South Edinburgh Channel Wreck
Marker: recorded wreck position (Date not recorded).
Key facts
| Name | South Edinburgh Channel Wreck | Wikidata label |
|---|---|---|
| Ship type | shipwreck | Wikidata P31 instance of |
| Sea / ocean | North Sea | Natural Earth marine areas (public domain), point-in-polygon |
| Nearest coast | England | official dataset |
| Position | 51.5294, 1.2463 | Historic England Protected Wreck Sites, listed latitude/longitude (OGL v3) |
| Protected Wreck | List entry 1000079 | Historic England |
| Designated | 1977-04-29 | Historic England |
| Restricted area | 3.14 ha | Historic England |
| Grid reference | TR 25265 86163 | Historic England |
About the wreck
The remains of an eighteenth- to nineteenth-century cargo vessel were discovered in the South Edinburgh Channel, Outer Thames Estuary, northwest of Margate, Kent, England, in 1976. The site was designated under the Protection of Wrecks Act on 29 April 1977. The wreck is a Protected Wreck managed by Historic England.
Diving & visiting
This is a designated Protected Wreck under the Protection of Wrecks Act 1973. Under the Act, diving on or otherwise interfering with the wreck inside its restricted area requires a licence; see the Historic England list entry for details.
The site consists of the remains of a large wreck, probably Swedish, a cargo vessel dating from some time after its coinage of 1787. To bear such coinage only it may have been wrecked at latest about twenty years later. It was in good condition with surviving timbers, wine bottles, and Swedish copper plate money.
The site was discovered in 1976 when the Port of London Authority were dredging the South Edinburgh Channel. Further investigation was undertaken in 1977 which resulted in the recovering of the wine and coins.
Location
- Recorded position: 51.5294, 1.2463 (Historic England Protected Wreck Sites, listed latitude/longitude (OGL v3); may be approximate)
- Sea / ocean: North Sea
- Nearest coast: England
Wreck positions on this site are for interest only and are not for navigation. Many wrecks are war graves or legally protected: never disturb human remains or remove artefacts, and check local law before diving.
Text adapted from the Wikipedia article South Edinburgh Channel Wreck (revision 1243334989), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: excerpted from the article lead section and section(s) “The wreck”, “Discovery and investigation”; condensed by selecting paragraphs; citations and formatting removed. No text added. This excerpt is available under the same licence.
Protected Wreck data © Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Wreck facts from Wikidata (CC0).
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