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 (52.437016666667, 1.7918333333333)

 

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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. Bob read (probably)
11. Bovey tracy
12. British captain
13. British fortune (probably)
14. Brixton
15. Burtonia (possibly)
16. Bygdo (possibly)
17. Carica milica
18. Cd 14 (probably)
19. Cedarwood (possibly)
20. Churston
21. Claudia (possibly)
22. Coalgas
23. Cormorant
24. Cresta
25. Dagmar (probably)
26. Db 8 (possibly)
27. Denewood
28. Disa (possibly)
29. Dolfijn (probably)
30. Dronning maud (possibly)
31. Dulwich
32. Dunwich bank wk
33. Edernian
34. El argentino
35. Elnet
36. Estrella (possibly)
37. Eva witte
38. F stobart (probably)
39. Farmatyr
40. Fidelio
41. Firth
42. Forth
43. Friargate (possibly)
44. Friargate (possibly)
45. Frumenton
46. G and e (possibly)
47. Gannet (possibly)
48. Gasfire
49. Gena
50. Gerhard
51. Gipsy (possibly)
52. Golconda (possibly)
53. Grantleyhall (possibly)
54. Grenadier (probably)
55. Groenlo
56. Gulf breaker
57. H h petersen
58. Harlington (probably)
59. Hillglen
60. Hms adonis (possibly)
61. Hms christopher (possibly)
62. Hms condor (probably)
63. Hms donside (possibly)
64. Hms eros (possibly)
65. Hms evesham (possibly)
66. Hms exmoor
67. Hms fontenoy
68. Hms forward iii
69. Hms franc tireur
70. Hms harvest gleaner
71. Hms hirose (probably)
72. Hms holdene
73. Hms jessie nutten
74. Hms monarch
75. Hms moravia (possibly)
76. Hms nadine
77. Hms new comet (possibly)
78. Hms ocean plough (possibly)
79. Hms orthos (probably)
80. Hms pelton (probably)
81. Hms river clyde (possibly)
82. Hms river clyde (possibly)
83. Hms sisters melville
84. Hms speeton (possibly)
85. Hms spider
86. Hms tervani
87. Hms tettenhall
88. Hms tugela
89. Hms waveflower
90. Hms whooper
91. Hornchurch
92. Ignis (possibly)
93. Impulsion
94. Ionian (possibly)
95. J c dalble
96. Jamesina
97. Jim
98. Kenneth hawksfield
99. Knarsdale
100. Kwasind
101. Lapwing
102. Lapwing (possibly)
103. Lincairn (possibly)
104. Lingfield
105. Lisette
106. Lonhelen (possibly)
107. Lord bute
108. Magdapur
109. Mangara
110. Mardyke
111. Maria rosa
112. Marianne (probably)
113. Mascota (possibly)
114. Mascotte
115. Memento (possibly)
116. Mendibil mendi (possibly)
117. Mercurius
118. Mexico
119. Mirella
120. Moidart
121. Mudo
122. Nadir
123. Newhaven (possibly)
124. Nicolaos piangos
125. Nominoe
126. Novocastrian
127. Ocean pride
128. Old charlton
129. Ostprussen (possibly)
130. Pescado
131. Petshenga (possibly)
132. Phryne
133. Plawsworth (possibly)
134. Polgarth
135. Ravenscraig (possibly)
136. Ren
137. Reward (possibly)
138. Rhenas (possibly)
139. Rhineland
140. Robin iv
141. Rochester city
142. Roxanna
143. Savona (probably)
144. Scimitar
145. Scotia
146. Sea king
147. Sea rhine
148. Silksworth hall (probably).
149. Sirdar (part of)(possibly)
150. Skodsburg (possibly)
151. Southford
152. St patrick
153. Stad alkmaar
154. Sunniside (probably)
155. Taber park
156. Tergestea
157. Thornaby (possibly)
158. Thyra
159. Tidal (possibly)
160. Torchbearer
161. Tunisiana
162. U 13 (probably)
163. Uc 62 (possibly)
164. Ui-001
165. Vae victis
166. Victorious
167. Warrenpoint
168. White lady
169. Willy
170. Wychwood (possibly)
171. Wyetown
172. Yarmouth
173. Yewkyle (possibly)
174. 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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