This is the information page about the shipwreck Trooper, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 53.406 N,0 59.176 E (50.8163, 0.959)

 

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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. Actuality
2. Afghanistan (bow section)
3. Afghanistan (probably)
4. Albuera
5. Alcantara
6. Alice
7. Argonaut
8. Ash
9. Australier (probably)
10. Avoca
11. Bobby
12. Brandenburg
13. Cabo espartel
14. Ceta (stern section)
15. Charente
16. Christianssund
17. City of dresden (possibly)
18. Corinia (possibly)
19. De fontaine
20. Dorothy j (possibly)
21. Durango
22. Electra
23. Ella sayer
24. Empire lough (probably)
25. Empress of fort william (probably)
26. Enero (probably)
27. Euphorbia
28. Evg(no rx152)?
29. Excellence pleske
30. Express
31. G-asad
32. Grit (probably)
33. Grosser kurfurst
34. Grosser kurfurst (possibly)
35. Gwendoline (part of)(possibly)
36. Halcyon
37. Henry moon
38. Heron
39. Hms anne
40. Hms blackwater
41. Hms brazen
42. Hms carlton
43. Hms caulonia
44. Hms city of dundee
45. Hms cleon
46. Hms ghurka
47. Hms myrmidon
48. Hms torbay ii (probably)
49. Hms waterfly
50. Hmt gullfoss
51. Hoheweg
52. Holland
53. Hydaspes (possibly)
54. Jokai
55. Josephine willis
56. Kadru
57. Katharina kolkmann
58. Kielce
59. La somme (probably)
60. Lacer
61. Lady alice
62. Latona
63. Leicester
64. Leila najia
65. Lepanto/le panto/panta/panto
66. Lighter 83
67. Lizzonia
68. Maxwell
69. Milbanke (probably)
70. Monarch
71. Morgenster
72. Mrav
73. My astor
74. Naranco
75. Negrier
76. Newcastle
77. Niki
78. Norman
79. Northfleet
80. Nunima
81. Portslade (possibly)
82. River levan
83. Robin hood
84. Roode zee (possibly)
85. Roseburn
86. Rydal hall (possibly)
87. S.folkestone gate (ltv no.75)
88. Saint emilion (probably)
89. Saint jean pierre
90. Salbya (possibly)
91. Samida
92. Sea serpent
93. Seine
94. Shenandoah
95. Sierra bravia
96. Sir russell
97. Sparta (possibly)
98. St cecilia
99. Swale (probably)
100. T s webb
101. Texaco caribbean (after section)
102. Texaco caribbean (forward section)
103. Tokufuku maru
104. Trooper
105. U 8
106. Ub 109
107. Ub 31 ?
108. Ub 58 (possibly)
109. Ub 78
110. Uc 63
111. Uc 77 (possibly)
112. Unity
113. Veerman
114. Vittoria claudia
115. War monarch
116. Waterland (possibly)
117. Welsh belle

 

Name: TROOPER

Length 62.9 meter, width: 9.8 meter, draught: 4.3, tonnage 958 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: built of steel in 1901 by j p rennoldson & son of south shields. owned at time of loss by fisher renwick steamers. triple expansion engine, single screw. passage southampton for the tyne. in ballast. crew of 15, 1 passenger. master: captain r bewen. sank after collision with ss 'indralema' of liverpool.

Year of registration: 1973

Water depth above wreck: 31 meter, Height above seabed: 45 cm

Known since: 1973, last detected: 20150617

Details measurements/cartography: H4959/73 22.11.73 LOCATED IN 505324N, 005912E [OGB]. LEAST DEPTH ABOUT 20MTRS. (HMS BEAGLE, SIG DTD 8.11.73). H4959/73 2.5.75 EXAM'D 2.6.74 IN 505325N, 005913E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR 20.9MTRS, FOUL 21.4MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 22.1MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 30-31MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 2.2MTRS. LENGTH 60MTRS. (HMS BEAGLE, HI 55/74). CHART AS SW 20.9MTRS.

- NM 1531/75. H4242/75 25.5.76 SHOWN AS SW 20.8MTRS IN 505320.95N, 005915.43E [OGB] ON HMS BEAGLE'S FAIR SHEET. AMEND TO SW 20.8MTRS. BR STD. H4419/78 11.10.78 EXAM'D 7.8.77 IN 505322N, 005916E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 24.2MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 32-33MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 10.8MTRS. LENGTH 65MTRS. LYING 045/225DEGS. A VERY SMALL OBSTN LIES CLOSE BY. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 35/77). RETAIN SWEPT DEPTH IN REVISED POSN. HH100/351/16 9.10.00 DIVED 14.8.00 IN 5053.373N, 0059.251E [OGB] USING GPS. WK INTACT AND LIES NE/SW WITH BOWS W. BELL LOCATED IN THE BRIDGE AREA NEAR THE STERN. BELL CLEARLY MARKED: 'TROOPER 1902'. SEABED GRAVEL & SAND. COMMERCIAL GUARD REQUESTED FOR ONE YEAR. (R A BEAUMONT, 29.9.00). AMEND POSN. BR STD. 16.10.01 CINC DELETED. MORE THAN ONE YEAR. SEP 2015/000083464 13.2.16 EXAM'D 17.6.15; IN 5053.406N, 0059.176E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 22.19MTRS, GEN DEPTH 31MTRS. LENGTH 70MTRS, WIDTH 15MTRS, HT 8MTRS, ORIENTATION 045/225. WK LARGELY INTACT, UPRIGHT, STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (HI 1475, GARDLINE GEOSURVEY). AMEND DW 22MTRS IN REVISED POSN..
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 50 53.406 N,0 59.176 E

 

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