This is the information page about the shipwreck Warnow (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 30.301 N,5 12.298 W (50.27365, -5.4894666666667)

 

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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. Acadian
2. Alster (possibly)
3. Angele (possibly)
4. Anna sophie
5. Antoinette (probably)
6. Arthurtown
7. Bard (possibly)
8. Besse (probably)
9. Brava
10. Brisk (probably)
11. Camelot challenger (possibly)
12. Carasa (possibly)
13. Carl
14. Cristina
15. Dageid
16. Deputie gaston dumesnil (possibly)
17. Dumfries
18. Ezra weston (bow section)
19. Ezra weston (stern section)
20. Fanny lambert
21. Genevieve (possibly)
22. Germaine
23. Gleno
24. Hanover
25. Hemsley 1
26. Hera
27. Hmcs regina
28. Hms warwick
29. Hmy viva 2
30. Hugin
31. Humbergate (probably)
32. Hunsgrove
33. Island maid
34. John taylor
35. Kai (possibly)
36. Kynance (probably)
37. La suippe
38. Lake edon
39. Lake owens
40. Lia'g
41. Lombard (possibly)
42. Madeline
43. Madryn
44. Marcelle
45. Marguerite pry
46. Maria asumpta
47. Mefjord (possibly)
48. Nile
49. Norma (possibly)
50. Onega
51. Orfordness
52. Peer gynt (possibly)
53. Petersham
54. Portugal
55. Prestige
56. Primo ?
57. Princess royal
58. Quarnero
59. Risoy (probably)
60. Rossmore (possibly)
61. Runswick
62. Saphir
63. Secil japan (bow section)
64. Secil japan (stern section)
65. Shanes castle
66. Shoreham (probably)
67. Siracusa
68. St chamond
69. St george (possibly)
70. St joseph
71. St stanislas
72. Sten (possibly)
73. Svint
74. Tagona
75. U 1021 (possibly)
76. U 325 (possibly)
77. U 400 (possibly)
78. Ub 65
79. Vesuvius
80. War baron (probably)
81. Warnow (possibly)
82. Zone (probably)

 

Name: WARNOW (POSSIBLY)

Length 78.3 meter, width: 10.6 meter, draught: 6, tonnage 1593 ton
Load: railway: stock and construction materials

Cause: ex-john readhead. built in 1883 by j readhead & co, south shields. owned at time of loss by the warnow ss co, south shields. two boilers, compound expansion engine of 178hp, single shaft. machinery by j readhead. passage from penarth under sealed orders. cargo railway components. torpedoed and sunk by uc 468. sank very quickly.

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 45 meter, Height above seabed: 125 cm

Known since: 1917, last detected: 2011

Details measurements/cartography: SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 6M W OF TREVOSE HEAD. (WW1SL, LL WW1). 19.1.78 19.1.78 DEFINITE WK LOCATED IN 503018N, 051218W USING DECCA. (E GILES). FOR FILING ONLY. 23.11.11 23.11.11 LOCATED 24.3.10 IN 5030.301N, 0512.298W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 39.10 IN GEN DEPTH 45.1MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 50.0MTRS, WIDTH 17.6MTRS, HT 5.95MTRS. LIES 125/305 DEGS WITH BOWS SE. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (FUGRO OSAE, HI 1157). COLLAPSED & BROKEN UP. INS AS WK 39MTRS. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: COLLAPSED

Position: 50 30.301 N,5 12.298 W

 

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