This is the information page about the shipwreck African transport (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 32.899 N,0 42.477 W (54.382933333333, -0.44301666666667)

 

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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English 🇬🇧, as they are prepared by the UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) based on data from UKHO and the hydrographic services of the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany, among others. They include the known details of the wreck and the comments of the cartographers who have checked the position and condition of the wreck over time.

 

1. Adine (probably)
2. African transport (probably)
3. Afrique
4. Aigburth
5. Amulet
6. Anboto mendi (possibly)
7. Ardgantoch
8. Athelstane
9. Athos
10. Atlas (possibly)
11. Atwing (possibly)
12. Audax
13. Beaumanoir (probably)
14. Ben aden
15. Berwick (possibly)
16. Black prince (possibly)
17. Botha (possibly)
18. Brentwood
19. Commercial
20. Corsham
21. Corsican prince
22. Countess of strathmore (possibly)
23. Creteblock
24. Crimdon (possibly)
25. Dayspring (probably)
26. Defiant
27. Disperser
28. Eaglescliffe (probably)
29. Earl percy
30. Elemore
31. Ellida (probably)
32. Ferruccio
33. Fervent
34. Florentia
35. Fred everard
36. Garthwaite
37. Gimle
38. Gothia
39. Gwalia (possibly)
40. Harrow (probably)
41. Hartley
42. Helene
43. Hercules
44. Highgate
45. Hms desire (possibly)
46. Hms dromio
47. Hms locheil
48. Hms lord ridley
49. Hms ruthin castle
50. Hms swallow
51. Hurstwood
52. John miles
53. Lady helen
54. Lampada (probably)
55. Lanthorn
56. London
57. Lowtyne (possibly)
58. Lucy
59. Marchioness of londonderry
60. Marie stuart
61. Melanie (probably)
62. Membland (possibly)
63. Merrie islington
64. Modemi (possibly)
65. Moorlands
66. Moorwood (possibly)
67. Oakwell
68. Onslow
69. Pandora
70. Pathfinder
71. Paul
72. Philander (probably)
73. Polanna
74. Polruan
75. Quaggy (probably)
76. Rosella (probably)
77. Rutil
78. Saint ninian
79. Sarah thinnesen
80. Schaldis (possibly)
81. Scotia
82. Sir francis
83. Skane
84. Stora-korsnas-link i
85. Suntrap (probably)
86. Talisman (possibly)
87. Tatiana (possibly)
88. Teesdale (possibly)
89. Ub 30
90. Uc 70
91. Wallsend

 

Name: AFRICAN TRANSPORT (PROBABLY)

Length 117.3 meter, width: 15.8 meter, draught: 8.2, tonnage 4482 ton
Load: coal

Cause: built 1913 by northumberland sb co ltd, newcastle-upon-tyne. owned at time of loss by empire transport co. ltd (houlder's). three boilers, triple expansion engine, single shaft. passage the tyne for to falmouth and gibraltar. torpedoed while under escort by armed vessels, taken in tow by 2 trawlers but abandoned and sank before reaching shallow water. 3 men lost. stern gun removed by divers and mounted on memorial plinth on whitby west cliff. (ll & sibi). torpedoed by ub-88. (der kreig zur see).

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 30 meter, Height above seabed: 100 cm

Known since: 1918, last detected: 20170106

Details measurements/cartography: POSN 4M N OF WHITBY & 2M OFFSHORE. (MASTER, B OF T WR 8/1645). POSN 3M N OF WHITBY. (BMVS) H7622/18 8.1.19 WK [OLD SYMBOL] (1918) IN 543230N, 004220W. (SNO TYNE)

- NM 118/19. H3752/76 11.6.26 NOW CHARTED AS DW PA. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED) BR STD. H2534/74 8.4.75 WK, FISHERMENS FASTENER, IN 543300N, 004212W FIXED BY DECCA. (KINGFISHER OBSTN REPORT NO.106) BR STD. H1280/76/42 26.2.76 THIS WRECK IS OWNED BY E. PENDLETON & J.P. STEVENSON. (J.P. STEVENSON, 17.1.76) H1310/86/34 15.12.86 LOCATED IN 543248N, 004215W. LIES COLLAPSED, ON PORT SIDE IN A HOLLOW. HIGHEST POINT, BOILERS STANDING 4MTRS ABOVE SEABED. LEAST DEPTH 26MTRS [MHWS]. LIES LEVEL WITH SURROUNDING GEN DEPTH. (G. WADSWORTH, 13.11.86) TIDAL REDUCTION 6MTRS, CHART AS WK PA 20MTRS. BR STD. H6331/87/2 19.1.89 EXAM'D 11.8.88 IN 543254N, 004223W [OGB] USING 4-RANGE TRISPONDER. SWEPT CLEAR AT 24.7, FOUL AT 25.0MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 25.1 IN GEN DEPTH 28-30MTRS. SCOUR 1.5MTRS DEEP. DCS3 HT [ABOVE SEABED LEVEL] 2.9MTRS, MAKING HT FROM BOTTOM OF DEPRESSION, IN WHICH WK LIES, 5.5MTRS. LENGTH 135MTRS, WIDTH 25MTRS. VERY BROKEN UP AND ORIENTATED 100/280DEG. (LAND & MARINE, HI 414B) HH100/351/09 8.6.95 BIG VESSEL, WELL BROKEN UP. UNUSUAL TYPE OF GUN FALLEN ON TO SEA BED AT THE STERN. STEAM TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE, THREE BOILERS, NINE FURNACES. (A C JACKSON/C A RACEY). 1.3.06 EUT POSN: 5432.909N, 0042.484W. BA 1612 [6TH EDN, MAY '02]. SEP 2015/000095701 1.6.15 EXAM'D BY BDC 25.74MTRS IN 5432.901N, 0042.469W [WGD]. NFS. (CEFAS SURVEY, DS9). NCA. SEP 2017/000002822 8.5.17 EXAM'D 06.01.17 IN 5432.899N, 0042.477W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 25.19MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 30MTRS, LENGTH 119MTRS, WIDTH 33MTRS, HEIGHT 4.9MTRS, ORIENTATION 100/280 DEGS. WRECK LIES WELL BROKEN UP AT A GENERAL DEPTH OF 30M, IDENTIFIABLE AMONGST THE DEBRIS ARE TWO BOILERS. LYING AT IRREGULAR ANGLES AROUND THE SITE ARE SECTIONS OF THE HULL PLATE AND THESE SHOW THAT THE LINE OF THE HULL IS DISRUPTED AROUND THE MIDSHIPS AREA. (MMT, HI 1491). AMEND DW 25MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 54 32.899 N,0 42.477 W

 

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