Other Wreck 1922

Field Value
Wreck Category dangerous wreck
Status lifted
Wreck Location
Marine Coordinates (DMM)
54 38.059 N,0 59.499 W
Latitude, Longitude
Decimal Degrees
  • Latitude: 54.634317
  • Longitude: -0.991650
Water Depth 25 m
Water Level Effect always under water/submerged
Vertical Datum Approximate Lowest Astronomical Tide
Cargo coal
Conspic Visual not visually conspicuous
Conspic Radar not radar conspicuous
Date Sunk Jun 15, 1917
Original Detection Year 1917
Last Detection Year 2016
Original Source published World War 1 losses
Surveying Details ORIGINALLY THROUGHT TO BE TEESDALE WHICH FOUNDERED 2 MILES OFF BOLT HEAD. (LLWW1). POSN 543003N, 005924W FOR FILING ONLY. RECORD REVIEWED. SEE [6389]. SEP 2017/000002822 28.4.17 NOT LOCATED IN M/B SURVEY 2016. (MMT, HI 1491). RETAIN LIFTED.
Last Amended Date Apr 28, 2017

Circumstances of loss

BUILT IN 1904 BY ROPNER & SON. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY SIR R ROPNER & CO. TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINES, 258NHP. PASSAGE GIBRALTAR FOR THE TYNE, BUT PROCEEDING TO THE TEES FOR REPAIRS. FOUNDERED. (LLWW1, DODS).

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