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 (51.761916666667, 1.5857333333333)

 

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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. Annie
6. Atlanticos
7. Balgownie (probably)
8. Batavier 5
9. Blackhill
10. Bonnington court
11. British captain
12. British fortune (probably)
13. Brixton
14. Cairnside
15. Carica milica
16. Cedarwood (possibly)
17. Churston
18. Clan monroe
19. Coalgas
20. Corcrest
21. Cormorant
22. Cormount (probably)
23. Coureur des mers
24. Cressdene (possibly)
25. Cresta
26. Dagmar (probably)
27. Denewood
28. Denise germaine (possibly)
29. Disa (possibly)
30. Duke of york (bows)
31. Dulwich
32. Dunwich bank wk
33. Dynamo
34. Edernian
35. El argentino
36. Ellewoutsdijk
37. Empire bridge
38. Erna boldt (probably)
39. Estrella (possibly)
40. Eva witte
41. F stobart (probably)
42. Faithful star
43. Firth
44. Flores (probably)
45. Fort massac
46. Forth
47. Friargate (possibly)
48. Friargate (possibly)
49. Gannet (possibly)
50. Gena
51. Gerhard
52. Gipsy (possibly)
53. Golconda (possibly)
54. Grantleyhall (possibly)
55. Grenadier (probably)
56. Groeswen (probably)
57. Hardingham (probably)
58. Harlington (probably)
59. Harlyn (probably)
60. Harriet
61. Hebe
62. Hendon hall
63. Heworth
64. Highwave (probably)
65. Hillglen
66. Hm mgb 76 (possibly)
67. Hms adonis (possibly)
68. Hms coquette
69. Hms donna nook
70. Hms duchess of hamilton
71. Hms eros (possibly)
72. Hms forward iii
73. Hms franc tireur
74. Hms hastfen
75. Hms hirose (probably)
76. Hms holdene
77. Hms japan
78. Hms kale (probably)(part of)
79. Hms leandros
80. Hms lord airedale
81. Hms ludlow
82. Hms marconi
83. Hms monarch
84. Hms moravia (possibly)
85. Hms nadine
86. Hms new comet (possibly)
87. Hms resono (possibly)
88. Hms rhiannon (possibly)
89. Hms river clyde (possibly)
90. Hms river clyde (possibly)
91. Hms sisters melville
92. Hms st seiriol
93. Hms tervani
94. Hms velia (possibly)
95. Hms waveflower
96. Hms whooper
97. Hms william wesney
98. Hmsm e6
99. Hmtb 10
100. Hmtb no.11 (possibly)
101. Hnlms 227
102. Hornchurch
103. Ignis (possibly)
104. Ingi
105. Ionian (possibly)
106. Iris (possibly)
107. J c dalble
108. Jamesina
109. Janny
110. Jim
111. Josefina thorden (after part)
112. Kankakee
113. Khartoum (possibly)
114. Knarsdale
115. Koningen emma (part of)(probably)
116. Koningen emma (possibly)
117. Kwasind
118. La flandre (possibly)
119. Lady salisbury
120. Lapwing
121. Lapwing (possibly)
122. Lincairn (possibly)
123. Lisette
124. Little world
125. Lodewijk van nassau (probably)
126. Lonhelen (possibly)
127. Lord bute
128. Lowland
129. Magdapur
130. Mangara
131. Marie leonhardt (probably)
132. Mascotte
133. Mecklenburg
134. Mendibil mendi (possibly)
135. Mexico
136. Michail ontchoukoff (possibly)
137. Moidart
138. Morar
139. Nereus
140. Newhaven (possibly)
141. Nico
142. Nicolaos piangos
143. Niore
144. Norhauk
145. Norwich trader
146. Ocean pride
147. Old charlton
148. Ostprussen (possibly)
149. Palembang (probably)
150. Paullette
151. Peik
152. Persistant whisper
153. Pescado
154. Petshenga (possibly)
155. Phryne
156. Plawsworth (possibly)
157. Polgarth
158. Profit
159. Protinus (possibly)
160. Quickstep
161. Ravenscraig (possibly)
162. Rhenas (possibly)
163. Rumania
164. Salerno (possibly)
165. Salerno (possibly)
166. Savona (probably)
167. Scimitar
168. Sea king
169. Second chance (possibly)
170. Shardana
171. Simon bolivar
172. Storm
173. Sunk head tower
174. Tergestea
175. Terukuni maru
176. Thornaby (possibly)
177. Thyra
178. Torchbearer
179. Uc 11 (possibly)
180. Uc 72 (possibly)
181. Vae victis
182. Vancouver
183. Victorious
184. Volscian (possibly)
185. Walsingham
186. Warrenpoint
187. Wearside
188. Wychwood (possibly)
189. Wyetown
190. Yarmouth
191. Yewkyle (possibly)
192. 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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