This is the information page about the shipwreck Spital, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 4.888 N,4 58.523 W (49.967, -5.1835166666667)

 

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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. Adams (possibly)
2. Adolf vinnen
3. Alexander kennedy
4. Almond branch (possibly)
5. Andola
6. Andromeda
7. Arab
8. Ardgarry
9. Arvor
10. Asaba (possibly)(part of)
11. Asaba (possibly)(part of)
12. Atlantis (possibly)
13. Atlantis (possibly)
14. Ballarat
15. Bamse (probably)
16. Bay of panama
17. Beatrice (possibly)
18. Bellucia
19. Ben asdale
20. Ben rein
21. Benito
22. Bjornvik (possibly)
23. Brest
24. Bretonne (probably)
25. Cape finisterre (probably)
26. Carmarthen
27. Caroline
28. Carolus
29. Caroni river
30. Caroni river (part of)(probably)
31. Centurion (possibly)
32. Cieszyn
33. Citrine
34. City of ghent
35. Clan apline
36. Clan malcolm
37. Cromdale
38. Czar
39. Dionne marie
40. Dispatch (possibly)
41. Eastfield
42. Elisabeth (possibly)
43. Epsilon
44. Erato
45. Eric calvert (possibly)
46. Eskdale
47. Eva (possibly)
48. Forde
49. Friday (vrijdag) possibly
50. Ganymede
51. Gap
52. Godolphin
53. Grip (part of)
54. Gunvor
55. Hanover
56. Hansy
57. Happy returns (possibly)
58. Hera
59. Hmcs trentonian
60. Hmml 380
61. Hms almond (after part)
62. Hms almond (bow part)
63. Hms brandlebas
64. Hms comet
65. Hms gloaming
66. Hms javelin (stern section)
67. Hms kurd
68. Hms lady of the isles
69. Hms narwhal
70. Hms primrose
71. Hms rinovia
72. Hms roche bonne
73. Hms torrent
74. Hmy sappho (possibly)
75. Hnlms brielle
76. Ilston
77. Jersey queen (possibly)
78. John
79. Julie anne ii (part of)(possibly)
80. Juno
81. Karen marie
82. Kerris reed
83. King harry (probably)
84. Kremsertor
85. Krosfond
86. Kwester
87. La suippe
88. Lady dalhousie
89. Le vieux tigre
90. Leander
91. Leon martin (part of)
92. Lia'g
93. Libourne
94. Lord snowden (probably)
95. Lucent (possibly)
96. Lydie
97. Merle
98. Mina cantiquin
99. Mitera marigo
100. Mohegan
101. Mosel
102. Mountby
103. Mourne (probably)
104. N g petersen
105. Normand
106. Nyassa
107. Ocklinge
108. Omer denise
109. Ospra
110. Par time and tide bell
111. Pearl (possibly)
112. Penelope jane (possibly)
113. Pindos
114. Plantaganet
115. Poljames
116. Poljames
117. Ponus
118. Port chalmers
119. Prestige
120. Queen (possibly)
121. Rigmor (possibly)
122. Robert
123. Rock island bridge
124. Rosehill
125. Royal anne galley
126. Santo christo de castello (possibly)
127. Schiedam
128. Shoal fisher
129. Spital
130. Spyridion vagliano
131. St anthony (possibly)
132. Stanwood
133. Tregenna (possibly)
134. Twilight water
135. U 95
136. Ub 106 (possibly)
137. Ub 112 (possibly)
138. Ub 113
139. Ub 128 (possibly)
140. Ub 86 (possibly)
141. Ub 97 (possibly)
142. Ula
143. Veritas
144. Ville de thann (bow section)(possibly)
145. Ville de thann (stern section)(possibly)
146. Violet
147. Volnay
148. War tune
149. Wyndcliffe
150. Zebra

 

Name: SPITAL

Length 119 meter, width: 15.9 meter, draught: 8.1, tonnage 4718 ton
Load: coal

Cause: built in 1907 by scott's shipbuilding & engineering co ltd, greenock. passage south shields for savona. torpedoed by u-93. (ll ww1 & sibi).

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 59 meter, Height above seabed: 30 cm

Known since: 1918, last detected: 2014

Details measurements/cartography: H4856/52 9.9.52 NDW IN 500500N, 045820W. NOTE. H4856/52 29.3.60 WK OF LARGE CARGO VESSEL, STANDING APPROX 45FT ABOVE SEABED, IN 500500N, 045820W [OGB]. (HMS RECLAIM, 28.7.52). 5.5.60 SONAR CONTACT IN 500454N, 045754W [OGB]. (AUBD/301/94). H4239/73 15.8.74 GOOD SIDE-SCAN SONAR CONTACT OBTAINED IN 500454N, 045827W [OGB] USING HIFIX. NOT LOCATED BY E/S. (HMS HECATE). NCA YET. H2979/74 18.2.76 FASTENER REPORTED IN 500523N, 045832W [OGB]. POSN BY DECCA. (E GILES, 29.1.76). NCA. H1270/78 23.3.79 LOCATED 31.7.72. LEAST E/S DEPTH 49.8MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 61MTRS. NOT FULLY SURVEYED. (HMS WOODLARK). USE HMS RECLAIM HT OF 1960. CHART AS WK PA 47MTRS IN 500500N, 045820W [OGB]. BR STD. HH100/351/15 16.2.00 DIVED 4.12.99 IN 5004.924N, 0458.452W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 51 IN GEN DEPTH 61MTRS. LENGTH 130MTRS, WIDTH 18MTRS. HT BY DEPTH GAUGE 9-10MTRS. SEABED SAND & SILT. INTACT. COVERED IN NETS. (J ROSEVEARE). AMEND TO WK 50MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 30.6.06 LIES BETWEEN 5004.878N, 0458.527W [WGD] AND 5004.899N, 0458.521W WITH BOWS WNW. DEPTH TO SEABED 64.5MTRS AT LW. STANDS 15MTRS HIGH. (R SHORT, TELECON). NCA. SEP 2014/000153151 22.9.14 EXAM'D 21.7.14 IN 5004.888N, 0458.523W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 53.2 IN GEN DEPTH 59MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 85MTRS, WIDTH 21MTRS, HT 5.8MTRS. LIES 030/210 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. INTACT, LISTS TO STBD. (MMT, HI 1455). BOWS SW. AMEND WK WK 53MTRS IN REVISED POSN. 5.11.14 LEAST M/B DEPTH 53.07MTRS. (SDC BATHY, HI 1455). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, BOWS SW, COVERED IN NETS

Position: 50 4.888 N,4 58.523 W

 

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