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This
page is dedicated to information
of wrecks our Club members have dived we hope it gives an incite into
the wrecks around our coast and helps any fellow divers discover them
to. We have supplied Rough GPS marks and a brief history of the
vessel and also a description of its present state anyone wishing to
contribute/add any information to the page please contact
imwrecked@bsac49.org.uk
Anyone wishing the exact marks of the wrecks
below please
contact us & we will supply them on exchange of information basis.
Ashford
SS
Location
Vessel
type
Length
Beam
Depth
Position
Tonnage
Cargo
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50
39' 16"N; 00 07' 69"E
Collier Steamship
84.1
mtrs
11.4mtrs
33-39 mtrs
Upright
1211
Coal
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History
A
British steam collier built in
Sunderland in 1881.Unfortunatly she collided with a German Barque Pirat
that was romping up the channel with most sails set on route for
Hamburg ploughing into the Ashfords stern near her rudder on 25th
June1906.
She was then towed by a steam tug Dominion, she was filling fast and
with in 2 hours had to be cut lose before reaching shallow waters where
she could be beach she then rolled over and sank
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Present
state
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City
of
Brisbane
Location
Vessel
type
Length
Beam
Depth
Position
Tonnage
Cargo
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50
44' 59"N; 00 00' 74"W
Armed Merchantship
137.5 mtrs
17.4 mtrs
21-26 mtrs
Upright
7094
In Ballast
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History
Built
February 1918. She was torpedoed 13th August
1918 by the
UB-57 her last victim.She survived the attack but grounded and sunk off
Newhaven the next day whilst under tow
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Present state
The Wreck
is broken in two parts and has a lot of dead mans fingers growing on it
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Clodemore
Location
Vessel
type
Length
Beam
Depth
Position
Tonnage
Cargo
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50
43' 42"N; 00 00' 65"E
Steel Steamship
104.5 mtrs
14.3 mtrs
20-24 mtrs
Upright
3753
Wheat
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History
Torpedoed
and sunk by German submarine 5
miles south of Newhaven while on passage from Bahia Blanca to Newcastle
in 1917
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Present state
bow and
stern are visable above seabed but the midships are burried in a sand
ridge but there are areas where you can swim through where she has
collapsed inwardly. lots of marine life.
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Devon Coast
Location
Vessel
type
Length
Beam
Depth
Position
Tonnage
Cargo
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50
44' 46"N; 00 08' 76"E
Steel Steamship
54.9 mtrs
8.8mtrs
16-20 mtrs
Upright
668
Cement
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History
Sank
on 4th November 1908 due to a collision 5 miles south southeast of
Newhaven , whilst en route from swanscombe to Liverpool.
Known locally as 'The Stone Boat'
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Present
state
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Fortuna
Location
Vessel
type
Length
Beam
Depth
Position
Tonnage
Cargo
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50
41' 38"N; 00 02' 16"W
Steel Steamship
76.5 mtrs
11 mtrs
28-32 mtrs
Upright
1254
Cement
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History
Built in Amsterdam in 1913 by N.V. Werf Rijkee & Co.
The Dutch Steamship was bound from Rotterdam to Cardiff with a cargo of
cement on the 22nd October 1916, when it struck a mine, laid by the
Germane Minelaying submarine UC-16. She sank 9 miles south west of
Beachy Head with the loss of its entire 15 man crew |
Present
state
The Fortuna now rest upright on the seabed with most of
her superstructure intact, some of her deck fittings remain and her
cargo is still visable in the shallow holds.the mine damage took place
at the stern and penetration is possible but be careful it can silt up
very quickly. She is covered in bip and the shoels that surround her
can get quite dense almost blocking her completely from view |
Mira
Location
Vessel
type
Length
Beam
Depth
Position
Tonnage
Cargo
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50
41' 11"N; 00 08' 24"E
Merchant Tanker
105.5 mtrs
14.3 mtrs
28-32 mtrs
laying on her starboard side
3700
Oil
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History
Built
1901. Sunk 11th October 1917 by mine 4 miles southwest of Beechy Head,
whilst en route form Port Arthur to Dover
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Present
state
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T R Thompson
Location
Vessel
type
Length
Beam
Depth
Position
Tonnage
Cargo
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50
40' 165"N; 00 05' 830"W
Armed Merchantship
109.7 mtrs
14.3mtrs
28-32 mtrs
Upright
3538
Iron ore
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History
Built
by Short Brothers with a triple
expansion tanks in 1897 was
torpedoed and sunk by German
submarine UB 57 7 miles off of Newhaven with the loss of 33 lives on
29th march 1918
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Present
state
Lying upright on the seabed most
of the superstructure has collapsed
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Vasco
Location
Vessel
type
Length
Beam
Depth
Position
Tonnage
Cargo
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50
39' 31"N; 00 02' 00"W
Steam Merchantship
85.3 mtrs
12.2mtrs
30-34 mtrs
Upright
1254
General
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History
Built
in 1885 by Furness, Withy & Co.
She struck a mine and sunk on the 16th Novem ber 1916 with the loss of
17 lives including the Captain, 10 miles west of Beachy Head while on
passage from Hull to Naples
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Present
state
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