This is the information page about the shipwreck Stancrest, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 26.802 N,2 32.511 W (50.39495, -2.4067166666667)

 

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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. 20
2. Addarwa
3. Ailsa craig (probably)
4. Alex van opstal
5. Algarve
6. Amy
7. Apache
8. Athen
9. Avalanche
10. Binnendijk
11. Black hawk (aft section)
12. Britannia (possibly)
13. British inventor (bow section)
14. Broomhill (probably)
15. Centurion
16. Conch
17. Countess of erne
18. Earl of abergavenny
19. Elena r
20. Elmcrest
21. Enecuri
22. Ethel (probably)
23. Forester (& pontoon)
24. Franziska
25. Frigga
26. Frogner ?
27. Girnigoe
28. Gorizia
29. Grane
30. Gripfast
31. Hartlepool (part of)
32. Hartlepool (part of)
33. Himalaya
34. Hms blackwood
35. Hms boadicea
36. Hms buccaneer
37. Hms delight
38. Hms fisgard ii
39. Hms golden sunset (possibly)
40. Hms james fennel
41. Hms kingston cairngorm (possibly)
42. Hms landrail (probably)
43. Hms recoil (bow section)(probably)
44. Hms recoil (stern section)(probably)
45. Hms remindo (possibly)
46. Hmsm l24
47. Hmsm m2
48. Hmsm p555
49. Hmsm sidon
50. Inisinver
51. Juvenile delinquent
52. K m b (possibly)
53. L h carl
54. Longsand
55. Lst 507 (bow section)
56. Lst 507 (stern section)
57. Lst 531
58. Lucinda (possibly)
59. Mallard (possibly)
60. Marie therese
61. Martha
62. Memnon
63. Merchant royal
64. Minerva (probably)
65. Moidart
66. Neree (possibly)
67. Netley abbey (possibly)
68. Onward (probably)
69. Orne (possibly)
70. Pas (c.182)
71. Pitchipoy (possibly)
72. Pomeranian
73. Romsdalen (probably)
74. Rowella
75. Royal adelaide
76. Salsette ii
77. Saratoga
78. Scaldis
79. Spiral (possibly)
80. St dunstan
81. Stancrest
82. Sudon (possibly)
83. Terrapin
84. Thera (possibly)
85. Tracy
86. Trito
87. U 322 (possibly)
88. Ub 74
89. Ull (probably)
90. Valdes (probably)

 

Name: STANCREST

Year of registration: 1945

Water depth above wreck: 46 meter

Known since: 1945, last detected: 1998

Details measurements/cartography: 23.3.45 AUBD 303/13 23.3.45 GOOD SONAR CONTACT. GOOD POSN 502630N, 023236W. LENGTH 180FT, HEIGHT 30FT. BREADTH 150FT. ROCK. (EG5). H3971/52 4.2.60 EXAM'D 3.6.52 IN 502646N, 023226W USING HSA. SWEPT CLEAR 19FMS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 121FT IN GEN DEPTH 25FMS. APPEARS TO BE LYING ON ITS SIDE AND TO BE SOMEWHAT DISPERSED. THE SHALLOWEST PART IS IN THE MIDDLE. GIVES MODERATE SONAR RESPONSE BETWEEN 110 & 180 DEGS. (SCES/HMS SCOTT, 13.6.52). INS AS WK 19FMS 0FT. BR STD. H3950/70 24.5.71 AMEND TO SW 34.0MTRS. NC 3315. H5982/82 26.1.83 WK SHOWN IN 502640N, 023227W ON KINGFISHER CHART K(SW)1 [1982]. HH100/351/13 26.11.97 CONFIRMED AS 'STANCREST'. BELL RECOVERED INSCRIBED: 'G S N CO'. BUILDER'S PLATE RECOVERED MARKED: 'COLBY BROS, LOWESTOFT, YARD NO 120'. (N R CHIPCHASE). HH100/351/13 15.1.98 LIES ON PORT SIDE, INTACT, BOW DAMAGED. (A DUNSTER). HH090/961/01 2.12.03 NOT EXAMINED. LIES IN AREA OF STATIC FISHING GEAR. (GARDLINE, HI 961). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: ON PORT SIDE, INTACT, BOW DAMAGED

Position: 50 26.802 N,2 32.511 W

 

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