This is the information page about the shipwreck Waldinge, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 55.857 N,2 1.139 E (52.7504, 2.0371)

 

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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. Aberhill
2. Afon towy and deerwood (possibly)
3. Angele-erika
4. Barrhill
5. Blacktoft (possibly)
6. Boulderpool (after part)
7. Boy karl
8. Cardanel
9. Chevington
10. Continental coaster (probably)
11. Corbrook
12. Cordene
13. Cross sand ltv
14. Dashwood
15. English trader
16. Excellenz mehnert
17. Galatea (possibly)
18. Gallois and oxshott (possibly)
19. George fisher
20. Georgia (for'd part)
21. Glen derry (probably)
22. Goodwood (possibly)
23. Hamsterley
24. Hector gannet
25. Hms agate
26. Hms bracklyn (possibly)
27. Hms dhoon (probably)
28. Hms force
29. Hms glen prosen
30. Hms tranio
31. Hms true accord (probably)
32. Hms washington (probably)
33. Horseferry (probably)
34. Ionian (probably)
35. Kentwood (probably)
36. La perouse (possibly)
37. Langeli (possibly)
38. Leelite
39. Leopold ii
40. Liliane (possibly)
41. Marsworth
42. Montferland
43. Mount ida
44. Murdoch (probably)
45. Navarra (possibly)
46. Nereus
47. Newland (possibly)
48. Nimrod
49. Nordborg (possibly)
50. Noreen
51. Onto
52. Otis tarda
53. Oxshott (possibly)
54. Philipp m
55. Prima
56. Regain
57. Robrix
58. Roine
59. Rokos vergottis
60. Roy
61. Rye
62. Seagull
63. Stanmount
64. Togston
65. Trevethoe
66. Vanguard
67. Vanilla (probably)
68. Viola (possibly)
69. Virgilia
70. Waldinge
71. Walkure
72. War valley
73. Waterloo
74. Willowpool
75. Yewvalley (possibly)

 

Name: WALDINGE

Length 91 meter, width: 13.4 meter, draught: 6.5, tonnage 2462 ton
Load: coal

Cause: Ex-uskport '40. built in 1925 by burnitisland shipbuilding co ltd, burntisland. owned at time of loss by constants (s wales) ltd. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 259nhp, single shaft. machinery by d rowan & co ltd, glasgow. passage the tyne for london. torpedoed by e boat on 19th nov. sank on 20th.

Year of registration: 1941

Water depth above wreck: 39 meter, Height above seabed: 124 cm

Known since: 1941, last detected: 20190107

Details measurements/cartography: H04039/41 21.11.41 TORPEDOED IN 525600N, 020130E. (HMS VERDUN 21.11.41). H04039/41 3.12.41 PFNM 2875/41 ISSUED. H04039/41 9.11.43 INS AS WK 6FMS.

- NM 2398/43. H04039/41 2.6.50 SURVEYED AFTER DISPERSAL. POSN 525554N, 020157E. AREA COVERING POSN OF WK SWEPT BY OROPESA. CLEARED AT 50FT MLWS. NUMBER OF SONAR CONTACTS WERE MADE IN VICINITY BUT OWING TO UNEVEN NATURE OF BOTTOM & NUMEROUS SHOALS OF FISH WK COULD NOT BE LOCATED WITH CERTAINTY BY E/S. ALL CONTACTS WERE SWEPT BY OROPESA. CLEAR AT 50FT. (HMS SHARPSHOOTER, 26.5.50). AMEND TO WK 8FMS 2FT.

- NM 1045/50. H3730/69 3.6.69 NOT FOUND AFTER INTENSIVE SONAR & E/S SEARCH. (HMS BULLDOG, 1969). AMEND TO FOUL. BR STD. HH242/555/02 1.6.94 WK LOCATED IN 525549N, 020114E [OGB]. APPEARS TO BE INTACT. LENGTH 80MTRS, 15MTRS WIDE. SHADOW HT 11MTRS APPROX IN GEN DEPTH 35MTRS [UNREDUCED]. (STM VEGA, HN FOR HI 616). HH242/555/02 2.6.94 EXAM'D 28.5.94 SWEPT CLEAR AT 23.3MTRS, FOUL AT 23.6MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 23.5MTRS. LENGTH 95MTRS, LIES 114/294DEGS. GENERALLY INTACT, APPEARS TO BE LISTING TO SW. (STM VEGA, HN FOR HI 616). NCA YET. HH242/555/02 5.9.94 NO BUOYAGE PLANNED FOR WK. (OCC HARWICH, TELECON 5.9.94).

- NM 3231/94. HH090/616/01 21.10.94 EXAM'D 1.6.94 IN 525550.1N, 020115.2E [OGB] USING SYLEDIS [3 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR 23.4, FOUL 23.6MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 23.5 IN GEN DEPTH 38MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 39.4MTRS. DCS3 HT 14.0MTRS. LENGTH 95MTRS, WIDTH 32MTRS. LIES 114/294 DEGS. APPEARS TO BE WHOLE. LIES 750MTRS ENE OF LIST POSN. (GARDLINE, HI 616). NFA. SEP 2020/000100123 27.5.20 EXAM'D 07.01.19; IN 5255.857N, 0201.139E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 23.59MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 39MTRS, LENGTH 92.8MTRS, WIDTH 25.1MTRS, HEIGHT 15.4MTRS, ORIENTATION 124/304 DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 11MTRS, WIDTH 19MTRS, 2.5MTRS DEEP, TOWARDS 268 DEGS. WRECK HAS STARTED TO BREAK APART AND IS LYING ON ITS STARBOARD SIDE. THE PORT HULL HAS A LARGE HOLE IN THE FORWARD SECTION AND HAS COLLAPSED. VARIOUS STRUCTURES AND MASTS CAN BE SEEN ON THE DECK AND LYING ON THE SOUTHERN SIDE. (MERITAITO, HI 1580). AMEND DW 23.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 52 55.857 N,2 1.139 E

 

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