This is the information page about the shipwreck Upcerne, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 55 15.52 N,1 27.477 W (55.295866666667, -1.17345)

 

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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. Acclivity
2. Adams beck (probably)
3. Albano
4. Alert (possibly)
5. Annie walker (probably)
6. Baltanglia
7. Bangarth
8. Blairhall
9. British officer (after part)
10. Buka
11. Bullger
12. Cairnglen
13. Cecilia (possibly) (or angela madre)
14. Coquet mouth
15. Cor jesu (possibly)
16. Dolphin (ex-hms pandora).
17. Don (possibly)
18. Dora
19. Driebergen
20. Dutchman
21. Eagle iii
22. Elziena
23. Elziena (possibly)
24. Espire
25. Eston
26. Eugenia chandris & oslofjord
27. Eugenia chandris (& oslofjord)
28. Eugenia chandris (& oslofjord)
29. Eventide
30. Fenella
31. Ferryhill
32. Fingal
33. Firelight (possibly)
34. Grit
35. Gudbrand (possibly)
36. H c flood (probably)
37. Hanne
38. Hazard (probably)
39. Hekla (possibly)
40. Hercules
41. Heros (possibly)
42. Hesvik (possibly)
43. Hmms 180
44. Hms ben ardna (probably)
45. Hms elise
46. Hms elise (possibly)
47. Hms ethel taylor
48. Hms herring
49. Hms james ludford
50. Hms kopanes
51. Hms mollusc (ex medusa)
52. Hms patia
53. Hms southsea
54. Hms star of devoran
55. Hms william hallet (possibly)
56. Hms witherington
57. Hmsm unity (probably)
58. Hooghammen
59. Hornchurch (probably)
60. Humber
61. Igor
62. Ilios (possibly)
63. Ilious
64. Invergyle
65. Jolly girls
66. Jolly girls (possibly)
67. Jonkoping i (possibly)
68. Kalua
69. Kamma
70. Lafonia
71. Longbird
72. Lunesdale (possibly)
73. Lyng
74. Marcheller (possibly)
75. Marne (part of)(possibly)
76. Mars
77. Morlaix (probably)
78. Nidelven
79. Nike (possibly)
80. Nyula
81. Olimpia/?olympia (possibly)
82. Orion (probably)
83. Oslofjord (& eugenia chandris)
84. Peik (probably)
85. Polleon (possibly)
86. Poltava (possibly)
87. Princess maud (possibly)
88. Protector (possibly)
89. Providence
90. Provider a
91. Prunelle
92. Queen wilhelmina
93. Ragnhild (possibly)
94. Ragni (probably)
95. Recorder (possibly)
96. Regian
97. Renen
98. Richard de larrinaga
99. Rio colorado
100. Rising sun
101. Rosa (possibly)
102. Rotha
103. Sargasso (possibly)
104. Scott miller
105. Snowdrop (possibly)
106. Somali
107. Spey (possibly)
108. Sphynx
109. Spray
110. Strinheim
111. Svava
112. Swiftly
113. Tadorne
114. The tetrarch (probably)
115. Ub 115 (possibly)
116. Upcerne
117. Wearsider

 

Name: UPCERNE

Length 100.9 meter, width: 14.3 meter, draught: 6.7, tonnage 2984 ton
Load: ferrous elements and ores: unrefined and refined,ore

Cause: torpedoed and sunk by german submarine uc 40. passage from narvik to middlesborough.

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 40 meter, Height above seabed: 160 cm

Known since: 1918, last detected: 2000

Details measurements/cartography: H2780/18 16.5.18 SUNK 2.5 - 3 MILES S (M) OF COQUET ISLAND. (TH). POSN 551400N, 012500W. (SNO TYNE & AP REPORT, TYNE). SUNK IN 551730N, 012700W. (IDSA MASTER). H7050/20 5.10.20 NOT FOUND DURING SEARCH. (TH). H4214/26 1.7.26 INS AS NDW PA (1917). BR STD. H460/67 29.3.67 DELETE. BR STD. H1251/70 22.8.85 LARGE WK LOCATED IN 551531N, 012722W [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [3 LOP]. LEAST DEPTH NOT OBTAINED. (HMS BEAGLE, SIGNAL DTD 15.7.85). INS AS USC 25MTRS.

- NM 2415/85. H1251/70 23.10.85 COULD NOT BE LOCATED USING SONAR. (HMS BRINTON, SIGNAL DTD 18.10.85). NCA. H4271/71 22.11.85 EXAM'D 15.7.85. LEAST E/S DEPTH 35 IN GEN DEPTH 40 TO 41MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH ABOUT 70MTRS. V BROKEN AND WELL DISPERSED. (HMS BEAGLE, 24.10.85). AMEND TO WK 35MTRS. BR STD. HH100/351/01 27.10.89 DIVED OCT '89 IN 551531N, 012724W IN ABOUT 140FT. LARGE AND LONG. LIES NW/SE. NO APPARENT SCOUR. AT HIGHEST POINT STANDS 22FT HIGH. (D COX, TELECON). NCA. HH100/351/06 14.4.93 DIVED AUG '89 IN 551532.5N, 012729.5W [WGD] USING GPS. IDENTIFIED AS UPCERNE BY NAME ON BELL. COMPLETE BUT COLLAPSED WITH ENGINE LYING TO STBD AND BOILERS UPRIGHT. STANDS 4MTRS HIGH ON SAND SEABED. (G WADSWORTH, 1.3.93). HH009/843/01 6.1.00 EXAM'D 1.6.99 IN 5515.520N, 0127.477W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 34.6 IN GEN DEPTH 40MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 116MTRS, WIDTH 26MTRS. DCS3 HT 6.2MTRS. LIES 133/313 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. BROKEN UP WK WITH SUPERSTRUCTURE VISIBLE. UPRIGHT. (GARDLINE, HI 843). AMEND TO WK 34MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, BROKEN UP

Position: 55 15.52 N,1 27.477 W

 

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