This is the information page about the shipwreck Umbe, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 51.871 N,0 16.745 E (53.569150, 0.093600)

 

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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. Acklamd (possibly)
2. Airdrie (possibly)
3. Amenity
4. Audacity
5. Avalon
6. B o borjesson
7. Bellerophon
8. Benmacdhui
9. Boys own
10. Brema
11. British councillor
12. British prince
13. Briton (possibly)
14. Cadmus
15. Canada
16. Caroline
17. Chant 63
18. Charing cross (possibly)
19. Chicago
20. Chloris (possibly)
21. Corhampton
22. Corinth (possibly)
23. Cyclope
24. Dana (possibly)
25. Dayrian
26. Deerpool (after section)
27. Deerpool (for'd section)
28. Diana
29. Diana
30. Dido
31. Dryade
32. Dryburgh (part of)(possibly)
33. Empress (probably)
34. Ethel (possibly)
35. Exmoor
36. Feltre
37. Fermo
38. Forest queen
39. Fowberry tower (part)
40. Fowberry tower (part)
41. Francis
42. Frithof eide
43. Georgios
44. Gerhardt (possibly)
45. Giuseppe
46. Gluckauf (possibly)
47. Graafjeld
48. Grangemouth
49. Hannah louisa
50. Harlech
51. Harnis (probably)
52. Helmsman (probably)
53. Hms benvolio
54. Hms botanic
55. Hms cortina
56. Hms dirk
57. Hms egret
58. Hms fairy
59. Hms falcon (stern section)
60. Hms kos xvi (probably)
61. Hms lormont
62. Hms mistletoe
63. Hms princess victoria
64. Hms remillo
65. Hms st cyrus
66. Hms warland (possibly)
67. Homer
68. Horsted
69. Hugh taylor
70. Ida
71. Ionic (probably)
72. J b paddon
73. Jane (possibly)
74. Janet helen (possibly)
75. John mowlem
76. John rettig (probably)
77. Kalo (probably)
78. Katina bulgari
79. Kieldrecht (possibly)
80. Kilrea (probably)
81. Kimberley (possibly)
82. Kingston cameo
83. Knuthenborg
84. Kyma
85. Ladas (possibly)
86. Lady anstruther (probably)
87. Lady dinah
88. Laurel (possibly)
89. Leonora
90. Lifeguard (possibly)
91. Longbenton (probably)
92. Lord haig (possibly)
93. Lord haig (possibly)
94. Lord selborne
95. Lottie (possibly)
96. Lucerne
97. Lyra (bow section)
98. Magdalyn ann
99. Maggie
100. Magnolia (probably)
101. Manchester engineer (probably)
102. Mangalore (part of)(possibly)
103. Marian francis
104. Markersdall (probably)
105. Marshall (probably)
106. Merchiston
107. Modig
108. Modiva (possibly)
109. Monimia (possibly)
110. Nadod (possibly)
111. Nautilus
112. Nitedal
113. Norfolk coast
114. Onward (possibly)
115. Ophir ii (possibly)
116. Orsa
117. Otis tetrax
118. Our lorraine
119. Paddington (possibly) & unknown
120. Paraciers
121. Peebles (possibly)
122. Portia
123. Rayford
124. Realf
125. Reculver
126. Retriever
127. Revello
128. Revi
129. River don (part of)(probably)
130. River witham
131. Sagacity
132. Salmondby
133. Saltoun
134. Sandra glen
135. Sarah visholm 2 (probably)
136. Sna iii
137. Sota eduardo
138. Stanburn
139. Storm drift
140. Teano
141. Tees
142. Thomas deas
143. Togston (possibly)
144. Tredegar hall
145. Triton
146. Uc 39
147. Uc 47
148. Uc 75
149. Umbe
150. Upminster (possibly)
151. Varangmalm (possibly)
152. Vechstroom
153. Ville de valenciennes
154. War crocus (possibly)
155. Wayside flower (possibly)
156. Whitemantle (possibly)
157. William hanson
158. Winga
159. Xavier
160. Xavier
161. Zeemermin

 

Name: UMBE

Length 89.9 meter, width: 13.4 meter, tonnage 2456 ton
Load: ferrous elements and ores: unrefined and refined,ore

Cause: ex-sarthe. built in 1908. owned at time of loss by cia naviera vascongada, bilbao. two boilers, triple expansion engine, single shaft. spanish flag. passage bilbao for middlesbrough. cargo iron ore. followng collision with 'drake' class cruiser hms king alfred (14500 dwt).

Year of registration: 1944

Water depth above wreck: 38 meter, Height above seabed: 101 cm

Known since: 1944, last detected: 2016

Details measurements/cartography: H01624/44 WK LOCATED IN 535146N, 001735E. PRESUMED VARANGMALM. (CAPT M/S HUMBER, 1944). H3805/72 28.2.78 LARGE WK LOCATED 27.9.77 IN 535150.7N, 001649.9E [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 31MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 38MTRS. (SOISS, 23.12.77). BR STD. H2534/74 28.11.79 TWO BAD OBSTNS IN 535133N, 001641E & 535143N, 001656E. POSNS BY DECCA. (KINGFISHER BOOK OF TOWS VOL 1). H5084/77 20.3.80 WK EXAM'D IN 535150N, 001651E [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 31.7 IN GEN DEPTH 38MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 4.6MTRS, LENGTH 70MTRS. LYING E/W ON RIPPLED SAND OVERLYING GRAVEL. POSSIBLY ON ITS SIDE. (HMS EGERIA, HI 64/79). NCA. H1942/76 9.3.81 SWEPT 28.7.80, CLEAR AT 31.5, FOUL AT 32.1MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 31.7MTRS. (SOISS, HI 65/80). BR STD. HH100/351/21 2.7.04 DIVED IN 5351.834N, 0016.736E [WGD]. BELL INSCRIBED: SARTHE, LA ROCHELLE 1908. A VERY SUBSTANTIAL WK, LIES E/W ON PORT SIDE. SCOUR 1MTR DEEP. STANDS 6MTRS HIGH ON SEABED OF MUD, SAND, GRAVEL AND SMALL PEBBLES. SUPERSTRUCTURE HAS COLLAPSED AND PART OF IT LIES BROKEN ON THE SEABED. MUCH OF THE STEEL STRUCTURE IS BROKEN WITH VERY JAGGED EDGES. DIVERS REPORT THAT THERE APPEAR TO BE TWO WRECKS, LYING ONE ON TOP OF THE OTHER. (R YOUNG). NCA. SEP 2016/000053291 10.10.16 EXAM'D 21.3.16; IN 5351.871N, 0016.745E [WGD]. LEAST WCD DEPTH 27.8MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 38MTRS, LENGTH 100.5MTRS, WIDTH 31.1MTRS, HEIGHT 9.6MTRS, ORIENTATION 101/272 DEGS. SCOUR DIMENSIONS LENGTH 100MTRS, TOWARD 149DEGS. WRECK PARTIALLY INTACT, LISTING TO PORT. ADDITIONAL DATA IN THE WC, POSSIBLY A BUOY ATTACHED TO ROPE HAS GIVEN NEW SHOAL DEPTH. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (MMT, HI 1473). AMEND DW 27.5MTRS IN REVISED POSITION. UK NM 46/5833/16.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: Wreck partially intact.

Position: 53 51.871 N,0 16.745 E

 

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