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 (52.4370167, 1.7918333)

 

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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. Boulderpool (after part)
16. Bovey tracy
17. Burtonia (possibly)
18. Bygdo (possibly)
19. Cardanel
20. Castle galleon
21. Cd 14 (probably)
22. City of kobe
23. Claudia (possibly)
24. Corbrook
25. Corduff
26. Cormead
27. Crichtoun
28. Cross sand ltv
29. Dashwood
30. David b summers
31. Dronning maud (possibly)
32. El dorado
33. English trader
34. Ethel radcliffe
35. Excellenz mehnert
36. Fidelio
37. Galatea (possibly)
38. Gallois and oxshott (possibly)
39. Geneva
40. George fisher
41. Georgia (for'd part)
42. Glen derry (probably)
43. Glen tilt (possibly)
44. Glynn
45. Goodwood (possibly)
46. Gulf breaker
47. Hamsterley
48. Helena
49. Hms agate
50. Hms bracklyn (possibly)
51. Hms christopher (possibly)
52. Hms condor (probably)
53. Hms dhoon (probably)
54. Hms evesham (possibly)
55. Hms exmoor
56. Hms fontenoy
57. Hms force
58. Hms glen prosen
59. Hms irvana (part of)
60. Hms kaphreda
61. Hms m a west (probably)
62. Hms ocean plough (possibly)
63. Hms orthos (probably)
64. Hms pelton (probably)
65. Hms speeton (possibly)
66. Hms spider
67. Hms tettenhall
68. Hms tonbridge
69. Hms tranio
70. Hms tugela
71. Hms washington (probably)
72. Hmsm d5
73. Horseferry (probably)
74. Ilse
75. Impulsion
76. Ionian (probably)
77. Kentwood (probably)
78. Knitsley (part of)(probably)
79. Knitsley (possibly)
80. La perouse (possibly)
81. Langeli (possibly)
82. Leelite
83. Leopold ii
84. Liliane (possibly)
85. Lindisfarne (probably)
86. Lingfield
87. Mardyke
88. Maria rosa
89. Marianne (probably)
90. Marsworth
91. Mascota (possibly)
92. Memento (possibly)
93. Mercurius
94. Mirella
95. Montferland
96. Mudo
97. Murdoch (probably)
98. Nadir
99. Navarra (possibly)
100. Nereus
101. Newland (possibly)
102. Nominoe
103. Nordborg (possibly)
104. Norman queen
105. Novocastrian
106. Oil trader
107. Onto
108. Osprey
109. Otis tarda
110. Oxshott (possibly)
111. Philipp m
112. Pluton
113. Polaris
114. Prima
115. Regain
116. Ren
117. Reward (possibly)
118. Rhineland
119. Robin iv
120. Robrix
121. Rogate
122. Roine
123. Rokos vergottis
124. Roxanna
125. Rye
126. Scotia
127. Sea rhine
128. Seagull
129. Seaham
130. Silksworth hall (probably).
131. Sirdar (part of)(possibly)
132. Skodsburg (possibly)
133. Stad alkmaar
134. Stanmount
135. Sunniside (probably)
136. Thomas m (possibly)
137. Tidal (possibly)
138. Togston
139. Tregantle (possibly)
140. Trevethoe
141. U 13 (probably)
142. Ui-001
143. Vanguard
144. Viola (possibly)
145. Virgilia
146. Waldinge
147. Walkure
148. War mehtar
149. War valley
150. White swan
151. White swan (possibly)
152. Willowpool
153. Xanthe
154. Yewvalley (possibly)
155. 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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