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 (52.795983333333, 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. Ayrshire (possibly)
9. Barrhill
10. Begona no 5
11. Bertha
12. Boulderpool (after part)
13. Boulderpool (fwd part)
14. British triumph
15. Camilla weston
16. Cantabria (probably)
17. Cardanel
18. Castle galleon
19. Chevington
20. City of kobe
21. Clansman (possibly)
22. Corchester
23. Cordene
24. Corduff
25. Courier (probably)
26. Cross sand ltv
27. Daisy (possibly)
28. Dashwood
29. David b summers
30. Efos
31. El dorado
32. Ems
33. English trader
34. Ethel
35. Ethel radcliffe
36. Friesland
37. Fulgens
38. G and e (possibly)
39. Galatea (possibly)
40. Gallois and oxshott (possibly)
41. Gardenia
42. Geneva
43. George fisher
44. Georgia (for'd part)
45. Glen derry (probably)
46. Glynn
47. Hauxley (possibly)
48. Hector gannet
49. Hms agate
50. Hms cantatrice
51. Hms caroline moller
52. Hms cloughton wyke
53. Hms dhoon (probably)
54. Hms dungeness
55. Hms fontenoy
56. Hms force
57. Hms francolin
58. Hms glen prosen
59. Hms irvana (part of)
60. Hms kaphreda
61. Hms m a west (probably)
62. Hms speeton (possibly)
63. Hms tettenhall
64. Hms tonbridge
65. Hms tranio
66. Hms true accord (probably)
67. Hms washington (probably)
68. Hms william stephen
69. Hmsm c 11
70. Homefire
71. I t l anna b
72. Ilse
73. Impulsion
74. Ionian (probably)
75. Jessie maersk
76. Kenton
77. King egbert
78. La perouse (possibly)
79. Langeli (possibly)
80. Leelite
81. Londoner (probably)
82. Marden
83. Mardyke
84. Marsworth
85. Memento (possibly)
86. Meriones
87. Montferland
88. Murdoch (probably)
89. Navarra (possibly)
90. Nordborg (possibly)
91. Norman queen
92. Ole bull
93. Osprey
94. Otter
95. Oxshott (possibly)
96. Pacific (possibly)
97. Pegrix
98. Polaris
99. Prima
100. Regain
101. Robrix
102. Roine
103. Rose marie
104. Roxanna
105. Roy
106. Rye
107. Salvus ii
108. Seagull
109. Seaham
110. Sheaf water
111. Silksworth hall (probably).
112. Sir william stephenson
113. St mark
114. Thomas m (possibly)
115. Thursonian
116. Tregantle (possibly)
117. Trevethoe
118. Uc 62 (possibly)
119. Upminster
120. Vanguard
121. Varoy
122. Vigo
123. Viola (possibly)
124. Walkure
125. War valley
126. Welholme (possibly)
127. Whintown (possibly)
128. White swan
129. White swan (possibly)
130. Willowpool
131. 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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