This is the information page about the shipwreck Upminster (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 49.774 N,0 9.481 E (53.56915, 0.0936)

 

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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. Abana (part of)(possibly)
2. Abana (part of)(possibly)
3. Abydos
4. Ac 9
5. Acklamd (possibly)
6. Adgillus
7. Afton
8. Agnes
9. Airdrie (possibly)
10. Alarm
11. Albion (probably)
12. Alliance
13. Amber rose
14. Amenity
15. Amlwch rose
16. Angola
17. Angola (part of)(possibly)
18. Ardbeg (probably)
19. Ardlough
20. Ariel (possibly)
21. Armagh
22. Arno mendi
23. Auchenarden
24. Audacity
25. Aurora
26. Auspicious
27. Avalon
28. Avon
29. B o borjesson
30. Barrister
31. Barrister (possibly)
32. Bassa
33. Be ready (probably)
34. Bella
35. Bellerophon
36. Ben cruachan
37. Ben rein (ex-starling)
38. Bengollyun
39. Berwyn
40. Bessie
41. Blairnevis
42. Blanche (possibly)
43. Box hill
44. Bradda
45. Braeglen
46. Breitenburg
47. Brema
48. Briar
49. British councillor
50. British prince
51. Briton (possibly)
52. Burbo & tongue bns (remains) (possibly)
53. Burbo & tongue bns (remains) (possibly)
54. Burgedin
55. C s parnell
56. Cadmus
57. Cairnross
58. Calderon
59. Calista (probably)
60. Canada
61. Cardea
62. Carley marie
63. Carmelite (possibly)
64. Caroline
65. Caroline
66. Carson
67. Casanare
68. Chagres
69. Chant 63
70. Chloris (possibly)
71. Christina shearer
72. Chrysopolis
73. Citrine
74. City of birmingham
75. City of brussels
76. City of st andrews
77. Clan macmaster
78. Clwyd (probably)
79. Clytie
80. Cognac
81. Colin russell
82. Colorado
83. Conargo
84. Conargo
85. Conisbro castle
86. Coniston (probably)
87. Connemara
88. Conovium (probably)
89. Constance
90. Cook s26
91. Coral bank
92. Corhampton
93. Corinth (possibly)
94. Cork
95. Corrientes
96. Counsellor iii
97. Cressado
98. Cresswell (probably)
99. Creteboom
100. Crois bhride
101. Crusader (possibly)
102. Cyclope
103. Dalewood (probably)
104. Dana (possibly)
105. Daphne ii
106. Darro
107. Dawn waters
108. Dayrian
109. Deerpool (after section)
110. Deerpool (for'd section)
111. Diana
112. Diana
113. Dido
114. Don boscoe
115. Doris b
116. Downshire (possibly)
117. Downshire (probably)
118. Dryade
119. Dryburgh (part of)(possibly)
120. Dunavil forth (possibly)
121. Dundalk
122. Dunmail
123. Dunsany
124. Ebeneezer
125. Eilean glas
126. El oso
127. Eleanor
128. Elephant
129. Elizabeth lathom
130. Ellan vannin
131. Ellen southwold
132. Embassage
133. Emerald dawn
134. Empire airman
135. Empire of peace
136. Empire wind
137. Empress (probably)
138. Empress eugenie
139. Endymion
140. Ethel (possibly)
141. Eurymedon
142. Exmoor
143. Fb 110 (possibly)
144. Fb 112 (possibly)
145. Fb 116 (possibly)
146. Fb 118 (possibly)
147. Fb 265 (possibly)
148. Fb 267 (possibly)
149. Fb 275 (possibly)
150. Fb 278 (possibly)
151. Fb 289 and 292 (probably)
152. Fb 295 (possibly)
153. Fb 296 (possibly)
154. Fb 297 (possibly)
155. Fb 300 (possibly)
156. Fb 43 (possibly)
157. Fb 47 (possibly)
158. Fb 56 (possibly)
159. Fb 72 (possibly)
160. Fb 83 (possibly)
161. Fb 86 (possibly)
162. Fb 98 (probably)
163. Feltre
164. Femke
165. Fenella ann
166. Fermo
167. Fin-ar-bed
168. Florence
169. Flowerette
170. Flying meteor
171. Forest queen
172. Fowberry tower (part)
173. Fowberry tower (part)
174. Francis
175. G-azjy
176. George & mary
177. Georgios
178. Gerhardt (possibly)
179. Germania
180. Ginette michel
181. Ginger
182. Girl sylvia
183. Giuseppe
184. Glencona
185. Glenford
186. Glenmaroon (possibly)
187. Globe trotter
188. Gorsethorn
189. Gothic
190. Grangemouth
191. Grinder
192. Hannah
193. Hannah louisa
194. Harlech
195. Harnis (probably)
196. Hebe
197. Hebe (possibly)
198. Heemskerk
199. Helmsman (probably)
200. Henry j smith
201. Herbie
202. Hero
203. Hibernian
204. Hildena
205. Hms benvolio
206. Hms botanic
207. Hms calverton
208. Hms cochrane
209. Hms cortina
210. Hms dervish
211. Hms dirk
212. Hms egret
213. Hms fairy
214. Hms falcon (stern section)
215. Hms lormont
216. Hms manners (stern section)
217. Hms mistletoe
218. Hms othello
219. Hms princess victoria
220. Hms racehorse
221. Hms remillo
222. Hms silicia
223. Hms st cyrus
224. Hms strathborve (part)
225. Hms susarion
226. Hms yorkshire belle
227. Horsted
228. Hugh taylor
229. Hvitveis
230. Hyacinth
231. Ibis
232. Ida
233. Ightham (possibly)
234. Ionic (probably)
235. Ionic star
236. Irene chalmers
237. J b paddon
238. Jane brown
239. Janet helen (possibly)
240. Jeanette
241. John mowlem
242. John pierce
243. John rettig (probably)
244. Juno
245. Kalo (probably)
246. Kernoozer
247. Kieldrecht (possibly)
248. Kilcoan (probably)
249. Kilrea (probably)
250. Kimberley (possibly)
251. Kingston cameo
252. Knuthenborg
253. Kyma
254. Labora (possibly)
255. Ladas (possibly)
256. Lady anstruther (probably)
257. Lady louisa
258. Largo (possibly)
259. Leeds (probably)
260. Letty
261. Lifeguard (possibly)
262. Lily
263. Limesfield
264. Linda blanche
265. Liverpool
266. Lochmonar (fwd part)
267. Lord haig (possibly)
268. Lord haig (possibly)
269. Lord selborne
270. Lottie (possibly)
271. Lough fisher
272. Loweswater
273. Lucerne
274. Lucy
275. Lunevale
276. Lurigethan
277. Lyra
278. Lyra (bow section)
279. Madge wildfire
280. Magdalyn ann
281. Maggie
282. Maja
283. Malaguena
284. Manchester engineer (probably)
285. Mancunium
286. Mangalore (part of)(possibly)
287. Margaret
288. Marguerite
289. Marian francis
290. Marie l
291. Markersdall (probably)
292. Marshall (probably)
293. Mary
294. Mary kate
295. Meeuw
296. Megawatt
297. Melfort
298. Mermaid (probably)
299. Mfv polaris
300. Mhari l
301. Mid jordan beacon
302. Miriam thomas
303. Modig
304. Modiva (possibly)
305. Monimia (possibly)
306. Montreal
307. Moonlight
308. Mtb 539
309. Munster
310. Murielle
311. Nadejda (possibly)
312. Nalon
313. Nar
314. Nautilus
315. Nautilus
316. Nazarine
317. Nichola ann
318. Nickolai
319. Nitedal
320. No.163
321. Noel du marin
322. Nora
323. Noranya
324. Norfolk coast
325. North jordan bn
326. Ocean harvest ii
327. Ocean home
328. Odessa
329. Old haws pt lt or west pile
330. Onward (possibly)
331. Opal (possibly)
332. Ophir ii (possibly)
333. Orsa
334. Otis tetrax
335. Our golden promise
336. Our lassie
337. Our lorraine
338. Ousebridge
339. Pacific (possibly)
340. Pamela
341. Paraciers
342. Peaceful star
343. Peebles (possibly)
344. Pegu (bow section)
345. Pegu (stern)
346. Penryn
347. Peru (probably)
348. Peveril
349. Phoenician
350. Polwell (probably)
351. Portia
352. Potomac
353. Princess victoria
354. Progress
355. Prudence
356. Pt1 or pt2
357. Queens tower
358. Rayford
359. Rea 1
360. Rea 10
361. Rea 5
362. Rea 7 (possibly)
363. Rea 8 (possibly)
364. Rea 9 (possibly)
365. Realf
366. Reculver
367. Residu
368. Retriever
369. Retriever
370. Revi
371. Ringsend
372. Ringwall
373. River don (part of)(probably)
374. River witham
375. Robert marsden
376. Roussalka
377. Rudyard kipling
378. Sagacity
379. Saint mirren (possibly)
380. Salacon
381. Salaminia (probably)
382. Salmondby
383. Saltaro (fwd part)
384. Saltaro (fwd part)
385. Saltaro (fwd part)
386. Saltoun
387. Samaria
388. Sandra glen
389. Sarah visholm 2 (probably)
390. Sarpfos
391. Scathros
392. Scomber (part of)(possibly)
393. Scorpio
394. Sea dog
395. Seagull
396. Seamew (possibly)
397. Sergei
398. Sharelga
399. Silver dee
400. Skerries
401. Skomer
402. Sna iii
403. Sonia
404. Sota eduardo
405. Sote (aft part)
406. Speedwell
407. Speke (possibly)
408. Sportsman
409. Spurn
410. St elwyn
411. St ibar
412. St michan (possibly)
413. Stamila
414. Stanburn
415. Stanleigh
416. Star of hope
417. Stonedale 2 (possibly)
418. Storm drift
419. Sulairia
420. Sunbeam
421. Sunda
422. Sy sol
423. Talbot
424. Tancred
425. Teano
426. Tees
427. The lady mostyn
428. Thomas deas
429. Thracian
430. Tijl uilenspiegel
431. Tilley anne
432. Tinker
433. Togston (possibly)
434. Tongue beacon (possibly)
435. Topaz
436. Tower base
437. Treveal
438. Triton
439. Tt 6 (possibly)
440. Tullaghmurray lass
441. Tumi joy 2
442. Tuskar
443. U 1024 (possibly)
444. U 1024 (probably)
445. U 246
446. U-1051
447. Ubier (probably)
448. Uc 39
449. Uc 47
450. Uc 75
451. Ulstermore
452. Umbe
453. Upminster (possibly)
454. Uralar segundo (cargo debris)
455. Valeria
456. Vanadis (possibly)
457. Vanguard
458. Varangmalm (possibly)
459. Vedra
460. Vigsnes
461. Ville de valenciennes
462. Violet (probably)
463. W.m.j
464. Waltham (probably)
465. Wayside flower (possibly)
466. Weazel
467. Westward ho
468. Whitemantle (possibly)
469. William hanbury
470. William hanson
471. Windsor (part of)
472. Windsor (part of)
473. Winga
474. Wisemans
475. Xavier
476. Xavier
477. Ystroom (probably)
478. Zealandia
479. Zeemermin

 

Name: UPMINSTER (POSSIBLY)

Length 85.3 meter, width: 12.5 meter, draught: 5.8, tonnage 2176 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: built in 1917 by osburne graham & co, sunderland. owned at time of loss by hudson ss co, london. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 215hp, single shaft. machinery by richardsons, westgarth & co ltd, sunderland. passage london for methil. in ballast. sank follwing collision with ss lanrick.

Year of registration: 1928

Water depth above wreck: 26 meter, Height above seabed: 170 cm

Known since: 1929, last detected: 2008

Details measurements/cartography: H2945/28 12.5.28 H2945/28 12.5.28 SUNK IN COLLISION WITH SS LANRICK,15M S OF FLAMBOROUGH HD. (LL 3.5.28). H2945/28 10.5.28 H2945/28 UNSUCCESSFULLY SEARCHED FOR. A SPAR WAS LOCATED AND RECOVERED, BUT NO WRECK. (TH 10.5.28). H3805/72 14.8.78 H3805/72 14.8.78 WK EXAM'D IN 534947N, 000944E [OGB]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 19.4MTRS. (SOISS, ROS DTD 30-11-77 & LTR DTD 6.4.78 IN H1942/76). BR STD. H1944/80 26.4.82 H1944/80 26.4.82 EXAM'D 12.6.81 IN 534946N, 000937E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 18.1MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 25.6MTRS. NO SCOUR. HYDROSEARCH VERTICAL HT 7.5MTRS. LYING 170/350DEGS. BOWS N & PARTIALLY BURIED IN SEABED. BOWS HAVE COLLAPSED. SUPERSTRUCTURE & FUNNEL. SHOALEST PART AT S END. SONAR LENGTH 94MTRS, BEAM 9.5MTRS. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 12). AMEND TO WK 18.1MTRS.

- NM 1147/82. 25.11.08 25.11.08 WK LOCATED IN 5349.7744N, 0009.4806E [WGD], APPROX 90MTRS LENGTH. (EMU LTD, EMAIL DTD 21.11. 08). AMEND POSN. BR STD. 20.1.08 20.1.08 MINUMUM RECORDED HEIGHT AS BEING 22MTRS BELOW CHART DATUM. (EMU LTD, EMAIL DTD 16.1.09). RETAIN AS WK 18.1MTRS. NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, BOWS N & COLLAPSED, SUPERSTRUCTURE & FUNNEL

Position: 53 49.774 N,0 9.481 E

 

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