This is the information page about the shipwreck Sparsholt, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 26.748 N,0 46.63 E (51.441933333333, 0.92858333333333)

 

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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. Actuality
2. Airston (probably)
3. Alf everard (part of)
4. Alf everard (part of)
5. Alice marie
6. Argus
7. Aridity (probably)
8. Atherton
9. Beacon 'f'
10. Bolbec (possibly)
11. Bradglen
12. British oak
13. C 128
14. Chieftain
15. Duluth
16. E oaze light vessel
17. East shoebury bn (remains of)
18. Explorer
19. Fox
20. Georgia
21. Gordon
22. Great nore tower (remains)
23. Great nore towers (remains)
24. Great nore towers (remains).
25. H k daniels
26. Harcourt
27. Herland (part of)
28. Herland (part of)
29. Hmnls van meerlant (part of)
30. Hms aisha
31. Hms amethyst
32. Hms amethyst (part of)(possibly)
33. Hms ash
34. Hms beagle (re-named cgwv no 7 in 1851)
35. Hms bulwark
36. Hms capricornus
37. Hms conquistador
38. Hms danube 3
39. Hms kennymore (part of)(probably)
40. Hms london
41. Hms london
42. Hms new spray
43. Hms princess irene
44. Hms receptive
45. Hms resolvo (part of)
46. Hms restango
47. Hms tyne
48. Hms vimiera (bow section)
49. Hms vimiera (part of)
50. Hms vimiera (stern)
51. Holba
52. Honiton
53. Hopper number 19
54. Houston city
55. How (probably)
56. Intrepid
57. Janie b
58. Lady mine
59. Letchworth
60. Lion (part of)
61. Maitland
62. Malrix (possibly)
63. Maplin light house
64. Maplin survey platform
65. Pinto
66. Pisces
67. Radiant
68. Restless wave (possibly)
69. Revenge
70. Richard montgomery
71. Rosme
72. Rover (possibly)
73. Ryal
74. Selnes
75. Silverstone
76. Sparsholt
77. Strom trooper
78. Sunrise (possibly)
79. Supremity
80. Toreador
81. Van meerlant (part of)
82. Vera
83. Wardie
84. Warp
85. William j taylor (part of)
86. Winifred
87. Zarga

 

Name: SPARSHOLT

Year of registration: 1946

Water depth above wreck: 0 meter, Height above seabed: 186 cm

Known since: 1946, last detected: 20170624

Details measurements/cartography: H1425/46 19.3.46 LOCATED IN 512643N, 004647E OR 094.25DEGS, 12.7C FROM GARRISON PT FR LT USING INTERSECTION. DRIES 6FT AT MLWS. AREA WITHIN 50YDS CONTAINS DISPERSED PORTIONS OF THE WK. (CAPTAIN M/S SHEERNESS, 27.2.46). INS AS DW DRIES 6FT.

- NM 980/46. H6904/53 30.10.53 NOW CHARTED AS ST. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NC 3683. H3090/55 9.5.56 DECISION ON DISPERSAL HAS BEEN DEFERRED UNTIL DBMS HAVE INSPECTED IT. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). H3090/55 12.3.58 HYDROGRAPHER AGREES TO RE-SURVEY AFTER DISPERSAL OR REMOVAL. (GF 377/55). H3090/55 18.12.62 COMPLETE REMOVAL TO BE CARRIED OUT BY RFA SWIN. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). H3090/55 4.10.63 MOST OF WRECKAGE RECOVERED. FINAL SURVEY NOT COMPLETED DUE TO WEATHER. (RFA SWIN, 27.9.63). H3090/55 16.11.64 AREA VISUALLY EXAMINED BY BINOCULARS. WK DRIES 1FT. SEABED MUD. (HMS ENTERPRISE, 11.6.64). AMEND TO FOUL.

- NM 1680/64. 17.12.92 NOT SHOWN ON PORT OF SHEERNESS LTD SURVEY MAY-SEP'92 [MPA 1000/1]. DRYING BANK NOW EXTENDS OVER POSN. DELETE. BR STD. SEP 2017/000296140 4.12.17 EXAM'D 24.06.17; IN 5126.748N, 0046.630E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH DRYING 0.248MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 0MTRS, LENGTH 2MTRS, WIDTH 1.4MTRS, HEIGHT 0.3MTRS, ORIENTATION 186 DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 2.7MTRS, 0.28MTRS DEEP, TOWARDS 186 DEGS. AN UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT WAS DETECTED AND THREE ADDITIONAL SMALLER OBJECTS. (CLINTON MARINE SURVEY, HI 1542). AMEND FOUL DRYING 0.3MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 51 26.748 N,0 46.63 E

 

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