This is the information page about the shipwreck Bancrest (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 58 54.744 N,2 0.902 W (58.931, -1.9510833333333)

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: BANCREST (PROBABLY)

Length 121.6 meter, width: 16.2 meter, tonnage 4450 ton
Load: grain

Cause: passage philadelphia for leith. bombed by aircraft. one of crew of 36 lost. (llww2, ww2sl). ex- ambassador [1939], built 1925 by ropner sb & repairing co. ltd., stockton. owned at time of loss by crest shipping line., london. bombed by german he111 aircraft stationed at sylt. (k heath).

Year of registration: 2008

Water depth above wreck: 83 meter, Height above seabed: 96 cm

Known since: 2008, last detected: 2009

Details measurements/cartography: HH091/137/01 - SEP 2009/000003219 24.12.08 EXAM'D 14.8.08 IN 5854.7437N, 0200.9016W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 75.7 IN GEN DEPTH 83.7MTRS. SCOUR 1.8MTRS DEEP CLOSE TO WK. LENGTH 119MTRS, WIDTH 17MTRS, HT 9MTRS. LIES 096/276 DEGS WITH BOWS W. INTACT, UPRIGHT. ?CRANE OR DAVIT AT STERN. LIMITED DETAIL DUE TO DEPTH. (NETSURVEY, HI 1137). INS AS WK 75MTRS. BR STD. 12.5.09 WK DIVED 11.5.09, LIES COMPLETELY UPSIDE DOWN, NOTHING TOPSIDE IS VISIBLE. ?CRANE/DAVIT REFERRED TO ABOVE IS IN FACT THE PROPELLER SHAFT. LARGE AMOUNT OF ANCHOR CHAIN SPILLED OUT NEAR THE BOW. LARGE HOLE IN SIDE OF HOLD. CARGO OF WHEAT. VESSEL IS PROBABLY THE BANCREST. CINC REQUESTED UNTIL IDENTITY CONFIRMED. (K HEATH TELECON 11.5.09 & E-MAIL 12.5.09). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, INTACT, BOWS W

Position: 58 54.744 N,2 0.902 W

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