This is the information page about the shipwreck Sparta (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 45.864 N,0 48.4 E (50.7173333, 0.6087833)

 

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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. Afghanistan (bow section)
3. Afghanistan (probably)
4. Albuera
5. Alcantara
6. Alice
7. Alice (possibly)
8. Amsterdam
9. Argonaut
10. Ash
11. Australier (probably)
12. Bobby
13. Broderick (probably)
14. Cabo espartel
15. Carlisle castle
16. Ceta (stern section)
17. Charente
18. Corinia (possibly)
19. Dona isabel (probably)
20. Duc richard
21. Durango
22. Eagle (possibly)
23. Eco vouga
24. Electra
25. Ella sayer
26. Emma
27. Enero (probably)
28. Euphorbia
29. Evg(no rx152)?
30. Excellence pleske
31. G-asad
32. Gold coin
33. Gwendoline (part of)(possibly)
34. Hms anne
35. Hms blackwater
36. Hms caulonia
37. Hms ghurka
38. Hms myrmidon
39. Hms waterfly
40. Hmt gullfoss
41. Hoheweg
42. Holland
43. Holland v
44. Hydaspes (possibly)
45. Irisbrook
46. Jan brons
47. Jokai
48. Kingfisher (probably)
49. La somme (probably)
50. Lacer
51. Lady alice
52. Lepanto/le panto/panta/panto
53. Lisbon
54. Maxwell
55. Milbanke (probably)
56. Morgenster
57. My astor
58. Northfleet
59. Pontos
60. Robin hood
61. Roecliff
62. Roode zee (possibly)
63. Roseburn
64. Rushing water
65. Rydal hall (possibly)
66. Saint emilion (probably)
67. Saint jean pierre
68. Salbya (possibly)
69. Samida
70. Samwake
71. Seine
72. Sierra bravia
73. Sir robert wigham
74. Skerryvore
75. Sparta (possibly)
76. Startled fawn (possibly)
77. Storaa
78. Swale (probably)
79. T s webb
80. Tokufuku maru
81. Trooper
82. Umba (probably)
83. Veerman
84. Ville de bordeaux
85. Ville de dunkirk (stern) (possibly)
86. Vittoria claudia
87. War monarch
88. Waterland (possibly)
89. Welsh belle
90. Wittering

 

Name: SPARTA (POSSIBLY)

Length 56.4 meter, width: 8.8 meter, draught: 3.4, tonnage 708 ton
Load: coal

Cause: Built in 1900 by taylor & mitchell. owned at time of loss by the bennett ss co. triple expansion engine of 82 rhp. passage blyth for southampton. mined. 9 men lost. (dods & sibi).

Year of registration: 1941

Water depth above wreck: 35 meter, Height above seabed: 117 cm

Known since: 1941, last detected: 2006

Details measurements/cartography: H4959/73 10.4.75 EXAM'D 18.5.74 IN 504554N, 004832E [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 30.3 IN GEN DEPTH 33MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH FROM DCS3 SHADOW 100FT. (HMS BEAGLE, HI 55/74). CHART AS WK 30MTRS [16FMS]. BR STD. HH091/159/01 3.7.07 EXAM'D 3.11.06 IN 5045.864N, 0048.400E [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 27.25 IN GEN DEPTH 35MTRS. SCOUR EXTENDS 60MTRS TOWARDS 076 DEGS FROM NW END. LENGTH 62MTRS, WIDTH 11MTRS, HT 8MTRS. LIES 117/297 DEGS WITH BOWS 117 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (OSAE, HI 1159). UPRIGHT, BOW DETACHED OR FWD HOLD COLLAPSED. SEDIMENT TAILS RUN E FROM EACH PART. AMEND WK 27MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. HH091/159/01 25.10.07 SONAR HT 7.8MTRS. (OSAE, HI 1159, REVISED ROS). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, BOWS SE, BOWS DETACHED

Position: 50 45.864 N,0 48.4 E

 

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