This is the information page about the shipwreck Yucca (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 26.221 N,1 47.51 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. Abeona
2. Aduatiek (possibly)
3. Ala
4. Alastair
5. Alto (possibly)
6. Ambient (probably)
7. Astrologer
8. Avonwood
9. Axminster (probably)
10. Barkis
11. Begona no 5
12. Boulderpool (after part)
13. Bovey tracy
14. British captain
15. British fortune (probably)
16. Burtonia (possibly)
17. Bygdo (possibly)
18. Castle galleon
19. Cd 14 (probably)
20. Cedarwood (possibly)
21. City of kobe
22. Claudia (possibly)
23. Cormead
24. Cresta
25. Crichtoun
26. Cross sand ltv
27. David b summers
28. Denewood
29. Dronning maud (possibly)
30. Dulwich
31. Dunwich bank wk
32. Edernian
33. El argentino
34. El dorado
35. Ethel radcliffe
36. Eva witte
37. Excellenz mehnert
38. F stobart (probably)
39. Farmatyr
40. Fidelio
41. Firth
42. Frumenton
43. Gannet (possibly)
44. Gasfire
45. Gena
46. Geneva
47. George fisher
48. Gipsy (possibly)
49. Glen tilt (possibly)
50. Glynn
51. Golconda (possibly)
52. Grantleyhall (possibly)
53. Grenadier (probably)
54. Groenlo
55. Gulf breaker
56. H h petersen
57. Helena
58. Hms christopher (possibly)
59. Hms condor (probably)
60. Hms dhoon (probably)
61. Hms donside (possibly)
62. Hms evesham (possibly)
63. Hms exmoor
64. Hms fontenoy
65. Hms glen prosen
66. Hms hirose (probably)
67. Hms irvana (part of)
68. Hms jessie nutten
69. Hms kaphreda
70. Hms m a west (probably)
71. Hms new comet (possibly)
72. Hms ocean plough (possibly)
73. Hms orthos (probably)
74. Hms pelton (probably)
75. Hms river clyde (possibly)
76. Hms river clyde (possibly)
77. Hms speeton (possibly)
78. Hms spider
79. Hms tettenhall
80. Hms tonbridge
81. Hms tugela
82. Hms washington (probably)
83. Hms whooper
84. Hmsm d5
85. Hornchurch
86. Ignis (possibly)
87. Impulsion
88. Jamesina
89. Jim
90. Kenneth hawksfield
91. Knitsley (part of)(probably)
92. Knitsley (possibly)
93. Kwasind
94. Langeli (possibly)
95. Lapwing
96. Lincairn (possibly)
97. Lindisfarne (probably)
98. Lingfield
99. Lisette
100. Magdapur
101. Mangara
102. Mardyke
103. Maria rosa
104. Marianne (probably)
105. Mascota (possibly)
106. Mascotte
107. Memento (possibly)
108. Mendibil mendi (possibly)
109. Mercurius
110. Mirella
111. Mudo
112. Murdoch (probably)
113. Nadir
114. Navarra (possibly)
115. Nereus
116. Newhaven (possibly)
117. Nominoe
118. Nordborg (possibly)
119. Novocastrian
120. Ocean pride
121. Oil trader
122. Osprey
123. Petshenga (possibly)
124. Phryne
125. Plawsworth (possibly)
126. Pluton
127. Polaris
128. Prima
129. Regain
130. Ren
131. Reward (possibly)
132. Rhenas (possibly)
133. Rhineland
134. Robin iv
135. Rochester city
136. Rogate
137. Roxanna
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. Stanmount
148. Sunniside (probably)
149. Taber park
150. Tergestea
151. Thomas m (possibly)
152. Tidal (possibly)
153. Tregantle (possibly)
154. U 13 (probably)
155. Ui-001
156. Vanguard
157. Viola (possibly)
158. War valley
159. White lady
160. White swan
161. White swan (possibly)
162. Wyetown
163. Yewkyle (possibly)
164. Yucca (possibly)

 

Name: YUCCA (POSSIBLY)

Length 33.5 meter, width: 6.4 meter, draught: 3.7, tonnage 198 ton

Cause: Hired as minesweeper. sunk by mine. (ll ww1).

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 20 meter, Height above seabed: 135 cm

Known since: 1918, last detected: 20161217

Details measurements/cartography: H3198/18 7.6.18 REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN 'BLOWN TO BITS'. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). H7688/68 30.9.69 WK IN 522612N, 014730E USING HSA. LEAST E/S DEPTH 17.0 IN GEN DEPTH 19-20MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 21MTRS. IRREGULAR SMALL PIECE OF WKGE RUN OVER WHILST SOUNDING. NOT SATISFACTORILY RELOCATED ON SUBSEQUENT SEARCH. NO SONAR CONTACT OBTAINED. NEEDS TO BE SWEPT. (HMS EGERIA, H525 59/69, 30.9.69). CHART AS WK 9FMS 2FT.

- NM 1921/69. H7688/68 26.11.70 EXAM'D 16.6.70 IN 522611N, 014739E USING HSA. LEAST E/S DEPTH 15.7 IN GEN DEPTH 19-20MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 21MTRS. SEABED FLAT. (HMS ECHO, HI 7B/70). AMEND TO WK 8FMS 3FT IN REVISED POSN.

- NM 45/71. 31.7.74 NOW CHARTED AS WK 15.2MTRS [LAT]. NC 1543. H2098/74 26.1.76 LOCATED IN 562612N, 014737E USING HIFIX [2 LOP] & HSA. LEAST E/S DEPTH 14.0 IN GEN DEPTH 19MTRS. NO SCOUR. (HMS ECHO, HI 15/75). AMEND TO WK 14MTRS [7FMS 4FT] IN REVISED POSN.

- NM 310/76. H4658/71 29.11.77 LOCATED IN 522612N, 014738E USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. NOT CLOSELY EXAMINED. (HMS ENTERPRISE, R-OF-S 25.10.77). NCA. H2098/74 19.12.78 EXAM'D 6.9.78 IN 522612N, 014737E USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 14.4 IN GEN DEPTH 18-19MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 20.8MTRS. LIES NW/SE. DCS3 HT 2.2MTRS, LENGTH ABT 125FT. GOOD ALL ROUND SONAR CONTACT FROM RANGES UP TO 100MTRS. (HMS ENTERPRISE, HI 64A/78). SHOWN AS WK 14.2MTRS ON FAIR SHEET!. NCA. H2098/74 10.10.79 LOCATED 21.6.79 IN 522611N, 014737.4E USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 14.6 IN GEN DEPTH 19-21MTRS. DCS3 HT 2MTRS [POOR SHADOW]. LYING 130/310DEGS. LENGTH 55MTRS. SCOUR, 2MTRS DEEP, RUNS 030DEGS FROM WK. (HMS EGERIA, HI 63A/79). APPEARS TOO LONG TO BE THE 'YUCCA'!. RETAIN AS CHARTED. H1960/79 30.10.80 EXAM'D 11.9.80 IN 522612N, 014737.2E USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR AT 13.4, FOUL AT 13.7MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 14.1 IN GEN DEPTH 20MTRS. SCOUR 2MTRS DEEP. DCS3 HT 5MTRS. LYING 135/315DEGS, LENGTH 50MTRS. GOOD SONAR CONTACT SHOWING DISTINCT OUTLINE OF COMPLETE HULL AND SOME FITTINGS. (HMS ECHO, HI 62A/80). AMEND TO SW 13.4MTRS. BR STD. H3932/88 4.7.89 FOUND DURING AREA SONAR SEARCH. NOT EXAM'D. (NP 1016, HI 454). NCA. HH090/546/01 8.7.92 EXAM'D 21.5.92 IN 522611.9N, 014737.9E [OGB] USING 3-RANGE TRISPONDER. SWEPT CLEAR AT 14.0, FOUL AT 14.3MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 14.2 IN GEN DEPTH 20MTRS. SCOUR 1.9MTRS DEEP. DCS3 HT 3.7MTRS, LENGTH APPROX 60MTRS. LIES 140/320DEGS. UPRIGHT GIVING A GOOD SONAR RESPONSE. SMALL MAGNETIC DEFLECTION NOTED. (NP 1016, HI 546). AMEND TO SW 14MTRS IN 522612N, 013738E [OGB]. BR STD.HH090/664/01 5.7.95 LOCATED, NOT EXAMINED. (NP 1016, HI 664). NCA. SEP 2016/000091758 24.7.17 EXAM'D 17.12.16 IN 5226.221N, 0147.510E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 13.99MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 20MTRS, LENGTH 60.8MTRS, WIDTH 11.5MTRS, HEIGHT 7.8MTRS, ORIENTATION 135/315 DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 110MTRS, 2.3MTRS DEEP, TOWARDS 020 DEGS. (GARDLINE, HI 1494). AMEND DW 13.9MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 52 26.221 N,1 47.51 E

 

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