This is the information page about the shipwreck Vanguard, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 40.338 N,1 56.871 E (52.437016666667, 1.7918333333333)

 

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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. Abeona
2. Aberhill
3. Afon towy and deerwood (possibly)
4. Ala
5. Alice taylor
6. Alto (possibly)
7. Astrologer
8. Atle
9. Avonwood
10. Axminster (probably)
11. Barkis
12. Barrhill
13. Begona no 5
14. Blacktoft (possibly)
15. Bob read (probably)
16. Boulderpool (after part)
17. Bovey tracy
18. Burtonia (possibly)
19. Bygdo (possibly)
20. Cardanel
21. Castle galleon
22. Cd 14 (probably)
23. City of kobe
24. Claudia (possibly)
25. Corbrook
26. Corduff
27. Cormead
28. Crichtoun
29. Cross sand ltv
30. Daisy (possibly)
31. Dashwood
32. David b summers
33. Db 8 (possibly)
34. Dronning maud (possibly)
35. El dorado
36. Elnet
37. English trader
38. Ethel radcliffe
39. Excellenz mehnert
40. Fidelio
41. G and e (possibly)
42. Galatea (possibly)
43. Gallois and oxshott (possibly)
44. Geneva
45. George fisher
46. Georgia (for'd part)
47. Glen derry (probably)
48. Glen tilt (possibly)
49. Glynn
50. Goodwood (possibly)
51. Gulf breaker
52. Hamsterley
53. Helena
54. Hms agate
55. Hms bracklyn (possibly)
56. Hms cantatrice
57. Hms christopher (possibly)
58. Hms condor (probably)
59. Hms dhoon (probably)
60. Hms evesham (possibly)
61. Hms exmoor
62. Hms fontenoy
63. Hms force
64. Hms glen prosen
65. Hms irvana (part of)
66. Hms kaphreda
67. Hms m a west (probably)
68. Hms ocean plough (possibly)
69. Hms orthos (probably)
70. Hms pelton (probably)
71. Hms speeton (possibly)
72. Hms spider
73. Hms tettenhall
74. Hms tonbridge
75. Hms tranio
76. Hms tugela
77. Hms washington (probably)
78. Hmsm d5
79. Horseferry (probably)
80. Ilse
81. Impulsion
82. Ionian (probably)
83. Kentwood (probably)
84. Knitsley (part of)(probably)
85. Knitsley (possibly)
86. La perouse (possibly)
87. Langeli (possibly)
88. Leelite
89. Leopold ii
90. Liliane (possibly)
91. Lindisfarne (probably)
92. Lingfield
93. Mardyke
94. Maria rosa
95. Marianne (probably)
96. Marsworth
97. Mascota (possibly)
98. Memento (possibly)
99. Mercurius
100. Meriones
101. Mirella
102. Montferland
103. Mudo
104. Murdoch (probably)
105. Nadir
106. Navarra (possibly)
107. Nereus
108. Newland (possibly)
109. Nominoe
110. Nordborg (possibly)
111. Norman queen
112. Novocastrian
113. Oil trader
114. Onto
115. Osprey
116. Otis tarda
117. Oxshott (possibly)
118. Philipp m
119. Pluton
120. Polaris
121. Prima
122. Regain
123. Ren
124. Reward (possibly)
125. Rhineland
126. Robin iv
127. Robrix
128. Rogate
129. Roine
130. Rokos vergottis
131. Roxanna
132. Rye
133. Scotia
134. Sea rhine
135. Seagull
136. Seaham
137. Silksworth hall (probably).
138. Sir william stephenson
139. Sirdar (part of)(possibly)
140. Skodsburg (possibly)
141. Stad alkmaar
142. Stanmount
143. Sunniside (probably)
144. Thomas m (possibly)
145. Tidal (possibly)
146. Togston
147. Tregantle (possibly)
148. Trevethoe
149. Tunisiana
150. U 13 (probably)
151. Uc 62 (possibly)
152. Ui-001
153. Vanguard
154. Vigo
155. Viola (possibly)
156. Virgilia
157. Waldinge
158. Walkure
159. War mehtar
160. War valley
161. White swan
162. White swan (possibly)
163. Willowpool
164. Xanthe
165. Yewvalley (possibly)
166. Yucca (possibly)

 

Name: VANGUARD

Length 63.4 meter, tonnage 499 ton
Load: general and mixed goods

Cause: built in 1962. oil engine, single screw. passage antwerp for hull. general cargo. sank following collision with british ss 'mary k' in fog. all crew recovered by 'mary k.'

Year of registration: 1963

Water depth above wreck: 31 meter, Height above seabed: 90 cm

Known since: 1963, last detected: 2014

Details measurements/cartography: H4024/63 22.10.63 LEAST DEPTH 50FT, SEABED 81FT. (LL & THV MERMAID 20.9.63). INS AS WK 8FMS 2FT. BR STD. 30.7.74 AMEND TO WK 15MTRS [LAT]. NC 1543. H4852/74 24.12.74 EXAM'D 27.7.74 IN 524020N, 015658E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR 21.9, FOUL 22.4MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 21.4 IN GEN DEPTH 26MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 31MTRS. MARKED SURFACE SWIRL. LYING NW/SE, HEAVILY SILTED. GOOD SONAR CONTACT FROM S. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 109/74). AMEND TO SW 21.4MTRS. BR STD. H2054/82 16.9.83 EXAM'D 12.6.83 IN 524018N, 015659E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR AT 23.0, FOUL AT 23.5MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 23.6 IN GEN DEPTH 33MTRS. SCOUR 8MTRS DEEP. DCS3 HT 8MTRS. LYING NW/SE IN A HOLE WITH DEPTHS OF 26MTRS CLOSE BY. APPARENTLY INTACT. (HMS ENTERPRISE, HI 126). BR STD. SEP 2014/000101130 31.12.14 EXAM'D 24.7.14 IN 5240.338N, 0156.871E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 26.57 IN GEN DEPTH 31MTRS. SCOUR 6MTRS DEEP EXTENDS 70MTRS TOWARDS 350 DEGS. LENGTH 60MTRS, WIDTH 11MTRS, HT 5.0MTRS. LIES 090/270 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. DEGRADED AND PARTIALLY BURIED. (GARDLINE GEOSURVEY, HI 1428). INTACT, BOWS W. LIES WITH LARGE LIST TO STBD AND LOWER PART BURIED. AMEND WK 26.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, BOWS W, LISTS TO STBD

Position: 52 40.338 N,1 56.871 E

 

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