This is the information page about the shipwreck Willowpool, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 52.867 N,1 51.15 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. Aberhill
2. Afon towy and deerwood (possibly)
3. Alice taylor
4. Alster
5. Alston
6. Artemisia
7. Atle
8. Barrhill
9. Begona no 5
10. Bertha
11. Blacktoft (possibly)
12. Boulderpool (after part)
13. Camilla weston
14. Cantabria (probably)
15. Cardanel
16. Chevington
17. City of kobe
18. Clansman (possibly)
19. Corbrook
20. Corchester
21. Cordene
22. Corduff
23. Courier (probably)
24. Cross sand ltv
25. Dashwood
26. El dorado
27. Ems
28. English trader
29. Ethel radcliffe
30. Excellenz mehnert
31. Friesland
32. Fulgens
33. Galatea (possibly)
34. Gallois and oxshott (possibly)
35. Geneva
36. George fisher
37. Georgia (for'd part)
38. Glen derry (probably)
39. Glynn
40. Goodwood (possibly)
41. Hector gannet
42. Hms agate
43. Hms dhoon (probably)
44. Hms dungeness
45. Hms force
46. Hms francolin
47. Hms glen prosen
48. Hms tonbridge
49. Hms tranio
50. Hms true accord (probably)
51. Hms washington (probably)
52. Hms william stephen
53. Hmsm c 11
54. Hmsm d5
55. Horseferry (probably)
56. I t l anna b
57. Ilse
58. Ionian (probably)
59. Kentwood (probably)
60. La perouse (possibly)
61. Langeli (possibly)
62. Leelite
63. Leopold ii
64. Lindisfarne (probably)
65. Marsworth
66. Montferland
67. Mount ida
68. Murdoch (probably)
69. Navarra (possibly)
70. Nereus
71. Newland (possibly)
72. Nordborg (possibly)
73. Norman queen
74. Oakgrove
75. Onto
76. Osprey
77. Otter
78. Oxshott (possibly)
79. Pegrix
80. Polaris
81. Prima
82. Regain
83. Robrix
84. Roine
85. Rose marie
86. Roy
87. Rye
88. Seagull
89. Seaham
90. Sheaf water
91. Stanmount
92. Togston
93. Trevethoe
94. Vanguard
95. Vanilla (probably)
96. Viola (possibly)
97. Waldinge
98. Walkure
99. War mehtar
100. War valley
101. Whintown (possibly)
102. Willowpool
103. Xanthe
104. Yewvalley (possibly)

 

Name: WILLOWPOOL

Length 118.9 meter, width: 16.8 meter, draught: 7.9, tonnage 4815 ton
Load: ferrous elements and ores: unrefined and refined,ore

Cause: Struck mine 3 miles e of newarp ltv and sank. was on passage bona to tees.

Year of registration: 1939

Water depth above wreck: 19 meter, Height above seabed: 324 cm

Known since: 1939, last detected: 20190213

Details measurements/cartography: H0243/39 21.12.39 PFNM 2874/39 ISSUED. H0243/39 5.1.40 LOCATED 073 DEG, 12 MILES FROM HAISBORO LTHO. LIES NW/SE, IS UPRIGHT WITH TWO MASTS SHOWING 40FT ABOVE LWST. AWASH AT LW - UPPERWORKS, SHOWING EVIDENCE OF FIRE, APPARENTLY BREAKING UP. (TH, 23.12.39). INS DW IN 525248N, 015112E. - FNM 19/40. H0243/39 27.6.50 EXAM'D 12.5.50 IN 525245N, 015118E USING HSA. BUOY 080 DEG 0.5C FROM WK. LEAST E/S DEPTH 4FT [MLWS]. (HMS SHARPSHOOTER, 12.6.50). AMEND TO WK 0FM 4FT WITH G CON BUOY NE.

- NM 1221/50. H0243/39 15.1.51 SWEPT OCT 1950 AFTER DISPERSAL. CLEAR AT 10, FOUL AT 11FT. GEN DEPTH 17 - 24FT. (HMS SHARPSHOOTER & SML 324, 14.10.50). AMEND TO WK 1FM 4FT. DELETE BUOY.

- NM 92/50 H3542/68 23.6.70 POSN CONFIRMED. WK LIES NE/SW, ALMOST ENTIRELY BURIED IN SAND. NO SCOUR. ONLY TANGLED PIECES OF STEEL SEEN WHICH STAND A FEW FEET HIGHER THAN SEABED. DIVED MAY 1970. (R EDMONDS, 18.6.70). 9.2.72 WRECK STRIPPED DOWN TO HULL BY POUNDING SEA. LIES UPRIGHT WITH BOW W. BELIEVED TO BE SOMETIMES COMPLETELY COVERED COMPLETELY BY SAND. (UNDERMARINE OPS., JUNE 1970). 14.3.73 AMEND TO SW 2.8MTRS. NC 106. H1952/80 25.1.83 EXAM'D 20.7.82 IN 525251N, 015115E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR AT 8.2, FOUL AT 8.5MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 8.3MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 13MTRS. SCOUR 1.5MTRS DEEP. DCS3 HT 4MTRS. LIES ON EASTERN SIDE OF A BANK, WITH AXIS 145/325 DEGS. LENGTH 90MTRS, BEAM 20MTRS. (SOISS, HI 22). AMEND TO SW 8.2MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. HH090/604/01 16.11.93 EXAM'D 17.8.93 IN 525250.2N, 015116.8E [OGB] USING SYLEDIS [3 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 8.7 IN GEN DEPTH 11 TO 15MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 17.8MTRS. DCS3 HT 1.6MTRS, LENGTH 89MTRS, BREADTH 20MTRS. BROKEN INTO TWO PARTS - N 38 X 20MTRS, S - 35 X 12MTRS. SEPARATION 16MTRS. PARTIALLY BURIED. LIES 140/320 DEG. (OCEONICS (UK) LTD., HI 604). AMEND TO WK 8.7MTRS. BR STD. SEP 2020/000100123 14.5.20 EXAM'D 13.02.19; IN 5252.867N, 0151.150E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 8.77MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 19MTRS, LENGTH 124.3MTRS, WIDTH 32.2MTRS, HEIGHT 11.2MTRS, ORIENTATION 324/144 DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 45MTRS, WIDTH 7MTRS, 2MTRS DEEP, TOWARDS 052 DEGS. WRECK SITS UPRIGHT AND MOSTLY INTACT, WITH A LIST TO STARBOARD. WRECK HAS COLLAPSED MIDSHIPS CREATING AN AFT AND A FORWARD SECTION THAT ARE LISTING IN DIFFERENT ANGLES. THE COLLAPSED MIDSHIP SECTION HAS STRUCTURE LYING ON THE SEABED TO THE NORTH. THE AFT SECTION IS PARTLY BURIED IN SAND WAVES. (MERITAITO, HI 1580). AMEND DW 8.7MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: IN TWO PARTS

Position: 52 52.867 N,1 51.15 E

 

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