Wreck: Walsingham (Trawler)

This is the information page about the shipwreck Walsingham, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 40.515 N,1 34.219 E (51.7619167, 1.5857333)


 

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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง, 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.

 

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Shipwreck details

Name: WALSINGHAM

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 18 meter, Height above seabed: 85 cm

Known since: 1940, last detected: 1990

Details measurements/cartography: H0362/40 6.4.40 H0362/40 6.4.40 TFNM 901/40 ISSUED. (PELICAN AND WILDFIRE). H0362/40 24.4.40 H0362/40 24.4.40 PFNM 938/40 ISSUED. H0362/40 15.6.40 H0362/40 15.6.40 INS DW IN 514042N, 013348E.

- NM 1502/40. H03797/42 29.9.43 H03797/42 29.9.43 UNKNOWN WK LOCATED IN 514021N, 013412E DURING SEARCH TO LOCATE WALSINGHAM, REPORTED SUNK IN 514044N, 013412E. (SHEERNESS, 12.9.43). H03797/42 10.6.47 H03797/42 10.6.47 WK REP'D IN 514021N, 013412E DISPERSED. IT WAS FOUND IN 514034N, 013412E. DRIFT SWEPT CLEAR AT 38, FOUL AT 39FT IN GEN DEPTH 60FT. PRESUMED TO BE WALSINGHAM. (SHEERNESS, 7.5.47). AMEND TO WK 6FMS 2FT.

- NM 1477/47. H03797/42 H03797/42 16/8/47 INS G SPH BUOY CLOSE S. (TH NM 80/47).

- NM 2190/47. H03797/42 5.5.50 H03797/42 5.5.50 DISPERSED TO 45FT. (C IN C NORE, 29.9.49). OROPESA SWEEP CLEAR AT 48FT. POSN OF SCOUR 514034N, 013412E. NO CONTACT WITH SONAR. ONLY SMALL SCOUR. (HMS SHARPSHOOTER, 20.4.50). AMEND TO WK 8FMS. DELETE BUOY.

- NM 862/50. (HMS SHARPSHOOTER). H2132/70 22.1.70 H2132/70 22.1.70 EXAM'D IN 514029N, 013418E [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR AT 15.4MTRS [8FMS 2FT], FOUL AT 16.0MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 16.5 IN GEN DEPTH 18.5MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 19.4MTRS. SMOOTH SEABED. (HMS ENTERPRISE, HI 404/69).

- NM 304/70. 24.1.73 24.1.73 AMEND TO SW 15.4MTRS [LAT]. NC 1975. H2132/70 10.4.79 H2132/70 10.4.79 EXAM'D 19.10.78 IN 514029N, 013419E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 17.0 IN GEN DEPTH 18.5MTRS. SCOUR 18.8MTRS. DCS3 HT NOT OBTAINED. SMALL BROKEN-UP WK. (SOISS, HI 60D/78). BR STD. HH090/481/01 26.11.90 HH090/481/01 26.11.90 EXAM'D 14.9.90 IN 514028.9N, 013419.6E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [5 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 17.6 IN GEN DEPTH 18MTRS. NO SCOUR. NO SONAR HT OBTAINED. LENGTH 35MTRS, BEAM 15MTRS. LIES 085/265 DEG. VERY BROKEN-UP, WELL BURIED AND ONLY JUST PROUD OF SEABED LEVEL MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO LOCATE WITH E/S. MAGNETIC ANOMALY WAS OBSERVED. RETAIN CHARTED DEPTH. (NP 1016, HI 481). AMEND POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: WELL BURIED, JUST PROUD OF SEABED

Position: 51 40.515 N,1 34.219 E

 

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