This is the information page about the shipwreck Unity, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 54.986 N,1 13.481 E (51.0759833, 1.4147)

 

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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. Admiral gardner
2. Afghanistan (bow section)
3. Afghanistan (probably)
4. Agen
5. Alcantara
6. Alice
7. Amplegarth
8. Angelus (possibly)
9. Argo
10. Atlantic (possibly)
11. Avoca
12. Bobby
13. Brandenburg
14. Cabo espartel
15. Charente
16. Christianssund
17. City of dresden (possibly)
18. Colbert
19. Constanzia
20. Corhaven
21. De fontaine
22. Efford
23. Eidsiva (probably)
24. Electra
25. Eleonora
26. Emma
27. Emma (possibly)
28. Empire lough (probably)
29. Empress of fort william (probably)
30. En avant
31. Eustratios (probably)
32. Evolution
33. Excellence pleske
34. Express
35. Falcon (probably)
36. Fearless
37. Flachsee
38. Flandres
39. Francesco ciampa
40. G-asad
41. Gladys
42. Grit (probably)
43. Grosser kurfurst
44. Grosser kurfurst (possibly)
45. Gwendoline (part of)(possibly)
46. Halcyon
47. Henry moon
48. Heron
49. Hippocampe (?hypocampe)
50. Hm mgb 328 (possibly)
51. Hmhs anglia
52. Hms aries (possibly)
53. Hms blackwater
54. Hms brazen
55. Hms carlton
56. Hms cayton wyke (probably)
57. Hms city of dundee
58. Hms cleon
59. Hms drumtochty (possibly)
60. Hms falmouth iii (possibly)
61. Hms glen boyne
62. Hms kingston galena
63. Hms lydian
64. Hms myrmidon
65. Hms niger (possibly)
66. Hms othello ii
67. Hms peridot
68. Hms rodino
69. Hms torbay ii (probably)
70. Hms tranquil
71. Hms war sepoy
72. Hms weigelia
73. Hmsm b2
74. Hmt gullfoss
75. Holland
76. Hundvaag
77. Hydaspes (possibly)
78. Ira (possibly)
79. Jacob luckenbach
80. James harrod
81. Jokai
82. Josephine willis
83. Kadru
84. Katharina kolkmann
85. Kielce
86. Kirsten skou
87. L'armandeche
88. La fleche
89. La somme (probably)
90. Lady stella
91. Latona
92. Le tregor
93. Leicester
94. Leila najia
95. Leo
96. Lizzonia
97. Loanda
98. Loic
99. Lorraine
100. Luray victory
101. Lusitania
102. Maloja 1
103. Milbanke (probably)
104. Monarch
105. Morgenster
106. Mrav
107. Murillo
108. Nancy moran
109. Naranco
110. Negrier
111. Newcastle
112. Niki
113. Norman
114. North eastern victory
115. Northfleet
116. Nunima
117. Ophelie
118. Ousel (probably)
119. Polgrange
120. Portslade (possibly)
121. Preussen
122. Pulborough
123. River levan
124. Rochester castle (possibly)
125. Roode zee (possibly)
126. Roseburn
127. S goodwin ltv (lv 69)
128. S.folkestone gate (ltv no.75)
129. Sabac
130. Saint ronan (possibly)
131. Salbya (possibly)
132. Samida
133. Santagata
134. Santagata (?part of)
135. Sea serpent
136. Seine
137. Shenandoah
138. Sierra bravia
139. Sir russell
140. St cecilia
141. Strathclyde
142. T s webb
143. Teeswood
144. Texaco caribbean (after section)
145. Texaco caribbean (forward section)
146. The queen
147. Tokufuku maru
148. Toward
149. Traquair (probably)
150. Trooper
151. U 11 (possibly)
152. U 16 (possibly)
153. U 8
154. U 93 (probably)
155. Ub 103 (possibly)
156. Ub 108 (possibly)
157. Ub 109
158. Ub 31 ?
159. Ub 38
160. Ub 55 (probably)
161. Ub 56 (possibly)
162. Ub 58 (possibly)
163. Ub 78
164. Ub-33 (probably)
165. Uc 46 (possibly)
166. Uc 63
167. Uc 77 (possibly)
168. Uc 78 or uc 79
169. Unity
170. Vittoria claudia
171. W a scholten
172. Welsh belle
173. Wheatman (possibly)
174. Will and maggie (probably)

 

Name: UNITY

Length 75.3 meter, width: 11 meter, draught: 4, tonnage 1091 ton
Load: armament,general and mixed goods

Cause: Built in 1902 by murdoch & murray ltd, port glasgow. owned at the time of loss by the lancashire & yorkshire railway co. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 302 nhp, single shaft. passage newhaven for calais. torpedoed by ub 57. 12 men lost. (ll ww1, dods & der krieg zur see).

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 34 meter, Height above seabed: 132 cm

Known since: 1918, last detected: 2007

Details measurements/cartography: H2994 11.5.18 H2994 11.5.18 SUNK 3 MILES ENE OF VARNE LTV. (BOT MASTER). 11.5.18 11.5.18 TORPEDOED IN 505500N, 011400E. (AP REPORT, PORTSMOUTH). H2694/18 14.5.18 H2694/18 14.5.18 OBSTN REPD BY SS 'ROBRIX' IN POSN 2 MILES W OF VARNE LTV, PROBABLY THIS WK. 10.12.22 10.12.22 AMEND TO NDW PA IN 505500N, 011400E. BR STD. H5824/60 3.3.61 H5824/60 3.3.61 NOT LOCATED. (HMS SCOTT, 1960). H5824/60 15.11.61 H5824/60 15.11.61 EXAM'D IN 505448N, 011336E. SWEPT CLEAR AT 68FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 97FT IN GEN DEPTH 122FT. SCOUR DEPTH 7FT. (HMS SCOTT, 14.4.61). AMEND TO NDW IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 4.9.68 4.9.68 AMENDED TO WK 16FMS. NE 329. 16.2.70 16.2.70 AMEND TO SW 11FMS. LC 1895. H4418/70 29.10.71 H4418/70 29.10.71 AMEND TO SW 20.7MTRS. NC 1892. H4199/78 9.10.78 H4199/78 9.10.78 LOCATED 19.9.77 IN 505457N, 011334E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 27.2MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 35-36MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 36MTRS. DCS3 HT 9.9MTRS, LENGTH 85MTRS. LYING 130/310DEGS. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 35/77). AMEND TO WK 25MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.. H2330/84 3.3.86 H2330/84 3.3.86 EXAM'D 29.11.85 IN 505457N, 011336E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER. LEAST E/S DEPTH 24.4 IN GEN DEPTH 35MTRS. HYDROSEARCH SHADOW HT 9.5MTRS, LENGTH 83MTRS. LYING 130/310DEGS WITH HIGH POINT AMIDSHIPS. CHART AS SWEPT TO 24.4MTRS. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 240B). AMEND TO WK 24MTRS IN REVISED POSN.

- NM 799/86. HH091/159/01 23.7.07 HH091/159/01 23.7.07 LOCATED 11.10.06 IN 5054.986N, 0113.481E [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 27.41 IN GEN DEPTH 34.0MTRS. LENGTH 74MTRS, WIDTH 13MTRS, HT 7.0MTRS. LIES 132/312 DEGS WITH BOWS SE. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (OSAE, HI 1159). RETAIN WK 24MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, UPRIGHT, BOWS SE, SCOUR AT BOW, SAND TRAIL TO SW

Position: 50 54.986 N,1 13.481 E

 

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