This is the information page about the shipwreck Winhill or whinhill, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 6.055 N,1 20.817 E (53.3729833, 1.0462167)

 

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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. Actuosity (possibly)
2. Algarve
3. Alice taylor
4. Alster
5. Alston
6. Ambrose fleming
7. Antiope
8. Aquarius (possibly)
9. Artemisia
10. Asteria
11. Baron ailsa
12. Bertha
13. Birtley
14. Blackburn
15. Boulderpool (fwd part)
16. British triumph
17. Burgos
18. Camilla weston
19. Cantabria (probably)
20. Chelsea (possibly)
21. Chevychase
22. Clan morrison
23. Clansman (possibly)
24. Continental (possibly)
25. Corchester
26. Cormarsh
27. Courier (probably)
28. Czestochowa
29. Duncarron
30. Efos
31. Eikhaug
32. Empress
33. Ems
34. Ethel
35. Fireglow
36. Francois trixier
37. Friesland
38. Fulgens
39. Gardenia
40. George royle
41. Georgia (stern section)
42. Giorgio ohlsen
43. Granta
44. Hauxley (possibly)
45. Heathfield
46. Hms arley
47. Hms cap d'antifer
48. Hms caroline moller
49. Hms cloughton wyke
50. Hms dungeness
51. Hms francolin
52. Hms kylemore
53. Hms solomon
54. Hms vortigern
55. Hmsm c 11
56. Hmsm umpire
57. Homefire
58. I t l anna b
59. Jessie maersk
60. Jevington court
61. Kenton
62. Keymun
63. King egbert
64. Lanterna (probably)
65. Londoner (probably)
66. Marden
67. Minorca
68. Nimrod (probably)
69. Ole bull
70. Ottar jarl
71. Otter
72. P.l.m. 25
73. Pacific
74. Pacific (possibly)
75. Pacific (possibly)
76. Pegrix
77. Pontfield (forepart)
78. Rimac
79. Robert w pomeroy
80. Rosalie (possibly)
81. Rose marie
82. Salvus ii
83. Sheaf water
84. Sitona
85. St mark
86. St thomas (possibly)
87. Tayjack 1 (part of)
88. Tayjack 1 (part of)
89. Teddington
90. Thursonian
91. Trajan
92. Traviata (possibly)
93. Trelissick
94. Tyneford
95. Upminster
96. Varoy
97. Vera (probably)
98. Welholme (possibly)
99. Western mist (possibly)
100. Westland
101. Whintown (possibly)
102. Winhill or whinhill
103. Zephyr
104. Zor

 

Name: WINHILL OR WHINHILL

Year of registration: 1989

Water depth above wreck: 21 meter, Height above seabed: 125 cm

Known since: 1989, last detected: 2018

Details measurements/cartography: 30.8.89 UNCHARTED WK LOCATED NEAR WKS EIKHAUG AND DUNCARRON. WELL BROKEN UP AND NO DANGER TO SHIPPING. BOILER STANDS 5 TO 6MTRS HIGH. ABOUT 1500 GRT. CARGO CEMENT. BELL RECOVERED WITH NAME 'WINHILL' ENGRAVED. STERN APPARENTLY BLASTED AWAY. (P WOODCOCK, TELECON 25.8.89). POSN NOT NOTED. INS AS USC 16MTRS. BR STD.. HH100/351/02 12.1.90 WK DIVED ON IN 530538N, 012114.5E. ITEMS RECOVERED INDICATE THIS IS WRECK OF THE WHINHILL. (J WISE, 14.12.89). BR STD. HH090/561/01 6.1.93 EXAM'D 20.9.92 IN 530602N, 012055.2E [OGB] USING SYLEDIS. DRIFT SWEEP CLEAR AT 19.6, FOUL AT 20.1MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 21.3 IN GEN DEPTH 21.6MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 0.5MTR. DCS3 HT 2.5MTRS, LENGTH 15MTRS, WIDTH 10MTRS. LIES 120/300 DEG. (SEATEAM, HI 561). BR STD. SEP 2018/000212985 5.9.18 EXAM'D 29.3.18 IN 5306.055N, 0120.817E [WGD]. LEAST W/C DEPTH 20.3MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 21MTRS, LENGTH 14.4MTRS, WIDTH 7.9MTRS, HEIGHT 1.6MTRS, ORIENTATION 125/305 DEGS. SCOUR DIMENSIONS LENGTH 18.9MTRS, 0.1MTRS DEEP, TOWARD 125 DEGS. BROKEN AND PARTIALLY BURIED. (GARDLINE, HI 1515). AMEND TO DW 20.3MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 53 6.055 N,1 20.817 E

 

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