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 (51.0759833, 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. Dotterel
29. Efford
30. Eidsiva (probably)
31. Electra
32. Eleonora
33. Emma
34. Emma (possibly)
35. Empire lough (probably)
36. Empress of fort william (probably)
37. En avant
38. Eustratios (probably)
39. Evolution
40. Excellence pleske
41. Express
42. Falcon (probably)
43. Fearless
44. Flachsee
45. Flandres
46. Francesco ciampa
47. G-42 (possibly)
48. G-asad
49. Gad 23
50. Gladys
51. Gloire a sainte therese
52. Grit (probably)
53. Grosser kurfurst
54. Grosser kurfurst (possibly)
55. Halcyon
56. Harmatris
57. Henry moon
58. Heron
59. Hippocampe (?hypocampe)
60. Hm mgb 328 (possibly)
61. Hmhs anglia
62. Hms aragonite (part of)
63. Hms aries (possibly)
64. Hms blackwater
65. Hms brazen
66. Hms carlton
67. Hms cayton wyke (probably)
68. Hms city of dundee
69. Hms cleon
70. Hms drumtochty (possibly)
71. Hms falmouth iii (possibly)
72. Hms glen boyne
73. Hms kingston galena
74. Hms lydian
75. Hms marcella
76. Hms myrmidon
77. Hms napia
78. Hms niger (possibly)
79. Hms northumberland (probably)
80. Hms othello ii
81. Hms peridot
82. Hms restoration (possibly)
83. Hms rodino
84. Hms stirling castle (probably)
85. Hms torbay ii (probably)
86. Hms tranquil
87. Hms war sepoy
88. Hms weigelia
89. Hmsm b2
90. Holland
91. Hundvaag
92. Hydaspes (possibly)
93. Ilaro
94. Iltis (possibly)
95. Ines
96. Ira (possibly)
97. Jacob luckenbach
98. James harrod
99. Jokai
100. Josephine willis
101. Kabinda
102. Kadru
103. Katharina kolkmann
104. Kielce
105. Kirsten skou
106. Koenigshaven
107. L'armandeche
108. La fleche
109. Lady stella
110. Latona
111. Le pelerin de la mer
112. Le tregor
113. Leicester
114. Leila najia
115. Leo
116. Lizzonia
117. Loanda
118. Loic
119. Lord hamilton (possibly)
120. Luray victory
121. Lusitania
122. Mahratta
123. Mahratta ii
124. Maloja 1
125. Malta (probably)
126. Marie-ange loic
127. Mercator
128. Mersey
129. Milbanke (probably)
130. Moise
131. Monarch
132. Moorside (probably)
133. Mrav
134. Murillo
135. Nancy moran
136. Naranco
137. Negrier
138. Newcastle
139. Nicolaw
140. Niki
141. Norman
142. North eastern victory
143. Northfleet
144. Notre dame des trois epis
145. Nunima
146. Ophelie
147. Ousel (probably)
148. Petit antoine
149. Phoenix
150. Polgrange
151. Portslade (possibly)
152. Preussen
153. Pulborough
154. River levan
155. Rochester castle (possibly)
156. Roode zee (possibly)
157. Rynanna
158. S goodwin ltv (lv 69)
159. S.folkestone gate (ltv no.75)
160. Sabac
161. Saint benoit labre
162. Saint ronan (possibly)
163. Saint ronan (possibly)
164. Salbya (possibly)
165. Sambut
166. Samida
167. Santagata
168. Santagata (?part of)
169. Sea serpent
170. Seine
171. Shenandoah
172. Sir russell
173. St cecilia
174. Strathclyde
175. Teeswood
176. Texaco caribbean (after section)
177. Texaco caribbean (forward section)
178. The queen
179. Tokufuku maru
180. Toward
181. Traquair (probably)
182. Trooper
183. Tusnastabb (possibly)
184. U 11 (possibly)
185. U 16 (possibly)
186. U 48
187. U 8
188. Ub 103 (possibly)
189. Ub 108 (possibly)
190. Ub 109
191. Ub 31 ?
192. Ub 38
193. Ub 55 (probably)
194. Ub 56 (possibly)
195. Ub 58 (possibly)
196. Ub 78
197. Ub-33 (probably)
198. Uc 46 (possibly)
199. Uc 63
200. Uc 77 (possibly)
201. Uc 78 or uc 79
202. Unity
203. Virgo sancta
204. Vittoria claudia
205. W a scholten
206. Wheatman (possibly)
207. 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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