This is the information page about the shipwreck Wychwood (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 57.784 N,1 46.941 E (51.7619167, 1.5857333)

 

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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. Aduatiek (possibly)
2. Alastair
3. Ambient (probably)
4. Angelus
5. Atlanticos
6. Balgownie (probably)
7. Batavier 5
8. Bonnington court
9. British captain
10. British fortune (probably)
11. Brixton
12. Cairnside
13. Carica milica
14. Cedarwood (possibly)
15. Churston
16. Clan monroe
17. Coalgas
18. Corcrest
19. Cormorant
20. Cormount (probably)
21. Coureur des mers
22. Cressdene (possibly)
23. Cresta
24. Dagmar (probably)
25. Denewood
26. Denise germaine (possibly)
27. Disa (possibly)
28. Duke of york (bows)
29. Dulwich
30. Dunwich bank wk
31. Dynamo
32. Edernian
33. El argentino
34. Ellewoutsdijk
35. Empire bridge
36. Erna boldt (probably)
37. Estrella (possibly)
38. Eva witte
39. F stobart (probably)
40. Faithful star
41. Firth
42. Flores (probably)
43. Fort massac
44. Forth
45. Friargate (possibly)
46. Friargate (possibly)
47. Gannet (possibly)
48. Gena
49. Gerhard
50. Gipsy (possibly)
51. Golconda (possibly)
52. Grantleyhall (possibly)
53. Grenadier (probably)
54. Groeswen (probably)
55. Hardingham (probably)
56. Harlington (probably)
57. Harlyn (probably)
58. Harriet
59. Hebe
60. Hendon hall
61. Highwave (probably)
62. Hillglen
63. Hm mgb 76 (possibly)
64. Hms adonis (possibly)
65. Hms coquette
66. Hms donna nook
67. Hms duchess of hamilton
68. Hms eros (possibly)
69. Hms forward iii
70. Hms franc tireur
71. Hms hastfen
72. Hms hirose (probably)
73. Hms holdene
74. Hms japan
75. Hms kale (probably)(part of)
76. Hms leandros
77. Hms lord airedale
78. Hms ludlow
79. Hms marconi
80. Hms monarch
81. Hms moravia (possibly)
82. Hms nadine
83. Hms new comet (possibly)
84. Hms resono (possibly)
85. Hms rhiannon (possibly)
86. Hms river clyde (possibly)
87. Hms river clyde (possibly)
88. Hms sisters melville
89. Hms tervani
90. Hms velia (possibly)
91. Hms waveflower
92. Hms whooper
93. Hms william wesney
94. Hmsm e6
95. Hmtb 10
96. Hnlms 227
97. Hornchurch
98. Ignis (possibly)
99. Ingi
100. Ionian (possibly)
101. J c dalble
102. Jamesina
103. Janny
104. Jim
105. Josefina thorden (after part)
106. Kankakee
107. Khartoum (possibly)
108. Knarsdale
109. Koningen emma (part of)(probably)
110. Koningen emma (possibly)
111. Kwasind
112. La flandre (possibly)
113. Lady salisbury
114. Lapwing
115. Lincairn (possibly)
116. Lisette
117. Lodewijk van nassau (probably)
118. Lonhelen (possibly)
119. Lord bute
120. Lowland
121. Magdapur
122. Mangara
123. Marie leonhardt (probably)
124. Mascotte
125. Mecklenburg
126. Mendibil mendi (possibly)
127. Mexico
128. Michail ontchoukoff (possibly)
129. Moidart
130. Morar
131. Nereus
132. Newhaven (possibly)
133. Nico
134. Nicolaos piangos
135. Niore
136. Norhauk
137. Norwich trader
138. Ocean pride
139. Old charlton
140. Ostprussen (possibly)
141. Palembang (probably)
142. Paullette
143. Peik
144. Persistant whisper
145. Pescado
146. Petshenga (possibly)
147. Phryne
148. Plawsworth (possibly)
149. Polgarth
150. Profit
151. Protinus (possibly)
152. Quickstep
153. Ravenscraig (possibly)
154. Rhenas (possibly)
155. Salerno (possibly)
156. Salerno (possibly)
157. Savona (probably)
158. Scimitar
159. Second chance (possibly)
160. Shardana
161. Simon bolivar
162. Storm
163. Sunk head tower
164. Tergestea
165. Terukuni maru
166. Thornaby (possibly)
167. Thyra
168. Torchbearer
169. Uc 11 (possibly)
170. Uc 72 (possibly)
171. Vae victis
172. Vancouver
173. Victorious
174. Volscian (possibly)
175. Walsingham
176. Warrenpoint
177. Wearside
178. Wychwood (possibly)
179. Wyetown
180. Yarmouth
181. Yewkyle (possibly)
182. Ypapanti

 

Name: WYCHWOOD (POSSIBLY)

Length 93.3 meter, width: 13.7 meter, draught: 5.8, tonnage 2794 ton
Load: coal

Cause: Mined while on passage blyth to london.

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 30 meter, Height above seabed: 227 cm

Known since: 1940, last detected: 20190701

Details measurements/cartography: H0740/40 19.9.40 INS AS DW.

- NM 2276/40. H0740/40 12.4.44 AMEND TO WK 6FMS 4FT IN REVISED POSN.

- NM 790/44. H0740/40 27.7.48 OROPESA SWEEP IN MAY 1948 CLEAR AT 47FT. DEPTH IN VICINITY 101FT. LEAST DEPTH BY E/S 73FT. (HMS SHARPSHOOTER, 27.7.48). AMEND TO WK 7FMS 5FT.

- NM 1656/48. H4139/76 11.1.77 EXAM'D 30.9.76 IN 515745N, 014658.2E.[OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR AT 19.6 MTRS. FOUL AT 20.2MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 20.1MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 30.0MTRS. SCOUR 33.2MTRS. LARGE WK - APPROX 90 X 40MTRS. PROBABLY LYING NE/SW. (HMS BULLDOG & HMS BEAGLE, HI 31/76). AMEND TO SW 19.6MTRS. BR STD. HH100/351/08 29.3.94 DIVED ON, FOUND TO BE WRECK OF A SMALL VESSEL OF 500TONS WITH A LARGE GUN MOUNTED ON THE BOW. BOW TO MIDSHIPS IS INTACT WITH SUPERSTRUCTURE STILL IN PLACE. APPEARS BROKEN UP AFT OF THE MIDSHIPS AREA. (BOB HICKINBOTTOM 22.3.94) HH090/667/01 12.12.95 EXAM'D 30.7.95 IN 515745.38N, 014654.07E [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 20.6 IN GEN DEPTH 29.0MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 2.8MTRS. DCS3 HT 8.1MTRS. LENGTH 110MTRS, WIDTH 16MTRS. LIES 025/205 DEGS. BROKEN INTO TWO WITH SCATTERED DEBRIS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. SWEEP ABANDONED DUE TO BUOYS AND OLD NETS. (OCEANICS, HI 667). AMEND DW 20.6MTRS. SEP 2019/000272653 20.11.19 EXAM'D 01.07.19; IN 5157.784N, 0146.941E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 20.86MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 30MTRS, LENGTH 94MTRS, WIDTH 14.9MTRS, HEIGHT 8.18MTRS, ORIENTATION 227/047 DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 106MTRS, WIDTH 33.12MTRS, 2.86MTRS DEEP, TOWARDS 208 DEGS. WRECK IN TWO PARTS AND BROKEN UP. (CLINTON MARINE, HI 1584). AMEND DW 20.8MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: IN TWO PARTS

Position: 51 57.784 N,1 46.941 E

 

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