This is the information page about the shipwreck Tunisiana, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 25.428 N,1 46.273 E (52.437016666667, 1.7918333333333)

 

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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. Abeona
2. Aduatiek (possibly)
3. Ala
4. Alastair
5. Alto (possibly)
6. Ambient (probably)
7. Astrologer
8. Avonwood
9. Axminster (probably)
10. Barkis
11. Begona no 5
12. Bob read (probably)
13. Boulderpool (after part)
14. Bovey tracy
15. British captain
16. British fortune (probably)
17. Brixton
18. Burtonia (possibly)
19. Bygdo (possibly)
20. Castle galleon
21. Cd 14 (probably)
22. Cedarwood (possibly)
23. City of kobe
24. Claudia (possibly)
25. Cormead
26. Cresta
27. Crichtoun
28. Cross sand ltv
29. Dagmar (probably)
30. Daisy (possibly)
31. David b summers
32. Db 8 (possibly)
33. Denewood
34. Dronning maud (possibly)
35. Dulwich
36. Dunwich bank wk
37. Edernian
38. El argentino
39. El dorado
40. Elnet
41. Ethel radcliffe
42. Eva witte
43. Excellenz mehnert
44. F stobart (probably)
45. Farmatyr
46. Fidelio
47. Firth
48. Frumenton
49. G and e (possibly)
50. Gannet (possibly)
51. Gasfire
52. Gena
53. Geneva
54. George fisher
55. Gipsy (possibly)
56. Glen tilt (possibly)
57. Glynn
58. Golconda (possibly)
59. Grantleyhall (possibly)
60. Grenadier (probably)
61. Groenlo
62. Gulf breaker
63. H h petersen
64. Helena
65. Hms cantatrice
66. Hms christopher (possibly)
67. Hms condor (probably)
68. Hms dhoon (probably)
69. Hms donside (possibly)
70. Hms evesham (possibly)
71. Hms fontenoy
72. Hms glen prosen
73. Hms harvest gleaner
74. Hms hirose (probably)
75. Hms irvana (part of)
76. Hms jessie nutten
77. Hms kaphreda
78. Hms m a west (probably)
79. Hms new comet (possibly)
80. Hms ocean plough (possibly)
81. Hms orthos (probably)
82. Hms pelton (probably)
83. Hms river clyde (possibly)
84. Hms river clyde (possibly)
85. Hms sisters melville
86. Hms speeton (possibly)
87. Hms spider
88. Hms tettenhall
89. Hms tonbridge
90. Hms tugela
91. Hms washington (probably)
92. Hms whooper
93. Hmsm d5
94. Hornchurch
95. Ignis (possibly)
96. Impulsion
97. Jamesina
98. Jim
99. Kenneth hawksfield
100. Knitsley (part of)(probably)
101. Knitsley (possibly)
102. Kwasind
103. Langeli (possibly)
104. Lapwing
105. Lapwing (possibly)
106. Lincairn (possibly)
107. Lindisfarne (probably)
108. Lingfield
109. Lisette
110. Magdapur
111. Mangara
112. Mardyke
113. Maria rosa
114. Marianne (probably)
115. Mascota (possibly)
116. Mascotte
117. Memento (possibly)
118. Mendibil mendi (possibly)
119. Mercurius
120. Mudo
121. Murdoch (probably)
122. Nadir
123. Navarra (possibly)
124. Nereus
125. Newhaven (possibly)
126. Nominoe
127. Nordborg (possibly)
128. Novocastrian
129. Ocean pride
130. Oil trader
131. Osprey
132. Petshenga (possibly)
133. Phryne
134. Plawsworth (possibly)
135. Pluton
136. Polaris
137. Prima
138. Regain
139. Ren
140. Reward (possibly)
141. Rhenas (possibly)
142. Rhineland
143. Robin iv
144. Rochester city
145. Rogate
146. Roxanna
147. Scimitar
148. Scotia
149. Sea king
150. Sea rhine
151. Silksworth hall (probably).
152. Sir william stephenson
153. Sirdar (part of)(possibly)
154. Skodsburg (possibly)
155. Southford
156. St patrick
157. Stad alkmaar
158. Stanmount
159. Sunniside (probably)
160. Taber park
161. Tergestea
162. Thomas m (possibly)
163. Tidal (possibly)
164. Tregantle (possibly)
165. Tunisiana
166. U 13 (probably)
167. Uc 62 (possibly)
168. Ui-001
169. Vanguard
170. Vigo
171. Viola (possibly)
172. War valley
173. White lady
174. White swan
175. White swan (possibly)
176. Wyetown
177. Yewkyle (possibly)
178. Yucca (possibly)

 

Name: TUNISIANA

Length 109.7 meter, width: 14.6 meter, draught: 6.1, tonnage 4220 ton
Load: grain

Cause: ex-balaclava. built in 1906 by northumberland sb co ltd. owned at time of loss by furness, withy & co. three boilers, triple expansion engine of 372nhp, single shaft. machinery by richardson, westgarth & co ltd, sunderland. passage montreal for hull. torpedoed and badly damaged by ub-16. eventually beached on the barnard sand and became a total wreck. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1915

Water depth above wreck: 7 meter, Height above seabed: 45 cm

Known since: 1915, last detected: 2004

Details measurements/cartography: SUNK IN 522537N, 014611E. TWO MASTS VISIBLE ABOVE WATER. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). CHART AS WK [OLD SYMBOL]. - FNM 504B ISSUED. H2717/20 16.4.20 H2717/20 16.4.20 POSN NOW 522524N, 014618E. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). AMEND POSN. INS BUOY. BA 1543. H6834/21 10.11.21 H6834/21 10.11.21 LEAST DEPTH OVER WK 45FT. DISPERSAL SUSPENDED UNTIL RESUMED IN SPRING 1922. (HMS FITZROY, 1921). NCA. H3166/22 25.5.22 H3166/22 LEAST DEPTH 33-36FT AT LWST. BUOY NOW WITHDRAWN. (TH, 25.5.22). CHART AS F 33FT (1922). BR STD. H3166/24 24.2.25 H3166/24 24.2.25 AMEND TO WK 33FT (1920). BA 1543. H4282/26 14.10.26 H4282/26 14.10.26 DATE AMENDED TO (1915). BA 1543. H8304/29 11.12.29 H8304/29 11.12.29 NOT SHOWN ON SURVEY [E1864]. DELETED. BR STD. 6.6.72 6.6.72 LOCATED IN 522537N, 014611E. (TELE/COM MR ROWDEN D.T.I., 6.6.72). NCA YET. H2098/74 19.11.74 H2098/74 19.11.74 INVESTIGATED BY TRANSIT SONAR BY HMS EGERIA IN 522526N, 014626E USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. POSSIBLE CONTACT. AREA CLOSE SOUNDED BUT NOTHING FOUND. LEAST E/S DEPTH 10.4MTRS. FOUND WHILST SOUNDING. RECOMMENDED THAT THIS BE CHARTED AS A FOUL. (ISS REPORT DATED 1974, HI 10/74). CHART AS F 10.4MTRS IN REVISED POSN. R/P. H2098/74 30.1.76 H2098/74 30.1.76 EXTENSIVE TRANSIT SONAR [MS47] SEARCH UNDER GOOD CONDITIONS. NOTHING FOUND. (HMS ECHO, HI 15/75). NCA YET. H4658/71 29.11.77 H4658/71 29.11.77 LOCATED IN 522524N,014624E USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. NOT CLOSELY EXAM'D. ALMOST BURIED & FLUSH WITH SEABED. FAINT DCS3 & E/S TRACES. (HMS ENTERPRISE, ROS DTD 25.10.77). NCA. H2098/74 19.12.78 H2098/74 19.12.78 EXAM'D 12.9.78 IN 522525N, 014624E USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 9.6 IN GEN DEPTH 10-11MTRS. NO SCOUR. VERY SMALL CONTACT ALMOST FLUSH WITH SEABED. SCATTERED IN NE/SW DIRN OVER ABOUT 150FT. GOOD ALL ROUND SONAR CONTACT. (HMS ENTERPRISE, HI 64A/78). AMEND TO FOUL 9.6MTRS.

- NM 66/79. H2098/74 10.10.79 H2098/74 10.10.79 EXAM'D 25.6.79 IN 522524N, 014623.6E USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 8.7 IN GEN DEPTH 9MTRS. NO SCOUR. LYING ON SIDE OF BANK 050/230DEGS, ALMOST BURIED & FLUSH WITH SEABED. (HMS EGERIA, HI 63A/79). AMEND TO WK 8.7MTRS IN 522524N, 014624E. BR STD. H1960/79 30.10.80 H1960/79 30.10.80 EXAM'D 9.9.80 IN 522524N, 014624E USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 9.4 IN GEN DEPTH 10MTRS. NO SCOUR. LIES ON SIDE OF A BANK. DCS3 SHOWED PATCH OF VERY SMALL CONTACTS IN AREA APPROX 10MTRS SQUARE. CHART AS FOUL. (HMS ECHO, HI 62A/80). AMEND TO FOUL. BR STD. H1958/80 8.1.82 H1958/80 8.1.82 LOCATED DURING BASIC E/S LINE. LEAST DEPTH 9.6 IN GEN DEPTH 7-11MTRS. NOT FURTHER EXAM'D. (HMS ECHO, HI 28). NCA. H2910/83 25.6.84 H2910/83 25.6.84 NOT FOUND DURING CLOSE EXAMINATION ON 28.3.84 USING E/S & DCS3. (HMS ENTERPRISE, HI 189). NCA. H2340/85 18.6.86 H2340/85 18.6.86 EXAM'D 28.4.86 IN 522524N, 014623E USING TRISPONDER. LEAST E/S DEPTH 9.3 IN GEN DEPTH 8.5MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 10.3MTRS. LIMITED WRECKAG LYING IN ITS OWN SCOUR. RETAIN AS CHARTED. (NP 1016, HI 307). RETAIN AS FOUL IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. H4023/86 15.9.87 H4023/86 15.9.87 3 LARGE MAGNETIC ANOMALIES, [82NT, 100NT, >110NT - INDICATING IRON CONTENT OF 1636 TONNES] LOCATED IN MEAN POSN 522522N, 014623E. NO CONTACT ON E/S OR DCS3. (NP 1016, HI 372). NCA. H3932/88 4.7.89 H3932/88 4.7.89 LOCATED ONLY BY MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (NP 1016, HI 454). NCA. HH090/514/01 26.6.91 HH090/514/01 26.6.91 NOT FOUND. BELIEVED BURIED. GEN DEPTH NOW 6.4MTRS. RETAIN AS CHARTED. (NP 1016, HI 514). NCA. HH090/546/01 8.7.92 HH090/546/01 8.7.92 LOCATED 21.5.92 IN GEN DEPTH 8.3MTRS BY MAGNETOMETER ONLY. RETAIN AS CHARTED. (NP 1016, HI 546). NCA. HH090/571/01 10.8.93 HH090/571/01 10.8.93 NOT EXAM'D. RETAIN AS CHARTED. (NP 1016, HI 571). NCA. HH090/624/01 26.5.94 HH090/624/01 26.5.94 LOCATED 6.4.94 BY MAGNETOMETER ONLY IN GEN DEPTH 7MTRS. RETAIN AS CHARTED. (NP 1016, HI 624). NCA. HH090/663/01 5.7.95 HH090/663/01 5.7.95 LOCATED BY MAGNETOMETER ONLY. (NP 1016, HI 663). NCA.POSITIONS BELOW THIS POINT ARE IN DEGREES, MINUTES AND DECIMALS OF A MINUTE HH0901/077/01 16.12.04 HH0901/077/01 16.12.04 LOCATED BY MAGNETOMETER ONLY. (NP 1016, HI 1077). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: MAGNETIC ANOMALY ONLY

Position: 52 25.428 N,1 46.273 E

 

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