This is the information page about the shipwreck Aulton (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 55 46.847 N,1 43.794 W (55.780783, -1.729900)

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: AULTON (POSSIBLY)

Length 55.7 meter, width: 8.4 meter, draught: 3.4, tonnage 634 ton
Load: coal

Cause: ex-gypsy, ex-ardenze, ex- melford. built in 1899 by r williamson & son, workington. owned at time of loss by adam bros, aberdeen. one boilers, single shaft. passage seaham for aberdeen. torpedoed by ub 83.

Year of registration: 1945

Water depth above wreck: 78 meter, Height above seabed: 116 cm

Known since: 1945, last detected: 20190605

Details measurements/cartography: SINKING POSN APPROX 9 M SE BY E 0.5 E FROM BERWICK HR. GIVES POSN 554430N, 014300W. (MASTER B.O.T). H066/45 7.4.45 RAUM 22 (?) IN POSN 554700N, 014400W. (ROSYTH LIST). AUBD 311/9 LENGTH 150FT, BREADTH 35FT, DIRECTION 045/225 DEGS. (C IN C ROSYTH). 6.6.72 INS AS NDWPA. LC 1192. H4622/71 14.9.72 AMEND TO USCPA 28MTRS. NC 160. H4271/71 17.2.78 AMEND TO NDWPA. NC 1407. 18.6.01 LOCATED IN 5546.845N, 0147.792W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 71.1 IN GEN DEPTH 78MTRS. HT 7.3MTRS. (GARDLINE, HN DTD 16.6.01). AMEND TO WK 71MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. HH090/915/01 17.1.02 EXAM'D 22.4.01 IN 5546.842N, 0143.792E [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 71.1 IN GEN DEPTH 78.6MTRS. SCOUR 0.5MTRS EXTENDS 3MTRS TOWARDS 295 DEGS. LENGTH 60MTRS, WIDTH 9MTRS. DCS3 HT 7.3MTRS. NO DEBRIS. LIES 115/295 DEGS WITH BOWS 115 DEGS. POOR MAGNETIC ANOMALY. INTACT AND UPRIGHT. (GARDLINE, HI 915).

- NM 1098/02. 18.10.13 UPRIGHT. FWD HOLD AND BOW COLLAPSED OUTWARDS. (DIVER MAGAZINE, NOV 2013). NCA. SEP 2021/000090526 1.4.21 EXAM'D 5.6.19 IN 5546.847N, 0143.794W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 71.78MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 78MTRS, LENGTH 58MTRS, WIDTH 9MTRS, HT 6.3MTRS, ORIENTATION 116/296 DEGS. SCOUR DIMENTIONS LENGTH 49MTRS, WIDTH 12MTRS, 78.9MTRS DEEP, TOWARDS 124 DEGS. WK UPRIGHT, INTACT AND ITS FORWARD PARTIALLY COLLAPSED AND BURIED. (MERITAITO, HI1591). AMEND NDW 71MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, UPRIGHT, FWD PART COLLAPSED OUTWARDS, BOWS ESE

Position: 55 46.847 N,1 43.794 W

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