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 (52.437016666667, 1.7918333333333)

 

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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. Bob read (probably)
13. Bovey tracy
14. British captain
15. British fortune (probably)
16. Brixton
17. Burtonia (possibly)
18. Bygdo (possibly)
19. Carica milica
20. Castle galleon
21. Cd 14 (probably)
22. Cedarwood (possibly)
23. Churston
24. City of kobe
25. Clan monroe
26. Claudia (possibly)
27. Cormead
28. Cresta
29. Crichtoun
30. Dagmar (probably)
31. Daisy (possibly)
32. David b summers
33. Db 8 (possibly)
34. Denewood
35. Disa (possibly)
36. Dronning maud (possibly)
37. Dulwich
38. Dunwich bank wk
39. Edernian
40. El argentino
41. El dorado
42. Elnet
43. Ethel radcliffe
44. Eva witte
45. F stobart (probably)
46. Faithful star
47. Farmatyr
48. Fidelio
49. Firth
50. Friargate (possibly)
51. Friargate (possibly)
52. Frumenton
53. G and e (possibly)
54. Gannet (possibly)
55. Gasfire
56. Gena
57. Geneva
58. Gerhard
59. Gipsy (possibly)
60. Glen tilt (possibly)
61. Glynn
62. Golconda (possibly)
63. Grantleyhall (possibly)
64. Grenadier (probably)
65. Groenlo
66. Gulf breaker
67. H h petersen
68. Helena
69. Hillglen
70. Hms adonis (possibly)
71. Hms christopher (possibly)
72. Hms condor (probably)
73. Hms donside (possibly)
74. Hms eros (possibly)
75. Hms evesham (possibly)
76. Hms exmoor
77. Hms fontenoy
78. Hms harvest gleaner
79. Hms hirose (probably)
80. Hms holdene
81. Hms irvana (part of)
82. Hms jessie nutten
83. Hms kaphreda
84. Hms m a west (probably)
85. Hms monarch
86. Hms moravia (possibly)
87. Hms nadine
88. Hms new comet (possibly)
89. Hms ocean plough (possibly)
90. Hms orthos (probably)
91. Hms pelton (probably)
92. Hms river clyde (possibly)
93. Hms river clyde (possibly)
94. Hms sisters melville
95. Hms speeton (possibly)
96. Hms spider
97. Hms tervani
98. Hms tettenhall
99. Hms tugela
100. Hms waveflower
101. Hms whooper
102. Hmsm d5
103. Hornchurch
104. Ignis (possibly)
105. Impulsion
106. J c dalble
107. Jamesina
108. Jim
109. Kenneth hawksfield
110. Knarsdale
111. Knitsley (part of)(probably)
112. Knitsley (possibly)
113. Kwasind
114. Lapwing
115. Lapwing (possibly)
116. Lincairn (possibly)
117. Lindisfarne (probably)
118. Lingfield
119. Lisette
120. Lonhelen (possibly)
121. Lord bute
122. Magdapur
123. Mangara
124. Mardyke
125. Maria rosa
126. Marianne (probably)
127. Mascota (possibly)
128. Mascotte
129. Memento (possibly)
130. Mendibil mendi (possibly)
131. Mercurius
132. Mirella
133. Mudo
134. Nadir
135. Nereus
136. Newhaven (possibly)
137. Nominoe
138. Novocastrian
139. Ocean pride
140. Oil trader
141. Ostprussen (possibly)
142. Pescado
143. Petshenga (possibly)
144. Phryne
145. Plawsworth (possibly)
146. Pluton
147. Polaris
148. Polgarth
149. Ren
150. Reward (possibly)
151. Rhenas (possibly)
152. Rhineland
153. Robin iv
154. Rochester city
155. Rogate
156. Roxanna
157. Savona (probably)
158. Scimitar
159. Scotia
160. Sea king
161. Sea rhine
162. Silksworth hall (probably).
163. Sir william stephenson
164. Sirdar (part of)(possibly)
165. Skodsburg (possibly)
166. Southford
167. St patrick
168. Stad alkmaar
169. Sunniside (probably)
170. Taber park
171. Tergestea
172. Thomas m (possibly)
173. Thornaby (possibly)
174. Tidal (possibly)
175. Torchbearer
176. Tregantle (possibly)
177. Tunisiana
178. U 13 (probably)
179. Uc 62 (possibly)
180. Ui-001
181. Vae victis
182. Victorious
183. White lady
184. White swan
185. White swan (possibly)
186. Wyetown
187. Yarmouth
188. Yewkyle (possibly)
189. 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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