This is the information page about the shipwreck War tune, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 58.687 N,5 4.689 W (49.967, -5.1835166666667)

 

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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. Adams (possibly)
2. Adolf vinnen
3. Alexander kennedy
4. Andola
5. Andromeda
6. Arab
7. Ardgarry
8. Arvor
9. Asaba (possibly)(part of)
10. Asaba (possibly)(part of)
11. Atlantis (possibly)
12. Atlantis (possibly)
13. Ballarat
14. Bamse (probably)
15. Bay of panama
16. Beatrice (possibly)
17. Bellucia
18. Ben asdale
19. Ben rein
20. Benito
21. Bjornvik (possibly)
22. Brest
23. Bretonne (probably)
24. Cape finisterre (probably)
25. Carmarthen
26. Caroline
27. Caroni river
28. Caroni river (part of)(probably)
29. Centurion (possibly)
30. Cieszyn
31. Citrine
32. City of corinth (possibly)
33. City of ghent
34. Clan apline
35. Clan malcolm
36. Corvus
37. Cromdale
38. Cyrenian
39. Czar
40. Dionne marie
41. Dispatch (possibly)
42. Elisabeth (possibly)
43. Epsilon
44. Erato
45. Eric calvert (possibly)
46. Eskdale
47. Eva (possibly)
48. Forde
49. Friday (vrijdag) possibly
50. Ganymede
51. Gap
52. Godolphin
53. Grip (part of)
54. Gunvor
55. Hansy
56. Happy returns (possibly)
57. Hera
58. Hmml 380
59. Hms almond (after part)
60. Hms almond (bow part)
61. Hms anson
62. Hms brandlebas
63. Hms comet
64. Hms gloaming
65. Hms javelin (stern section)
66. Hms kurd
67. Hms lady of the isles
68. Hms primrose
69. Hms rinovia
70. Hms roche bonne
71. Hms torrent
72. Hmy sappho (possibly)
73. Hnlms brielle
74. Hockwold
75. Ilston
76. Jersey queen (possibly)
77. John
78. Jolie mouette
79. Julie anne ii (part of)(possibly)
80. Juno
81. Karen marie
82. Kerris reed
83. Krosfond
84. Kwester
85. La suippe
86. Lady cory-wright
87. Lady dalhousie
88. Le vieux tigre
89. Leander
90. Leon martin (part of)
91. Libourne
92. Loe bar wk
93. Lord snowden (probably)
94. Lorle (probably)
95. Lucent (possibly)
96. Lydie
97. Merle
98. Mervyn (possibly)
99. Mina cantiquin
100. Mitera marigo
101. Mohegan
102. Mosel
103. Mountby
104. Mourne (probably)
105. N g petersen
106. Normand
107. Nyassa
108. Ocklinge
109. Omer denise
110. Ospra
111. Pearl (possibly)
112. Penelope jane (possibly)
113. Pindos
114. Plantaganet
115. Poljames
116. Poljames
117. Ponus
118. Port chalmers
119. Queen (possibly)
120. Rigmor (possibly)
121. Robert
122. Rock island bridge
123. Royal anne galley
124. Santo christo de castello (possibly)
125. Schiedam
126. Secil japan (bow section)
127. Secil japan (stern section)
128. Shoal fisher
129. Spital
130. Spyridion vagliano
131. St anthony (possibly)
132. Stanwood
133. Twilight water
134. U 1018
135. U 399
136. U 95
137. Ub 106 (possibly)
138. Ub 112 (possibly)
139. Ub 113
140. Ub 128 (possibly)
141. Ub 86 (possibly)
142. Ub 97 (possibly)
143. Uc 66
144. Ula
145. Veritas
146. Ville de thann (bow section)(possibly)
147. Ville de thann (stern section)(possibly)
148. Violet
149. Volnay
150. War tune
151. Westwood (possibly)
152. Wyndcliffe
153. Zebra

 

Name: WAR TUNE

Length 79.6 meter, width: 13.4 meter, draught: 5.5, tonnage 2045 ton

Cause: torpedoed & sunk by submarine approx 1.5m sse of black head. (ll ww1).

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 70 meter, Height above seabed: 71 cm

Known since: 1917, last detected: 2014

Details measurements/cartography: 1917 POSN 1.5MILES SSE FROM BLACK HEAD. (DOCKET M016704). GIVES POSN 495900N, 0504030W. 5.5.60 SONAR CONTACT IN 495700N, 050400W. (AUBD 301/70). HH100/351/12 3.4.97 WK OF 'WAR TUNE' LOCATED IN 495853N, 050435W. IDENTIFIED BY RECOVERY OF BELL. (G J POUND). INS AS USC 40MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. SEP 2014/000153151 22.9.14 EXAM'D 21.7.14 IN 4958.687N, 0504.689W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 60.73 IN GEN DEPTH 70MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 80MTRS, WIDTH 15MTRS, HT 9.27MTRS. LIES 071/251 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. UPRIGHT, AFTER SECTION MISSING. (MMT, HI 1455). POSSIBLY WAR TUNE. AMEND WK 60MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, BOWS WSW, AFTER END COLLAPSED OR ?MISSING

Position: 49 58.687 N,5 4.689 W

 

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