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 (52.437016666667, 1.7918333333333)

 

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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. Bob read (probably)
18. Boulderpool (after part)
19. Bovey tracy
20. Burtonia (possibly)
21. Bygdo (possibly)
22. Camilla weston
23. Cardanel
24. Castle galleon
25. Cd 14 (probably)
26. City of kobe
27. Clansman (possibly)
28. Claudia (possibly)
29. Corchester
30. Corduff
31. Cormead
32. Crichtoun
33. Cross sand ltv
34. Daisy (possibly)
35. Dashwood
36. David b summers
37. Db 8 (possibly)
38. Dronning maud (possibly)
39. El dorado
40. Elnet
41. Ems
42. English trader
43. Ethel
44. Ethel radcliffe
45. Excellenz mehnert
46. Fidelio
47. Frumenton
48. Fulgens
49. G and e (possibly)
50. Galatea (possibly)
51. Gallois and oxshott (possibly)
52. Geneva
53. George fisher
54. Georgia (for'd part)
55. Glen derry (probably)
56. Glen tilt (possibly)
57. Glynn
58. Gulf breaker
59. H h petersen
60. Helena
61. Hms agate
62. Hms cantatrice
63. Hms christopher (possibly)
64. Hms condor (probably)
65. Hms dhoon (probably)
66. Hms dungeness
67. Hms evesham (possibly)
68. Hms exmoor
69. Hms fontenoy
70. Hms force
71. Hms francolin
72. Hms glen prosen
73. Hms irvana (part of)
74. Hms kaphreda
75. Hms m a west (probably)
76. Hms ocean plough (possibly)
77. Hms orthos (probably)
78. Hms pelton (probably)
79. Hms speeton (possibly)
80. Hms spider
81. Hms tettenhall
82. Hms tonbridge
83. Hms tranio
84. Hms tugela
85. Hms washington (probably)
86. Hmsm d5
87. Ilse
88. Impulsion
89. Ionian (probably)
90. Kentwood (probably)
91. King egbert
92. Knitsley (part of)(probably)
93. Knitsley (possibly)
94. La perouse (possibly)
95. Langeli (possibly)
96. Leelite
97. Leopold ii
98. Lindisfarne (probably)
99. Lingfield
100. Londoner (probably)
101. Mardyke
102. Maria rosa
103. Marianne (probably)
104. Marsworth
105. Mascota (possibly)
106. Memento (possibly)
107. Mercurius
108. Meriones
109. Mirella
110. Montferland
111. Mudo
112. Murdoch (probably)
113. Nadir
114. Navarra (possibly)
115. Nereus
116. Nominoe
117. Nordborg (possibly)
118. Norman queen
119. Novocastrian
120. Oil trader
121. Ole bull
122. Osprey
123. Otter
124. Oxshott (possibly)
125. Pacific (possibly)
126. Pluton
127. Polaris
128. Prima
129. Regain
130. Ren
131. Reward (possibly)
132. Rhineland
133. Robin iv
134. Robrix
135. Rogate
136. Roine
137. Rose marie
138. Roxanna
139. Rye
140. Scotia
141. Sea rhine
142. Seagull
143. Seaham
144. Sheaf water
145. Silksworth hall (probably).
146. Sir william stephenson
147. Sirdar (part of)(possibly)
148. Skodsburg (possibly)
149. Stad alkmaar
150. Stanmount
151. Sunniside (probably)
152. Taber park
153. Thomas m (possibly)
154. Tidal (possibly)
155. Tregantle (possibly)
156. Trevethoe
157. Tunisiana
158. U 13 (probably)
159. Uc 62 (possibly)
160. Ui-001
161. Vanguard
162. Vigo
163. Viola (possibly)
164. Waldinge
165. Walkure
166. War valley
167. Whintown (possibly)
168. White swan
169. White swan (possibly)
170. Willowpool
171. Xanthe
172. Yewvalley (possibly)
173. 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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