This is the information page about the shipwreck Spiral (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 16.025 N,2 17.343 W (50.167166666667, -11.000666666667)

 

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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. Addarwa
2. Aeneas (probably)
3. Aeolian sky
4. Alex van opstal
5. Amy
6. Antonis g lemos (probably)
7. Apache
8. Arfon
9. Athen
10. Balmoralwood
11. Binnendijk
12. Bissen
13. Black hawk (aft section)
14. Bonita
15. Bretagne
16. Britannia (possibly)
17. Cathrine
18. Centurion
19. Chasseur 6
20. Chasseur 7
21. Cheyenne
22. Conch
23. Dagmar
24. Dallas city (possibly)
25. Derna (probably)
26. Deucalion
27. Eika
28. Elena r
29. Eleni stathatou
30. Elmcrest
31. Emile miguet
32. Ethel (probably)
33. Evertsen
34. Finn
35. Forester (& pontoon)
36. Franziska
37. Frigga
38. Frogner ?
39. Gairsoppa
40. Gallia
41. Georgios kyriakides
42. Girnigoe
43. Goathland
44. Gripfast
45. Hartburn (probably)
46. Heronspool
47. Hms arfon
48. Hms blackwood
49. Hms courageous
50. Hms dark gladiator
51. Hms delight
52. Hms fisgard ii
53. Hms golden sunset (possibly)
54. Hms gossamer
55. Hms james fennel
56. Hms kingston cairngorm (possibly)
57. Hms warrior ii
58. Hmsm a3
59. Hmsm m2
60. Hmsm p555
61. Hmsm safari (ex p 211)
62. Ice prince
63. Inisinver
64. Iolanthe
65. Janna
66. Jeanne
67. Johan (possibly)
68. Josef joham (bow section) (probably)
69. K m b (possibly)
70. Kafiristan
71. Kolga
72. Lenda
73. Leticia
74. License to kill (possibly)
75. Lochavon
76. Louisiane
77. Malka
78. Mallard (possibly)
79. Meknes
80. Merchant royal
81. Mersey
82. Miefield
83. Milo
84. Miniota
85. Mount myrto
86. Neree (possibly)
87. Neree (probably)
88. Netley abbey (possibly)
89. Orne (possibly)
90. Pan
91. Pas (c.182)
92. Perra (possibly)
93. Pescalanza
94. Pitchipoy (possibly)
95. Rowella
96. San fernando
97. Snowdrop
98. Spiral (possibly)
99. Stancrest
100. Sudon (possibly)
101. Theodoros t
102. Thera (possibly)
103. Tiiu
104. U 322 (possibly)
105. U 672 (possibly)
106. Ub 74
107. Uffe
108. Valdes (probably)
109. Xania

 

Name: SPIRAL (POSSIBLY)

Length 75.7 meter, tonnage 1342 ton
Load: coal

Cause: built in 1906. home port west hartlepool. triple expansion engine, single screw. passage the tyne for bordeaux. stopped by ub-18. crew forced to abandon ship. sunk by scuttling charges.

Year of registration: 1993

Water depth above wreck: 56 meter, Height above seabed: 115 cm

Known since: 1993

Details measurements/cartography: SUNK 40 MILES WSW FROM ST CATHERINE'S POINT. (WW1SL). SUNK BETWEEN PORTLAND AND CHERBOURG. (NAVAL STAFF MONOGRAPHS, VOL 17). HH090/533/01 28.5.93 HH090/533/01 28.5.93 EXAM'D 31.3.93 IN 501601.5N, 021720.6 [WGD] USING HYPERFIX [3 LOPS]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 54.1 IN GEN DEPTH 56MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 1.8MTRS, LENGTH 70MTRS, WIDTH 30MTRS. LIES 115/295 DEG WITH SHOALEST POINT AT NW END. MAGNETOMETER INDICATED FERROUS CONTENT OF 60TONS. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 533). BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 50 16.025 N,2 17.343 W

 

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