This is the information page about the shipwreck Umbre, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 10.002 N,5 39.376 W (50.27365, -5.4894666666667)

 

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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. Acklington
2. Aida lauro
3. Alacrity
4. Alden gifford (possibly)
5. Alster (possibly)
6. Antwerpen
7. Arbel (probably)
8. Arnside (possibly)
9. Asia
10. Aud
11. Austria (possibly)
12. Balbec
13. Bard (possibly)
14. Besse (probably)
15. Bessemer city (probably)
16. Bill (part of)(possibly)
17. Bill (possibly)
18. Bolette (possibly)
19. Boynton (possibly)
20. Busby
21. Cheerful
22. Chimu
23. Christina
24. Christos markettos
25. City of cardiff
26. City of westminster (& kul)
27. Clan macnab
28. Congener
29. Conqueror
30. Corvus
31. Courtown
32. Dageid
33. Denebola
34. Depois
35. Devon
36. Dunaskin
37. Dundee (probably)
38. Dux (possibly)
39. Emblem
40. Empire flamingo (for'd section)
41. Empire kingsley
42. Enrico parodi
43. Facto
44. Fanny lambert
45. Gallier (possibly)
46. Garthclyde (possibly)
47. Gemini
48. Geopotes viii
49. Glamorgan coast
50. Glendale
51. Gleno
52. Hampshire
53. Helene (probably)
54. Hellopes
55. Hms royalo
56. Hms warspite
57. Hms warspite (part of)
58. Hockwold
59. Holland xix
60. Hopeful (possibly)
61. Iona
62. J duncan
63. Jose de aramburu
64. Joshua nicholson
65. Juan ferrer
66. Juanita
67. Kate thomas (possibly)
68. Kildonan ?
69. Kilmaho
70. Kintuck
71. Lake grafton
72. Lake grafton (possibly)
73. Liberty
74. Lincoln
75. Luna
76. Lutece (part of)(possibly)
77. Luxembourg (probably)
78. Lyminge
79. Madeline
80. Maria de larrinaga
81. Marie roberts
82. Maroc
83. Mervyn (possibly)
84. Moorview
85. Mystique (possibly)
86. Nanna (possibly)
87. New pioneer
88. Nile
89. Noya (possibly)
90. Ocean harvest
91. Orion
92. Oriskany
93. Phoenix 202
94. Phoenix 203
95. Pioneer (possibly)
96. Polesley (possibly)
97. Ponthieu
98. Primo ?
99. Primrose (remains of)(possibly)
100. Regency (probably)
101. Reidar (possibly)
102. Rms mulheim
103. Saint guenole
104. Saxon briton
105. Sea viper
106. Secil japan (bow section)
107. Secil japan (stern section)
108. Setubel(probably)
109. Sirius (possibly)
110. St chamond
111. St george
112. Stabil (possibly)
113. Sten (possibly)
114. Sylvia-mary z-525
115. Thorsa (part of)(possibly)
116. Traute sarnow
117. Tungufoss
118. Tyrhaug
119. U 1209 (possibly)
120. U 247 (possibly)
121. U 399
122. Umbre
123. Underwood
124. Union crystal (possibly)
125. Union star (parts of)(probably)
126. Veghtstroom (possibly)
127. Vesuvius
128. Vigrid (possibly)
129. Vine branch (possibly)
130. Vinovia
131. War baron (probably)
132. Wild boar
133. William cory
134. Yewcroft
135. Zone (probably)

 

Name: UMBRE

Length 77.8 meter, width: 10.3 meter, draught: 5.7, tonnage 1312 ton
Load: general and mixed goods

Cause: built in 1898 by wigham, richardson & co, newcastle-upon-tyne. owned at time of loss by e j williams, hull. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 195 nhp, single shaft. passage liverpool for rotterdam. ran aground in dirty weather. crew abandoned to boats. no lives lost. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1899

Water depth above wreck: 9 meter

Known since: 1899, last detected: 1998

Details measurements/cartography: H2959/73 20.8.73 H2959/73 20.8.73 LOCATED IN 501003N, 053918W [OGB], POSN ESTIMATED FROM OS MAP. ABOUT MIDWAY BETWEEN THE MOZENS AND EAST SIDE OF PENDEEN COVE. BOILER, PART OF ENGINE AND SOME PIECES OF HULL SHOWING ABOVE THE SAND. BOW SECTION ABOUT 50YDS TO THE W. DEPTH ABOUT 30FT. (E GILES). NCA. H1310/83/9 3.2.83 H1310/83/9 3.2.83 REPD POSN CORRECT, AS IS DESCRIPTION. IRON PROPELLER FOUND. (A JENNIONS, 18.1.83). HH100/351/14 13.11.98 HH100/351/14 13.11.98 DIVED IN 500958N, 053919W [OGB] USING GPS. BOILER, IRON PROP AND ENGINE FORM THE MAIN PART OF THE WK. VARIOUS NON-FERROUS FITTINGS ARE CONCRETED TO THE ROCKS. NOT CONSIDERED A HAZARD TO NAVIGATION AS IT IS VERY CLOSE TO THE SHORE AND VARIOUS ROCKS DRY NEARBY. (G J LOCKETT, 11.11.98). INS AS FOUL. BR STD. 13.12.11 13.12.11 NOT IN NAVIGABLE AREA. (FUGRO OSAE, HI 1157). NCA. 10.7.12 10.7.12 [WGD] POSN: 5010.002N, 0539.376W.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: BOILER/PROP/ENGINE & DEBRIS

Position: 50 10.002 N,5 39.376 W

 

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