This is the information page about the shipwreck White swan, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 33.378 N,1 44.134 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. Alice taylor
3. Alster
4. Alto (possibly)
5. Artemisia
6. Astrologer
7. Axminster (probably)
8. Barkis
9. Barrhill
10. Begona no 5
11. Boulderpool (after part)
12. Burtonia (possibly)
13. Bygdo (possibly)
14. Castle galleon
15. Cd 14 (probably)
16. City of kobe
17. Clansman (possibly)
18. Claudia (possibly)
19. Cresta
20. Crichtoun
21. Cross sand ltv
22. David b summers
23. Dronning maud (possibly)
24. Dunwich bank wk
25. El dorado
26. Ethel radcliffe
27. Excellenz mehnert
28. Farmatyr
29. Frumenton
30. Fulgens
31. Gasfire
32. Geneva
33. George fisher
34. Gipsy (possibly)
35. Glen derry (probably)
36. Glynn
37. Groenlo
38. Gulf breaker
39. H h petersen
40. Hms christopher (possibly)
41. Hms condor (probably)
42. Hms dhoon (probably)
43. Hms donside (possibly)
44. Hms dungeness
45. Hms evesham (possibly)
46. Hms fontenoy
47. Hms force
48. Hms francolin
49. Hms glen prosen
50. Hms irvana (part of)
51. Hms jessie nutten
52. Hms kaphreda
53. Hms m a west (probably)
54. Hms ocean plough (possibly)
55. Hms orthos (probably)
56. Hms speeton (possibly)
57. Hms spider
58. Hms tettenhall
59. Hms tonbridge
60. Hms tugela
61. Hms washington (probably)
62. Hms whooper
63. Hmsm d5
64. Ilse
65. Impulsion
66. Ionian (probably)
67. Kenneth hawksfield
68. La perouse (possibly)
69. Langeli (possibly)
70. Lingfield
71. Mardyke
72. Maria rosa
73. Marianne (probably)
74. Marsworth
75. Mascota (possibly)
76. Mascotte
77. Memento (possibly)
78. Mercurius
79. Montferland
80. Mudo
81. Murdoch (probably)
82. Nadir
83. Navarra (possibly)
84. Nereus
85. Nominoe
86. Nordborg (possibly)
87. Norman queen
88. Novocastrian
89. Oil trader
90. Ole bull
91. Osprey
92. Polaris
93. Prima
94. Regain
95. Ren
96. Reward (possibly)
97. Rhineland
98. Robin iv
99. Robrix
100. Rochester city
101. Rogate
102. Roine
103. Roxanna
104. Rye
105. Sea rhine
106. Seagull
107. Seaham
108. Sheaf water
109. Silksworth hall (probably).
110. Sirdar (part of)(possibly)
111. Skodsburg (possibly)
112. Southford
113. St patrick
114. Stanmount
115. Sunniside (probably)
116. Taber park
117. Thomas m (possibly)
118. Tidal (possibly)
119. Tregantle (possibly)
120. Trevethoe
121. U 13 (probably)
122. Ui-001
123. Vanguard
124. Viola (possibly)
125. War valley
126. White lady
127. White swan
128. White swan (possibly)
129. Xanthe
130. Yewvalley (possibly)
131. Yucca (possibly)

 

Name: WHITE SWAN

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

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

Year of registration: 1916

Water depth above wreck: 4 meter, Height above seabed: 45 cm

Known since: 1916, last detected: 2018

Details measurements/cartography: POSN 523215N, 014430E. (AUTHORITY NOT KNOWN). H4199/25 SHOWN AS ST. (HMS FITZROY 1924, SURVEY [C9544]). NC 1552. H443/30 14.1.30 DELETED. (SURVEY [E1956]). H1623/40 INS AS ST. (SURVEY [E5809]).

- NM BLOCK. H231/55 8.8.55 AMEND POSN TO 523323N, 014416E. (ECES, 1955). BR STD. H3231/55 2.11.60 ST IN 523323N, 014416E BY INTERSECTION. (ECES, 19.4.55). H3231/55 2.11.60 ACCORDING TO LOCAL INFORMATION, THIS IS THE REMAINS OF A CLIFF FALL OF MANY YEARS AGO, THAT CARRIED WITH IT A CLUMP OF TREES. THE TRUNKS OF WHICH ARE STILL STANDING IN THE SAND. (TH, 14.1.58). H1333/60 2.11.60 THIS IS STILL A STRANDED WRECK. (ECES, 16.11.59). H3570/67 1.12.67 LENGTH ABOUT 200FT. PROMINENT POST AT NORTH END. LOCAL FISHERMEN STATE THAT THIS IS THE WRECK OF THE 'WHITE SWAN'. (HMS ECHO, ROS DTD 15.9.67). H3570/69 14.11.69 DRIES 2.6MTRS BY OBSERVATION. GEN DEPTH 3.1MTRS. STRANDED WRECK. LENGTH ABOUT 200FT. MARKED BY PROMINENT POST AT NORTH END KEEL. RIBS AND BOILERS REMAINING. (HMS ECHO, HI 34B & HI 359/69). AMEND TO ST DRIES 8FT. NC 1536. H4403/71 7.11.73 EXAM'D IN 523322N, 014416E USING HFIX/6 [2 LOP]. HT OF WRECK [ESTIMATED] 1.4MTRS ABOVE MHWS. PROMINENT POST AT NORTHERN END OF WRECKAGE, WHICH RUNS SOUTH ABOUT 100MTRS WITH MANY RIBS SHOWING AT LW. (HMS ECHO). AMEND TO ST DRIES 1.4MTRS. BR STD. 28.8.74 SHOWN AS ST HT 1.4MTRS. NC 1536. H4403/71 16.11.79 EXAM'D 18.7.79 VISUALLY. PROMINENT POST AT N END OF WK IS IN POSN 523323N, 014422E WITH HEIGHT 1.4MTRS ABOVE MHWS. BOILERS & RIBS EXTEND SOUTH ABOUT 100MTRS TO 523321N, 014418E. (SOISS, HI 63B/79). AMENDED TO STF. BR STD. H2339/84 26.6.85 EXAM'D VISUALLY AT LW. STILL AS DESCRIBED IN 1979. (NP 1016, HI 249). NCA. H2339/84 15.12.87 EXAM'D 2.11.87. POSN AS CHARTED. POST MARKED ON CHART IS NOW MISSING. WRECKAGE COMPLETELY COVERS TOWARDS HIGH WATER AND NOW DRIES 1.3MTRS AT STERN (N END) & DRIES 1.5MTRS AT BOW (S END). BOILERS AND OTHER WRECKAGE DRY UP TO 1.1MTRS. OVERALL LENGTH APPROX 165FT. GEN DEPTH APPROX 4MTRS. (THV MERMAID, 12.11.87). AMENDED TO STP DRIES 1.4MTRS. BR STD. HH090/513/01 14.6.91 VISIBLE AT LW IN 523322N, 014420E. GEN DEPTH 4.5MTRS. (NP 1016, HI 513). NCA. HH242/355/01 28.1.92 CONFIRMED BY GT YARMOUTH HBR MASTER THAT WK NO LONGER SHOWS AT HW AND IS APPARENTLY BREAKING UP. CONSTITUTES A DANGER TO SMALL CRAFT. (YARMOUTH CG, 30.12.91) HH242/540/04 14.7.92 WK IN 523323.5N, 014418.5E HAS BEEN MARKED BY R UNLIT CAN BUOY, LAID ABOUT 20MTRS E OF WK. (TH NM 23/92).

- NM 2276/92. HH242/540/07 12.5.95 LIES APPROX N/S. BOWS, BOILER AND SOME FRAMES STILL EXIST. VISUAL EXAMINATION WITH ACCURATE TIDAL HEIGHTS GIVE A DRYING HEIGHT OF 1.9MTRS. (TH, LTR DTD 2.5.95). NCA. HH090/734/01 29.4.97 LOCATED IN VICINITY OF CHARTED POSN. NOT EXAMINED. (NP 1016, HI 734). HH090/848/01 28.5.99 LOCATED IN 5233.367N, 0144.333 [OGB]. EXAMINED VISUALLY AT LW. RETAIN AS CHARTED. (NP 1016, HI 848). NCA. HH242/540/19 16.8.05 OBSERVED 19.7.05 BY THV VECTIS ON 19.7.05. WK CENTRED ON 5233.378N, 0144.134E [EUT], DRIES 1.6MTRS. BUOY IN 5233.399N, 0144.237E, APPROX 071DEGS, 122MTRS FROM WK. (TRINITY HOUSE, LTR DTD 9.8.05). NE 1536. SEP 2011/000240232 4.1.12 EXAM'D 29.9.11 IN LISTED POSN. TAPED HT WITH ACCURATE TIDAL HT GIVES DRYING HT OF 2.0MTRS. REMAINS OF WK CONSIST TO SEVERAL STEEL PILLARS OF APPROX 15CM DIAMETER. (THV ALERT, ROS DTD 5.10.11). AMEND STP 2.0MTRS. BR STD. SEP 2014/000101118 21.5.14 OBSERVED 17.3.14 IN 5233.378N, 0144.134E [WGD]. TAPED WITH ACCURATE TIDAL HT GIVES DRYING HT OF 2.07MTRS. (THV ALERT, ROS DTD 15.5.14). AMEND ST 2.1MTRS. SEP 2016/000103094 9.5.16 OBSERVED 10.2.16 IN 5233.378N, 0144.134E [WGD]. TAPED WITH ACCURATE TIDAL HT GIVES DRYING HT OF 2.09MTRS. (THV PATRICIA, ROS DTD 11.2.16). NFA. SEP 2017/000186964 20.4.18 WK NOT ACCESSIBLE, DRIES AT LW. [EGS, HI1545]. RETAIN PREVIOUS DEPTH DRIES 2.1MTRS. SEP 2018/000257229 8.10.18 OBSERVED 8.10.18 IN 5233.378N, 0144.134E [WGD]. TAPED WITH ACCURATE TIDAL HT GIVES DRYING HT OF 1.743MTRS (LAT). (THV ALERT, ROS DTD 09.10.18). AMEND DEPTH DRIES 1.8MTRS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: SEVERAL STEEL PILLARS OF 15CM DIAMETER VISIBLE AT LW

Position: 52 33.378 N,1 44.134 E

 

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