This is the information page about the shipwreck Trito, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 22.744 N,2 43.398 W (50.46995, -3.0108833333333)

 

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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. Addarwa
2. Ailsa craig (probably)
3. Aleyna
4. Algarve
5. Amy
6. Apache
7. Athen
8. Avalanche
9. Black hawk (aft section)
10. Bokn (possibly)
11. Borgund i (possibly)
12. Britannia (possibly)
13. Broomhill (probably)
14. Chateau yqem
15. Conch
16. Countess of erne
17. Einar jarl
18. Enecuri
19. Forester (& pontoon)
20. Franziska
21. Frogner ?
22. Gibel-hamam
23. Gorizia
24. Grane
25. Greta c
26. Gripfast
27. Gudrun
28. Hartlepool (part of)
29. Hartlepool (part of)
30. Heroine (probably)
31. Himalaya
32. Hms amazon
33. Hms bittern
34. Hms bittern (parts of)(probably)
35. Hms boadicea
36. Hms buccaneer
37. Hms empress of india (ex renown)
38. Hms fisgard ii
39. Hms harstad
40. Hms hickory
41. Hms james fennel
42. Hms kingston cairngorm (possibly)
43. Hms landrail (probably)
44. Hms manor
45. Hms recoil (bow section)(probably)
46. Hms recoil (stern section)(probably)
47. Hms remindo (possibly)
48. Hmsm l24
49. Hmsm m2
50. Hmsm p555
51. Hmsm sidon
52. Inisinver
53. K m b (possibly)
54. Kongshaug (probably)
55. L h carl
56. Lct 381
57. Longsand
58. Lst 507 (bow section)
59. Lst 507 (stern section)
60. Lst 531
61. Lucinda (possibly)
62. Majorca
63. Marguerite (possibly)
64. Marie therese
65. Martha
66. Memnon
67. Merchant royal
68. Minerva (probably)
69. Modavia
70. Moel tryvan
71. Moidart
72. Netley abbey (possibly)
73. Nyasaland
74. Ocean vagabond
75. Onward (probably)
76. Osprey (bow section) (possibly)
77. Pas (c.182)
78. Pergo
79. Pomella
80. Pomeranian
81. Reggestroom (probably)
82. Romsdalen (probably)
83. Rosten (possibly)
84. Rotorua
85. Royal adelaide
86. Salsette ii
87. Scaldis
88. Siren
89. Sparkling foam (possibly)
90. St dunstan
91. Stancrest
92. Sudon (possibly)
93. Tandil (probably)
94. Thera (possibly)
95. Tracy
96. Trito
97. U 322 (possibly)
98. Ub 19 (probably)
99. Ub 74
100. Ull (probably)
101. Ursa (probably)

 

Name: TRITO

Length 70.4 meter, width: 11 meter, draught: 4.1, tonnage 1057 ton
Load: coal

Cause: built in 1921 by n v boele's schp & mach, slikkerveer. owned at time of loss by nv maats, 'zeevaart'. triple expansion engine, single shaft. passage port talbot for shorham. sunk by german aircraft. 21 men lost. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1945

Water depth above wreck: 53 meter, Height above seabed: 64 cm

Known since: 1945, last detected: 2004

Details measurements/cartography: H113/45 25.3.45 H113/45 25.3.45 POSN 502300N, 024430W. (PLYMOUTH LIST). H3971/52 30.6.52 H3971/52 30.6.52 INS NDW IN 502300N, 024430W. LC F 6840. H4622/55 22.7.55 H4622/55 22.7.55 EXAM'D IN 502241N, 024420W USING DECCA. LEAST E/S DEPTH 24 IN GEN DEPTH 29FMS. SEABED GRAVEL AND SAND. GOOD A/S RESPONSE. (HMS SCOTT, 25.10.54). INS AS WK 24FMS. BR STD. H3950/70 24.5.71 H3950/70 24.5.71 AMEND TO WK 44MTRS. NC 3315. H5982/82 26.1.83 H5982/82 26.1.83 TWO WKS SHOWN IN 502239N, 024415W; AND 502208N, 024415W ON KINGFISHER CHART K(SW)1, 1982. NCA. HH090/961/01 8.12.03 HH090/961/01 8.12.03 EXAM'D 16.7.03 IN 5022.744N, 0243.398W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 42.9 IN GEN DEPTH 53MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 40MTRS, WIDTH 10MTRS. DCS3 HT 9.5MTRS. LIES 064/244 DEGS WITH BOWS POSSIBLY TOWARDS 064 DEGS. DEBRIS EXTENDS 11MTRS ALONG 154/334 DEGS. SEPARATE PIECE OF WRECKAGE LIES 20MTRS WEST WITH DIMENSIONS: LENGTH 10MTRS, WIDTH 2MTRS. DCS3 HT 3.8MTRS. BROKEN WK. (GARDLINE, HI 961). AMEND WK 42MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. HH100/351/21 20.8.04 HH100/351/21 20.8.04 DIVED IN LISTED POSN. WELL BROKEN WITH COAL CARGO STILL IN PLACE. POSITIVE IDENTIFICATION FROM BUILDER'S PLATE RECOVERED JUNE 2004. (N R CHIPCHASE & I TAYLOR). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: BROKEN WK, BOWS ?064 DEGS

Position: 50 22.744 N,2 43.398 W

 

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