Dit is de informatiepagina over het scheepswrak Empire adventure, op de waterkaart hieronder zie je het wrak in zijn directe omgeving. De positie van dit wrak is 55 11.188 N,5 25.022 W (55.27305, -5.5877166666667)

 

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De teksten bij dit scheepswrak zijn in het engels 🇬🇧, omdat deze worden opgesteld door het UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) op basis van de gegevens van de hydrografische diensten van onder meer Nederland, België en Duitsland. Ze bevatten de bekende details van het wrak en de opmerkingen van de cartografen die in de loop der tijden de positie en de toestand van het wrak hebben gecontroleerd.

 

1. Agba
2. Alamance (probably)
3. Ardglass
4. Argyle (possibly)
5. Austria
6. Baron glamis (probably)
7. Bonvilston
8. Boy john r
9. Buffalo (possibly)
10. Byron darnton
11. Carrick
12. Chindwin
13. Davaar
14. Dettifoss
15. Dove of oban
16. Empire adventure
17. Empress of japan (possibly)
18. Ethel crawford
19. Glenhead
20. Haileybury
21. Harvest hope (possibly)
22. Hms adept (possibly)
23. Hms breda
24. Hmsm sealion
25. Karen
26. Lairdscastle (probably)
27. Lakemoor
28. Longwy
29. Lupina
30. M.j.craig (probably)
31. Middleton (probably)
32. Mobeka
33. Norseman
34. Nyanza (possibly)
35. Overton
36. Perelle (possibly)
37. Quesada (possibly)
38. Quesada (possibly)
39. Rowan
40. Sandhurst
41. Setter (possibly)
42. St conan
43. Strathmore
44. U 776
45. Ub 82 (possibly)
46. Ub-85 / ub-82?
47. William castle
48. Wilmere (probably)

 

Naam: EMPIRE ADVENTURE

Lengte 114.3 meter, breedte: 15.6 meter, diepgang: 9.7, tonnage 5145 ton

Oorzaak: 22.9.40 ex-andrea, ex-germaine ld, ex-eastney. built in 1921 by northumberland shipbuilding co. owned at time of loss by ministry of shipping (runciman shipping co). requisitioned in 1940 and renamed empire adventure. triple expansion engine of 370nhp, single shaft. mustered off liverpool for convoy ob216 with 27 other vessels on passage the tyne for wabana, newfoundland. convoy attacked 22.9.40 by u-138, was torpedoed but remained afloat. taken in tow by tug 'superman' but sank on 23.9.40. 21 men lost. (d bellmont & dods).

Jaar registratie: 1945

Waterdiepte boven wrak: 66 meter, hoogte boven zeebodem: 29 cm

Bekend sinds: 1945, laatst gedetecteerd: 2021

Details metingen/cartografie: H0109/45 9.4.45 SHOWN ON WESTERN APPROACHES LIST, WAGO 524. (SIGNAL 9.4.45). NON SUB. H0109/45 9.5.45 SHOWN ON WESTERN APPROACHES LIST, WAGO 524. (SIGNAL 9.5.45). NOW CLASSED AS WRECK. WK IN 551112N, 052433W. LENGTH 180FT, HEIGHT 48FT & LYING 040/220DEGS. 2 WRECKS. (AUBD 318/46, C IN C WESTERN APPROACHES). 18.8.53 INS NDW IN 551111N, 052452W ON F6629. H1190/67 19.4.67 MEDIUM SIZE WK LOCATED. LEAST E/S DEPTH 174FT GENERAL DEPTH 214FT. (HMS MERMAID, H525 1966). POSN NOT NOTED. BR STD. H7551/68 17.1.69 LOCATED, NOT EXAMINED. (HMS HYDRA, HI 27/68). H4695/71 13.10.71 LOCATED IN 551048N, 052400W USING RADAR RANGES. LENGTH 450FT, HT 40FT. LYING ON SAND. APPEARS PARTIALLY SILTED. (HMS BRONINGTON, HN AUG 1971). H3671/72 20.7.72 IN 551110N, 052500W [OGB] USING HIFIX/3 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 52.6 IN GEN DEPTH 67MTRS. (HMS FOX HN). H3671/72 13.9.72 NEGLIGBLE SCOUR. SEABED MUD & SAND, SHELL. WK 380FT LONG. LYING 022/202 DEGS. PROBABLY BOWS NNE. APPEARS TO BE MERCHANT VESSEL WITH 3 HIGH POINTS. (HMS FOX, HI 51/72). INS AS WK 29FMS. BR STD. H2265/73 13.6.73 AMEND TO WK 52MTRS. NC 2199. H3671/72 7.12.76 AMENDED BY NM.

- NM 73/77. 12.7.06 DIVED IN LISTED POSN. INTACT WITH BOWS NNE. LISTS 15 DEGS TO STBD. BOW AND STERN INTACT WITH TORPEDO DAMAGE MIDSHIPS. IDENTIFIED BY RECOVERED BELL INSCRIBED: 'EASTNEY 1921'. AT HW DEPTH TO SEABED IS 68MTRS, TO TOP OF WK 50MTRS, TO DECK 58MTRS. (D BELLMONT). NCA. SEP 2021/000322449 22.12.21 EXAM’D 13.5.21 IN 5511.188N, 0525.022W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 55.69MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 66MTRS. LENGTH 121.17MTRS, WIDTH 20.83MTRS, HT 9.82MTRS. ORIENTATION 029/209 DEGS. SCOUR DIMENSIONS LENGTH 14.6MTRS, WIDTH 47.8MTRS, 3.0MTRS DEEP, TOWARD 017 DEGS. (A-2-SEA SOLUTIONS LTD, HI 1718). AMEND NDW 55MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Bron: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: BOWS NNE, 15 DEG LIST TO STBD, DAMAGED MIDSHIPS

Positie: 55 11.188 N,5 25.022 W

 

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