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 (51.075983333333, 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. Dorothy j (possibly)
23. Efford
24. Eidsiva (probably)
25. Electra
26. Eleonora
27. Emma
28. Emma (possibly)
29. Empire lough (probably)
30. Empress of fort william (probably)
31. En avant
32. Eustratios (probably)
33. Evolution
34. Excellence pleske
35. Express
36. Falcon (probably)
37. Fearless
38. Flachsee
39. Flandres
40. Francesco ciampa
41. G-asad
42. Gladys
43. Grit (probably)
44. Grosser kurfurst
45. Grosser kurfurst (possibly)
46. Gwendoline (part of)(possibly)
47. Halcyon
48. Henry moon
49. Heron
50. Hippocampe (?hypocampe)
51. Hm mgb 328 (possibly)
52. Hmhs anglia
53. Hms aries (possibly)
54. Hms blackwater
55. Hms brazen
56. Hms carlton
57. Hms cayton wyke (probably)
58. Hms city of dundee
59. Hms cleon
60. Hms drumtochty (possibly)
61. Hms falmouth iii (possibly)
62. Hms glen boyne
63. Hms kingston galena
64. Hms lydian
65. Hms myrmidon
66. Hms niger (possibly)
67. Hms othello ii
68. Hms peridot
69. Hms rodino
70. Hms torbay ii (probably)
71. Hms tranquil
72. Hms war sepoy
73. Hms weigelia
74. Hmsm b2
75. Hmt gullfoss
76. Holland
77. Hundvaag
78. Hydaspes (possibly)
79. Ira (possibly)
80. Jacob luckenbach
81. James harrod
82. Jokai
83. Josephine willis
84. Kadru
85. Katharina kolkmann
86. Kielce
87. Kirsten skou
88. L'armandeche
89. La fleche
90. La somme (probably)
91. Lady stella
92. Latona
93. Le tregor
94. Leicester
95. Leila najia
96. Leo
97. Lighter 83
98. Lizzonia
99. Loanda
100. Loic
101. Lorraine
102. Luray victory
103. Lusitania
104. Maloja 1
105. Milbanke (probably)
106. Monarch
107. Morgenster
108. Mrav
109. Murillo
110. Nancy moran
111. Naranco
112. Negrier
113. Newcastle
114. Niki
115. Norman
116. North eastern victory
117. Northfleet
118. Nunima
119. Ophelie
120. Ousel (probably)
121. Polgrange
122. Portslade (possibly)
123. Preussen
124. Pulborough
125. River levan
126. Rochester castle (possibly)
127. Roode zee (possibly)
128. Roseburn
129. S goodwin ltv (lv 69)
130. S.folkestone gate (ltv no.75)
131. Sabac
132. Saint ronan (possibly)
133. Salbya (possibly)
134. Samida
135. Santagata
136. Santagata (?part of)
137. Sea serpent
138. Seine
139. Shenandoah
140. Sierra bravia
141. Sir russell
142. Spanish prince
143. St cecilia
144. St claire (possibly)
145. Strathclyde
146. T s webb
147. Teeswood
148. Texaco caribbean (after section)
149. Texaco caribbean (forward section)
150. The queen
151. Tokufuku maru
152. Toward
153. Traquair (probably)
154. Trooper
155. U 11 (possibly)
156. U 16 (possibly)
157. U 8
158. U 93 (probably)
159. Ub 103 (possibly)
160. Ub 108 (possibly)
161. Ub 109
162. Ub 31 ?
163. Ub 38
164. Ub 55 (probably)
165. Ub 56 (possibly)
166. Ub 58 (possibly)
167. Ub 78
168. Ub-33 (probably)
169. Uc 46 (possibly)
170. Uc 63
171. Uc 77 (possibly)
172. Uc 78 or uc 79
173. Unity
174. Vittoria claudia
175. W a scholten
176. Welsh belle
177. Wheatman (possibly)
178. 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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