This is the information page about the shipwreck St katharine (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 8.983 N,3 59.925 W (50.207816666667, -3.7034)

 

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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. Ambassador
2. Amelie (probably)
3. Amelie-suzanne
4. Anna
5. Arandora star
6. August conseil (possibly)
7. Australbush (possibly)
8. Baychattan
9. Bell virtue
10. Belle ile (possibly)
11. Birgitte
12. Brenda
13. Cantabria
14. Carol anne
15. Catherine allen
16. Chancellor
17. Cheapside (possibly)
18. Chelydra (possibly)
19. Chloe t
20. City of antwerp
21. Claverley (possibly)
22. Constance
23. Dartmeet
24. Demetrios
25. Die frau metta catharina von flensburg
26. Dirigo (possibly)
27. Dutton
28. East point
29. Edam ii
30. Elizabeth caroline
31. Empire harry
32. Encourage
33. Exploiter
34. Fiona mary
35. Fylrix
36. Glen strathallan
37. Halfdan (possibly)
38. Halloween
39. Havbris (probably)
40. Hazel claire (possibly)
41. Heron i
42. Herzogin cecilie
43. Heye p
44. Hms abelard
45. Hms coronation (part)
46. Hms coronation (part)
47. Hms crocodile
48. Hms elk (probably)
49. Hms foyle
50. Hms kingston alalite (probably)
51. Hms lord stonehaven
52. Hms newbridge (probably)
53. Hms ramillies
54. Hms scylla
55. Hms stockforce (possibly)
56. Hms ullswater
57. Hmsm a7
58. Hmsm h 52
59. Hmsm m1
60. Hmsm untiring
61. Hopper barge no.42
62. James eagan layne
63. Juno
64. Kazan
65. Kishmul of ayr
66. Koningin der engelen (probably)
67. Lab
68. Laertes
69. Liberta
70. Lochwood
71. Louis shied
72. Maine
73. Marie
74. Mcgregor
75. Medoc
76. Merc enterprise (probably)
77. North sea (probably)
78. Oregon
79. Persier
80. Phoenix
81. Placidas faroult
82. Poulmic
83. Reine des flots
84. Riversdale
85. Rosehill
86. Sabrina
87. Skaala
88. Solstice ph199
89. Soudan
90. Spyros
91. St katharine (probably)
92. Stanhope
93. Tasmania (possibly)
94. Ternefjell
95. Tinker di
96. Totnes castle
97. U 1063
98. Uc 51
99. Unicorn
100. Uskmoor (probably)
101. W woolvern (possibly)
102. W.s.w. one
103. Wreathier
104. Yewforest
105. Yvette bm217

 

Name: ST KATHARINE (PROBABLY)

Length 48.5 meter, width: 7.6 meter, tonnage 442 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: ex-haller. built in 1905 by w walker, maryport. owned at time of loss by nourury ss co. one boiler, compound expansion engine of 64 nhp, single shaft. machinery aft. passage brixham for cardiff. sank following collision with ss ville de doual (?douai).

Year of registration: 1972

Water depth above wreck: 57 meter, Height above seabed: 79 cm

Known since: 1972, last detected: 2014

Details measurements/cartography: H3110/72 4.1.73 WK IN 500857N, 035952W [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. GOOD SONAR CONTACT FROM ALL DIRECTIONS. FLAT BOTTOM AREA. GOOD FIRM E/S TRACE. LEAST E/S DEPTH 50MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 57MTRS. COARSE SAND AND BROKEN SHELL. NO SCOUR. (HMS HECATE, 1972). CHART AS WK 50MTRS [27FMS]. BR STD. 3.7.07 LIES ALMOST INVERTED, WITH SLIGHT LEAN TO SHIP'S PORT SIDE. CENTRE AREA, POSSIBLY WHERE THERE WAS A WELL-DECK HOLD, HAS COLLAPSED SLIGHTLY. TRUE STBD SIDE IS INTACT AND TIGHT TO THE SEABED WITH LITTLE DEBRIS. ROUNDING THE STERN CAN BE SEEN THE HIGHEST POINT OF THE WK WHICH STANDS 7MTRS. A WELL-NETTED PROP IS IN SITU. ON THE PORT QUARTER IS A SUBSTANTIAL DEBRIS FIELD CONTAINING GIRDERS, POSSIBLY FROM THE AFTER ACCOMMODATION AREA OR BRIDGE. BOILER HAS FALLEN FROM ITS MOUNTINGS AND POKES THROUGH THE HULL SIDE. PARTS OF THE ENGINE ROOM CAN BE SEEN INSIDE THE WK. (SOUTH WEST MAFIA, WEBSITE). NCA. SEP 2014/000153315 11.9.14 EXAM'D 21.6.14 IN 5008.983N, 0359.925W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 50.27 IN GEN DEPTH 57.0MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 55.8MTRS, WIDTH 7.8MTRS, HT 6.73MTRS. LIES 079/259 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. INTACT, INVERTED WITH FWD SECTION COLLAPSED. (MMT, HI 1454). NO DEBRIS. RETAIN WK 50MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, INVERED, CENTRE PART COLLAPSED

Position: 50 8.983 N,3 59.925 W

 

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