This is the information page about the shipwreck Svava, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 55 14.582 N,1 18.952 W (54.93705, -1.1630333333333)

 

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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. Acclivity
2. Ada jean (possibly)
3. Adams beck (probably)
4. Albano
5. Alert (possibly)
6. Annie walker (probably)
7. Baltanglia
8. Bangarth
9. Blairhall
10. British officer (after part)
11. Buka
12. Bullger
13. Cairnglen
14. Cecilia (possibly) (or angela madre)
15. Coquet mouth
16. Cor jesu (possibly)
17. Dolphin (ex-hms pandora).
18. Don (possibly)
19. Dora
20. Driebergen
21. Dutchman
22. Eagle iii
23. Elziena
24. Elziena (possibly)
25. Espire
26. Eston
27. Eugenia chandris & oslofjord
28. Eugenia chandris (& oslofjord)
29. Eugenia chandris (& oslofjord)
30. Eventide
31. Fenella
32. Ferryhill
33. Fingal
34. Firelight (possibly)
35. Gottfried (possibly)
36. Grit
37. Gudbrand (possibly)
38. H c flood (possibly)
39. H c flood (probably)
40. Hanne
41. Hans hoth (probably)
42. Hazard (probably)
43. Hekla (possibly)
44. Hercules
45. Heros (possibly)
46. Hesvik (possibly)
47. Hmms 180
48. Hms ben ardna (probably)
49. Hms elise
50. Hms elise (possibly)
51. Hms ethel taylor
52. Hms herring
53. Hms james ludford
54. Hms mollusc (ex medusa)
55. Hms patia
56. Hms southsea
57. Hms star of devoran
58. Hms william hallet (possibly)
59. Hms witherington
60. Hmsm unity (probably)
61. Hooghammen
62. Hornchurch (probably)
63. Humber
64. Igor
65. Ilios (possibly)
66. Ilious
67. Invergyle
68. Inverlane (part of)
69. Inverlane (stern section)
70. John m smart (possibly).
71. Jolly girls
72. Jolly girls (possibly)
73. Jonkoping i (possibly)
74. Kalua
75. Kamma
76. Lafonia
77. Longbird
78. Lunesdale (possibly)
79. Lyng
80. Maindy bridge (possibly)
81. Marcheller (possibly)
82. Marne (part of)(possibly)
83. Mars
84. Mayoress pelican
85. Morlaix (probably)
86. Nidelven
87. Nike (possibly)
88. Nyula
89. Olimpia/?olympia (possibly)
90. Orion (probably)
91. Oslofjord (& eugenia chandris)
92. Peik (probably)
93. Polleon (possibly)
94. Poltava (possibly)
95. Princess maud (possibly)
96. Protector (possibly)
97. Providence
98. Provider a
99. Prunelle
100. Queen wilhelmina
101. Quest (probably)
102. Ragnhild (possibly)
103. Ragni (probably)
104. Recorder (possibly)
105. Regian
106. Renen
107. Richard de larrinaga
108. Rio colorado
109. Rising sun
110. Rosa (possibly)
111. Rotha
112. Sargasso (possibly)
113. Scott miller
114. Snowdrop (possibly)
115. Spey (possibly)
116. Sphynx
117. Spray
118. Stag 5 (probably)
119. Strinheim
120. Sunniva (possibly)
121. Svava
122. Swiftly
123. Tadorne
124. The tetrarch (probably)
125. Triumph
126. Ub 115 (possibly)
127. Upcerne
128. Wearsider
129. Zeeland (possibly)

 

Name: SVAVA

Length 71 meter, width: 10.4 meter, draught: 4.9, tonnage 1216 ton
Load: coal

Cause: built in 1904 by kjobenhavens flydedok & skibsveart. owned at time of loss by the ministry of war transport (s marshall & co). triple expansion engines of 131 nhp. sank after collision with fort beausejour on passage from warkworth for the thames. cargo coal.

Year of registration: 1943

Water depth above wreck: 52 meter, Height above seabed: 85 cm

Known since: 1943, last detected: 1999

Details measurements/cartography: H067/44 POSN 1 CABLE E OF NO 20E BUOY. 20E BUOY IN 551512N, 011836W. - FNM AUG 1942. 14.3.74 INS AS USCPA 20MTRS IN 551512N, 011824W. BR STD. H1270/75 30.11.79 AMEND TO USCPA 35MTRS. BR STD. HH090/843/01 10.1.00 EXAM'D 9.7.99 IN 5514.582N, 0118.952W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 41.4 IN GEN DEPTH 52MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 74MTRS, WIDTH 12MTRS. DCS3 HT 10.0MTRS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. INTACT, UPRIGHT. SUPERSTRUCTURE VISIBLE. (GARDLINE, HI 843). ?MAST LIES CLOSE S. AMEND TO WK 41MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, UPRIGHT, SUPERSTRUCTURE VISIBLE

Position: 55 14.582 N,1 18.952 W

 

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