This is the information page about the shipwreck Yarmouth, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 1.46 N,2 3.577 E (52.1500167, 1.8159667)

 

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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. Ambient (probably)
3. Angelus
4. Batavier 5
5. British captain
6. Brixton
7. Cedarwood (possibly)
8. Cormorant
9. Dagmar (probably)
10. Denewood
11. Django
12. Dolfijn (probably)
13. Duke of york (bows)
14. Edernian
15. Edinardue antoinette (possibly)
16. El argentino
17. Ellewoutsdijk
18. Firth
19. Gannet (possibly)
20. Gena
21. Gerhard
22. Gipsy (possibly)
23. Grenadier (probably)
24. Groenlo
25. Harriet
26. Hebe
27. Hendon hall
28. Hillglen
29. Hms adonis (possibly)
30. Hms donside (possibly)
31. Hms eros (possibly)
32. Hms forward iii
33. Hms holdene
34. Hms jessie nutten
35. Hms monarch
36. Hms moravia (possibly)
37. Hms new comet (possibly)
38. Hms river clyde (possibly)
39. Hms river clyde (possibly)
40. Hms waveflower
41. Hornchurch
42. Ionian (possibly)
43. Jamesina
44. Kenneth hawksfield
45. Khartoum (possibly)
46. Kwasind
47. La flandre (possibly)
48. Lapwing
49. Lisette
50. Lodewijk van nassau (probably)
51. Lord bute
52. Mascotte
53. Mecklenburg
54. Mendibil mendi (possibly)
55. Moidart
56. Newhaven (possibly)
57. Nico
58. Ostprussen (possibly)
59. Palembang (probably)
60. Petshenga (possibly)
61. Plawsworth (possibly)
62. Rhenas (possibly)
63. Scimitar
64. Southford
65. St patrick
66. Tergestea
67. Texel
68. Thornaby (possibly)
69. Vae victis
70. Victorious
71. Warrenpoint
72. Willy
73. Wychwood (possibly)
74. Wyetown
75. Yarmouth
76. Yewkyle (possibly)

 

Name: YARMOUTH

Length 74.7 meter, width: 9.5 meter, draught: 4.7, tonnage 806 ton

Cause: Built in 1903 by gourlay bros. owned at time of loss by the great eastern railway co. triple expansion engine of 202nhp for 14 knots. passage rotterdam for harwich. sailed at 1030 with crew of 20 and 433 tons of cargo. the deck cargo was said to be very heavy and amongst other items were three 3 ton pantechnicon vans filled with furniture. at about 1700 was observed by the gabbard lightship to be rolling heavily. she was seen to roll two or three times and then disappeared from sight. ss vienna made a search but only located floating cases of meat. the cruiser hms blake recovered one body in a lifebuoy marked 'yarmouth, harwich' and sighted one of the vans. it was assumed that the ship was lost with all hands. (dods).

Year of registration: 1988

Water depth above wreck: 30 meter, Height above seabed: 50 cm

Known since: 1988, last detected: 2005

Details measurements/cartography: H1310/88/42 8.8.88 H1310/88/42 8.8.88 WK LOCATED IN 520132N. 020339E [WGD] IN GEN DEPTH 29MTRS [LAT]. , 70MTRS LONG, 7.2MTRS HIGH, ORIENTATED 065/245 DEG,(GARDLINE SURVEYS, 5.8.88). INS AS WK 22MTRS.

- NM 2578/88. HH090/667/01 15.12.95 HH090/667/01 15.12.95 EXAM'D 12.6.95 IN 520127.60N, 020334.57E [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 21.0, FOUL 21.4MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 21.1 IN GEN DEPTH 29.5MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 1.4MTRS. DCS3 HT 6.3MTRS. LENGTH 70MTRS, WIDTH 5MTRS. LIES 050/230 DEGS. HAS MAGNETIC SIGNATURE. PARTIALLY BURIED, PROBABLY ON SIDE. (OCEONICS, HI 667). BR STD. HH100/351/11 19.3.96 HH100/351/11 19.3.96 LARGE WK LYING OVER ON ITS SIDE WITH THE HIGHEST POINT SOME 7MTRS ABOVE THE SEABED. SUPERSTRUCTURE STILL INTACT AND IN GOOD CONDITION. IT LOOKS LIKE A MODERN WRECK, POSSIBLY AFTER WWII. PROPELLERS HAVE BEEN REMOVED. (B HICKINBOTTOM). HH100/351/22 1.4.05 HH100/351/22 1.4.05 DIVED 15.8.04 IN 5201.48N, 0203.62E [WGD]. STANDS 6MTRS HIGH BY E/S. NO SCOUR, SEABED GRAVEL AND SILT. VISIBILTY IS VERY POOR AND THE WK IS NETTED. PLATE BEARING THE CREST OF THE GREAT EASTERN RAILWAY CO HAS BEEN RECOVERED, THUS WK IS CONSIDERED TO BE 'YARMOUTH'. GENERALLY INTACT AND ON HER SIDE. WILL BE DIVED FURTHER. CINC REQUESTED. (R BEAUMONT). NCA. 15.5.07 SEP 2007/000035366 15.5.07 WK DELETED IN ERROR FROM NE 2052 [PUBLISHED 17.5.07]. RE-INSERT WK SW 21MTRS.

- NM 2528/07. 23.7.13 23.7.13 CINC DELETED. MORE THAT FIVE YEARS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: ON ITS SIDE, SUPERSTRUCTURE INTACT

Position: 52 1.46 N,2 3.577 E

 

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