This is the information page about the shipwreck Name nicht bekannt, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 15.508 N,3 31.122 W (50.207816666667, -3.7034)

 

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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. Aldershot
2. Amelie-suzanne
3. Angelena bm 271
4. Ann marie (possibly)
5. Antonio (probably)
6. Avalon g ii
7. Ave
8. Baychattan
9. Belle ile (possibly)
10. Bleamoor (probably)
11. Blue marlin
12. Boma
13. Bretagne
14. Bretton hall
15. Broadmayne (part of)
16. Brunhilda
17. Buesten
18. Bull steamer (possibly)
19. Cantabria
20. Catherine allen
21. Chloe t
22. Christoffel colombus (possibly)
23. Claverley (possibly)
24. Colorado (possibly)
25. Cornelia
26. Demetrios
27. Dudley rose
28. Eagle
29. Elsa
30. Elsa (possibly)
31. Emma
32. Emsstrom
33. Farn
34. Fiona mary
35. Flourish
36. Galicia
37. Garm (possibly)
38. Gefion
39. Girl barbara
40. Glocliffe
41. Glory
42. Greatham
43. Greleen
44. Grelhame (probably)
45. Gro
46. Haugastol (possibly)
47. Havbris (probably)
48. Hazelpark (possibly)
49. Herzogin cecilie
50. Heye p
51. Hildegard (possibly)
52. Hms benton castle
53. Hms chorley (possibly)
54. Hms crocodile
55. Hms jasper (possibly)
56. Hms newbridge (probably)
57. Hms penylan (e part)
58. Hms penylan (w part)
59. Hms picton castle
60. Hms savage
61. Hmsm d1
62. Irma germaine (possibly)
63. Jade star gypsy
64. Jordan a
65. Karen marie (probably)
66. Kendal castle
67. Laertes
68. Lb 332 or lb 362 (possibly)
69. Les mercenaires
70. Liberta
71. Lofoten (probably)
72. Lord stewart
73. Marana (bow section)
74. Marie des isles
75. Medina
76. Mudstomper (probably)
77. Murree
78. Neches (probably)
79. Newholm
80. North sea (probably)
81. Northville (possibly)
82. Perm (possibly)
83. Peronne
84. Placidas faroult
85. Quest
86. Rayder
87. Riversdale
88. Rota
89. Sarah jayne
90. Sevilla
91. Shirley betty
92. Skaala
93. Soudan
94. Stanhope
95. Ster de zee (possibly)
96. Taeping
97. Talvaldis (possibly)
98. Two sisters
99. Uc 49 (probably)
100. Uc 51
101. Uskmoor (probably)
102. Visborg (possibly)
103. W.s.w. one
104. Waikawa (possibly)
105. Warsaw
106. Wreathier
107. Yvette bm217

 

Name: Name nicht bekannt

Year of registration: 1939

Water depth above wreck: 53 meter, Height above seabed: 98 cm

Known since: 1939, last detected: 2013

Details measurements/cartography: H6025/39 22.8.39 H6025/39 22.8.39 WK, LEAST DEPTH OVER 23FMS, IN 501529N, 033058W. (HMS GLEANER). CHART AS WK 23FMS. - FNM. H2502/51 25.1.52 H2502/51 25.1.52 WK IN 501529N, 033058W. DEPTH OVER WK 22FMS. HEIGHT ABOVE SEABED 48FT. CONTACTED BY A/S. (HMS SEAGULL, 1950). AMEND TO WK 22FMS. BR STD. H2502/51 23.4.52 H2502/51 23.4.52 WK IN 501528N, 033100W. WIRE DRIFT SWEEP SML322 AND 324. CLEAR AT 22FMS, FOUL AT 23FMS IN GEN DEPTH 29FMS. LEAST E/S 22FMS. LENGTH 560FT. LYING 098/278DEGS. POOR A/S CONTACT WAS OBTAINED OWING TO THE MANY SMALL ROCKY OUTCROPS IN THE AREA. (HMS SCOTT, SCES, 5.5.52). AMEND TO SW 22FMS [40MTRS]. NC 1634. H2502/51 8.3.60 H2502/51 8.3.60 AMEND TO WK 22FMS. (WRECKS OFFICE). BR STD. 11.9.69 11.9.69 POSSIBLY THE BATTLESHIP HMS FORMIDABLE, SUNK 1.1.1915. (S V OATES, VISIT TO WKS SECTION, 11.9.69). NCA. H2137/54 21.7.70 H2137/54 21.7.70 NOW CHARTED AS SW 40MTRS. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NC 1634. H3221/70 14.8.70 H3221/70 14.8.70 WK LOCATED USING DECCA: BOW IN 501527N, 033059W; STERN IN 501529N, 033105W. AN ENORMOUS WK AND STUDY OF 16MM FILM FROM ARL SCANNER LEAVES LITTLE DOUBT THAT IT IS A LARGE WARSHIP. IT APPEARS TO BE SITTING ON BOTTOM WITH A SLIGHT STARBOARD LIST. TURRET GUNS AND TORPEDO NET BOOMS ARE VISIBLE AND SUPERSTRUCTURE HAS THE LINES OF THE OLD BATTLECRUISER. LENGTH MORE THAN 300FT. LYING SE/NW [COMPARE WITH HMS SCOTT, 1952, 098/278DEGS, 560FT]. DEPTH 23FMS [MIDSHIPS]. NO TIDAL REDUCTION. (RV 'CLIONE', MAY 1970). NCA. H1284/79/187 20.9.79 H1284/79/187 20.9.79 DIVED ON 2.8.79 IN ABOVE POSN. LYING E/W IN TWO PARTS. STATED DEFINITELY NOT HMS FORMIDABLE. NO SIGNS OF GUNS. ONLY 1 PROPELLER [HMS FORMIDABLE HAD 2]. LYING ON PORT SIDE, ANGLE 230DEGS.(A HILLGROVE). NCA. H3221/70 30.1.80 H3221/70 30.1.80 LEAST DEPTH OF WATER OVER WK ESTIMATED TO BE APPROX 140FT. APPEARS TO BE IN TWO PARTS, CERTAINLY NOT UPSIDE DOWN, AND LYING AT AN ANGLE OF ABOUT 45 DEGS. PERMISSION REQUIRED FOR FURTHER PHOTOGRAPHIC SURVEY. (F FORRESTER, 28.9.79). NCA. 5.3.80 5.3.80 THIS WK CONSIDERED NOT TO BE HMS FORMIDABLE. (TELECON, F FORRESTER). NCA. H1284/79/187 16.7.80 H1284/79/187 16.7.80 HSA OBSERVED WITHIN 50MTRS OF PLASTIC CONTAINER USED TO MARK WK. (A HILLGROVE, JULY 1980). NCA. 26.9.80 26.9.80 PLYMOUTH CDT DIVED ON THIS WRECK. UNABLE TO IDENTIFY. BAD VISIBILITY. DESCRIBED AS ENORMOUS, STANDING 40-50FT PROUD OF SEABED. TOP OF ONE BOLLARD MEASURED 3FT ACROSS. NCA. H1309/79 16.10.80 H1309/79 16.10.80 WK ON E/S, DIVED IN 501531N, 033104W USING DECCA. SAME SINGLE-SCREW SS AS DIVED ON LAST YEAR, WITH CARGO HOLDS & WINCHES. SEVERAL CARGO BOOMS LIE OUTWARD FROM WRECK TO THE SEABED. NO OTHER 400FT LONG WK IN CLOSE VICINITY. (A HILLGROVE, 30.9.80). NCA. H1310/81 2.9.81 H1310/81 2.9.81 COULD BE WK OF THE ANTONIO. (A HILLGROVE, 31.8.81). NCA. H5982/82 15.2.83 H5982/82 15.2.83 WK SHOWN IN 501523N, 033059W [OGB] USING DECCA. (KINGFISHER CHART K(SW)3, 1982). NCA. 26.4.13 26.4.13 EXAM'D 17.1.13 IN 5015.508N, 0331.122E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 40.2 IN GEN DEPTH 53.5MTRS. SCOUR 1.1MTRS DEEP AT BOTH ENDS OF WK. LENGTH 125MTRS, WIDTH 26MTRS, HT 13.4MTRS. LIES 098/278 DEGS. IN TWO PARTS, LARGER 80MTS LONG LIES AT APPROX 45 DEGS. BOTH SECTIONS SEMI-SUBMERGED IN SEABED. (NETSURVEY, HI 1369). AMEND WK 40MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: IN TWO PARTS, SCOUR AT ENDS

Position: 50 15.508 N,3 31.122 W

 

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