Ian - Sussex Posted 7 October , 2009 Share Posted 7 October , 2009 The area around Beachy Head appears to be the graveyard of numerous ships of the Great War. Are there any wreck charts available ( or other records ) from which I could try and find how many ships from WW1 are out there, say, within a ten mile radius of Beachy Head. Apologies for such an obscure request Any leads would be appreciated. Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter B Posted 7 October , 2009 Share Posted 7 October , 2009 Hello Ian, This link may give you some more info http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalog...etID=52&j=1 Regards Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian - Sussex Posted 7 October , 2009 Author Share Posted 7 October , 2009 QUOTE (Peter B @ Oct 7 2009, 08:09 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hello Ian, This link may give you some more info http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalog...etID=52&j=1 Regards Peter Thanks Peter. Noticed a book on this site called "British Merchant Ships Sunk by U-boats in the 1914-18 War" which gives locations. Copy on its way to me from Amazon used books. Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrecktec Posted 7 October , 2009 Share Posted 7 October , 2009 Ian There are a number of books on diving wrecks off the Beachy Head area, but I will look at Larn's Shipwreck Index of the British Isles for Beachy Head during WW1 and see how many wrecks there are, tomorrow Cheers Ron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrecktec Posted 7 October , 2009 Share Posted 7 October , 2009 Hi Ian I just counted 48 vessels sunk, including one U-boat off the Beachy Head area, however there are many dozens more either side and further out into the English Channel. That also includes some trawlers, but it does not count the ones sunk in collisions or stranding, just war losses;) The Shipwreck Indexes are in six volumes and cover all the areas of the British Isles by date and area and give quite good details of the vessels; you can find the books on E-bay quite often at around £20 each but they were £60. Beachy Head is in Volume Two, which is very hard to find these days. Cheers Ron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NigelS Posted 7 October , 2009 Share Posted 7 October , 2009 Ian, you might find this site useful http://www.wrecksite.eu/Wrecksite.aspx NB it is necessary to register to use the site (free) and a subscription - which I've never taken out so can't comment on its usefulness - is required to view the detailed charts. I haven't used this site for some time, and when I tried just now I was getting error messages, but that is probably just my set up or a temporary glitch. NigelS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian - Sussex Posted 8 October , 2009 Author Share Posted 8 October , 2009 Hi Ian I just counted 48 vessels sunk, including one U-boat off the Beachy Head area, however there are many dozens more either side and further out into the English Channel. That also includes some trawlers, but it does not count the ones sunk in collisions or stranding, just war losses;) The Shipwreck Indexes are in six volumes and cover all the areas of the British Isles by date and area and give quite good details of the vessels; you can find the books on E-bay quite often at around £20 each but they were £60. Beachy Head is in Volume Two, which is very hard to find these days. Cheers Ron Thanks Ron - very useful info. Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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