae victis
171. Victorious
172. White lady
173. White swan
174. White swan (possibly)
175. Wyetown
176. Yarmouth
177. Yewkyle (possibly)
178. Yucca (possibly)

 

Name: SOUTHFORD

Length 65.9 meter, width: 9.5 meter, draught: 4.1, tonnage 963 ton
Load: coke

Cause: Ex-sinbad. built in 1883 by campbell mackintosh & bowstead, newcastle-upon-tyne. owned at time of loss by ford shipping co ltd. one boiler, compound expansion engine of 99hp, single shaft. passage the tyne for boulogne. cargo 1010 tons coke. struck a mine laid by uc-10.

Year of registration: 1916

Water depth above wreck: 26 meter, Height above seabed: 9 cm

Known since: 1916, last detected: 20161212

Details measurements/cartography: SUNK 7 MILES SSE OF SOUTHWOLD. (LLOYDS). IN 521800N, 014710E, APPROX. H4282/26 14.10.26 INS AS NDW (PA) (1916) IN 521800N, 014710E. 22.9.41 AMEND TO NDW. H4167/59 1.6.60 INS AS DWPA. NC 1543. H3273/61 9.11.61 EXAM'D 18.9.61 IN 521824N, 014834E USING HSA. SWEPT CLEAR AT 53, FOUL AT 56FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 67 IN GEN DEPTH 85 - 88FT. SCOUR 4FT DEEP. (HMS SCOTT, HI 2/61). AMEND TO SW 8FMS 5FT. BR STD. H909/60 17.5.60 LEAST E/S DEPTH 77 IN GEN DEPTH 87FT. GOOD SONAR AT 1300 YDS RANGE. (HMS MYRMIDON, 23.9.65). 9.2.72 WK LIES UPSIDE DOWN. HAS LITTLE DAMAGE TO HULL. LEAST DEPTH 75FT. (AUTH'Y NOT KNOWN). 31.7.74 AMEND TO SW 16.2MTRS [LAT]. NC 1543. HH090/564/01 21.1.93 EXAM'D 18.10.92 IN 521826.1N, 014834.4E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [4 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR AT 20.2, FOUL AT 20.5MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 20.2 IN GEN DEPTH 25.5MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 2.2MTRS. LENGTH ABOUT 75MTRS, WIDTH 10MTRS. APPARENTLY INTACT. LYING 005/185 DEG. (NP 1016, HI 564).

- NM 516/93. SEP 2017/000091759 23.8.17 EXAM'D 12.12.16; IN 5218.458N, 0148.476E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 20.23MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 26MTRS, LENGTH 62.1MTRS, WIDTH 14.1MTRS, HEIGHT 5.7MTRS, ORIENTATION 009/189 DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 18.98MTRS, 2.17MTRS DEEP, TOWARDS 030 DEGS. WRECK IS INTACT. (GARDLINE, HI 1495). AMEND DW 20.2MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 52 18.458 N,1 48.476 E

 

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