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 (53.372983333333, 1.0462166666667)

 

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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. Ayrshire (possibly)
12. Baron ailsa
13. Bertha
14. Birtley
15. Blackburn
16. Boulderpool (fwd part)
17. British triumph
18. Burgos
19. Camilla weston
20. Cantabria (probably)
21. Chelsea (possibly)
22. Chevychase
23. Clan morrison
24. Clansman (possibly)
25. Continental (possibly)
26. Corchester
27. Corea
28. Cormarsh
29. Courier (probably)
30. Czestochowa
31. Duncarron
32. Efos
33. Eikhaug
34. Empress
35. Ems
36. Ethel
37. Fireglow
38. Francois trixier
39. Friesland
40. Fulgens
41. Gardenia
42. George royle
43. Georgia (stern section)
44. Giorgio ohlsen
45. Granta
46. Hauxley (possibly)
47. Heathfield
48. Hms arley
49. Hms cap d'antifer
50. Hms caroline moller
51. Hms cloughton wyke
52. Hms dungeness
53. Hms francolin
54. Hms kylemore
55. Hms nogi
56. Hms solomon
57. Hms vortigern
58. Hmsm c 11
59. Hmsm umpire
60. Homefire
61. Hull trader
62. I t l anna b
63. Jessie maersk
64. Jevington court
65. Kenton
66. Keymun
67. King egbert
68. Lanterna (probably)
69. Londoner (probably)
70. Marden
71. Minorca
72. Nimrod (probably)
73. Ole bull
74. Ottar jarl
75. Otter
76. P.l.m. 25
77. Pacific
78. Pacific (possibly)
79. Pacific (possibly)
80. Pegrix
81. Pontfield (forepart)
82. Rimac
83. Robert w pomeroy
84. Rosalie (possibly)
85. Rose marie
86. Salvus ii
87. Sheaf water
88. Sitona
89. St mark
90. St thomas (possibly)
91. Tayjack 1 (part of)
92. Tayjack 1 (part of)
93. Tayjack 1 (part of)
94. Teddington
95. Thursonian
96. Trajan
97. Traviata (possibly)
98. Trelissick
99. Tyneford
100. Upminster
101. Varoy
102. Vera (probably)
103. Welholme (possibly)
104. Western mist (possibly)
105. Westland
106. Whintown (possibly)
107. Winhill or whinhill
108. Zephyr
109. 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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