This is the information page about the shipwreck Atlas (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 48.174 N,0 55.15 W (54.93705, -1.1630333333333)

 

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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. Adams beck (probably)
2. Adine (probably)
3. African transport (probably)
4. Afrique
5. Anboto mendi (possibly)
6. Athelstane
7. Athos
8. Atlas (possibly)
9. Atwing (possibly)
10. Audax
11. Aurora
12. Azira
13. Berwick (possibly)
14. Blue dawn
15. Braconash (possibly)
16. Burnhope (part of)
17. Carlo
18. Carmarthen coast (possibly)
19. Clare (possibly)
20. Clavering (part of)
21. Commercial
22. Corsham
23. Cranford (possibly)
24. Dayspring (probably)
25. Defiant
26. Denham (probably)
27. Dimitris
28. Dredger no 3 (possibly)
29. Eagle iii
30. Earl percy
31. Elemore
32. Ellida (probably)
33. Empire bay
34. Eventide
35. Fawn (probably)
36. Fervent
37. Gateshead (possibly)
38. Gothia
39. Grit
40. H c flood (possibly)
41. H c flood (probably)
42. Harraton
43. Hartley
44. Harvest
45. Hawkwood
46. Heckler
47. Helene
48. Helvetia (possibly)
49. Hendrika
50. Hercules
51. Hms desire (possibly)
52. Hms euston
53. Hms fairplay 2
54. Hms loch naver
55. Hms locheil
56. Hms ruthin castle
57. Hms snaefell (probably)
58. Hogarth
59. Ida duncan
60. Imperialist (possibly)
61. Intent
62. Jenny m (possibly)
63. John m smart (possibly).
64. John miles
65. Jytte (possibly)
66. Kilkis (possibly)
67. King james (possibly)
68. La basiase (la bastaise)
69. Lampada (probably)
70. Lanthorn
71. Llwyngwair (possibly)
72. Longbird
73. Lucida
74. Lucy
75. Maggie mcleman ii
76. Marchioness of londonderry
77. Margaret sutton
78. Merrie islington
79. Mile end (possibly)
80. Montauban
81. Moorwood (possibly)
82. Narcissus (possibly)
83. Neptunus (possibly)
84. Nordheim (possibly)
85. Ocean
86. Onslow
87. Ottoland (possibly)
88. Pandora
89. Pathfinder
90. Patria
91. Pitwines (probably)
92. Ragni (probably)
93. Ravnanger (probably)
94. Rfa creosol
95. Rising sun (part of)
96. Rising sun (part of)
97. Rosella (probably)
98. Rutil
99. S t wallsend
100. Schaldis (possibly)
101. Skane
102. Stag 5 (probably)
103. Stangate
104. Stora-korsnas-link i
105. Suavity
106. Talisman (possibly)
107. Tatiana (possibly)
108. Teesdale (possibly)
109. Thames (probably)
110. Thermopylae
111. Triumph
112. Uc 70
113. Vestra
114. Vianna (probably)
115. Victory
116. Voorwarts (possibly)
117. Wayside flower
118. Winga
119. Winga (possibly)
120. X.l.
121. Zeeland (possibly)

 

Name: ATLAS (POSSIBLY)

Length 99 meter, width: 14.3 meter, draught: 6.7, tonnage 3090 ton

Cause: built in 1897 by william grey & co ltd, west hartlepool. owned at time of loss by rickinson, sons & co, west hartelpool. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 260 nhp, single shaft. machinery by central maring engineering works ltd, hartlepool. passage murmask for middlesbrough with a cargo of iron ore. torpedoed by uc-71. (wrecksite & der krieg zur see).

Year of registration: 1988

Water depth above wreck: 59 meter, Height above seabed: 120 cm

Known since: 1988

Details measurements/cartography: 1918 FOLLOWING FOUR POSNS REPORTED - (A) 8 MILES E (MAG) FROM TEES FAIRWAY BUOY [POSN OF TORPEDOING]; (B) 543945N, 005400W [MASTER], (C) 10 MILES ESE FROM HARTLEPOOL; (D) 544800N, 005800W [VAEC, AP REPORT]. H6331/87 2.2.89 WK EXAM'D 13.6.88 IN 544810N, 005503W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [3 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 54 IN GEN DEPTH 59MTRS. SCOUR 0.5MTR DEEP. DCS3 HT 4.5MTRS, LENGTH 100MTRS, BREADTH 20MTRS. LIES 120/300 DEG. APPEARS RATHER DILAPIDATED AND TO BE FRACTURED ACROSS NEAR NW END. (LAND & MARINE, HI 414B). BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: COLLAPSED, BROKEN AT NW END

Position: 54 48.174 N,0 55.15 W

 

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