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Name DepthHeightDisteBr LatLongTonsBuiltSunk AlignDetailsRefs
AIRCRAFT HALIFAX 12 3 5.3 114.3 50 46 18.00 N 00 14 00.00 W         4-engined bomber, nothing found recently, widely scattered, see TRAWLER (WOODEN) HR/33 013604570, US 64, DS 152
AIRCRAFT SPITFIRE 15 3 3.7 242.5 50 46 47.100 N 00 01 11.100 W         Single seater low-wing monoplane HR/37 013604624, DS205
AIRCRAFT WELLINGTON 33   10.4 210.5 50 39 29.100 N 00 02 00.00 E            
ARIEL 32 2 15.1 129.3 50 38 54.00 N 00 24 48.00 W 2220 1885 1892   Bow section lies to SE, broken up 30ft back from bow, scour to the West SS p1, DS 161
ASHFORD 39 6 13.0 223.5 50 39 05.100 N 00 07 41.100 E 1211   1906   Sitting upright on the seabed.  
BARGE (AMMUNITION) 17 4 1.1 154.0 50 47 29.100 N 00 07 05.100 W 100 1939     Upright and complete; makes a good novice dive; DS suggests it may be a WW2 landing craft; actually it's a barge. HR/39 013605239, DS 196
BARGE (WORKING) 15 2 0.5 189.8 50 47 59.100 N 00 06 12.00 W         In a good state of preservation. A possible GPS reference is at 50 48.57N 000 05.83W (unconfirmed). DS 195
BLANEFIELD? 23 6 14.6 243.2 50 41 53.100 N 00 14 11.100 E     1906   Only located on echo sounder DS 259
BOMBARDON 34 5 10.4 196.1 50 38 29.100 N 00 01 48.00 W         W end solid, E end broken HR/2 013604843, DS 225
BRAUNTON 30 13 14.4 228.3 50 38 54.00 N 00 10 35.100 E 4575   1916   Bows and stern intact, listing 60 degrees to port, cargo ammo DS 273
BUCKET DREDGER 8   3.9 82.4 50 49 00.00 N 00 12 24.00 W         Few remains, on Jenny grounds HR/42 013605379, DS 142
CELTIC 23 3 8.2 233.3 50 43 35.100 N 00 04 00.00 E     1958   Boiler, engine and scattered wreckage, very broken and partially buried HR/20 013702592, DS 263
CITY OF BRISBANE 20 10 6.0 228.1 50 44 30.00 N 00 00 42.00 E 7094 1918 1918   Stern broken up but rest of wreck fairly complete HR/25 013702750,SSp6,DS214,SAB97
CITY OF LONDON 1 23 7 8.0 140.5 50 42 17.100 N 00 14 24.00 W 6311   1918   Well broken, maybe another wreck the Ikeda. Possibility of two wrecks next to each other. HR/15 013603929, DS 157
CITY OF LONDON 2 23 7 7.8 140.2 50 42 29.100 N 00 14 11.100 W 6311   1918   Well broken, maybe another wreck, possibly IKEDA. Possibility of 2 wrecks next to each other HR/15 013603929, DS 157
CITY OF WATERFORD 28 7 8.0 178.8 50 40 29.100 N 00 06 35.100 W 1338 1921 1949   Upright and complete; starting to open up; brass valves and copper pipes exposed in engine room HR/9 013603644, SS p7, DS 221
CLAN MACMILLAN 20 5 6.7 221.8 50 43 30.00 N 00 00 42.00 E 4525 1901 1917   Is upside down, but twisted. Stern section is impessive with huge prop supended mid-water. Starting to split open. Large hole midships with access to engine room. HR/19 013702567,SSp9,DS216,SAB95
CLODMOOR 20 4 6.6 221.9 50 43 35.100 N 00 00 36.00 E 3733 1902 1917   Bow section stands proud but much of the midships section is buried under the sand. Large propeller suspended in mid-water, much the same as Clan McMillan SS p11, DS 217, SAB 96
COLLEGE ROCKS WRECK 13   7.5 117.8 50 45 00.00 N 00 16 48.00 W         Almost completely buried DS 151
DALHOUSIE     8.8 194.8 50 39 59.100 N 00 02 47.100 W 800   1853   Well sunk in DS 226
DEVON COAST 16 2 10.0 245.8 50 44 24.00 N 00 08 00.00 E 668 1905 1908   Known as stoneboat, well broken up and sunk into the seabed SS p13, DS 254
DIANA 15   2.5 258.5 50 47 59.100 N 00 02 30.00 W 140   1803   Various cannon to be seen DS 204
EASINGWOLD 34 10 13.4 140.1 50 38 11.100 N 00 19 53.100 W         80 metre long freighter lying on its side with hull intact  
FIFE COAST 20   4.6 200.5 50 44 11.100 N 00 03 47.100 W 367 1933 1940   Depth is a guess based on its position DS 212
FORTUNA 27 6 7.4 200.4 50 41 36.00 N 00 02 18.00 W 1254 1912 1916   Fairly intact except superstructure, plating thin. Recovered small port-hole in 1991, cargo cement HR/13 013604995, SS p17, DS 220
GIRLVINE 29 3 8.4 202.3 50 40 42.00 N 00 01 18.00 W     1957   Fishing vessel, hull intact but decks have fallen in HR/11 013603498, DS 227
GLENARM HEAD 46 8 10.4 162.0 50 38 35.100 N 00 11 23.100 W 3908   1918   Intact and upright. Dive Sussex wrongly identifies as Porthkerry. HR/4 013603164, DS 168
HOLME FORCE 20   4.6 189.9 50 43 59.100 N 00 05 05.100 W 1216 1930 1940   Depth is a guess based on position DS 211
ICELANDER     11.0 207.7 50 38 48.00 N 00 01 42.00 E 1   1981     HR/7 013704163
IKEDA 23 7 11.4 132.4 50 40 47.100 N 00 19 36.00 W 6311   1918   This is very close to the UNKNOWN 23, but cannot be the same boat since the U23 is much too small. Dive Sussex quotes the IKEDA as being the same as the CITY OF LONDON. DS157
INGER 35 12 13.0 223.5 50 39 05.100 N 00 07 41.100 E     1930   Intact, bridge midships, holds either side contain coal. This is probably confused wiyh the Ashford. DS 276
INGER (POSSIBLY) 24 4 22.0 252.0 50 41 36.00 N 00 26 41.100 E         Very broken up. Plate recovered with the letters GER on it. Probably same wreck as Balfour.  
INGO 26 5 9.2 146.0 50 40 53.100 N 00 14 24.00 W     1980   Intact and upright, 49ft MFV, covered in nets HR/12 013605112, DS167
INVERCLYDE 15 3 2.7 218.5 50 46 24.00 N 00 03 42.00 W 215 1914 1942   Boiler with scattered wreckage 100 metres away to the west/north-west HR/34 013604569,SS28,DS209,SAB94
JEAN B 13 1 7.3 246.6 50 45 35.100 N 00 04 12.00 E     1976   Hardly worth diving, very broken up HR/28 013702944, DS 247
KERYADO, HMS 35   13.4 221.7 50 38 29.100 N 00 07 41.100 E 252 1920 1941   Very broken up and becoming buried DS 275
LAFOREY, HMS 43 8 11.0 154.1 50 38 35.100 N 00 13 53.100 W 995 1913 1917   Broken midships,bridge collapsed. Nets have been found HR/5 013603188, DS 170
LANCER II 21 7 6.3 227.3 50 44 11.100 N 00 01 00.00 E 275   1918   Very broken up, long scour to east HR/24 013702671, DS 215, SAB 98
LESTERS WRECK 20 2 4.9 223.2 50 44 54.00 N 00 01 00.00 W         An olden wooden boat that was carrying a cargo of stone. Now makes an interesting rummage with the cargo forming an artificial reef.  
LEVEN 11 2 7.1 249.4 50 45 59.100 N 00 04 05.100 E 775   1917   Dispersed by explosives used on OCEAN SUNLIGHT HR/30 013703055, DS 245
LOBSTER POT 20   4.4 244.8 50 46 35.100 N 00 00 00.00 W     1943   Depth is a guess based on position DS 206
LULONGA 28   11.0 142.1 50 39 48.00 N 00 17 00.00 W 821   1940   Almost completely covered by sand and going under fast DS 166
MAASLUST 19 1 7.4 135.6 50 43 12.00 N 00 14 30.00 W 40       Intact, no superstructure, half-buried, 44ft tug HR/18 013605033, DS 156
MILLGATE 22 4 12.0 239.0 50 42 17.100 N 00 09 54.00 E     1905   Badly rusted and holed, cargo cement DS 261
MIOWN 10 2 5.7 91.9 50 48 17.100 N 00 15 23.100 W 379 1909 1914   Cargo of cement has made an artificial reef, lots of plates and boilers stand proud SS p32, DS 138
MIRA 30   11.8 231.9 50 41 12.00 N 00 08 18.00 E 3538 1901 1917   Superstructure gone but hull recognisable, sits on her beams, 345 ft long SS p34, DS 265, SAB 101
NORTHLANDS 36   14.0 165.1 50 35 00.00 N 00 12 00.00 W 2776 1900 1915     US 65
NY-EEASTEYR 25   13.2 132.8 50 39 29.100 N 00 21 35.100 W 61 1970 1980   Intact with stern stoved in SS p39, DS 163
NYON 43 14 15.7 228.6 50 38 05.100 N 00 12 11.100 E 5364   1962   Well broken, cargo cars and steel DS 272, SAB 102
OUSE 20   4.5 163.1 50 44 11.100 N 00 08 24.00 W 1004 1911 1940   No diving details available. Depth is a guess based on position DS 210
PAGENTURM 44 24 11.2 157.9 50 38 05.100 N 00 13 00.00 W 5000 1909 1917   Decks almost vertical, guns and superstructure still in place. Huge scour 5-10 metres on the western side. HR/1 013603048, SS p41, DS 169
PENTRYCH 20 7 7.9 130.3 50 43 24.00 N 00 15 48.00 W 3381 1899 1918   Ships sides blown apart, stern section remains, cargo coal. Still looks ship-like SS p42, DS 155
PORTHKERRY 46 10 13.4 144.0 50 37 41.100 N 00 18 41.100 W 1920 1911 1917   Upright and complete with superstructure. Dive Sussex wrongly identifies. Could be confused with the Quail. HR/4 013603164
QUAIL 41 8 13.0 143.9 50 37 59.100 N 00 18 24.00 W         Located by Peter Sturgess. An old steamship 260ft by 30ft. Cargo of meat jars and glassware. DS 172
RAMSGARTH 22 5 13.9 127.7 50 39 59.100 N 00 23 36.00 W 1553 1910 1916   Lies on starborad side, bow and stern fairly intact, midships is collapsing SS p44, DS 159
SAINT RONAIG 11 2 7.5 249.0 50 45 48.00 N 00 04 42.00 E 509   1940   Partially dispersed with explosives, 1 mile offshore bearing 75.30 from Martello Tower, Seaford HR/29 013703006, DS 246
STANWOLD 36 10 13.6 140.4 50 37 59.100 N 00 20 00.00 W 1020 1909 1941   Intact but three quarters upside-down SS p48, DS 175
STEAM TRAWLER 17 5 4.9 140.3 50 44 42.00 N 00 11 18.00 W         Split midships in 1987, 98ft by 31 ft steam trawler, upright with slight list to starboard, 3 metre scour, prop and rudder HR/26 0136043750, SAB 93, DS154
SUBMARINE UB-130 38   14.8 237.4 50 40 29.100 N 00 13 17.100 E 510 1918     Some reports say she is intact, another says she is broken in 3 pieces. Did they dive the same wreck? DS 315
T.R. THOMPSON 30 14 11.2 222.4 50 40 12.00 N 00 05 35.100 E 3538 1897 1918   ecognisable shape, collapsing internally, upright with a bad break half-way along, gun on aft deck, cargo iron ore SS p50, DS 264, SAB 100
TRAWLER (WOODEN) 12   5.3 114.3 50 46 18.00 N 00 14 00.00 W         Lies a few yards to the south of the Halifax Bomber DS 153
UN1KNOWN 36 12   8.4 249.1 50 45 29.100 N 00 06 00.00 E         Scattered bits from a big old sailing boat. Depth is a guess based on position. DS 255
UNKNOWN 10 34 6 10.8 184.8 50 37 41.100 N 00 04 54.00 W         130 ft wreck, broken in half, becoming buried DS 224
UNKNOWN 12 GLEN HD! 52 10 13.2 150.4 50 37 00.00 N 00 16 36.00 W         Intact and upright. Dive Sussex identifies as Glenarm head. DS 180
UNKNOWN 13 35   14.0 224.6 50 38 29.100 N 00 09 12.00 E         A wooden boat, upright with ribs showing, 155 ft long. Depth is a guess based on position. DS 274
UNKNOWN 14 47 3 11.6 210.7 50 38 29.100 N 00 03 00.00 E         29 metres long HR/3 013704096
UNKNOWN 17 45 5 10.0 173.2 50 38 35.100 N 00 08 11.100 W         100 ft long, back broken, superstructure still in place HR/6 013603231, DS 223
UNKNOWN 19 24 2 7.1 209.1 50 42 17.100 N 00 00 54.00 W 1914 1895 1916   Intact and upright, holds silted, most of bow is clear, DS wrongly identifies as VASCO US 67, DS 218
UNKNOWN 20 CRAB WK 29 8 15.0 233.7 50 39 35.100 N 00 12 41.100 E 2500       Very battered, on soft silt seabed, midships is a mess. Big crab wreck. DS 269
UNKNOWN 21 29   12.7 135.2 50 39 29.100 N 00 20 23.100 W         150 ft long, well sunk in on sandy seabed DS 164
UNKNOWN 22 E OF ASH 30 6 14.2 231.9 50 39 42.00 N 00 11 18.00 E 1500       Upside-down, DS 268
UNKNOWN 23 23 7 11.6 132.7 50 40 36.00 N 00 19 48.00 W         INTACT and rolled onto her side; some stern superstructure DS 158
UNKNOWN 25 24 2 8.1 216.7 50 42 00.00 N 00 01 18.00 E         13.4 metres long, no shape R/14 013704126, DS 219
UNKNOWN 26 24 3 7.4 207.9 50 42 00.00 N 00 00 54.00 W         Partially buried, 86ft long HR/16 013603905
UNKNOWN 27 20 5 8.3 139.2 50 42 11.100 N 00 14 54.00 W         This is very close to the City of London and may be confused with it. SAB 91
UNKNOWN 28 23   6.4 159.9 50 42 29.100 N 00 09 48.00 W         Buried HR/17 013605008
UNKNOWN 30 21   5.1 165.7 50 43 35.100 N 00 08 18.00 W         Buried, no traces remaining HR/21 013604144
UNKNOWN 31 W OF CLOD 19 3 5.8 217.9 50 43 53.100 N 00 00 42.00 W         Well sunk into silt, 105ft long HR/22 013605082, DS 213
UNKNOWN 32 CELTIC 21 3 7.7 235.4 50 44 05.100 N 00 03 42.00 E         Partially buried and broken up, 92 ft long. Called Celtic by local fishermen. Boiler-shaped cylinder and broken wreckage. HR/23 013702658, DS 262
UNKNOWN 35 23   4.1 203.7 50 44 42.00 N 00 03 42.00 W           US 66
UNKNOWN 7 SW OF QL 42 10 13.5 143.6 50 37 35.100 N 00 18 59.100 W         Lies in deep hole/valley. 290 ft long. 3 metre scour on North, 20 metre sand wave poised above her. DS 174
UNKNOWN 9 W OF QL 30 10 13.6 141.8 50 37 48.00 N 00 19 36.00 W         Well broken up, possibly 260 ft freighter. Nearby is another 370 ft area of wreckage. 2 wrecks? or 1 split in two? DS 173
UNKNOWN E-BOAT 27   13.0 231.5 50 40 23.100 N 00 09 41.100 E         Collection of pipes in girder-like construction. DS 266
UNKNOWN OBSTRUCTN 1 30   11.7 142.7 50 39 12.00 N 00 17 30.00 W         Unidentified obstruction DS 171
UNKNOWN OBSTRUCTN 2 27 2 10.9 140.1 50 40 06.00 N 00 17 23.100 W         Unidentified obstruction DS 165
UNKNOWN OBSTRUCTN 4 21 2 12.2 241.2 50 42 36.00 N 00 10 30.00 E         69 ft long lump on the seabed, another small metal object 100 yards to the west DS 260
VASCO 33 5 10.4 210.2 50 39 29.100 N 00 01 53.100 E         Locally known as SOUTH WRECK, sits atop a deep scour, 3 big holds and a deckhouse aft, bell recovered in 1990 HR/8 013701678, DS 228
VENUS 12 3 8.1 247.6 50 45 23.100 N 00 05 30.00 E 22   1981      
BOBS REEF 12 2 1.5 109.8 50 47 59.100 N 00 08 30.00 W         One of the short underwater cliff lines, with scarpment face to the north, scrub along the bottom and rocky fissures across the top. Use transits.  
COLLEGE ROCKS 1 18   8.4 112.3 50 45 18.00 N 00 18 36.00 W            
COLLEGE ROCKS 2     8.5 112.0 50 45 18.00 N 00 18 48.00 W            
KINGSWEST LEDGES 1 17 2 2.3 102.3 50 47 59.100 N 00 09 54.00 W         Underwater cliff line with scarpment face to north. Area of scrub along the bottom and fissures across the top  
KINGSWEST LEDGES 2 15 2 1.5 113.4 50 47 53.100 N 00 08 30.00 W         Underwater cliff line with scarpment face to north. Area of scrub along the bottom and fissures across the top.  
KINGSWEST ROCKS     5.1 152.7 50 43 59.100 N 00 10 00.00 W            
LOOE GATE 15 3 3.4 103.4 50 47 42.00 N 00 11 35.100 W         A reef running parallel to the shore but with the scarpment face towards the shore. There is a gap or gateway in the reef at this point which is where the name originates from.  
MANNERS (INNER) 10 1 0.2 88.1 50 48 29.100 N 00 06 42.00 W         Area of scrub ground that used to be good for flatties but you don't see many of nowadays. Small chalky outcrops, with muddy patches in-between.  
MANNERS (OUTER) 10 1 1.1 116.4 50 47 59.100 N 00 07 54.00 W         An area of scrub ground that used to be good for flatties but you don't see so many of nowadays.  
MESORS ROCKS 15 3 1.0 170.4 50 47 29.100 N 00 06 35.100 W         Large slab like rocky outcrop. About 200 yards long petering away to nothing at each end.  
MULBERRY (FAR) 10 5 23.0 99.3 50 44 42.00 N 00 42 12.00 W         Could equally be described as a wreck site. Its a phoenix unit that never made it across the channel in WW2. It now forms an artificial reef attracting masses of fish life.  
MULBERRY (NEAR) 5 6 23.8 96.8 50 45 35.100 N 00 43 36.00 W         Sticks out at low water  
OUTER JENNIES 10 1 4.0 82.6 50 49 00.00 N 00 12 35.100 W         An area of rough ground and rocky outcrops  
PALACE PIER REEF 1 10 1 0.8 225.0 50 47 53.100 N 00 05 23.100 W         One of the short underwater cliff lines, with scarpment face to the north, scrub along the bottom and rocky fissures across the top.  
PALACE PIER REEF 2 10 2 1.4 115.5 50 47 53.100 N 00 08 18.00 W         One of the short underwater cliff lines, with scarpment face to the north, scrub along the bottom and rocky fissures across the top.  
PALACE PIER ROCKS 7 2 3054.0 180.1 00 00 00.00 N 00 00 00.00 W         Chalky outcropos of rock, good for lobsters. Choose a day when it's calm and the visibility is good inshore. About 50-100 yards off the end of Palace pier in SE direction.  
ROCK TOW 13 3 1.5 117.9 50 47 48.00 N 00 08 24.00 W         There is a lot of interesting ground all round here. There is one large rocky outcrop, with large slab-like boulders, giving way to scrub ground to the north and west. A good drift starts here on a westerly flow.  
SOUTHWEST ROCKS 15 2 4.0 104.2 50 47 29.100 N 00 12 30.00 W         Underwater cliff line, with scarpment face to the north. Area of scrub along the bottom and rocky fissures across the top.  
SOUTHWEST ROCKS EAST 15 2 2.3 105.1 50 47 53.100 N 00 09 48.00 W         Underwater cliff line, with scarpment face to the north. Area of scrub along the bottom and rocky fissures across the top.  
SOUTHWEST ROCKS WEST 15 2 4.0 105.9 50 47 23.100 N 00 12 24.00 W         Underwater cliff line, with scarpment face to the north. Area of scrub along the bottom and rocky fissures across the top.