This is the information page about the shipwreck Sparkling foam (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 32.109 N,2 56.628 W (50.302916666667, -3.1211333333333)

 

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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. 20
2. Ailsa craig (probably)
3. Aleyna
4. Algarve
5. Angelena bm 271
6. Avalanche
7. Bamse (probably)
8. Baygitano
9. Bayonne
10. Berar
11. Bokn (possibly)
12. Boma
13. Borgund i (possibly)
14. Broomhill (probably)
15. Chateau yqem
16. Chorley
17. City of swansea (probably)
18. General leman (possibly)
19. Gibel-hamam
20. Gorizia
21. Grane
22. Greleen
23. Greta c
24. Heroine (probably)
25. Hms amazon
26. Hms bittern
27. Hms bittern (parts of)(probably)
28. Hms boadicea
29. Hms buccaneer
30. Hms empress of india (ex renown)
31. Hms harstad
32. Hms hickory
33. Hms lord hailsham
34. Hms manor
35. Hms recoil (bow section)(probably)
36. Hms recoil (stern section)(probably)
37. Hms remindo (possibly)
38. Hmsm sidon
39. Isbjorn
40. Karen marie (probably)
41. Kongshaug (probably)
42. L h carl
43. Lct 381
44. Lst 507 (bow section)
45. Lst 507 (stern section)
46. Lst 531
47. Lucinda (possibly)
48. Majorca
49. Marguerite (possibly)
50. Marjolene
51. Martha
52. Minerva (probably)
53. Modavia
54. Moidart
55. Motano (probably)
56. Nil desperandum (probably)
57. Nyasaland
58. Ocean vagabond
59. Pergo
60. Pomella
61. Pomeranian
62. Radaas (probably)
63. Reggestroom (probably)
64. Renilde
65. Romsdalen (probably)
66. Rosten (possibly)
67. Rotorua
68. Salsette ii
69. Scaldis
70. Sparkling foam (possibly)
71. St dunstan
72. Tandil (probably)
73. Tracy
74. Trito
75. Ull (probably)
76. Ursa (probably)
77. W h dwyer
78. Westergate (probably)

 

Name: SPARKLING FOAM (POSSIBLY)

Length 35.4 meter, width: 7.3 meter, draught: 4, tonnage 199 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: built in 1868 by pain, sandwich. onwed at time of loss by anglo-french coasting co. passage caen for swansea. captured by tb-33 & sunk using explosives. (ww1sl), by unidentifed submarine. no lives lost. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 37 meter, Height above seabed: 130 cm

Known since: 1918, last detected: 20150314

Details measurements/cartography: 23.3.18 SUNK IN 503300N, 030000W. (AP PLYMOUTH, DOCKETS M07924, M14030, M13798, M14405). SUNK 9 M S BY E FROM BEER HEAD. (WW1SL). H3971/52 9.10.52 WK LOCATED IN 503203N, 025633W USING HSA. SWEPT CLEAR AT 17, FOUL AT 18FMS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 113FT IN GEN DEPTH 20FMS. SCOUR 3FT DEEP. ABOUT 200FT LONG & LIES NW/SE. GOOD SONAR RESPONSE. (HMS SCOTT/SCES, 27.6.52, SURVEY [E9419]). CHART AS WK 17FMS.

- NM ACTION. H3950/70 21.5.71 NOW CHARTED AS SW 30MTRS [LAT]. NC 3315. H5982/82 18.1.83 TWO WKS SHOWN IN 503202N, 025632W & 503231N, 025644W USING DECCA. (KINGFISHER CHART K(SW)1, 1982). NCA YET. H2923/83 3.1.85 EXAM'D 2.7.84 IN 503204N, 025633W [OGB] USING SYLEDIS. SWEPT CLEAR AT 32.1, FOUL AT 32.5MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 32.5 IN GEN DEPTH 37MTRS. SCOUR 1 - 2MTRS DEEP. DCS3 HT 5MTRS, LENGTH ABOUT 30MTRS. LIES 130/310DEGS. (GARDLINE SURVEYS, HI 202). AMEND TO SW 32MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 17.3.94 REFERRED TO AS THE WK OF THE S TRAWLER HMS CLYDE, WHICH WAS SUNK IN A COLLISION ON 14.10.17. (DIVE DORSET). NCA. [WGD] POSN: 5032.101N, 0256.626W. SEP 2015/000019320 8.7.15 EXAM'D 14.3.15 LEAST M/B DEPTH 33.6MTRS IN 5032.109N, 0256.628W [WGD], GEN DEPTHS 37.5MTRS. LENGTH 31.2MTRS, WIDTH 8.7MTRS, HEIGHT 3.5MTRS. ORIENTATION 130/310 DEGS. INTACT, LISTING TO PORT. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (MMT, HI 1453). AMEND TO NDW 33MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, LISTING TO PORT.

Position: 50 32.109 N,2 56.628 W

 

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