This is the information page about the shipwreck Ursus (part), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 33.12 N,1 29.777 E (51.7619167, 1.5857333)

 

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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. 150
2. Agamemnon
3. Alabama (possibly)
4. Albion (probably)
5. Algeria
6. Archon
7. Atlanticos
8. Avon
9. Balakani
10. Balgownie (probably)
11. Baltrader
12. Bonnington court
13. Bravore
14. Cathay (part of)
15. Cedrington court
16. Cerne
17. City of brisbane
18. Correct
19. Coureur des mers
20. Dalryan
21. Denise germaine (possibly)
22. Diana
23. Dolcoath (part)
24. Dolcoath (part)
25. Duiveland
26. Dunbar castle
27. Dynamo
28. E goodwin ltv
29. Embla (possibly)
30. Emile deschamps
31. Empire ghyll
32. Empress of midland (possibly)
33. Erins isle (possibly)
34. Filleigh
35. Fleurita
36. Flores (probably)
37. Franz fischer (possibly)
38. Fred everard
39. Frons olivae (probably)
40. Fulmar
41. Gad 23
42. Ghc (possibly)
43. Grazia (possibly)
44. Harcalo
45. Hardingham (probably)
46. Hawksdale
47. Hawnby
48. Henry b plant
49. Hibernia
50. Highwave (probably)
51. Hm mms 39 (part of)(probably)
52. Hm torpedo boat no.12
53. Hmml 127 (possibly)
54. Hmmtb 16 (possibly)
55. Hms alert ?
56. Hms artic trapper
57. Hms carilon
58. Hms chestnut (probably)
59. Hms coquette
60. Hms duchess of hamilton
61. Hms fauvette
62. Hms gracie (probably)
63. Hms guardsman
64. Hms hastfen
65. Hms kale (probably)(part of)
66. Hms leandros
67. Hms marcella
68. Hms mastiff (possibly)
69. Hms myrtle
70. Hms napia
71. Hms northumberland (probably)
72. Hms oriana
73. Hms pyrope
74. Hms ray of hope
75. Hms reed (possibly)
76. Hms resono (possibly)
77. Hms restoration (possibly)
78. Hms rhiannon (possibly)
79. Hms stirling castle (probably)
80. Hms tamarisk
81. Hms tourmaline
82. Hms velia (possibly)
83. Hmsm e6
84. Ilaro
85. Ingi
86. Irene
87. Janny
88. Josefina thorden (after part)
89. Kabinda
90. Kankakee
91. Karmt
92. Koenigshaven
93. Laurl coin
94. Lbv (m)396
95. Lindfar
96. Lisbeth m
97. Lord hamilton (possibly)
98. Lowland
99. Mac 5 (possibly)
100. Mahratta ii
101. Mahseer
102. Main topman
103. Malta (probably)
104. Marie leonhardt (probably)
105. Menapier
106. Merel (part of)(possibly)
107. Mersey
108. Mi amigo
109. Morar
110. Mudlark
111. Neptune (possibly)
112. Newlands
113. Nico
114. Niore
115. Norhauk
116. Norman
117. Ocean hound
118. Opal
119. Paros isle
120. Paullette
121. Peik
122. Persistant whisper
123. Peter hamre
124. Ponzano
125. Port dalhousie (possibly)
126. Prince igor (probably)
127. Profit
128. Quickstep
129. Rubislaw
130. Rydal force
131. Rynanna
132. Saidieh
133. Salerno (possibly)
134. Salerno (possibly)
135. San calisto
136. Second chance (possibly)
137. Selma (possibly)
138. Simon bolivar
139. Slesvig
140. Spaarndem
141. Stad maastricht
142. Sunk beacon (remains)
143. Sunk head tower
144. Surrey
145. Telegraaf xviii
146. Terukuni maru
147. The sultan
148. Tina primo
149. Tongue sand tower (remains)
150. Tummel (probably)
151. U 48
152. Uc 21 (possibly)
153. Uc 72 (possibly)
154. Ursus (part)
155. Vancouver
156. Volscian (possibly)
157. Walsingham
158. Wearside
159. Westerley star
160. Woodtown (possibly)
161. Yassou
162. Ypapanti

 

Name: URSUS (PART)

Length 79.6 meter, width: 11.3 meter, draught: 5.2, tonnage 1499 ton
Load: foodstuffs: solid,natural fibres and materials in general: unprocessed and products

Cause: Ex-kathe christopherson, ex-irmgard horn. built in 1902 by akt. ges, 'neptun', rostock. owned at time of loss by rederi a/b ursus, gothenburg. one boiler, triple expansion engine of 136hp, single shaft. passage uddevalla for rochester, cargo vegetable pulp. mined. all crew of 9 lost. later dispersed.

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 16 meter, Height above seabed: 78 cm

Known since: 1940, last detected: 2017

Details measurements/cartography: H0102/40 12.1.40 SANK APPROX 5 MILES ENE OF TONGUE LTV. (SOI, CHATHAM - TELECON). H0102/40 23.8.42 WK, WITH MAST SHOWING, IN 513315N, 012830E, APPROX. (CAPT M/S, SHEERNESS). INS AS DWPA.

- NM 1502/40. H0102/40 10.8.43 AMEND POSN TO 513306N, 012946E. - FNM 1735/43. H0102/46 10.8.43 G CAN BUOY EST'D 0.5C N OF WK IN 513306N, 012946E. (TH, 9.8.43). H0102/40 12.8.46 INS ON 1607,1975,1610,1406. (CAPT M/S SHEERNESS).

- NM 2838/46. H0102/40 20.9.46 S PART WK DISPERSED TO 45FT. (SKOMER, 26.8.46). DRIFT SWEPT CLEAR AT 48, FOUL AT 49FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 48FT IN GEN DEPTH 56FT. POSN 513307N, 012953E. (CAPT M/S SHEERNESS, 18.9.46). AMEND TO WK 8FMS.

- NM 3347/46. H2132/70 23.1.70 EXAM'D 8.10.69 IN 513303N, 012949E [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR AT 14.2, FOUL AT 14.5MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 15.4 IN GEN DEPTH 16.3MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 17.8MTRS. (HMS ENTERPRISE, HI 43/69). H2132/70 6.2.70 AMEND TO SW 7FMS 5FT [LAT]. NE 1607. 27.9.73 AMEND TO SW 14.5MTRS. NC 1607. H6340/87 27.2.89 EXAM'D 9.9.88 IN 513305N, 012954E [OGB] USING HYPERFIX/TRISPONDER. SWEPT CLEAR AT 14.4, FOUL AT 14.8MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 14.4 IN GEN DEPTH 16MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 18MTRS. NO SONAR HT OBTAINED. LENGTH ABOUT 25MTRS. LYING 026/206 DEGS IN ITS OWN SCOUR. MAG ANOMALY EVIDENT. (NP 1016, HI 423). AMEND TO SW 14.4MTRS IN 513307N, 012954E (WITH WK CLOSE N - MEAN POSN). BR STD. HH090/693/01 26.11.97 EXAM'D 4.10.97 IN 513305.2N, 012952.8E [OGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 14.3MTRS, FOUL NOT OBTAINED. LEAST E/S DEPTH 14.6 IN GEN DEPTH 16MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 1.5MTRS. NO DCS3 HT. LENGTH 15MTRS, WIDTH 12MTRS. LIES 000/180 DEGS. SMALL MAGNETIC ANOMALY. ONE PIECE, NO DEBRIS. APPEARS TO HAVE TOPPLED INTO OWN SCOUR WHICH IS 1.5MTRS DEEP AND EXTENDS 50MTRS TOWARDS 190 DEGS. NOT FOULED AS SWEEP BOMBS STRUCK SEABED. (NP 1016, HI 693). BR STD. SEP 2017/000123580 12.9.17 EXAM'D 6.4.17 IN 5133.120N, 0129.777E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 14.37MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 16MTRS, LENGTH 13.2MTRS, WIDTH 8MTRS, HEIGHT 1.9MTRS, ORIENTATION 078/258 DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 18.6MTRS, 2.3MTRS DEEP, TOWARDS 240 DEGS. WRECK IS PARTIAL BROKEN AND UPRIGHT, WITH DEBRIS 12m TO THE SE. (GARDLINE, HI 1518). AMEND TO DW 14.3MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 51 33.12 N,1 29.777 E

 

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