This is the information page about the shipwreck St claire (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 56.685 N,1 22.844 E (51.075983333333, 1.4147)

 

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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. Admiral gardner
2. Advent
3. Africa
4. Agen
5. Amandine
6. Amplegarth
7. Andaman
8. Angelus (possibly)
9. Argo
10. Ashley
11. Atlantic (possibly)
12. Avoca
13. Belford
14. Blanc nez
15. Brandenburg
16. Cachalot
17. Carmen
18. Christianssund
19. City of dresden (possibly)
20. Colbert
21. Constanzia
22. Corhaven
23. D'artagnan
24. Dartmore
25. De fontaine
26. Dinard
27. Dorothy j (possibly)
28. Dotterel
29. Efford
30. Eidsiva (probably)
31. Eleonora
32. Emma
33. Emma (possibly)
34. Empire lough (probably)
35. Empress of fort william (probably)
36. En avant
37. Eustratios (probably)
38. Evolution
39. Express
40. Falcon (probably)
41. Fearless
42. Flachsee
43. Flandres
44. Francesco ciampa
45. G 85 (possibly)
46. G-42 (possibly)
47. G-asad
48. Genimar
49. Gladys
50. Gloire a sainte therese
51. Grit (probably)
52. Grosser kurfurst
53. Grosser kurfurst (possibly)
54. Halcyon
55. Harmatris
56. Henry moon
57. Heron
58. Hippocampe (?hypocampe)
59. Hm mgb 328 (possibly)
60. Hmhs anglia
61. Hms aragonite (part of)
62. Hms aragonite (part of)
63. Hms aries (possibly)
64. Hms blackwater
65. Hms brazen
66. Hms carlton
67. Hms cayton wyke (probably)
68. Hms city of dundee
69. Hms cleon
70. Hms drumtochty (possibly)
71. Hms falmouth iii (possibly)
72. Hms glen boyne
73. Hms kingston galena
74. Hms lord grey
75. Hms lydian
76. Hms marcella
77. Hms niger (possibly)
78. Hms othello ii
79. Hms peridot
80. Hms rodino
81. Hms torbay ii (probably)
82. Hms tranquil
83. Hms war sepoy
84. Hms weigelia
85. Hmsm b2
86. Hundvaag
87. Ilaro
88. Iltis (possibly)
89. Ines
90. Ira (possibly)
91. Jacob luckenbach
92. James harrod
93. Josephine willis
94. Kabinda
95. Kadru
96. Katharina kolkmann
97. Kielce
98. Kirsten skou
99. L'armandeche
100. La fleche
101. Lady stella
102. Latona
103. Le pelerin de la mer
104. Le tregor
105. Leicester
106. Leila najia
107. Leo
108. Lighter 83
109. Lizzonia
110. Loanda
111. Loic
112. Luray victory
113. Lusitania
114. Mahratta
115. Mahratta ii
116. Maloja 1
117. Marie-ange loic
118. Mercator
119. Moise
120. Monarch
121. Moorside (probably)
122. Mrav
123. Munificent
124. Murillo
125. Nancy moran
126. Naranco
127. Negrier
128. Newcastle
129. Nicolaw
130. Niki
131. Norman
132. North eastern victory
133. Notre dame des trois epis
134. Nunima
135. Ocean king (possibly)
136. Ophelie
137. Ousel (probably)
138. Petit antoine
139. Phoenix
140. Polgrange
141. Portslade (possibly)
142. Preussen
143. Pulborough
144. Rio parana
145. River levan
146. Rochester castle (possibly)
147. Rynanna
148. S goodwin ltv (lv 69)
149. S.folkestone gate (ltv no.75)
150. Sabac
151. Saint benoit labre
152. Saint ronan (possibly)
153. Saint ronan (possibly)
154. Sambut
155. Santagata
156. Santagata (?part of)
157. Sea serpent
158. Seine
159. Shenandoah
160. Sir russell
161. Spanish prince
162. St cecilia
163. St claire (possibly)
164. Strathclyde
165. Teeswood
166. Texaco caribbean (after section)
167. Texaco caribbean (forward section)
168. The queen
169. Toward
170. Traquair (probably)
171. Tusnastabb (possibly)
172. U 11 (possibly)
173. U 16 (possibly)
174. U 8
175. Ub 103 (possibly)
176. Ub 108 (possibly)
177. Ub 109
178. Ub 31 ?
179. Ub 38
180. Ub 55 (probably)
181. Ub 56 (possibly)
182. Ub 58 (possibly)
183. Ub 78
184. Ub-33 (probably)
185. Uc 26
186. Uc 46
187. Uc 46 (possibly)
188. Uc 63
189. Uc 77 (possibly)
190. Uc 78 or uc 79
191. Unity
192. Virgo sancta
193. W a scholten
194. Wheatman (possibly)
195. Will and maggie (probably)

 

Name: ST CLAIRE (POSSIBLY)

Length 26.2 meter, tonnage 57 ton

Cause: mined. crew of 11 lost.

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 11 meter, Height above seabed: 45 cm

Known since: 1940, last detected: 2017

Details measurements/cartography: H1819/40 SANK IN 505630N, 012300E APPROX. (AUTHORITY NOT KNOWN). H2873/71 5.4.71 SONAR CONTACT IN 505651N, 012306E [OGB]. CLASSIFIED AS SMALL WK AND CONFIRMED BY HMS BRONINGTON AND DIVERS AS WRECK 90FT LONG. NO OTHER MEASUREMENTS OR DEPTHS SUPPLIED. (SOISS, VARNE SWEEP). - FNM 34/71. H2343/84 26.2.86 EXAM'D 18.6.85 IN 505646N, 012258E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [4 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 24.1 IN GEN DEPTH 16.9MTRS. LYING APPROX 225DEGS ON EDGE OF LARGE SANDWAVE WITH AMPLITUDE 16MTRS. (NP 1016, HI 253). CHART AS NDW. BR STD. H2343/84 2.4.87 LEAST E/S DEPTH 22.6 IN GEN DEPTHS 15-31MTRS. (HMS HECLA, REWORK OF HI 253). NCA. HH351/350/01 10.5.89 TO BE SHOWN AS FOUL ON FRENCH CHARTS. (FRENCH NM 89 14 17). NCA. HH090/855/01 7.9.99 LOCATED ON THE SIDE OF A SANDWAVE SOME 75MTRS S OF THE LISTED POSN DURING ROUTINE DCS3 SEARCH. NOT LOCATED BY DCS3 OR E/S DURING INVESTIGATION. LENGTH 5MTRS, WIDTH 1MTR. DCS3 HT 1.4MTRS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. RETAIN AS CHARTED. (NP 1016, HI 855). NCA. 15.6.00 SHOWN AS F ON NE 1892 [1997 EDN]. HH090/897/01 23.10.00 NOT LOCATED. GEN DEPTH NOW 12MTRS. (NP 1016, HI 897). NCA. 6.1.01 SHOWN AS NDW ON NE 1892 [2000 EDN]. 13.2.03 SHOWN AS FOUL IN 5056.804N, 0122.861E [WGD] ON FRENCH 7323 [INT 1741] [3RD EDN 2002]. PLOTS IN FRENCH WATERS, NOT LOCATED BY NP1016 IN 2002. AMEND TO FOUL. BR STD. 4.2.13 SHOWN IN 5056.715N, 0122.897E [WGD] ON FRENCH 7424 [2012 EDN]. AMEND POSN. 3.4.13 THIS IS UB 56. (I MCCARTNEY, TELECON).
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

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Position: 50 56.685 N,1 22.844 E

 

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