Steam Ship Wreck Gb 40184

Field Value
Wreck Category dangerous wreck
Status Dead = Not detected by numerous sources therefore considered not to exist
Wreck Location
Marine Coordinates (DMM) 		50 37.036 N,0 34.09 W
Latitude, Longitude
Decimal Degrees
  • Latitude: 50.617267
  • Longitude: -0.568167
Wreck Depth 18 m
Water Depth 31 m
Water Level Effect always under water/submerged
Vertical Datum Approximate Lowest Astronomical Tide
Type steam ship
Flag GB
Length 91 m
Width 12.2 m
Draught 6.1
Tonnage 2613
Tonnage Type gross
Cargo coal
Conspic Visual not visually conspicuous
Conspic Radar not radar conspicuous
Date Sunk Jan 3, 1918
Original Detection Year 1918
Last Detection Year 2002
Original Source published World War 1 losses
Last Amended Date Jan 14, 1977

Surveying Details

1918 SUNK ABOUT 5M ESE OF OWERS LTV IN APPROX 503700N, 003430W. (DOCKETS M1043 & M1204). H6391/19 25.3.20 CHART AS WK [OLD SYMBOL] IN 503700N, 003400W. - NM 674/20. H1656/24 5.3.24 NOW CHARTED AS DW (1918) PA. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). BR STD. H1998/24 20.3.24 TO BE SURVEYED BY HMS KELLET, 1924. H7789/35 3.11.35 OROPESA SWEEP CLEAR AT 10FMS. (HMS FLINDERS, 15.11.35). AMEND TO NDW PA. BR STD. 23.7.71 NOW CHARTED AS DW PA. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NC 1652. 7.4.72 AMENDED TO USC PA 18MTRS. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). BR STD. H3958/73 15.8.73 NOTHING FOUND IN 503700N, 003400W DURING TRANSIT SONAR AND E/S SURVEY. (KELVIN HUGHES, SURVEY [K6719/3]). DELETED. BR STD. H4121/76 14.1.77 NOT FOUND. (HMS FOX, HI 52/76). AMENDED TO DEAD. HH901/002/01 29.10.02 NOT LOCATED, DISPROVED. (NP 1016, HI 1002). NCA. SEP 2018/000198963 10.08.18 NOT LOCATED IN M/B DATASET (2018). (MMT, HI 1498). NFA.

Circumstances of loss

EX-TREWIDDEN. BUILT IN 1892 BY J READHEAD & SONS, SOUTH SHIELDS. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY WHIMSTER & CO, GART SS CO LTD. TWO BOILERS, TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE OF 234HP, SINGLE SHAFT. PASSAGE NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE FOR GIBRALTAR. CARGO COAL. TORPEDOED BY UB-30. TWO MEN LOST.

General Comments

SEE [19971]

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