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 (53.56915, 0.0936)

 

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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. Appolonia
5. Avalon
6. B o borjesson
7. Beaconsfield
8. Bellerophon
9. Benmacdhui
10. Biesbosch
11. Brabant
12. Brema
13. British councillor
14. British prince
15. Briton (possibly)
16. Cadmus
17. Cambrai
18. Canada
19. Caroline
20. Carson
21. Chant 63
22. Chloris (possibly)
23. Coastal fort no 1 (part of)(possibly)
24. Coastal fort no-1
25. Cook s26
26. Corhampton
27. Corinth (possibly)
28. Cyclope
29. Dana (possibly)
30. Dayrian
31. Deerpool (after section)
32. Diana
33. Diana
34. Dido
35. Dryade
36. Dryburgh (part of)(possibly)
37. Empress (probably)
38. Ethel (possibly)
39. Exmoor
40. Feltre
41. Fermo
42. Forest queen
43. Fowberry tower (part)
44. Francis
45. G.3
46. Georgios
47. Gerhardt (possibly)
48. Girl ita
49. Giuseppe
50. Gluckauf (possibly)
51. Goodwood
52. Grangemouth
53. Greltoria (probably)
54. Hannah louisa
55. Harlech
56. Harnis (probably)
57. Helmsman (probably)
58. Hms akranes
59. Hms benvolio
60. Hms botanic
61. Hms dirk
62. Hms egret
63. Hms fairy
64. Hms falcon (stern section)
65. Hms falmouth
66. Hms kos xvi (probably)
67. Hms mistletoe
68. Hms princess victoria
69. Hms remillo
70. Hms silicia
71. Hms warland (possibly)
72. Homer
73. Horsted
74. Hugh taylor
75. Hvitveis
76. Ida
77. Ionic (probably)
78. J b paddon
79. Jane (possibly)
80. Janet helen (possibly)
81. John mowlem
82. John rettig (probably)
83. Kalo (probably)
84. Katina bulgari
85. Kernoozer
86. Kieldrecht (possibly)
87. Kilrea (probably)
88. Kimberley (possibly)
89. Kingston cameo
90. Knuthenborg
91. Kyma
92. Laconia (possibly)
93. Ladas (possibly)
94. Lady anstruther (probably)
95. Laurel (possibly)
96. Leonora
97. Lifeguard (possibly)
98. Lord haig (possibly)
99. Lord haig (possibly)
100. Lottie (possibly)
101. Lucerne
102. Lyra (bow section)
103. Magdalyn ann
104. Maggie
105. Malvina (fwd part)
106. Manchester engineer (probably)
107. Marian francis
108. Marie l
109. Markersdall (probably)
110. Meeuw
111. Merchiston
112. Middlesborough
113. Modig
114. Modiva (possibly)
115. Monimia (possibly)
116. Nar
117. Nitedal
118. Norfolk coast
119. Onward (possibly)
120. Ophir ii (possibly)
121. Orsa
122. Otis tetrax
123. Our lorraine
124. Paraciers
125. Peebles (possibly)
126. Peggotty
127. Portia
128. Rayford
129. Realf
130. Reculver
131. Retriever
132. Revello
133. Revi
134. River don (part of)(probably)
135. River witham
136. Sagacity
137. Salmondby
138. Saltoun
139. Sarah visholm 2 (probably)
140. Seistan
141. Sergei
142. Sirajah
143. Sna iii
144. Sota eduardo
145. Stanburn
146. Storm drift
147. Tees
148. Thea
149. Thomas deas
150. Togston (possibly)
151. Triton
152. Ub 107 & malvina (after part)
153. Uc 39
154. Uc 47
155. Uc 75
156. Umbe
157. Upminster (possibly)
158. Uralar segundo (cargo debris)
159. Varangmalm (possibly)
160. Vechstroom
161. Ville de valenciennes
162. Violet (probably)
163. Wayside flower (possibly)
164. Whitemantle (possibly)
165. William hanson
166. Winga
167. Xavier
168. 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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