This is the information page about the shipwreck Stanwood, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 10.342 N,5 2.155 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. Acadian
2. Adams (possibly)
3. Adolf vinnen
4. Alexander kennedy
5. Almond branch (possibly)
6. Andola
7. Andromeda
8. Arab
9. Ardgarry
10. Arvor
11. Asaba (possibly)(part of)
12. Asaba (possibly)(part of)
13. Atlantis (possibly)
14. Atlantis (possibly)
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. Caroni river
29. Caroni river (part of)(probably)
30. Centurion (possibly)
31. Cieszyn
32. Citrine
33. City of ghent
34. Clan apline
35. Clan malcolm
36. Cristina
37. Cromdale
38. Czar
39. Dionne marie
40. Dispatch (possibly)
41. Elisabeth (possibly)
42. Epsilon
43. Erato
44. Eric calvert (possibly)
45. Eskdale
46. Forde
47. Friday (vrijdag) possibly
48. Ganymede
49. Gap
50. Genevieve (possibly)
51. Godolphin
52. Grip (part of)
53. Gunvor
54. Hanover
55. Hansy
56. Happy returns (possibly)
57. Hera
58. Hmcs trentonian
59. Hmml 380
60. Hms almond (after part)
61. Hms almond (bow part)
62. Hms anson
63. Hms brandlebas
64. Hms comet
65. Hms gloaming
66. Hms kurd
67. Hms lady of the isles
68. Hms primrose
69. Hms rinovia
70. Hms roche bonne
71. Hms torrent
72. Hmy sappho (possibly)
73. Hnlms brielle
74. Hugin
75. Ilston
76. Jersey queen (possibly)
77. John
78. Julie anne ii (part of)(possibly)
79. Juno
80. Karen marie
81. Kerris reed
82. King harry (probably)
83. Kremsertor
84. Krosfond
85. Kwester
86. La suippe
87. Lady dalhousie
88. Lake edon
89. Le vieux tigre
90. Leander
91. Leon martin (part of)
92. Lia'g
93. Loe bar wk
94. Lord snowden (probably)
95. Lucent (possibly)
96. Lydie
97. Mefjord (possibly)
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. Onega
110. Orfordness
111. Ospra
112. Pearl (possibly)
113. Peer gynt (possibly)
114. Penelope jane (possibly)
115. Petersham
116. Pindos
117. Plantaganet
118. Poljames
119. Poljames
120. Ponus
121. Port chalmers
122. Prestige
123. Princess royal
124. Quarnero
125. Queen (possibly)
126. Rigmor (possibly)
127. Robert
128. Rock island bridge
129. Rossmore (possibly)
130. Royal anne galley
131. Santo christo de castello (possibly)
132. Schiedam
133. Shoal fisher
134. Shoreham (probably)
135. Siracusa
136. Spital
137. Spyridion vagliano
138. St anthony (possibly)
139. St george (possibly)
140. Stanwood
141. Twilight water
142. U 1018
143. U 95
144. Ub 106 (possibly)
145. Ub 112 (possibly)
146. Ub 113
147. Ub 128 (possibly)
148. Ub 86 (possibly)
149. Ub 97 (possibly)
150. Ula
151. Veritas
152. Ville de thann (bow section)(possibly)
153. Ville de thann (stern section)(possibly)
154. Violet
155. Volnay
156. War tune
157. Westwood (possibly)
158. Wyndcliffe
159. Zebra

 

Name: STANWOOD

Length 73.2 meter, tonnage 4155 ton
Load: coal

Cause: ex-hesione. built in 1915 by lank retheritg, hamburg. passage leith for to dakar with coal when she sank while anchored near north bank following a fire in her cargo. one casualty. (r.davis & vol 1 of cornish shipwrecks).

Year of registration: 1939

Water depth above wreck: 20 meter, Height above seabed: 135 cm

Known since: 1939, last detected: 2011

Details measurements/cartography: H8138/40 23.2.40 H8138/40 23.2.40 SUNK IN 501019N, 050206W [OGB]. (TH). - TNM481/40. H8138/40 4.3.40 H8138/40 4.3.40 CHARTED AS STF WITH G CONL BUOY. (ADMIRALTY).

- NM 1991/40. H712/50 13.2.50 H712/50 13.2.50 DELETED FROM ALL CHARTS. (FALMOUTH HBR COMMISSIONERS).

- NM 284/50. H6624/53 9.3.54 H6624/53 9.3.54 NOW CHARTED AS F 6FMS [11MTRS] IN 501018N 050206W [OGB]. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NC 777. 10.6.71 10.6.71 EXTENSIVE SALVAGE OPERATIONS HAVE BEEN CARRIED OUT OVER THE YEARS BUT A QUANTITY OF WRECK STILL REMAINS. (R.DAVIS & VOL 1 OF CORNISH SHIPWRECKS). NCA. H5051/70 18.8.71 H5051/70 18.8.71 THE PROP SHAFT & THRUST COVER ARE STILL INTACT WITH THE REMAINS OF BOILERS & OTHER SCATTERED REMAINS PROTRUDING FROM THE SEABED OF MUD. (R.DAVIS, 2.7.71). NCA. H3666/75 30.6.76 H3666/75 30.6.76 & H1270/76 1.7.76 LEAST DEPTH 12.1MTRS. LINE INTERVALS OF ABOUT 5MTRS. WRECK LIES ON THE SLOPE OF BANK IN A NORTH WESTERLY DIRECTION. SHE PROVIDES A LARGE OBSTRUCTION OFF THE BOTTOM. MUCH OF THE SUPERSTRUCTURE STILL STANDS THEREBY CAUSING FOUL GROUND. (HMS HECLA, HI 3/76). AMEND TO DWP 12.1MTRS. BR STD. H1310/82/37 9.11.82 H1310/82/37 9.11.82 DIVED 11-14.10.82 BY SUB SEAKA DIVING CO LTD. SCATTERED WRECKAGE LIES OVER AREA 90 X 165FT. THE BOW SECTION LIES IN SHALLOW WATER AT EDGE OF CHANNEL AND REMAINDER STRETCHES SE INTO MORE THAN 60FT OF WATER. PIPE WITH LEAST DEPTH 31FT [(9.5MTRS] LOCATED ABOUT 18FT TO PORT OF MIDSHIPS, ABOUT 60FT FROM BOW. (T TODD, 3.11.82). AMEND TO DWP 9.5MTRS. BR STD. HH100/351/15 16.2.00 HH100/351/15 16.2.00 DIVED IN 1993 IN 5010.314N, 0502.094W [WGD] USING DGPS. HT BY DEPTH GAUGE 4MTRS, HT TO TOP OF BANK 9MTRS. LIES 135/315 DEGS. SEABED FINE SAND & SILT WITH COAL. DESCRIPTION OF 1982 STILL ACCURATE. (J ROSEVEARE). RETAIN AS DWP 9.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 28.11.01 28.11.01 POSN OF WK QUERIED IN RELATION TO BUOY BY CHART BRANCH FOR NE 32 IN HAND. J ROSEVEARE RECHECKED HIS POSN BY REVISITING SITE AND REPORTED BOW EXTREMITY IN 5010.317N, 0502.110W [WGD], STERN EXTREMITY 5010.291N, 0502.105W [WGD]. POSN OF NORTH BANK BUOY NOW 5010.331N, 0502.053W. CONFIRMED THAT WK LIES FURTHER OUT INTO CHANNEL THAN PRESENTLY CHARTED. (J ROSEVEARE, TELECON 28.11.01). NE 32. HH100/351/18 29.11.01 HH100/351/18 29.11.01 POST DESCRIBED BY T TODD IN 1982 NO LONGER EXISTS, THERE IS A LINE OF 4-5 PIPES SOME 2.5MTRS IN DIAMETER, AND SOME SHIP'S RIBS, THE PIPES STAND NO MORE THAN 2.5MTRS ABOVE SEABED, IN GEN DEPTH 21MTRS [LAT], AND MARK THE DEEPER END OF WK. ONLY PART OF WK TO STAND MORE THAN 2.5MTRS IS AN AREA OF SUPERSTRUCTURE, 7MTRS LONG AND 5MTRS WIDE, WHICH HAS COLLAPSED INWARDS TO CREATE AN OVERHANG ABOUT MIDSHIPS IN 15MTRS[LAT], WITH HEIGHT OF 3.5MTRS ABOVE SEABED. LEAST DEPTH IS WELL CLEAR OF CENTRE OF CHANNEL AND DOES NOT CREATE AN OBSTRUCTION, REST OF WK IS VERY BROKEN, HAVING BEEN BLOWN UP YEARS AGO. PLENTY OF COAL STILL LITTERS SITE. (J ROSEVEARE, EMAIL DTD 28.11.01). NCA YET. HH232/430/09 23.1.02 HH232/430/09 23.1.02 AREA HAS BEEN SURVEYED. DO NOT BELIEVE THAT WK IS IN WRONG POSN AS CONTOURS ON PLOT COINCIDE ALMOST EXACTLY WITH ORIGINAL POSN. (FALMOUTH HARBOUR COMMISSIONERS, LTD DTD 10.12.01). POSN AMENDED BACK TO 1954 POSN 5010.3N, 0502.1W [OGB], 5010.335N, 0502.163W [WGD]. 11.10.12 SEP 2012/000030816 11.10.12 NOT SHOWN ON FALMOUTH HARBOUR COMMISSION SURVEY DTD 2011. DELETE. (RT DECISION). AMEND FOUL. NE 32. 9.4.13 9.4.13 SHOWN IN 5010.342N, 0502.155W [WGD] ON BA 32 [EDN 7 DTD 14.2.13].
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: WELL BROKEN UP

Position: 50 10.342 N,5 2.155 W

 

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