This is the information page about the shipwreck Aigburth, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 26.725 N,0 27.92 W (54.445417, -0.465333)

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.

Name: AIGBURTH

Length 59.4 meter, width: 9.4 meter, draught: 3.7, tonnage 824 ton
Load: coal

Cause: torpedoed and sunk by german submarine while on passage tyne to treport.

Year of registration: 1989

Water depth above wreck: 46 meter, Height above seabed: 151 cm

Known since: 1989, last detected: 20161213

Details measurements/cartography: SANK 2 MILES NE BY E FROM S. CHEEK, ROBIN HOOD BAY. H6331/87 27.1.89 WK EXAM'D 3.5.88 IN 542642N, 002749W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [3 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 40.7 IN GEN DEPTH 46MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 5.6MTRS. LIES IN TWO PARTS, THE NORTHERN IS 35MTRS LONG, LYING 175/355 DEG; THE SOUTHERN IS 45MTRS LONG, LYING 135/315 DEG. WELL BROKEN UP. (LAND & MARINE, HI 414B). INS AS WK 40MTRS. BR STD. HH100/351/06 22.2.93 POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED AS WK OF AIGBURTH. [WGD] POSN - 542643N, 002746W. (A C JACKSON, 9.2.93). HH100/351/09 6.6.95 STEAM TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE, SINGLE BOILER, THREE FURNACES. ENGINE IS AFT. IDENTIFIED FROM THE BELL. (A C JACKSON/RACEY). SEP 2017/000002822 24.5.17 EXAM'D 13.12.16 IN 5426.725N, 0027.920W [WGD]. LEAST W/C DEPTH 41.41MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 46MTRS. LENGTH 61MTRS, WIDTH 19.4MTRS, HT 4.62MTRS, ORIENTATION 151/331 DEGS. WK IS WELL BROKEN UP AND SEVERE STATE OF DECAY. (MMT, HI 1491). AMEND NDW 41MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 54 26.725 N,0 27.92 W

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