This is the information page about the shipwreck Waterloo, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 54.675 N,2 18.551 E (52.7504, 2.0371)

 

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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. Activity
2. Blacktoft (possibly)
3. Boy karl
4. Continental coaster (probably)
5. Corbrook
6. Excellenz mehnert
7. Girl linda
8. Goodwood (possibly)
9. Hamsterley
10. Hms bracklyn (possibly)
11. Hms dunoon (possibly)
12. Hmsm d5
13. Horseferry (probably)
14. Hullman
15. Kentwood (probably)
16. Leopold ii
17. Liliane (possibly)
18. Navarra (possibly)
19. Nereus
20. Newland (possibly)
21. Nimrod
22. Noreen
23. Onto
24. Otis tarda
25. Philipp m
26. Prosper
27. Quest
28. Rokos vergottis
29. Stanmount
30. Strive
31. Togston
32. Vanilla (probably)
33. Vigia
34. Virgilia
35. Waldinge
36. War mehtar
37. Wast (possibly)
38. Waterloo
39. Yewvalley (possibly)

 

Name: WATERLOO

Length 50 meter, width: 15.2 meter, tonnage 1905 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: Bombed & sunk by german aircraft. on passage to london from the tyne in ballast. 20 crew saved.

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 47 meter, Height above seabed: 58 cm

Known since: 1940, last detected: 1994

Details measurements/cartography: H2363/40 2.8.40 H2363/40 2.8.40 POSN 2.5M NE (MAG) FROM SMITHS KNOLL BUOY. (FOIC YARMOUTH, 11.7.40). INS AS NDWPA.

- NM 1931/40. H3730/69 3.6.69 H3730/69 3.6.69 NOT FOUND AFTER INTENSIVE SONAR & E/S SEARCH WITHIN 600YDS OF POSN. (HMS BULLDOG, 1969). DELETED. 20.11.72 20.11.72 SHOWN IN 525415N, 021730 [EUR] ON NETHERLANDS FISHERIES 1954 DTD 7.11.72. NCA. H4398/71 9.5.84 H4398/71 9.5.84 WK LOCATED JAN/FEB 1983 IN 525443N, 021838E [EUR] USING HYDROTRAC. LENGTH 50MTRS, WIDTH 15MTRS & HT 7MTRS. LYING SW/NE. (GARDLINE SURVEYS, 18.4.84). INS AS WK 41MTRS. BR STD. HH090/611/01 21.11.94 HH090/611/01 21.11.94 EXAM'D 28.7.94 IN 525438.82N, 021839.74E [OGB] USING SYLEDIS [3 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 40.0E IN GEN DEPTH 47MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 5MTRS. DCS3 HT 6.8MTRS. LENGTH 80MTRS, WIDTH 15MTRS. LIES 058/238 DEGS. UPRIGHT AND INTACT. HATCHES AND BRIDGE ARE CLEARLY VISIBLE ON THE SONAR RECORD. (GARDLINE, HI 616). BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT & UPRIGHT, UPPERDECK DETAILS VISIBLE ON DCS3

Position: 52 54.675 N,2 18.551 E

 

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