This is the information page about the shipwreck White swan (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 32.488 N,1 44.417 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. Ala
2. Alastair
3. Alice taylor
4. Alto (possibly)
5. Astrologer
6. Axminster (probably)
7. Barkis
8. Barrhill
9. Begona no 5
10. Boulderpool (after part)
11. Burtonia (possibly)
12. Bygdo (possibly)
13. Castle galleon
14. Cd 14 (probably)
15. City of kobe
16. Claudia (possibly)
17. Cresta
18. Crichtoun
19. Cross sand ltv
20. David b summers
21. Dronning maud (possibly)
22. Dunwich bank wk
23. El dorado
24. Ethel radcliffe
25. Eva witte
26. Excellenz mehnert
27. Farmatyr
28. Firth
29. Frumenton
30. Fulgens
31. Gasfire
32. Geneva
33. George fisher
34. Gipsy (possibly)
35. Glynn
36. Groenlo
37. Gulf breaker
38. H h petersen
39. Hms christopher (possibly)
40. Hms condor (probably)
41. Hms dhoon (probably)
42. Hms donside (possibly)
43. Hms dungeness
44. Hms evesham (possibly)
45. Hms fontenoy
46. Hms force
47. Hms francolin
48. Hms glen prosen
49. Hms irvana (part of)
50. Hms jessie nutten
51. Hms kaphreda
52. Hms m a west (probably)
53. Hms ocean plough (possibly)
54. Hms orthos (probably)
55. Hms speeton (possibly)
56. Hms spider
57. Hms tettenhall
58. Hms tonbridge
59. Hms tugela
60. Hms washington (probably)
61. Hms whooper
62. Hmsm d5
63. Ilse
64. Impulsion
65. Kenneth hawksfield
66. La perouse (possibly)
67. Langeli (possibly)
68. Lapwing
69. Lingfield
70. Mardyke
71. Maria rosa
72. Marianne (probably)
73. Marsworth
74. Mascota (possibly)
75. Mascotte
76. Memento (possibly)
77. Mercurius
78. Montferland
79. Mudo
80. Murdoch (probably)
81. Nadir
82. Navarra (possibly)
83. Nereus
84. Nominoe
85. Nordborg (possibly)
86. Novocastrian
87. Oil trader
88. Osprey
89. Polaris
90. Prima
91. Regain
92. Ren
93. Reward (possibly)
94. Rhineland
95. Robin iv
96. Robrix
97. Rochester city
98. Rogate
99. Roine
100. Roxanna
101. Rye
102. Sea rhine
103. Seagull
104. Seaham
105. Sheaf water
106. Silksworth hall (probably).
107. Sirdar (part of)(possibly)
108. Skodsburg (possibly)
109. Southford
110. St patrick
111. Stad alkmaar
112. Stanmount
113. Sunniside (probably)
114. Taber park
115. Thomas m (possibly)
116. Tidal (possibly)
117. Tregantle (possibly)
118. Trevethoe
119. U 13 (probably)
120. Ui-001
121. Vanguard
122. Viola (possibly)
123. War valley
124. White lady
125. White swan
126. White swan (possibly)
127. Xanthe
128. Yewvalley (possibly)
129. Yucca (possibly)

 

Name: WHITE SWAN (POSSIBLY)

Length 87.5 meter, width: 13.1 meter, draught: 5.8, tonnage 2173 ton
Load: coal

Cause: Built in 1903 by blyth sb co. owned at the time of loss by dixon, sample & co (swan line). two boilers, triple expansion engine of 219nhp, single shaft. machinery by blair & co ltd, stockon-on-tees. passage hartlepool for london. dragged anchors and went ashore. crew recovered. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1916

Water depth above wreck: 6 meter, Height above seabed: 95 cm

Known since: 1916, last detected: 20171025

Details measurements/cartography: H4199/25 3.11.26 WK OF 'WHITE SWAN' SHOWN IN 523215N, 014425E.(SURVEY [C9544]). H443/30 NOT FOUND. (HMS FITZROY, 1929). H4471/55 24.8.55 EXAM'D IN 523227N, 014437E USING HSA. SWEPT CLEAR AT 4, FOUL AT 6FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 12 IN GEN DEPTH 16FT. SCOUR DEPTH 17FT. 300FT LONG, LYING 100/280DEGS. (ECES, 19.4.55). INS AS WK 0FMS 4FT.

- NM 1975/55. H4167/59 31.5.60 AMENDED TO SW 0FMS 4FT. NC 1543. H3570/67 1.12.67 LOCALS ALLEGE THAT 'WHITE SWAN' IS STRANDED WK LYING IN 523323N, 014416E [SEE 10455]. (HMS ECHO, R-OF-S). AMEND POSN. BR STD. H4403/71 7.11.73 EXAM'D IN 523228N, 014439E USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 3.2 IN GEN DEPTH 5.6MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH .8MTRS. (HMS ECHO). H4403/71 16.11.79 EXAM'D 22.7.79 IN 523221N, 014437E USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 2.2 IN GEN DEPTH 5-5.4MTRS. SCOUR 0.5MTR DEEP. (SOISS, HI 63B/79). BR STD. H2339/84 25.6.85 EXAM'D 30.4.85 IN 523227N, 014431E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 3.3 IN GEN DEPTH 5.5MTRS. SCOUR 6MTRS. DCS3 HT 2.1MTRS, LENGTH APPROX 70MTRS. LYING E/W WITH BUILD-UP OF SAND ON EITHER SIDE. (NP 1016, HI 249). BR STD. HH090/513/01 14.6.91 NOT LOCATED, BELIEVED COVERED. RETAIN AS CHARTED. (NP 1016, HI 513). HH090/734/01 29.4.97 EXAM'D 26.3.97 IN 523227.5N, 014431.7E [OGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 2.6MTRS, FOUL 2.9MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 2.9 IN GEN DEPTH 5.5MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 0.5MTR. DCS3 HT 2MTRS. LENGTH 90MTRS, WIDTH 10MTRS. LIES 100/280DEGS. SMALL MAGNETIC ANOMALY. IN ONE PIECE, PARTIALLY BURIED, NO SCATTERED DEBRIS. (NP 1016, HI 734). BR STD. HH090/848/01 27.5.99 LOCATED, NOT EXAMINED. (NP 1016, HI 848). NCA. HH091/111/01 11.8.05 EXAM'D 9.4.05 IN 5232.487N, 0144.417E [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 2.72 IN GEN DEPTH 5.5MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 82MTRS, WIDTH 20MTRS, HT 3MTRS. LIES 100/280 DEGS WITH BOWS TOWARDS 280 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. INTACT, PARTIALLY BURIED. SMALL BUILD UP OF SAND ON THE N SIDE. (NP 1016, HI 1111). NCA. SEP 2017/000186964 25.10.17 EXAM'D 25.10.17; WRECK LOCATED IN 5232.488N, 0144.417E [WGD.] LEAST M/B DEPTH 2.86MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 6MTRS. LENGTH 81.5MTRS, WIDTH, 25.0MTRS, HT 3.06MTRS, ORIENTATION 095/275 DEGS. WK MAINLY INTACT. [EGS, HI 1545.]. AMEND DW 3MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 52 32.488 N,1 44.417 E

 

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