This is the information page about the shipwreck War valley, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 39.072 N,1 47.907 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. Actuosity (possibly)
4. Afon towy and deerwood (possibly)
5. Ala
6. Alice taylor
7. Alster
8. Alston
9. Alto (possibly)
10. Artemisia
11. Astrologer
12. Avonwood
13. Axminster (probably)
14. Barkis
15. Barrhill
16. Begona no 5
17. Boulderpool (after part)
18. Bovey tracy
19. Burtonia (possibly)
20. Bygdo (possibly)
21. Camilla weston
22. Cardanel
23. Castle galleon
24. Cd 14 (probably)
25. City of kobe
26. Clansman (possibly)
27. Claudia (possibly)
28. Corchester
29. Corduff
30. Cormead
31. Crichtoun
32. Cross sand ltv
33. Dashwood
34. David b summers
35. Dronning maud (possibly)
36. El dorado
37. Ems
38. English trader
39. Ethel
40. Ethel radcliffe
41. Excellenz mehnert
42. Fidelio
43. Frumenton
44. Fulgens
45. Galatea (possibly)
46. Gallois and oxshott (possibly)
47. Geneva
48. George fisher
49. Georgia (for'd part)
50. Glen derry (probably)
51. Glen tilt (possibly)
52. Glynn
53. Gulf breaker
54. H h petersen
55. Helena
56. Hms agate
57. Hms christopher (possibly)
58. Hms condor (probably)
59. Hms dhoon (probably)
60. Hms dungeness
61. Hms evesham (possibly)
62. Hms exmoor
63. Hms fontenoy
64. Hms force
65. Hms francolin
66. Hms glen prosen
67. Hms irvana (part of)
68. Hms kaphreda
69. Hms m a west (probably)
70. Hms ocean plough (possibly)
71. Hms orthos (probably)
72. Hms pelton (probably)
73. Hms speeton (possibly)
74. Hms spider
75. Hms tettenhall
76. Hms tonbridge
77. Hms tranio
78. Hms tugela
79. Hms washington (probably)
80. Hmsm d5
81. Ilse
82. Impulsion
83. Ionian (probably)
84. Kentwood (probably)
85. King egbert
86. Knitsley (part of)(probably)
87. Knitsley (possibly)
88. La perouse (possibly)
89. Langeli (possibly)
90. Leelite
91. Leopold ii
92. Lindisfarne (probably)
93. Lingfield
94. Londoner (probably)
95. Mardyke
96. Maria rosa
97. Marianne (probably)
98. Marsworth
99. Mascota (possibly)
100. Memento (possibly)
101. Mercurius
102. Mirella
103. Montferland
104. Mudo
105. Murdoch (probably)
106. Nadir
107. Navarra (possibly)
108. Nereus
109. Nominoe
110. Nordborg (possibly)
111. Norman queen
112. Novocastrian
113. Oil trader
114. Ole bull
115. Osprey
116. Otter
117. Oxshott (possibly)
118. Pacific (possibly)
119. Pluton
120. Polaris
121. Prima
122. Regain
123. Ren
124. Reward (possibly)
125. Rhineland
126. Robin iv
127. Robrix
128. Rogate
129. Roine
130. Rose marie
131. Roxanna
132. Rye
133. Scotia
134. Sea rhine
135. Seagull
136. Seaham
137. Sheaf water
138. Silksworth hall (probably).
139. Sirdar (part of)(possibly)
140. Skodsburg (possibly)
141. Stad alkmaar
142. Stanmount
143. Sunniside (probably)
144. Taber park
145. Thomas m (possibly)
146. Tidal (possibly)
147. Tregantle (possibly)
148. Trevethoe
149. U 13 (probably)
150. Ui-001
151. Vanguard
152. Viola (possibly)
153. Waldinge
154. Walkure
155. War valley
156. Whintown (possibly)
157. White swan
158. White swan (possibly)
159. Willowpool
160. Xanthe
161. Yewvalley (possibly)
162. Yucca (possibly)

 

Name: WAR VALLEY

Length 100.9 meter, width: 14.3 meter, draught: 7, tonnage 3104 ton
Load: coal

Cause: Built in 1918 by w gray & co ltd, west hartlepool. owned at time of loss by the shipping controller, (w h cockerline & co.). three boilers, triple expansion engine of 430 hp, single shaft. passage from leith for savona. cargo coal. stranded on scroby sand & broke in two. (dods).

Year of registration: 1922

Water depth above wreck: 5 meter, Height above seabed: 120 cm

Known since: 1922, last detected: 1999

Details measurements/cartography: H4918/22 2.8.22 H4918/22 2.8.22 WK IN POSN 088DEGS, E CAISTER CH, 2.7M. G CON BUOY LAID 5.5C W. (CG GT YARMOUTH). H4032/23 8.6.23 H4032/23 8.6.23 LEAST DEPTH NOW 5FMS. BUOY WITHDRAWN. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED).

- NM. H5371/51 4.12.51 H5371/51 4.12.51 CHART AS ST IN 523902N, 014804E. (HMS SHARPSHOOTER). 12.2.52 12.2.52 AMENDED TO DW (DRIES). (HMS SHARPSHOOTER). H5371/51 26.10.60 H5371/51 26.10.60 SWEPT (DRIES) IN 523902N, 014804E USING HSA. LEAST E/S DEPTH 3 IN GEN DEPTH 6FT. (HMS SHARPSHOOTER, DTD 16.10.51). H3930/61 17.4.63 H3930/61 17.4.63 SEARCHED FOR BUT NOT FOUND. NOT SEEN AT LW. (HMS ENTERPRISE, OCT 1962). AMENDED TO DW. BR STD. H1927/69 10.1.69 H1927/69 10.1.69 EXAM'D 3.9.68 IN 523903N, 014759E. THIS IS THE POSN OF SCOUR IN WHICH ARE TRACES OF WKGE AND HAS E/S DEPTH OF 21FT. GEN DEPTH IN AREA 11-14FT. (HMS ECHO, HI 40B/68). AMENDED TO FOUL. BR STD. H4852/74 22.3.79 H4852/74 22.3.79 NOT DETECTED DURING BASIC SOUNDING. NOT SEARCHED FOR. (SOISS, HI 64B/78). H1960/79 31.3.81 H1960/79 31.3.81 EXAM'D IN 523903N, 014803E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 1.0 IN GEN DEPTH 3.1MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 4.6MTRS. (HMS EGERIA, HI 62B/80). AMENDED TO WK 1.0MTR IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. H2908/83 18.12.84 H2908/83 18.12.84 EXAM'D 2.10.84. LEAST E/S DEPTH 1.7 IN GEN DEPTH 4-5MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 6MTRS. SMALL WK, LYING NW/SE. IN AREA WHICH HAS DEEPENED SINCE 1981. (HMS ENTERPRISE, HI 188). AMENDED TO WK 1.7MTRS. BR STD. H4021/86 6.8.87 H4021/86 6.8.87 EXAM'D 30.5.87 IN 523903N, 014801E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 1.5 IN GEN DEPTH 6MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 10.7MTRS. (NP 1016, HI 370). AMENDED TO WK 1.5MTRS. BR STD. HH090/487/01 26.6.90 HH090/487/01 26.6.90 EXAM'D 18.4.90 IN 523902.8N, 014801.6E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [6 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 1.9 IN GEN DEPTH 5MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 11.3MTRS. NO SONAR SHADOW OBTAINED. LARGE BROKEN-UP WK LYING NW/SE IN AREA OF FEATURELESS SAND. LENGTH 105MTRS, BEAM 10MTRS. A CONSIDERABLE MAGNETIC ANOMALY DETECTED IN VICINITY. (NP 1016, HI 487). AMENDED TO WK 1.9MTRS. BR STD. HH090/569/01 12.7.93 HH090/569/01 12.7.93 LOCATED 6.5.93 DURING ROUTINE SONAR SEARCH. NOT FULLY EXAM'D. STRONG MAGNETOMETER DEFLECTION OBSERVED. RECOMMEND RETAIN AS CHARTED. (NP 1016, HI 569). NCA. HH090/686/01 22.3.96 HH090/686/01 22.3.96 LOCATED, NOT EXAMINED. (NP 1016, HI 686). NCA. HH090/844/01 13.4.99 HH090/844/01 13.4.99 EXAM'D 12.3.99 IN 5239.072N, 0147.907E [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 3.4 IN GEN DEPTH 5MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 10MTRS. LENGTH 110MTRS, WIDTH 25MTRS. DCS3 HT 2MTRS. LIES 120/300DEGS. SCOUR EXTENDS 50MTRS TOWARDS 045DEGS. LARGE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. IN ONE PIECE, IN ITS OWN SCOUR. (NP 1016, HI 844). AMEND TO WK 3.4MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: IN ONE PIECE, LYING WITHIN ITS OWN SCOUR

Position: 52 39.072 N,1 47.907 E

 

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