Steam Ship Wreck Gb 51074

Field Value
Wreck Category non-dangerous wreck
Status Dead = Not detected by numerous sources therefore considered not to exist
Wreck Location
Marine Coordinates (DMM) 		54 51.004 N,5 19.066 W
Latitude, Longitude
Decimal Degrees
  • Latitude: 54.850067
  • Longitude: -5.317767
Water Depth 220 m
Water Level Effect always under water/submerged
Vertical Datum Approximate Lowest Astronomical Tide
Type steam ship
Flag GB
Length 98.8 m
Width 14.3 m
Draught 6.7
Tonnage 2888
Tonnage Type gross
Cargo coal
Conspic Visual not visually conspicuous
Conspic Radar not radar conspicuous
Date Sunk Feb 22, 1918
Original Detection Year 1918
Last Detection Year 2017
Original Source other
Last Amended Date Jun 27, 2017

Surveying Details

M9975 1918 SINKING POSN GIVEN AS HALFWAY BETWEEN CORSEWALL PT AND BLACK HEAD. (CHIEF OFFICER). M06940 25.2.18 7M WNW [MAG] OF PORTPATRICK SANK 3.5 HOURS LATER. (COMMODORE LARNE) SANK 15M SE BY E 3/4 E FROM THE MAIDENS. (SOURCE UNKNOWN, 1918). H6391/19 INS AS NDWPA IN 545100N, 051900W. BR STD. L1260/18 SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 15M SE BY E 0.75 E FROM THE MAIDENS, 545600N, 054400W. INS IN 545100N, 051900W (PA). BA 2159, 45, 1825A, 1577 & 1824A. 21.2.24 AMENDED NDW (PD). (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NE 2159. H4739/25 17.7.25 DELETE. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). AMEND TO DEAD. BR STD. SEP 2017/000034083 27.6.17 NOT LOCATED IN M/B DATASET 2017. (MMT, HI1508). AMEND DEAD. 17.07.17 SEE WRECK 5180 - POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED AS HAILEYBURY BY DIVERS. SURVEY RECORD IS COMPLETE FOR 5180, THIS RECORD IS FOR FILING ONLY.

Circumstances of loss

BUILT IN 1902 BY W PICKERSGILL & SON, SUNDERLAND. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY WILLIAM THOMAS & SONS, SWANSEA. TWO BOILERS, TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE OF 282 NHP, SINGLE SHAFT. MACHINERY BY G CLARK LTD, SUNDERLAND. PASSAGE THE CLYDE FOR NANTES. SUNK BY U-91, POSSIBLY BY SCUTTLING CHARGES. 2 LIVES LOST. (SIBI).

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