Waltham (Probably) Wreck

Surveying Details

HH3944/88/2 8.4.91 HH3944/88/2 8.4.91 WK EXAM'D 28.1.91 IN 535651.7N, 044435.2W [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [3 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 44 IN GEN DEPTH 51MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 7MTRS, LENGTH 45MTRS, WIDTH 7MTRS. LIES 060/240 DEG, APPARENTLY IN TWO PIECES. (HMS ROEBUCK, HI 466). BR STD. 21.10.96 21.10.96 THE STERN PART OF THE SHIP IS LYING ON ITS PORT SIDE AND STANDS WELL PROUD OF THE SEABED, THE BOW HAS COLLAPSED AND IS MOSTLY BURIED. (J SHAW, 10.10.96). HH100/351/12 16.5.97 HH100/351/12 16.5.97 WK OF A SS - PROBABLY A STEAM TRAWLER AS THERE IS A LARGE WINCH IN FRONT OF THE BRIDGE. APPROX 200 TONS AND 100 TO 120 FEET IN LENGTH. BOILER AND ENGINE AFT. ENGINE IS TRIPLE EXPANSION TYPE. STEERING WHEEL AND BRIDGE RIGHT AT AFTER END OF VESSEL. OPEN BRIDGE OF EARLY STEAM TRAWLER TYPE. VESSEL IN ONE PIECE BUT BOW SECTION IS VERY BROKEN. LYING ON PORT SIDE. LACK OF BRASS FITTINGS. ONLY VESSEL KNOWN TO BE LOST IN THE VICINITY IS VIVID IN 1892. OF ALL THE VESSELS LOST THE WALTHAM IS THE ONLY ONE TO MEET ALL THE CRITERIA. THUS ASSUMED TO BE WALTHAM. (A CORKILL). HH100/351/12 29.7.97 HH100/351/12 29.7.97 DIVED IN LISTED POSN. WK IS IN TWO PARTS. THE LARGEST SECTION IS THE STERN WHICH GIVES THE LEAST DEPTH. THIS IS LYING HARD OVER ON ITS PORT SIDE WITH A DEBRIS FIELD EXTENDING TO THE SE. THIS SECTION OF HULL CONTINING THE BOILERS AND MACHINERY IS 23MTRS LONG APPROX. THE BOW, WHICH LIES A SHORT DISTANCE AWAY, IS COMPLETELY BROKEN UP AND PARTIALLY BURIED. IT COVERS SOME 20MTRS. LIES WITH BOW WSW, STERN ENE. (K HURLEY). NCA. 28.2.07 28.2.07 DIVED 18.7.06 AND CONFIRMED TO BE A S TRAWLER BY WARP HOLDERS WITHER SIDE OF THE HULL NEAR THE BOW. FURTHER AFT THERE IS A FISH HOLD AND BETWEEN THIS AND THE BRIDGE IS A LARGE STEAM WINCH. SITS UPRIGHT. (A CORKILL, EMAIL DTD 27.2.07). NCA.