This is the information page about the shipwreck Texaco caribbean (forward section), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 58.981 N,1 17.421 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. Afghanistan (probably)
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. Bobby
16. Brandenburg
17. Cabo espartel
18. Cachalot
19. Charente
20. Christianssund
21. City of dresden (possibly)
22. Colbert
23. Constanzia
24. Corhaven
25. D'artagnan
26. De fontaine
27. Dinard
28. Dorothy j (possibly)
29. Dotterel
30. Efford
31. Eidsiva (probably)
32. Electra
33. Eleonora
34. Emma
35. Emma (possibly)
36. Empire lough (probably)
37. Empress of fort william (probably)
38. En avant
39. Eustratios (probably)
40. Evolution
41. Excellence pleske
42. Express
43. Falcon (probably)
44. Fearless
45. Flachsee
46. Flandres
47. Francesco ciampa
48. G-42 (possibly)
49. G-asad
50. Gad 23
51. Gladys
52. Gloire a sainte therese
53. Grit (probably)
54. Grosser kurfurst
55. Grosser kurfurst (possibly)
56. Halcyon
57. Harmatris
58. Henry moon
59. Heron
60. Hippocampe (?hypocampe)
61. Hm mgb 328 (possibly)
62. Hmhs anglia
63. Hms aragonite (part of)
64. Hms aragonite (part of)
65. Hms aries (possibly)
66. Hms blackwater
67. Hms brazen
68. Hms carlton
69. Hms cayton wyke (probably)
70. Hms city of dundee
71. Hms cleon
72. Hms drumtochty (possibly)
73. Hms falmouth iii (possibly)
74. Hms glen boyne
75. Hms kingston galena
76. Hms lydian
77. Hms marcella
78. Hms myrmidon
79. Hms napia
80. Hms niger (possibly)
81. Hms northumberland (probably)
82. Hms othello ii
83. Hms peridot
84. Hms restoration (possibly)
85. Hms rodino
86. Hms stirling castle (probably)
87. Hms torbay ii (probably)
88. Hms tranquil
89. Hms war sepoy
90. Hms weigelia
91. Hmsm b2
92. Holland
93. Hundvaag
94. Hydaspes (possibly)
95. Ilaro
96. Iltis (possibly)
97. Ines
98. Ira (possibly)
99. Jacob luckenbach
100. James harrod
101. Jokai
102. Josephine willis
103. Kabinda
104. Kadru
105. Katharina kolkmann
106. Kielce
107. Kirsten skou
108. Koenigshaven
109. L'armandeche
110. La fleche
111. Lady stella
112. Latona
113. Lcp(r) 1961 (possibly)
114. Le pelerin de la mer
115. Le tregor
116. Leicester
117. Leila najia
118. Leo
119. Lighter 83
120. Lizzonia
121. Loanda
122. Loic
123. Lord hamilton (possibly)
124. Luray victory
125. Lusitania
126. Mahratta
127. Mahratta ii
128. Maloja 1
129. Malta (probably)
130. Marie-ange loic
131. Mercator
132. Mersey
133. Milbanke (probably)
134. Moise
135. Monarch
136. Moorside (probably)
137. Mrav
138. Murillo
139. Nancy moran
140. Naranco
141. Negrier
142. Newcastle
143. Nicolaw
144. Niki
145. Norman
146. North eastern victory
147. Northfleet
148. Notre dame des trois epis
149. Nunima
150. Ocean king (possibly)
151. Ophelie
152. Ousel (probably)
153. Petit antoine
154. Phoenix
155. Polgrange
156. Portslade (possibly)
157. Preussen
158. Pulborough
159. River levan
160. Rochester castle (possibly)
161. Roode zee (possibly)
162. Rooswijk
163. Rynanna
164. S goodwin ltv (lv 69)
165. S.folkestone gate (ltv no.75)
166. Sabac
167. Saint benoit labre
168. Saint ronan (possibly)
169. Saint ronan (possibly)
170. Salbya (possibly)
171. Sambut
172. Samida
173. Santagata
174. Santagata (?part of)
175. Sea serpent
176. Seine
177. Shenandoah
178. Sir russell
179. Spanish prince
180. St cecilia
181. St claire (possibly)
182. Strathclyde
183. Teeswood
184. Texaco caribbean (after section)
185. Texaco caribbean (forward section)
186. The queen
187. Tokufuku maru
188. Toward
189. Traquair (probably)
190. Trooper
191. Tusnastabb (possibly)
192. U 11 (possibly)
193. U 16 (possibly)
194. U 48
195. U 8
196. Ub 103 (possibly)
197. Ub 108 (possibly)
198. Ub 109
199. Ub 31 ?
200. Ub 38
201. Ub 55 (probably)
202. Ub 56 (possibly)
203. Ub 58 (possibly)
204. Ub 78
205. Ub-33 (probably)
206. Uc 46 (possibly)
207. Uc 63
208. Uc 77 (possibly)
209. Uc 78 or uc 79
210. Unity
211. Virgo sancta
212. Vittoria claudia
213. W a scholten
214. Wheatman (possibly)
215. Will and maggie (probably)

 

Name: TEXACO CARIBBEAN (FORWARD SECTION)

Length 175.3 meter, width: 23.8 meter, draught: 9.8, tonnage 13604 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: built in 1965 by kieler howaldtswerke, kiel. owned at time of loss by texaco panama inc. exploded, broke in two and both sections sank following a collision in thick fog with peruvian mv 'paracas'. 8 men lost from crew of 30. passage terneuzen for trinidad in ballast. next day the 'brandenburg' (qv) ran into the submerged wreckage and sank nearby. six and a half weeks later and despite the wks being marked by a wreck marking vessel and a ring of wk buoys, the'niki' (qv) ran into the wreckage and sank. (msd).

Year of registration: 1971

Water depth above wreck: 26 meter, Height above seabed: 145 cm

Known since: 1971, last detected: 2006

Details measurements/cartography: H2088/71 15.1.71 FORWARD SECTION, DEPTH 6FT, FOUND IN 505843N, 011812E. (MOD SIG DTD 13.1.71). H2088/71 19.1.71 WK 1FM IN 505857N, 011731E, MARKED BY G CAN LT BUOY, GPFL(2)G.10S, RAFL IN 505804N, 011845E. (TH NM 17/71).

- NM 154/71. H2088/71 22.4.71 H2088/71 22.4.71 LOCATED IN 505857N, 011754E. SWEPT BY TH TO 4FT. PROBABLE LEAST DEPTH 4FT. DISPERSAL OPERATIONS LIKELY TO TAKE ONE YEAR TO COMMENCE. (HMS KEDLESTON, 19.1.71 & TH NM 34/71). LC 1892. H(710/71 18.6.71 SITUATION AS AT 8.5.71: MAST REMOVED, FORECASTLE DECK, TO DEPTH 71FT, CUT, LIFTED & LAID ON FLAT SEABED. LEAST DEPTH APPROX 35FT. HOPE TO COMPLETE BY SUMMER 1972. (PROGRESS REPORT 1971 OF MEETING OF COASTAL STATES). H4667/70 1.10.71 FIXED IN 505856.5N, 011731E [OGB] USING HSA. ABOUT 0.5C SW OF CHARTED POSN. (RISDON BEAZLEY, HN 19.9.71). 17.5.72 CLEARED TO 70FT. SOME OF THE WK BUOYS TO BE WITHDRAWN 13.5.72. (LL, 17.5.72). H4667/70 1.6.72 ALL WK BUOYS WITHDRAWN & G CAN LT BUOY, GPFL(2)G.10S, RAFL ESTABLISHED IN 505904N, 011830E. (TH NM 46/72).

- NM 1027(P)/72 & NM 1093/72. 21.6.72 EXTRA G CAN LT BUOY, GPFL(2)G.10S, RAFL LAID IN 505914N, 011827E. (TH NM 51/72). NCA. H4667/70 23.10.72 NOW CHARTED AS SW 11FMS 4FT 'WKS' [COMBINED WITH AFT SECTION]. (TH NM 68/72).

- NM 2057(P)/72 & NM BLOCK 2197/72. 30.3.73 NOW CHARTED AS SW 21.3MTRS IN 505857N, 011731E. NC 1892. H4199/78 3.10.78 LOCATED 17.10.77 IN 505856N, 011731E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 21.8MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 27.5MTRS. DCS3 HT 3.2MTRS, LENGTH 70MTRS, BREADTH 40MTRS. LYING N/S. FOUL AREAS, NOT SEEN ON E/S, EXIST 290DEGS, 145MTRS; 255DEGS, 150MTRS & 175DEGS, 115MTRS FROM LEAST DEPTH POSN. (HMS BULLDOG HI 35/77). RETAIN SWEPT DEPTH. H2330/84 3.3.86 EXAM'D 27.11.85 IN 505856N, 011732E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [3 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 21.1 IN GEN DEPTH 27MTRS. HYDROSEARCH SHADOW HT 5.7MTRS, LENGTH 40.4MTRS. LYING N/S. TWO AREAS OF WRECKAGE, WITH NO VERTICAL EXTENT LIE 260DEGS, 140MTRS AND 185DEGS, 120MTRS FROM S END OF WK. CHART AS SWEPT TO 21.1MTRS. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 240B).

- NM 799/86. HH091/159/01 31.8.07 LOCATED 12.7.06 IN 5058.981N, 0117.421E [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 21.27 IN GEN DEPTH 26.5MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 28.9MTRS, WIDTH 19.7MTRS, HT 5.2MTRS. LIES 145/325 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (OSAE, HI 1159). INTACT WITH DEBRIS ITEMS NEARBY. RETAIN SW 21MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: PARTIAL WK WITH FRAGMENTS CLOSE BY

Position: 50 58.981 N,1 17.421 E

 

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