This is the information page about the shipwreck Wyetown, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 13.008 N,1 56.07 E (52.4370167, 1.7918333)

 

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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. Ala
3. Alastair
4. Alto (possibly)
5. Ambient (probably)
6. Astrologer
7. Axminster (probably)
8. Barkis
9. Batavier 5
10. Bovey tracy
11. British captain
12. British fortune (probably)
13. Brixton
14. Burtonia (possibly)
15. Bygdo (possibly)
16. Carica milica
17. Cd 14 (probably)
18. Cedarwood (possibly)
19. Churston
20. Claudia (possibly)
21. Coalgas
22. Cormorant
23. Cresta
24. Dagmar (probably)
25. Denewood
26. Disa (possibly)
27. Dolfijn (probably)
28. Dronning maud (possibly)
29. Dulwich
30. Dunwich bank wk
31. Edernian
32. El argentino
33. Estrella (possibly)
34. Eva witte
35. F stobart (probably)
36. Farmatyr
37. Fidelio
38. Firth
39. Forth
40. Friargate (possibly)
41. Friargate (possibly)
42. Frumenton
43. Gannet (possibly)
44. Gasfire
45. Gena
46. Gerhard
47. Gipsy (possibly)
48. Golconda (possibly)
49. Grantleyhall (possibly)
50. Grenadier (probably)
51. Groenlo
52. Gulf breaker
53. H h petersen
54. Harlington (probably)
55. Hillglen
56. Hms adonis (possibly)
57. Hms christopher (possibly)
58. Hms condor (probably)
59. Hms donside (possibly)
60. Hms eros (possibly)
61. Hms evesham (possibly)
62. Hms exmoor
63. Hms fontenoy
64. Hms forward iii
65. Hms franc tireur
66. Hms hirose (probably)
67. Hms holdene
68. Hms jessie nutten
69. Hms monarch
70. Hms moravia (possibly)
71. Hms nadine
72. Hms new comet (possibly)
73. Hms ocean plough (possibly)
74. Hms orthos (probably)
75. Hms pelton (probably)
76. Hms river clyde (possibly)
77. Hms river clyde (possibly)
78. Hms sisters melville
79. Hms speeton (possibly)
80. Hms spider
81. Hms tervani
82. Hms tettenhall
83. Hms tugela
84. Hms waveflower
85. Hms whooper
86. Hornchurch
87. Ignis (possibly)
88. Impulsion
89. Ionian (possibly)
90. J c dalble
91. Jamesina
92. Jim
93. Kenneth hawksfield
94. Knarsdale
95. Kwasind
96. Lapwing
97. Lincairn (possibly)
98. Lingfield
99. Lisette
100. Lonhelen (possibly)
101. Lord bute
102. Magdapur
103. Mangara
104. Mardyke
105. Maria rosa
106. Marianne (probably)
107. Mascota (possibly)
108. Mascotte
109. Memento (possibly)
110. Mendibil mendi (possibly)
111. Mercurius
112. Mexico
113. Mirella
114. Moidart
115. Mudo
116. Nadir
117. Newhaven (possibly)
118. Nicolaos piangos
119. Nominoe
120. Novocastrian
121. Ocean pride
122. Old charlton
123. Ostprussen (possibly)
124. Pescado
125. Petshenga (possibly)
126. Phryne
127. Plawsworth (possibly)
128. Polgarth
129. Ravenscraig (possibly)
130. Ren
131. Reward (possibly)
132. Rhenas (possibly)
133. Rhineland
134. Robin iv
135. Rochester city
136. Roxanna
137. Savona (probably)
138. Scimitar
139. Scotia
140. Sea rhine
141. Silksworth hall (probably).
142. Sirdar (part of)(possibly)
143. Skodsburg (possibly)
144. Southford
145. St patrick
146. Stad alkmaar
147. Sunniside (probably)
148. Taber park
149. Tergestea
150. Thornaby (possibly)
151. Thyra
152. Tidal (possibly)
153. Torchbearer
154. U 13 (probably)
155. Ui-001
156. Vae victis
157. Victorious
158. Warrenpoint
159. White lady
160. Willy
161. Wychwood (possibly)
162. Wyetown
163. Yarmouth
164. Yewkyle (possibly)
165. Yucca (possibly)

 

Name: WYETOWN

Length 52.5 meter, width: 9.1 meter, draught: 4.7, tonnage 624 ton
Load: chemicals

Cause: Ex-edia ii '40, ex-edina '39, ex-alwinton, ex-kilybegs. built in 1918 by smiths dock co ltd, middlesbrough. owned at time of loss by woodstown shipping co ltd. one boiler, triple expansion engine of 94hp, single shaft. passage hull for ipswich. cargo phosphate. cause of loss not known.

Year of registration: 1943

Water depth above wreck: 35 meter, Height above seabed: 150 cm

Known since: 1943, last detected: 20161216

Details measurements/cartography: H01854/43 10.6.43 CLEAR AT 42FT. LEAST E/S 61FT. NOT DANGEROUS. (FOIC YARMOUTH, 9.6.43). INS AS NDW.

- NM 1325/43. H4167/59 1.6.60 AMEND TO DW. NC 1543 H01854/43 10.11.61 OROPESA SWEEP CLEAR 68 FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 96FT IN 122FT. (HMS SCOTT, 15.8.61). AMEND TO NDW.

- NM 237/62. 29.10.62 AMEND TO WK 11FMS. LC 1543. 16.12.68 AMEND TO WK 16FMS. (HMS SCOTT 1961). BR STD. 24.1.73 AMEND TO WK 29MTRS [LAT]. NC 1543. HH090/616/01 5.1.95 EXAM'D 13.6.94 IN 521258.73N, 015610.67E [OGB] USING SYLEDIS [3 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR 27.6, FOUL 27.8MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 28.9 IN GEN DEPTH 35MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 2.0MTRS. DCS3 HT 6.0MTRS. LENGTH 45MTRS, WIDTH 10MTRS. LIES 150/330 DEGS. APPEARS TO BE UPRIGHT. POSSIBLE SUPERSTRUCTURE COLLAPSE. (GARDLINE, HI 616).

- NM 685/95. SEP 2017/000091759 4.9.17 EXAM'D 16.12.16; IN 5213.008N, 0156.070E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 29.81MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 35MTRS, LENGTH 53.1MTRS, WIDTH 9.7MTRS, HEIGHT 5.4MTRS, ORIENTATION 150/330 DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 85.35MTRS, 2.99MTRS DEEP, TOWARDS 008DEGS. WRECK IS INTACT AND UPRIGHT. (GARDLINE, HI 1495). AMEND DW 29.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 52 13.008 N,1 56.07 E

 

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