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 (52.437016666667, 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. Ala
2. Alastair
3. Alice taylor
4. Alto (possibly)
5. Astrologer
6. Axminster (probably)
7. Barkis
8. Barrhill
9. Begona no 5
10. Bob read (probably)
11. Boulderpool (after part)
12. Burtonia (possibly)
13. Bygdo (possibly)
14. Castle galleon
15. Cd 14 (probably)
16. City of kobe
17. Claudia (possibly)
18. Cresta
19. Crichtoun
20. Cross sand ltv
21. Daisy (possibly)
22. David b summers
23. Db 8 (possibly)
24. Dronning maud (possibly)
25. Dunwich bank wk
26. El dorado
27. Elnet
28. Ethel radcliffe
29. Eva witte
30. Excellenz mehnert
31. Farmatyr
32. Firth
33. Frumenton
34. Fulgens
35. G and e (possibly)
36. Gasfire
37. Geneva
38. George fisher
39. Gipsy (possibly)
40. Glynn
41. Groenlo
42. Gulf breaker
43. H h petersen
44. Hms cantatrice
45. Hms christopher (possibly)
46. Hms condor (probably)
47. Hms dhoon (probably)
48. Hms donside (possibly)
49. Hms dungeness
50. Hms evesham (possibly)
51. Hms fontenoy
52. Hms force
53. Hms francolin
54. Hms glen prosen
55. Hms harvest gleaner
56. Hms irvana (part of)
57. Hms jessie nutten
58. Hms kaphreda
59. Hms m a west (probably)
60. Hms ocean plough (possibly)
61. Hms orthos (probably)
62. Hms speeton (possibly)
63. Hms spider
64. Hms tettenhall
65. Hms tonbridge
66. Hms tugela
67. Hms washington (probably)
68. Hms whooper
69. Hmsm d5
70. Ilse
71. Impulsion
72. Kenneth hawksfield
73. La perouse (possibly)
74. Langeli (possibly)
75. Lapwing
76. Lingfield
77. Mardyke
78. Maria rosa
79. Marianne (probably)
80. Marsworth
81. Mascota (possibly)
82. Mascotte
83. Memento (possibly)
84. Mercurius
85. Montferland
86. Mudo
87. Murdoch (probably)
88. Nadir
89. Navarra (possibly)
90. Nereus
91. Nominoe
92. Nordborg (possibly)
93. Novocastrian
94. Oil trader
95. Osprey
96. Polaris
97. Prima
98. Regain
99. Ren
100. Reward (possibly)
101. Rhineland
102. Robin iv
103. Robrix
104. Rochester city
105. Rogate
106. Roine
107. Roxanna
108. Rye
109. Sea king
110. Sea rhine
111. Seagull
112. Seaham
113. Sheaf water
114. Silksworth hall (probably).
115. Sir william stephenson
116. Sirdar (part of)(possibly)
117. Skodsburg (possibly)
118. Southford
119. St patrick
120. Stad alkmaar
121. Stanmount
122. Sunniside (probably)
123. Taber park
124. Thomas m (possibly)
125. Tidal (possibly)
126. Tregantle (possibly)
127. Trevethoe
128. Tunisiana
129. U 13 (probably)
130. Uc 62 (possibly)
131. Ui-001
132. Vanguard
133. Vigo
134. Viola (possibly)
135. War valley
136. White lady
137. White swan
138. White swan (possibly)
139. Xanthe
140. Yewvalley (possibly)
141. 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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