This is the information page about the shipwreck Wapello, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 31.919 N,1 2.908 W (50.242166666667, -1.28825)

 

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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. Ala
2. Albatros
3. Albert
4. Algerian
5. Angry fish
6. Armenier
7. Arno (possibly)
8. Asborg
9. Asger ryg
10. Ashanti (possibly)
11. Augustenburg
12. Bettann (bow section)
13. Bettann (stern section)
14. Braat ii
15. Camberwell
16. Cambrian
17. Cambrian (part of)
18. Cambrian princess (probably)
19. Campeador 5 (bow section)(probably)
20. Camswan
21. Capable
22. Coral
23. Cuba
24. Cuba
25. Daylesford
26. Diadem of bursledon (probably)
27. Donegal (possibly)
28. Duddon (probably)
29. Elford
30. Empress queen
31. Excelsior
32. Faith
33. Fallodon
34. Flag theofano
35. Fort yale
36. Fpt iv
37. France aimee (part of)(possibly)
38. G-cbpt
39. Gerarda
40. Germa geisha
41. Glen (possibly)
42. Gorizont
43. Grip fast
44. Harry sharman
45. Hauler
46. Highland brigade
47. Hilda lea (bow part)(probably)
48. Hilda lea (stern part)(probably)
49. Hm lct 427 (after part)
50. Hm lct 427 (fwd part)
51. Hmcs alberni
52. Hms apley (possibly)
53. Hms boxer
54. Hms crestflower
55. Hms hazard
56. Hms hazardous
57. Hms insolent
58. Hms invincible
59. Hms listrac (probably)
60. Hms p12 (stern section).
61. Hms prince leopold
62. Hms tiger
63. Hms undine
64. Hms velox
65. Hmsm a1
66. Inger
67. Irishman
68. Isleworth
69. Kurland
70. Lct 1068
71. Lct 757 (possibly)
72. Leon
73. Lowmount
74. Luciston
75. Luis
76. Mary rose
77. Meandros (possibly)
78. Mendi
79. Minerva (possibly)
80. Montecrana (possibly)
81. Moonraker (probably)
82. Neath (possibly)
83. Oriflamme
84. Orion
85. Pearl (probably)
86. Polandia (possibly)
87. Ps ryde
88. Redesmere
89. Roway
90. Rtc no.9
91. Saint enogat
92. Sinah
93. Sines (possibly)
94. Spearfish
95. Stokes bay pier (remains)
96. Syrinx (part of)(possibly)
97. Teelin head
98. Tweed
99. U 1195
100. U 153 (possibly)
101. U 90
102. Ub 21
103. Ub 81
104. Uss osprey
105. Vadne
106. Vanessa (probably)
107. Volkerak
108. Wapello
109. Weston maid (possibly)
110. Withern
111. Y48

 

Name: WAPELLO

Length 120.7 meter, width: 15.8 meter, draught: 7.6, tonnage 5576 ton
Load: flammable liquids and gases,oil

Cause: built in 1912 by armstrong whitworth & co ltd, newcastle. owned at time of loss by the tank storage co ltd. three boilers, quadruple expansion engine of 505hp, single shaft. passage philadelphia for thameshaven. cargo oil fuel. torpedoed by uc 71. two men lost.

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 27 meter, Height above seabed: 209 cm

Known since: 1917, last detected: 20161113

Details measurements/cartography: SANK APPROX 7M SE BY E FROM DUNNOSE PT. (WW1SL). H6667/57 WK IN 503157N, 010248W IS PROBABLY THE 'CAMBERWELL'. H5808/55 10.5.60 NOW CHARTED AS WK 10FMS 3FT (19.2MTRS) IN 503157N, 010248W. (SURVEY [K2007]). NE 2045. H4756/63 21.1.64 GOOD A/S CONTACT IN 503157N, 010248W. GOOD A/S CONTACT AT 1500YDS ON BRG 320DEGS. CLASSIFIED WK, LENGTH 300FT, IN GEN DEPTH 16FMS. (HMS JAGUAR, 11.7.63). H6667/57 LEAST E/S DEPTH 63 IN GEN DEPTH 90FT. (HMS DALRYMPLE, 1958). NCA. H4613/73 16.10.73 LIES ON STARBOARD SIDE AND STANDS 30FT HIGH. LENGTH APPROX 400FT. LIES NE/SW WITH BOWS NE. DAMAGE TO BOW & STERN. BRIDGE SUPERSTRUCTURE MISSING. 6 HOLDS, NO CARGO. SEABED GRAVEL. LARGE IRON PROPELLER. (R J TODD, MV 'REGENT SWIFT'). 28.1.74 NOW CHARTED AS WK 18.4MTRS [LAT]. NC 2045. H1310/87/9 6.3.87 DIVED ON IN 1986. 1973 REPORT CONFIRMED. WK WELL DEFINED - BOWS FAIRLY INTACT WITH BOTH ANCHORS STOWED. HULL SPLIT OPEN AMIDSHIPS, PROBABLY BY AN EXPLOSION. THIS COULD BE WK OF 'WAPELLO'. (M PRITCHARD, 16.2.87). HH100/351/07 8.11.93 CONFIRMED AS WK OF 'WAPELLO' IN 503155N, 010248.5W USING DECCA. (M WOODWARD, 13.10.93). NCA. HH090/962/01 3.12.02 EXAM'D 13.8.02 IN 5031.939N, 0102.891W [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 18.9, FOUL 19.2MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 18.9 IN GEN DEPTH 26MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 130MTRS, WIDTH 18MTRS. DCS3 HT 8MTRS. LIES 032/121 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. NO DEBRIS. INTACT. (GARDLINE, HI 962). AMEND TO SW 18.9MTRS. BR STD. 9.7.08 FOUND IN 5141.9241N, 0102.9209W [WGD], DCS3 IMAGE CONFIRMS WK AS LYING ON ITS SIDE. (EMU LTD, EMAIL DTD 26.6.08). DATE OF SURVEY UNKNOWN BUT RECENT. RETAIN IN EXISTING POSN. NCA. SEP 2016/000165703 2.5.17 EXAM'D 13.11.16 IN 5031.919N, 0102.908W [WGD]. LEAST W/C DEPTH 19.73MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 27MTRS. LENGTH 123MTRS, WIDTH 16.5MTRS, HT 9.18MTRS. ORIENTATION 029/209 DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 130MTRS, 3MTRS DEEP, TOWARDS 209 DEGS. APPROX HALFWAY DOWN EASTERN SIDE OF WRECK A SECTION OF HULL MEASURING 8.5MTRS BY 12MTRS HAS BECOME DETACHED AND FALLEN ON ITS SIDE.(MMT UK, HI1499). AMEND TO DW 19.7MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: WELL DEGRADED, ON STBD SIDE, BOWS NE

Position: 50 31.919 N,1 2.908 W

 

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