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