This is the information page about the shipwreck Xanthe, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 47.759 N,1 41.79 E (52.7959833, 1.6965)

 

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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. Aberhill
2. Actuosity (possibly)
3. Afon towy and deerwood (possibly)
4. Alice taylor
5. Alster
6. Alston
7. Artemisia
8. Barrhill
9. Begona no 5
10. Bertha
11. Boulderpool (after part)
12. Boulderpool (fwd part)
13. British triumph
14. Camilla weston
15. Cantabria (probably)
16. Cardanel
17. Castle galleon
18. Chevington
19. City of kobe
20. Clansman (possibly)
21. Corchester
22. Cordene
23. Corduff
24. Courier (probably)
25. Cross sand ltv
26. Dashwood
27. David b summers
28. Efos
29. El dorado
30. Ems
31. English trader
32. Ethel
33. Ethel radcliffe
34. Friesland
35. Fulgens
36. Galatea (possibly)
37. Gallois and oxshott (possibly)
38. Gardenia
39. Geneva
40. George fisher
41. Georgia (for'd part)
42. Glen derry (probably)
43. Glynn
44. Hauxley (possibly)
45. Hector gannet
46. Hms agate
47. Hms caroline moller
48. Hms cloughton wyke
49. Hms dhoon (probably)
50. Hms dungeness
51. Hms fontenoy
52. Hms force
53. Hms francolin
54. Hms glen prosen
55. Hms irvana (part of)
56. Hms kaphreda
57. Hms m a west (probably)
58. Hms speeton (possibly)
59. Hms tettenhall
60. Hms tonbridge
61. Hms tranio
62. Hms true accord (probably)
63. Hms washington (probably)
64. Hms william stephen
65. Hmsm c 11
66. Homefire
67. I t l anna b
68. Ilse
69. Impulsion
70. Ionian (probably)
71. Jessie maersk
72. Kenton
73. King egbert
74. La perouse (possibly)
75. Langeli (possibly)
76. Leelite
77. Londoner (probably)
78. Marden
79. Mardyke
80. Marsworth
81. Memento (possibly)
82. Montferland
83. Murdoch (probably)
84. Navarra (possibly)
85. Nordborg (possibly)
86. Norman queen
87. Ole bull
88. Osprey
89. Otter
90. Oxshott (possibly)
91. Pacific (possibly)
92. Pegrix
93. Polaris
94. Prima
95. Regain
96. Robrix
97. Roine
98. Rose marie
99. Roxanna
100. Roy
101. Rye
102. Salvus ii
103. Seagull
104. Seaham
105. Sheaf water
106. Silksworth hall (probably).
107. St mark
108. Thomas m (possibly)
109. Thursonian
110. Tregantle (possibly)
111. Trevethoe
112. Upminster
113. Vanguard
114. Varoy
115. Viola (possibly)
116. Walkure
117. War valley
118. Welholme (possibly)
119. Whintown (possibly)
120. White swan
121. White swan (possibly)
122. Willowpool
123. Xanthe

 

Name: XANTHE

Length 62.2 meter, width: 8.5 meter, draught: 4.9, tonnage 689 ton
Load: coal

Cause: Built in 1862 in hull. a steam screw barque of 689grt. sank after collision.

Year of registration: 1982

Water depth above wreck: 29 meter, Height above seabed: 100 cm

Known since: 1982, last detected: 2019

Details measurements/cartography: H1952/80 22.6.82 WK LOCATED IN 524743N, 014154E [OGB]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 23.1 IN GEN DEPTH 29MTRS. DCS3 HT 5.4MTRS. LENGTH 60MTRS. (ISS, HI 22). BR STD. H1952/80 27.1.83 EXAM'D 2.6.82 IN 524743N, 014154E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR AT 22.8, FOUL AT 23.1MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 23.1 IN GEN DEPTHS 29 TO 30MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 5.4MTRS, LENGTH 60MTRS, BEAM 9MTRS. LYING INTACT, 100/280DEGS, WITH HIGHEST PART AT E END. (SOISS, HI 22). AMEND TO SW 22.8MTRS. BR STD. H2053/82 20.9.83 EXAM'D 23.5.83 IN 524744N, 014154E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR AT 23.7, FOUL AT 23.9MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 23.6MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 29MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 31MTRS. DCS3 HT 7MTRS, LENGTH 55MTRS, BEAM 10MTRS. LYING 090/270 DEGS. (HMS ECHO, HI 125). NCA. HH100/351/04 27.3.91 DIVED ON AND FOUND TO BE A COLLIER LYING UPRIGHT. HULL IS INTACT. SUPERSTRUCTURE IS COLLAPSED INTO HULL. STANDS ABOUT 4MTRS CLEAR OF SEABED. (R W HICKINBOTTOM, 24.2.91). HH100/351/11 24.1.96 IDENTIFIED AS 'XANTHE' BY RECOVERY OF BELL. WK IS UPRIGHT AND MOSTLY INTACT. LOTS OF COAL INSIDE. NO DECKING. (T MASON). 6.2.02 AMEND TO SW 23.5MTRS IN HMS ECHO'S 1983 POSN. BR STD. 13.8.20 VESSEL "XANTHE" LOCATED IN 5247.759N, 0141.790W [WGD] HAS BEEN AWARDED SCHEDULED MONUMENT STATUS (The Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979), DTD 8/11/2019. LIST ENTRY NUMBER 1464597. ADD "HISTORIC" TO STATUS AND REST'D AREA 100MTRS RADIUS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, INTACT, NO DECKING. Rest'D area radius 100m.

Position: 52 47.759 N,1 41.79 E

 

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