Steam Ship Wreck Gb 12197

Field Value
Wreck Category dangerous wreck
Status Dead = Not detected by numerous sources therefore considered not to exist
Wreck Location
Marine Coordinates (DMM) 		52 7.829 N,1 39.142 E
Latitude, Longitude
Decimal Degrees
  • Latitude: 52.130483
  • Longitude: 1.652367
Wreck Depth 14.9 m
Water Depth 16 m
Water Level Effect always under water/submerged
Vertical Datum Approximate Lowest Astronomical Tide
Type steam ship
Flag GB
Length 59.4 m
Width 10.1 m
Draught 3.7
Tonnage 833
Tonnage Type gross
Conspic Visual not visually conspicuous
Conspic Radar not radar conspicuous
Date Sunk Mar 30, 1945
Original Detection Year 1945
Last Detection Year 1985
Original Source published World War 2 losses
Last Amended Date Aug 31, 2017

Surveying Details

SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 520800N, 014000E. (WW2SL). NCA YET. H909/60 19.5.66 POSSIBLE SMALL WK LOCATED IN 520748N, 013915E [OGB] USING DECCA. FOUND WHILST SOUNDING, NO SONAR CONTACT. LEAST DEPTH E/S 49FT IN GEN DEPTH 63FT. SCOUR 68FT. (HMS MYRMIDON, 30.11.65). INS AS WK 8FMS 1FT IN BR STD. H2917/83 29.3.85 CONTACT EXAMINED USING DCS3 & E/S ON 4.10.84. CLASSIFIED AS RIDGE, NOT WK, WITH LEAST DEPTH 15.4MTRS. (SOISS, HI 196). AMEND DEAD. BR STD. SEP 2016/000091759 31.8.17 NOT LOCATED BY M/B SURVEY 2016. (GARDLINE, HI 1495). NFA.

Circumstances of loss

EX-YEWMOUNT '36, EX-HAMPSHIRE. BUILT IN 1908 BY J CROWN & SONS LTD, SUNDERLAND. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY C STRUBIN & CO LTD. TWO BOILERS, TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE OF 99 NHP, SINGLE SHAFT. MACHINERY BY NE MARINE ENG CO LTD, SUNDERLAND. PASSAGE GOOLE FOR DIEPPE. ADMIRALTY CONSIDER VESSEL WAS SUNK BY GERMAN MIDGET SUBMARINE, BUT PROBABLY MINED. (WW2SL, LLWW2, SIBI).

General Comments

RIDGE

WRECK MAP LOADING ... 52 7.829 N,1 39.142 E
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